Fans of Kyoto Animation’s take on Kana Akatsuki’s Violet Evergarden series of fantasy light novels are in for a treat early next year. The adaptation’s official website went live with a teaser and key visual for Violet Evergarden the Movie, which is now set to premiere in Japan on January 10, 2020.

Prior to that, a spinoff film called Violet Evergarden: Gaiden – Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou – (Eternity and Auto Memory Doll) will have a limited two-week run from September 6 to September 19. Haruka Fujita (Sound! Euphonium) is directing the side project.

Violet Evergarden the Movie visual:

Teaser: 

In addition, a spin-off film Violet Evergarden: Gaiden – Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou – (Violet Evergarden:Spin-Off – Eternity and Auto Memory Doll -) directed by Haruka Fujita (Sound! Euphonium, Myriad Colors Phantom World episode director) will be screened at select theaters for a limited time of two weeks between September 6 and 19, 2019.