KA Esuma Bunko, the light novel label associated with Kyoto Animation (this season's Sound! Euphonium, next season's Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid) has scheduled a November 25th release date for Manzai Sen ka! - written by Aji Miyaku and illustrated by namo. The work received honorable mention in 2013's 4th Kyoto Animation Awards along with Soichirō Hatano's basis for the Myriad Colors Phantom World anime and Koji Dogu's Yatara Uro Uro Mettara Doki Doki.

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!, Free! and Beyond the Boundary were also based on books honored by the award.

New novel from KyoAni's KA Esuma Bunko releasing November 25. Details in pics. pic.twitter.com/8yIGpq8UOi — ultimatemegax (@ultimatemegax) November 9, 2016

The second volume of Violet Evergarden follows the release on December 26th.





In spring 2016, Kyoto Animation produced an anime promo for Violet Evergarden. The book, written by Kana Akatsuki, won the grand prize winner of the 5th Kyoto Animation Award.

CM production staff

Story Board / Director: Taichi Ishidate (Beyond the Boundary)

Character Design / Animation Director: Akiko Takase

Keyframe Drawing: Nami Iwasaki, Fumio Tada, Kohei Okamura, Shinpei Sawa, Nobuaki Maruki, Tatsuya Sato, Miku Kadowaki

In-Between Animation Check: Hiroko Kuroda

Color Design: Yuka Yoneda

Special Effects: Rina Miura

Background Art: Mikiko Watanabe

3D Art: Joji Unoguchi

Director of Digital Composite: Kohei Funamoto

3D Computer Graphics: Tetsuro Umetsu





via ultimatemegax



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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.