Draft:Kana Akatsuki

Kana Akatsuki is a Japanese novelist. She lives in Hokkaido, Japan. Her debut novel, "Violet Evergarden" won the grand prize in the novel category at the 5th Kyoto Animation Awards. "Violet Evergarden" was animated in January 2018.

In September 2020, she worked on the scenario "Ancient Apostles - Reapers of the Forest" for the game "Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris”.

In 2023, she worked on the scenario for the game "Sword Art Online: Last Recollection”.

Style and Influences
Her writing style is heavily influenced by girls' novels and foreign children's literature. Her story structure is greatly influenced by movies. In an interview, she said, "My current style is the result of boiling these three things in the same pot." She also feels that the style of film director Edgar Wright is similar to that of her own work.

Her favorite picture book that she read as a child was the “Brambly Hedge" series. Other favorites include the "Ghost Hunt Series” by Fuyumi Ono and the works of Noriko Ogiwara including "The Twelve Kingdoms”. For young adult books, she raises "Momo", the "Harry Potter” series and "The Six Bullerby Children”. For movies, she cites "Magnolia", “Being John Malkovich" and “The Virgin Suicides” as inspiration.

Violet Evergarden
Art: Akiko Takase, KA Esuma Bunko (KA Esuma BunkoKyoto Animation), 4 volumes.


 * Violet Evergarden ~Last Letter~
 * A collection that recounts various short stories that were released as an admission bonus for the theatrical anime version and as a bonus enclosed in the video software. It was sold on January 25, 2022 as a limited-order web-only production, and was re-released in May 2023 as the "Compact Edition" in a lower-priced version without an outer box.
 * Anne Magnolia and her Nineteenth Birthday (Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto-Manipulative Dolls -Admission Bonus )
 * Leon Stephanotis and the First Star (Violet Evergarden: The Exobiography of Violet Evergarden - Eternity and the Auto-Manipulated Dolls - Entrance Bonus)
 * Charlotte Eberle Freya Flugel and the Kingdom of the Forest (Violet Evergarden: The Exobiography - Eternity and the Auto-Manipulator -Admission Bonus)
 * Isabella York and the Rain of Flowers (Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto-Manipulator - Exclusive Admission)
 * Amy Bartlett and the Spring Sunshine through the Trees (Violet Evergarden: The Exobiography of Violet Evergarden - Eternity and the Automatic Puppets - Blu-ray & DVD Included Benefits)
 * Benedict Blue's Violet (Violet Evergarden the Movie - Admission bonus )
 * Oscar's Little Angel (Violet Evergarden the Movie entrance bonus)
 * Violet Evergarden If (Violet Evergarden the Movie admission bonus)
 * Gilbert Bougainvillea and the Ephemeral Dream (Violet Evergarden the Movie entrance bonus)
 * Dietfried Bougainvillea If (Newly written for ~ Last Letter~)
 * The Starry Night and the Sadness of Two (Newly written for ~Last Letter~)

Sword Art Online Alization Lycorice

 * DLC『The Ancient Apostles -Reaper of Forests-』 - Screenplay
 * DLC『The Ancient Apostles - Clowns of Confusion" - Screenplay』 - Screenplay
 * DLC『Myosotis』 - Plot/Script/Scenario
 * DLC『Matricaria』 - Plot/Script/Scenario

Screenplay

 * Yui Ishikawa UTA-KATA Vol.1 ~The Bard of Dawn~ (premiered January 11, 2020) - Screenplay

Links

 * Kana Akatsuki - Everystar