Question @Ishidate: How difficult was it to switch from the Japanese landscape KyoAni is used to to the western/European one in VE? >Ishidate: It was extremely difficult. Drawing the backgrounds was hard since we wanted Violet Evergarden to take place in a European-esque setting. We had some references but didn’t actually visit Europe beforehand which I regret now. I should have come here earlier.
Question @TRUE: What was your inspiration while making this song? >TRUE: Violet has to learn a lot of words one by one. That’s why I wanted to put every word in this song together as careful as possible and give it my all. Although self-praise is not recommended, I think I did pretty well.
Logan Campbell
>Staff Director: Taichi Ishidate Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida Music: Evan Call (Big Order) Character Design: Akiko Takase (Violet Evergarden LN) Color Design: Yuka Yoneda (Maidragon) Art Director: Mikiko Watanabe (Kyoukai no Kanata, Maidragon)
>More VA Tiffany Evergarden: Toshiko Sawada Oliver: Satoshi Taki Lillian: Rie Hikisaka Nerine: Aya Saito
If they just pull off this series well, it'll be one of the best anime of all time and I have faith that kyoani can do it
David Martin
The hype for this is unreal. They will never live up to this.
Gavin Harris
I'm disappointed and confused that KyoAni didn't go on a research trip for VEG's setting when that shit is the standard.
Hudson Thompson
I think it's even better that they're going full imagination mode.
Kevin Mitchell
>the most exciting anime of next year >the best looking visuals and animation in anime history >realistic character designs with incredible amount of details >classy, elegant yet historical accurate XX century setting with mature protags >beautiful dramatic plot based on over-the-top writing novel with some literature awards >excellent story that left every person watched it in tears even after the first episode, also the longest line to prescreen event among all AnimeExpo panels Also looking at the number of animation directors, every inch of screen will be animated. Now tell me, how it's not the best animated thing humanity ever produced and how Kyoani is not the best studio.
Jack Reyes
No matter how good it is, it's not going to live up to your expectations.
Hunter Sanchez
They're still using photo references. I still want them to come up with their own settings, but direct inspiration would've been nothing but beneficial to the production.
Though I guess I'm looking forward to what KyoAni's background department is able to come up with since they've only been illustrating their own surroundings up until this point.
Nicholas Butler
and it's licensed by netflix, so subs 3 month after it's over
Nolan Murphy
I'm a pleb when it comes to the staff, is this an all star line up?
Austin Watson
No.
Jose Morris
Half of the studio's animators and animation directors worked on the episode.
Jacob Rodriguez
Translation
>we didn't have enough money to go to Europe so we couldn't take a million photos to run through photoshop to blur, bloom, and distort >for once we actually had to draw backgrounds >please don't use google image search to fact check
David Hughes
All their backgrounds are drawn.
Jason Gutierrez
That's a good joke user. I bet you think the mobile suits in Gundam Unicorn weren't CGI traced over.
Sebastian Foster
Their backgrounds may be heavily referenced, but they're still drawn.
Jayden Green
The joke isn't funny the second time user. Just because they have the ability to auto-trace in photoshop doesn't mean the backgrounds are drawn.
Josiah Sanders
Yeah, your joke is pretty boring and lame
Josiah Jones
>I bet you think the mobile suits in Gundam Unicorn weren't CGI traced over. I apologize for taking the bait. I missed this sentence the first time around.
Jose Young
It might be pretty, but in the end it's still about an old shit hag, but normalfags will bite.
Julian Flores
What constitutes as a hag to you?
Hunter Ross
Anything visually above high school age. So, hags.
Gavin Powell
So still no leaks? The Yakuza is pretty thorough.
Robert Ward
No European anons who watched the European premiere?
Michael Carter
>European premiere wait... >AnimagiC 2017 event in Germany I... I didn't want to go, who would go to an anime convention ha ha ha
;_;
Andrew Reed
You never watched LWA, did you?
Also, I've tried to read and watch previews fo this thing and I still have zero clue of what it's about. Personal waifu robots?
Christian Ward
Don't Kyoani usually only have like 5 animators per episode?
Shit is gonna be nuts
Kevin Hall
Pure kinography
Parker Jones
The episodic amanuensis adventures of a former child soldier.
John Evans
...
Evan Johnson
>Ishidate: I am influenced very much by them. But this is not limited to live-action but to all kinds of motion pictures. I want to see as much as I possibly can. I have a lot of favorite western films and am not sure what I’m allowed to say, but to name one, I love Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar”.
Patrician confirmed
Ian Foster
Ty user. O boi, I'll sure love me a nu-Mahoromatic.
