When we last saw Iku, she and the director of the Library Corps were surrounded by evil dudes! She volunteers to go along with him, and they are kidnapped.

I found this episode a little less exciting than the first two. There’s some discussion of relationshippy stuff, a mission that deliberately excludes Iku, wheelchair hijinks, and a bit of a cliffhanger at the end.
So part of the reason why Iku joined the library task force is that when she was a schoolgirl, a mysterious […]

The second episode of Library War features bear punching, book shelving, and a fateful encounter with a book truck:
Our heroine Iku gets assigned to a special library task force, which means more training:

Sweet, Sweet Card catalogs:

I thought I’d post a few pictures from the first episode of Library War. My Japanese sucks, so I’m waiting for a fan sub. But the show looked very entertaining to me.

Our heroine encounters the evil thought police:

Well, this sounds intriguing, there’s a new anime coming out called Library War. Here’s a promo movie for it. {via}
Here’s some screen caps of the first episode and second episode

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A true encounter with bookstore guy

I wanted an excuse to play around with the new Google Co-op service, so I started an anime and manga blog search. I think I’ve set things up so anyone can volunteer to add content, so if you know of some sites I didn’t include, feel free to add them!

One of my librarian colleagues just tipped me off to this documentary from American Radioworks about the pop cultural power of Japan. You can download it here. Reporters visit stores in Japan, go to an anime convention, talk about youth culture, and comment on the economics of manga and anime. You can listen to a […]

Rebecca writes:
Another comics-related question! This time, it’s about anime movies! My library is seriously lacking any besides Yu-Gi-Oh!, and last week I went on a binge and bought a couple of volumes of Full Metal Alchemist and Samurai Seven - what else could I add to our collection?
I think Full Metal Alchemist and […]