Thursday, December 25, 2025

10th anniversary of Violet Evergarden Volume 1 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 上巻

Violet Evergarden Volume 1 (ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 上巻) was published on 25 December 2015. Which means today is the 10th anniversary of the light novel's publication. To commemorate this milestone, Kyoto Animation published a compendium of the light novels (4 volumes) with two short stories and two new chapters. Titled Violet Evergarden The Anniversary -Flower-, I got my copy yesterday.

 
I may write a separate post about the book itself, but right now, the focus is on translating the two new chapters:
Laura and the Auto-Memories Doll: a full-blown, lengthy chapter placed right at the start of the book
Flowers and the Auto-Memories Doll: a very short epilogue-style chapter, right at the end of the book

Some of my other posts regarding Violet Evergarden series:
 
 
My overall thoughts on Violet Evergarden The Movie

Events:
 
Translations of short stories:
Gilbert Bougainvillea and the Fleeting Dream (unofficial translation of "ギルベルト・ブーゲンビリアと儚い夢")
The Starry Night and the Lonely Two (unofficial translation of 星降りの夜とさみしいふたり)
Diethard Bougainvillea's If (unofficial translation of ディートフリート・ブーゲンビリアIf) 
The Tailor and the Auto-Memories Doll (unofficial translation of 仕立て屋と自動手記人形)
 
Tellsis (Nunkish) translation:
Last line of Violet's final letter to Gilbert
 
Insights on the movie:
 
Audio commentary notes:
 
 
All posts related to Violet Evergarden.

Posted by Teck at 12/25/2025 12:57:00 PM 0 comments

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Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Violet Evergarden Live in Concert USA Tour

 
I woke up to see an announcement that a Violet Evergarden orchestra concert tour will be making its ways to three cities in the United States.
Vocalists TRUE, Minori Chihara and Aira Yuuki will be singing at the concerts. Conductor is Thanapol Setabrahmana.

Dallas: 13 February 2026
Venue: Music Hall at Fair Park
Vocalists: TRUE, Minori Chihara, Aira Yuuki
https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C006373D8C29200
 
Los Angeles: 15 February 2026
Venue: Peacock Theatre
Vocalists: TRUE, Minori Chihara, Aira Yuuki
New York: 18 February 2026
Venue: Theatre at Madison Square Garden
Vocalists: Minori Chihara & Aira Yuuki
 
Interestingly, I did not find any official announcement from Kyoto Animation yet. Composer Evan Call has also not shared anything about this.
The event has been officially announced.
 
My overall thoughts on Violet Evergarden The Movie

Events:
 
Translations of short stories:
Gilbert Bougainvillea and the Fleeting Dream (unofficial translation of "ギルベルト・ブーゲンビリアと儚い夢")
The Starry Night and the Lonely Two (unofficial translation of 星降りの夜とさみしいふたり)
Diethard Bougainvillea's If (unofficial translation of ディートフリート・ブーゲンビリアIf) 
The Tailor and the Auto-Memories Doll (unofficial translation of 仕立て屋と自動手記人形)
 
Tellsis (Nunkish) translation:
Last line of Violet's final letter to Gilbert
 
Insights on the movie:
 
Audio commentary notes:
 
 
All posts related to Violet Evergarden.
 

Posted by Teck at 12/09/2025 09:33:00 AM 0 comments

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Thursday, December 04, 2025

81st Onchikai Shodo Exhibition 第81回温知会書道展

I went to Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (東京都美術館) today to see my calligraphy piece on exhibition at the 81st Onchikai Shodo Exhibition 第81回温知会書道展.
The exhibition took up 2 halls out of the available 12 at the museum, of which 1.5 halls were works by standing members (instructors and above) while half of the remaining hall was used to exhibit winning submissions from general members of the calligraphy society.

This is the piece that I submitted this year. 古今多少事 都付笑談中

It was nice going to see the works by other calligraphy practitioners, especially as they help me think about how to write the characters for next year's round of exhibitions.








There were also some works from school students.
 
Time to start working on next year's submissions! 

Posted by Teck at 12/04/2025 07:00:00 PM 0 comments

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