Author Kana Akatsuki and illustrator Akiko Takase’s Violet Evergarden novel won the grand prize in the fifth Kyoto Animation Award program’s novel category in 2014.
The wraparound jacket band for the Violet Evergarden Gaiden (side story) novel, which shipped on Friday, has a teaser for a “new project in progress.”
The win marked the first time that any work won a grand prize in any of the contest’s three categories (novel, scenario, and manga).
KA Esuma Bunko published the novel series’ two volumes in Japan in December 2015 and December 2016.