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Toshokan Sensō – Library War Episode 7

July 17th, 2008 at 10:57 pm » Comments (0)

An unassuming man in a suit approaches Iku’s roommate Shibasaki in the library and asks for her help in locating information about book burning. She wonders why he’s looking for such dangerous information. Iku and Hikaru are discussing Shibasaki’s love life, how she met a guy when he asked her a reference question and went [...]



Toshokan Sensō – Library War Episode 6

June 15th, 2008 at 8:26 am » Comments (1)

The episode opens with Iku and Komaki fleeing from the Media Enhancement Committee. They’ve just gone to rare book store to pick up a valuable copy of “The Book of Prophecy” aka Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. As they run away Komaki is shot in the leg. Iku yells at the MEC troops, saying that they [...]



Toshokan Sensō – Library War Episode 5

May 13th, 2008 at 4:06 pm » Comments (1)

There wasn’t much action in this episode, instead it focused on Iku’s relationship with her parents. There were some very cute moments as Iku tried to hide her true job from her mom and dad. Iku’s vision of her parents’ visit is terrifying:



Toshokan Sensō – Library War Episode 4

May 5th, 2008 at 8:49 pm » Comments (1)

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.



Toshokan Sensō – Library War Episode 3

April 24th, 2008 at 8:45 pm » Comments (1)

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 [...]



Toshokan Sensō – Library War Episode 2

April 18th, 2008 at 8:10 am » Comments (1)

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:



More Library War

April 13th, 2008 at 12:40 pm » Comments (2)

Sweet, Sweet Card catalogs:



Toshokan Sensō – Library War Episode 1

April 13th, 2008 at 1:08 am » Comments (3)

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:

thought police are bad



Library War Anime

April 4th, 2008 at 4:40 pm » Comments (2)

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



Age Ranges, Anime Xmas, Manga Commentary

December 12th, 2006 at 8:55 am » Comments (2)

Graphic Novels and Age Ranges
How to incorporate your anime collection into your holiday decor
A true encounter with bookstore guy