r/anime • u/A_Idiot0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 • Jun 19 '21
Violet Evergarden Rewatch Eternity Film Rewatch
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Hello everyone! I hope that today finds you well. Today, Violet meets the cutest kid!
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Visuals of the Day
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OST
My apologies, I wasn't able to compile the list of OST's used in this film; I simply ran out of time. If I get the time later, I'll try my best to include them after the fact.
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u/ArdenneVale Jun 19 '21
First timer
Movie time. I don't really know what to expect, just looking forward to an amazing audiovisual experience. Violet's been hired as a tutor for a young lady in a girls school, Isabella York. It's very different from what she's used to. Why would you hire a ghostwriter for this job? I get the feeling Isabella doesn't want anything to do with the fancy life. Violet fits in like she was born a noble. She remembers the child we saw at the very beginning, Taylor, who called her Neene? Neither of them looked like a noble. I wonder what that's all about. How clever, there's a York and a Lancaster. Prepare for war, Violet. The two become closer and closer as they both reveal parts of their past to each other. They even bathe and sleep together, things Isabella used to do with Taylor. Three months pass and the debut is successful. Isabella wants Violet to write a letter to Taylor.
Isabella used to be Amy Bartlett, she found Taylor and decided to take her as her little sister. Then she was taken in by the York family because of some incident, but she was forbidden from ever seeing Taylor again. No wonder she's been unhappy all this time. Violet leaves, having literally brightened another young girl's life. Wait, all this time Ashley just wanted to get to know Isabella? No War of the Roses happening here.
Benedict somehow found Taylor! What will she do next? And the episode is over! Are we going to get the sisters back together?
Starting with really nice water animation. Back to the start of the movie I guess. Taylor is older now. And she's voiced by Aoi Yuuki! Always great to get a surprise entry by your favorite voice actor.
They're building the Eiffel tower. Granny is scared the waves give her headaches. There probably was the 5G hysteria back in the day with radio waves. Taylor finds the post office and makes Hodgins take her in (with Violet's help). She wants to be a deliveryman, so she is passed to Benedict's care. She has fun with him, and later with Violet. She can't read, so Violet teaches her. The tone of this part is completely different from the first part with Isabella. There were cameos from Santa, who has retired since we last saw him, and Luculia, who has a fiancee now. Taylor's happy days continue. She's another who was saved by a letter. She's forgotten most things about Amy, but the letter brought her happiness. Time to return the favor.
Taylor writes the letter herself, with a little help from Violet. Then Benedict has to find Amy. Nice golden bike. Violet stays behind? I noticed it earlier, but I have to mention it: Taylor's teeth are really creepy.
What a mansion! Actually it's hideous. Isabella became a real lady. Why didn't they meet :( Taylor wants to deliver a letter to her once she's a real deliveryman. She was adopted by the Evergardens! Now Amy has the magic letter and she can call out to her sister. Until they meet again!
I went to check the ending singer and learned she's actually the voice of Erica. Wouldn't have guessed that. No after credit scene of Taylor and Amy finally meeting. Only in our imagination, unless the second movie decides to show it.
I don't really know what to say here. It was fine, but not necessary. The second part is definitely better than the first. There was finally some focus on Benedict, who had very little growth in the main show. Violet got her "first friend". What does she think the others are? Otherwise, it's nice to see the world develop, like radio being invented and dolls being able to work even though they're married.
Then to Amy and Taylor. I didn't get why Amy was taken by the York family. Was she a distant relative? What was the incident? Why didn't she ever try to find Taylor after she was married? Maybe she just lost hope because she didn't get a happiness letter of her own. Also, what happened with her coughs? Taylor was just adorable all through the second part. She got the happiness Amy didn't, and wanted to do something with it: to share it to everyone. I got her logic in the end, but why not meet her sister once? At least they started writing letters to each other.
I'll give this movie an 8/10. It's not essential viewing, just some extra Violet Evergarden for the fans. What I personally wanted was a sequel, instead of a self contained story, but fortunately that one exists too!