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Violet Evergarden
An inspiring tale of love and letters
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yui Ishikawa
Violet Evergarden (voice)
13 eps
Daisuke Namikawa
Gilbert Bougainvillea (voice)
13 eps
Toshiko Sawada
Tiffany Evergarden (voice)
3 eps
Takehito Koyasu
Claudia Hodgins (voice)
13 eps
Aya Endo
Cattleya Baudelaire (voice)
13 eps
Haruka Tomatsu
Iris Cannary (voice)
13 eps
Koki Uchiyama
Benedict Blue (voice)
13 eps
Minori Chihara
Erica Brown (voice)
13 eps
Yurika Aizawa
Bridget (voice)
1 eps
Jun Miyamoto
Bar Owner (voice)
1 eps
Yoko Hikasa
Young Spencer Marlborough (voice)
1 eps
Yasunori Matsumoto
Iris's Father (voice)
1 eps
Yoko Soumi
Iris's Mother (voice)
1 eps
Megumi Nakajima
Charlotte Abelfreyja Drossel (voice)
1 eps
Kenjiro Tsuda
Damian Baldur Flügel (voice)
1 eps
Mami Koyama
Alberta (voice)
1 eps
Naoya Nosaka
Subordinate (voice)
3 eps
Yuto Uemura
Leon Stephanotis (voice)
1 eps
Mitsuaki Hoshino
Le Verrier (voice)
1 eps
Satoshi Taki
Oscar Webster (voice)
1 eps
Takayuki Miyamoto
Navy Soldier (voice)
4 eps
Sayaka Senbongi
Olivia Webster (voice)
1 eps
Mari Doi
Iberis Conway (voice)
5 eps
Haruo Yamagishi
Army Colonel (voice)
1 eps
Kengo Tsujii
Flügel Messenger Soldier (voice)
3 eps
Rie Hikisaka
Lilian (voice)
5 eps
Takuya Inagaki
Drossel Soldier (voice)
12 eps
Subaru Kimura
Spencer Marlborough (voice)
2 eps
Daisuke Yokota
Soldier (voice)
2 eps
Ayako Kawasumi
Clara Magnolia (voice)
1 eps
Sumire Morohoshi
Ann Magnolia (voice)
1 eps
Mami Horikoshi
Eris (voice)
1 eps
Wakana Kowaka
Relative (voice)
1 eps
Aya Saito
Nerine (voice)
6 eps
Chikahiro Kobayashi
Toby Selwyn (voice)
1 eps
Susumu Akagi
Lindzy Nicks (voice)
1 eps
Ikuji Nose
Father (voice)
2 eps
Shintaro Asanuma
Aidan Field (voice)
1 eps
Yumi Sudo
Maria (voice)
1 eps
Takuma Sasaki
Yale Coster (voice)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Violet Evergarden actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Violet Evergarden reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Spectacle.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 13 episodes.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E10
Episode 10
Violet travels to a countryside mansion to write a letter for a gravely ill war widow, but her young daughter Ann resents Violet's presence.
- Directed by Taichi Ogawa
- Written by Reiko Yoshida
S01E13
Episode 13
The signing ceremony concludes, officially bringing an end to the war. While writing letters for an air show, Violet composes a letter to the Major.
- Directed by Taichi Ishidate, Haruka Fujita
- Written by Reiko Yoshida
S01E07
Episode 7
A playwright with writer's block and a tragic past summons Violet to the country of Genetrix to help him finish a script. They both learn about grief.
- Directed by Takuya Yamamura
- Written by Reiko Yoshida
S01E09
Episode 9
Heartbroken, Violet withdraws from her job and questions whether she even has the right to be an Auto Memory Doll. Then, she receives a letter.
- Directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto
- Written by Reiko Yoshida
S01E11
Episode 11
Against Hodgins' wishes, Violet takes a job from a soldier at a military base in Ctrigall, a former enemy nation now engulfed in civil war.
- Directed by Noriyuki Kitanohara
- Written by Tatsuhiko Urahata
S01E08
Episode 8
Violet learns that Major Gilbert is listed as missing in action, but his family members think he is dead. Unable to cope, she remembers the war.
- Directed by Shinpei Sawa
- Written by Reiko Yoshida
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E01
Episode 1
- Directed by Taichi Ogawa, Taichi Ishidate
- Written by Tatsuhiko Urahata
S01E13
Episode 13
- Directed by Taichi Ishidate, Haruka Fujita
- Written by Reiko Yoshida
S01E12
Episode 12
- Directed by Shinpei Sawa, Takuya Yamamura
- Written by Takaaki Suzuki
S01E11
Episode 11
- Directed by Noriyuki Kitanohara
- Written by Tatsuhiko Urahata
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yoko KogawaExecutive Producer
- Shinichi NakamuraProducer
- Masayuki NishideExecutive Producer
- Yota TsuruokaExecutive Producer
- Kazusa UmedaProducer
- Yoko HattaExecutive Producer
Writing
- Reiko YoshidaWriter
- Takaaki SuzukiWriter
- Tatsuhiko UrahataWriter
Direction
- Noriyuki KitanoharaDirector
- Yasuhiro TakemotoDirector
- Taichi OgawaDirector
- Taichi IshidateDirector
- Yoshiji KigamiDirector
- Shinpei SawaDirector
Cinematography
- Kohei FunamotoDirector of Photography
Music
- Evan CallOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Amazon VideoBuy
- Apple TV StoreBuy
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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