Everything known about KyoAni's new anime: Violet Evergarden

I was blown away by the recent CM posted by Kyoto Animation for their new anime Violet Evergarden / ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン, so I decided to amass all the info i could in hopes of hyping the community up! LETS GOStory:“Auto Memories Doll.” It’s already been a long time since that name was first popularized. It’s a machine that Dr. Orlando created that talks in a natural voice. At first, he only made it to help out his loving wife, but before long they spread out into the world. and companies were made to lend them out. “I’m Violet Evergarden, the Auto Memories Doll who will rush to provide service anywhere you wish.“ That translucent voice comes from a robotic beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes like she came out of a storybook.Characters:Violet Evergarden; An Auto Memories Doll that works at C-H Mail Services. Her owner, who doesn’t match her beauty at all, has unparalleled fighting power. Gilbert found her when he was a child, so she has served as a soldier in the past.With letters, I bind people's hearts together. Every precious one's, Every precious feeling. Yet, the feeling never grows In my heartHodgins; The president of CH Mail Services and a former soldier for Leidenschaftlich. He’s Violet’s guardian. A dandy guy who loves gambling. Though their personalities are different, he’s been friends with Gilbert for a long time.Gilbert; Soldier in the Leidenschaftlich army. Also plays a parent role for Violet, whom he received from his older brother. Featured in the 6th short, The Major and the Auto Memories Doll.Book:The light novel won the annual Kyoto Animation Awards competition, and as a result was eligible, and luckily accepted, for animation. More here.The light novel was published in December 25, 2015 and is avalible on KyoAni's website, but unfortunately it is in Japanese only.First bit of the book Google translated.Additional Content:Another PV with two interesting shots: A still and character interaction.The original CM with crazy GIFs:http://ift.tt/1NW4Qux surfing ∴ best girlWallpaper Album:http://ift.tt/1TNVmki Theme:SoundCloudPresumptive Staff:Director: Taichi Ishidate (Beyond the Boundary, K-On Ep.4,9,14)Character Design/Animation Director: Akiko Takase (Violet Evergarden LN Illustrator)Colour Design: Yuka Yoneda (Free! Iwatobi Swim Club)Background Art: Mikiko Watanabe (Amagi Brilliant Park, Beyond the Boundary, Myriad Colours Phantom World)3D Art: Joji Unoguchi (K-ON! and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Background Artist)Key Animators: Nami Iwasaki (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Kyoukai no Kanata), Fumio Tada (Kyoukai no Kanata, Amagi Brilliant Park), Kohei Okamura (High Speed! -Free! Starting Days-, Musaigen no Phantom World), Shinpei Sawa (Tamako Love Story, Kyoukai no Kanata), Nobuaki Maruki (Amagi Brilliant Park Chief Animation Director), Tatsuya Sato (Gundam Build Fighters and Kakumeiki Valvrave Digital Painter) and Miku Kadowaki (Kyoukai no Kanata Character Designer)Conclusion:I'm willing to give the show the benefit of the doubt and hope for greatness. It looks fantastic and from the scraps I could gather the plot seems pretty interesting! Throw this show on your 'Plan to Watch' lists and I'll see you in the discussion threads later :) Sources:Where I got the story and character translationsViolet WebsiteGIF people: This guy, This guy, and This guyThe bookMALStaff list: u/Canipa and otakutale http://ift.tt/1sjlIBE