Violet Evergarden: Season 1
2018 · 13 episodes · ★ 8.1
What Season 1 of Violet Evergarden
After the end of the war, Violet Evergarden needs to make a living. Unable to feel emotions, she takes a job as a letter writer with one goal: to understand the past. Her work involves putting other people's feelings into words, and each commission brings her face to face with people who have their own stories. The series adapts the original novel and is produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Taichi Ishidate and written by Reiko Yoshida. Yui Ishikawa leads the cast, alongside Daisuke Namikawa, Takehito Koyasu and Aya Endo. As she learns to type and earns the trust of her colleagues, Violet slowly grows closer to the people around her.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 Episode 1
Hodgins retrieves Violet from the hospital, as Major Gilbert asked him to look out for her. After they meet Gilbert's relatives, he offers her a job.
Directing: Shinpei Sawa, Taichi Ishidate · Writing: Reiko Yoshida · Starring: Toshiko Sawada, Naoya Nosaka, Rie Hikisaka, Aya Saito
1x02 Episode 2
Violet tries to adjust to her new job: she needs to learn typing, and her coworkers question whether she has the right demeanor for letter writing.
Directing: Haruka Fujita · Writing: Reiko Yoshida · Starring: Naoya Nosaka, Takuya Inagaki, Yurika Aizawa, Hidenobu Kiuchi
1x03 Episode 3
Violet enrolls in a Doll training course. Her classmate Luculia befriends her, though she has her own problems with her war veteran brother.
Directing: Noriyuki Kitanohara · Writing: Tatsuhiko Urahata · Starring: Jun Miyamoto, Takuya Inagaki, Yoko Hikasa, Mari Doi
1x04 Episode 4
When Iris goes to her home village on an assignment, Violet accompanies her. Iris's birthday party sparks a disagreement with her family.
Directing: Shinpei Sawa · Writing: Reiko Yoshida · Starring: Mari Doi, Rie Hikisaka, Takayuki Miyamoto, Yasunori Matsumoto
1x05 Episode 5
Princess Charlotte is to have a public correspondence with her betrothed, and Violet is entrusted with writing the letters on her highness’s behalf.
Directing: Shinpei Sawa, Haruka Fujita · Writing: Takaaki Suzuki · Starring: Megumi Nakajima, Kenjiro Tsuda, Mami Koyama, Aya Saito
1x06 Episode 6
Violet travels to the country of Astrea to work with transcribers copying damaged manuscripts. Her partner Leon has a past not unlike hers.
Directing: Yoshiji Kigami · Writing: Tatsuhiko Urahata · Starring: Yuto Uemura, Daisuke Yokota, Mari Doi, Mitsuaki Hoshino
1x07 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.
Directing: Takuya Yamamura · Writing: Reiko Yoshida · Starring: Toshiko Sawada, Satoshi Taki, Sayaka Senbongi, Takayuki Miyamoto
1x08 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.
Directing: Shinpei Sawa · Writing: Reiko Yoshida · Starring: Toshiko Sawada, Haruo Yamagishi, Kengo Tsujii, Mari Doi
1x09 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.
Directing: Yasuhiro Takemoto · Writing: Reiko Yoshida · Starring: Aya Saito, Subaru Kimura, Takayuki Miyamoto, Takuya Inagaki
1x10 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.
Directing: Taichi Ogawa · Writing: Reiko Yoshida · Starring: Ayako Kawasumi, Sumire Morohoshi, Mami Horikoshi, Takuya Inagaki
1x11 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.
Directing: Noriyuki Kitanohara · Writing: Tatsuhiko Urahata · Starring: Chikahiro Kobayashi, Ikuji Nose, Kengo Tsujii, Takuma Sasaki
1x12 Episode 12
The Major's older brother is ordered to defend the signing ceremony from former Gardarik forces opposed to peace. Violet intercepts his train.
Directing: Shinpei Sawa, Takuya Yamamura · Writing: Takaaki Suzuki · Starring: Shunsuke Sakuya, Aya Saito, Daisuke Yokota, Ikuji Nose
1x13 Episode 13 Season Finale
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.
Directing: Taichi Ishidate, Haruka Fujita · Writing: Reiko Yoshida · Starring: Hidenobu Kiuchi, Gara Takashima, Satoshi Mikami, Riki Kagami
Season 1 Cast
Daisuke NamikawaGilbert Bougainvillea (voice)13 episodes
Haruka TomatsuIris Cannary (voice)13 episodes
Minori ChiharaErica Brown (voice)13 episodes
Takuya InagakiDrossel Soldier (voice)12 episodes
Aya SaitoNerine (voice)6 episodes
Riki KagamiEckhart Munter (voice)6 episodes
Mari DoiIberis Conway (voice)5 episodes
Rie HikisakaWoman (voice)5 episodes
Hidenobu KiuchiDietfried Bougainvillea (voice)5 episodes
Takayuki MiyamotoGardarik Soldier (voice)4 episodes
Toshiko SawadaTiffany Evergarden (voice)3 episodes
Naoya NosakaStaff Member (voice)3 episodes
Kengo TsujiiArmy Soldier (voice)3 episodes
Satoshi MikamiIsidor (voice)3 episodes
Azusa TadokoroLuculia Marlborough (voice)3 episodes
Daisuke YokotaSoldier (voice)2 episodes
Ikuji NoseJonas Graham (voice)2 episodes
Takuma SasakiNavy Officer Cadet (voice)2 episodes
Shunsuke SakuyaIllias Vandal (voice)2 episodesWhere to Watch Season 1 of Violet Evergarden
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes are in Violet Evergarden season 1?
Violet Evergarden season 1 has 13 episodes.
When did Season 1 of Violet Evergarden premiere?
Released January 11, 2018.
Where to watch Violet Evergarden season 1?
Available by subscription on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to the TMDB audience score, episode 1x10, "Episode 10", with a 9.4.