Publisher Kyoto Animation Written by Kana Akatsuki | Imprint KA Esuma Bunko Originally published 25 December 2015 Volumes 2 (List of volumes) Illustrated by Akiko Takase | |
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Original run December 25, 2015 – present Similar Myriad Colors Phantom, Hyōka, Sound! Euphonium, Qualidea Code, Fate/Apocrypha | ||
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Violet Evergarden (ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン, Vaioretto Evāgāden) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase. It won the grand prize in the fifth Kyoto Animation Award's novel category in 2014, the first ever work to win a grand prize in any of the three categories (novel, scenario, and manga). Kyoto Animation published the first light novel on December 25, 2015 under their KA Esuma Bunko imprint. An anime adaptation has been announced.
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Plot
The story revolves around Auto Memory Dolls; dolls initially created by a scientist to assist his blind wife write her novels, and later rented out to other people who needed their services. While the initial function of these Auto Memory Dolls is only to generate voices into text, a second group of people created a company that rented out beautiful talented women who, while having the same function as the original Auto Memory Dolls, also can perform military-related tasks.