One series that I’ve been unexpectedly loving more than any other this season is the original story produced by WIT Studio, Vivy – Flourite Eye’s Song –. Telling a story that spans 100 years, every episode has been mesmerizingly beautiful. From the story to the stupidly good-looking animation, if Vivy sticks the landing it could go down as an Anime of the Year contender. The only thing that has been missing so far is an English dub to make it more accessible to a wider audience, but that changes this weekend!
In an update posted to their official blog on Thursday, May 27th, Funimation revealed they will premiere the English dub produced at Bang! Zoom! in LA on Saturday, May 29th. Along with that announcement, they revealed that the lead roles will be played by Cristina Vee as Diva/Vivy and Max Mittelman as Matsumoto.
As mentioned, Vivy – Flourite Eye’s Song – is an original story produced by WIT Studio. While it might have a strange title, it’s being pretty much universally praised by fans and critics for its wonderful story that has spanned decades in only a few episodes and artwork that rivals the best work of other studios, including Kyoto Animation and ufotable. Honestly, it looks so good you would think that the studio is just showing off because they can.
In the series, the main character is an automated AI working in an amusement park as a singer. Her only mission in life is to make others happy with her singing. That is until one day when a strange AI named Matsumoto appears in her system and informs her that in 100 years, there will be a war between humans and AI that will result in massive casualties, and only she has the power to stop it from happening. From there the series jumps forward a few years at a time to each new singularity point.
Tappei Nagatsuki and Eiji Umehara are credited with the creation of this series, with Shinpei Ezaki as the director. What really makes this series stand out, however, is the soundtrack composed by Satoru Kosaki. From the opening theme song to the insert songs, Kosaki has done a great job with making sure the music was appropriately grandiose for the animation that houses it.
As I’ve made abundantly clear in this article, I’m enjoying this series greatly and feel strongly that everyone should be giving this one a chance, if you enjoy sci-fi or not. Time skips can be a tough trope to use effectively, but Vivy – Flourite Eye’s Song – has not only managed to walk the fine line but is doing forward flips on it with relative ease.
If you’re looking for a series that’s proving its worth, you’ll want to make sure that you jump on this one now before it ends and the Internet gets filled with spoilers. I have no idea what’s going to happen in the closing episodes, but my anime senses tell me that there’s going to be a major twist involved that none of us will see coming.
Source: Official Funimation Blog
