

The film was completed a day before one of their buildings was arsoned in July 2019.

Kyoto Animation revealed in April 2019 a side-story film, with Fujita being announced as its director. In the film, Violet Evergarden arrives at a private women's academy to tutor the daughter of the York noble family named Isabella.

Produced by Kyoto Animation and distributed by Shochiku, the film is directed by Haruka Fujita from a script written by Takaaki Suzuki and Tatsuhiko Urahata, and stars Yui Ishikawa, Minako Kotobuki, Aoi Yūki, Takehito Koyasu, Kouki Uchiyama, and Aya Endo. Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll is a 2019 Japanese animated film based on Violet Evergarden light novel series by Kana Akatsuki.
