Anime Adaptations of Light Novels and Games

  Hey guys, this week I will be covering the anime adaptation of the light novel called Violet Evergarden. The movie is also called Violet Evergarden. It is a story about an ex-female soldier who takes up the job of an Auto Memory Doll at a Writer's agency The anime has 13 episodes in total whereas the light novel contains 6 chapters. For this post I will be covering 4 episodes from the anime and 2 chapters of the light novel. If we judge the adaptation based in fidelity from the light novel, then the adaptation is not so loyal to the novel. The anime shows the life of Violet Evergarden  in the order of succession. This shows the rise of Violet into a well reputed Auto Memory Doll. Whereas the novel starts in the middle, go back to the beginning and then go to the end. This sets a mystery towards the protagonist as her story is not completely clear until one point. This puts up an anachrony. The focalization in the anime is variable because Violet Evergarden's perspectives are...

This post tries to analyse the light novel Kimi No Na Wa (Your Name) and the anime film adaptation of it. The novel was released in 2016 and was adapted into a film 2017 by the same author Makoto Shinkai. The cinematic adaptation loyally follows the light novel with very minute modifications. By going through both of them it is evident that the novel was given primacy and hence fidelity is shown One of the key differences is that the point of view in the light novel is first person with respect to two of the protagonists Taki and Mitsuha whereas it is third person in the movie. The picturization of the characters was lacking in the light novel whereas the movie tried to express the character of the people in it through various visual effects. The film uses a different focalization compared to the novel.  The focalization in the film is external with no narration under the perspective of any character, but the light novel's focalization is fixed to the protagonist Mitsuha One fideli...