In the present time, the term refers to the industry of writing for others. Orland to assist his blind wife Mollie in writing her novels, and later hired by other people who needed their services. The story revolves around Auto Memory Dolls (?, Jid? Shuki Ningy?): people initially employed by a scientist named Dr. Another anime film will premiere in April 2020. An original video animation episode was released in July 2018, and a spin-off film premiered in Japan in September 2019. The series was awarded Best Animation at the 2019 Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Kyoto Animation aired between January and April 2018 with several advance screenings taking place in 2017. Kyoto Animation published the first light novel on December 25, 2015, under their KA Esuma Bunko imprint.

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 each of the three categories (novel, scenario, and manga). Violet Evergarden (?, Vaioretto Ev?g?den) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase.

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