Library Wars Winner
I got some great comments on my library wars giveaway. I will never look at compact shelving or microfilm machines again without trying to estimate their potential for destruction. The winner (according to Random.org) was comment #4 from Rij who said they would fight the enemies of intellectual freedom like this: First I’d roll over [...]
Library Wars: Love and War Volume 1 – review and giveaway
I will start out by saying that I am an unabashed fan of the Library War franchise. What is there not to love about stories where librarians fight censorship with machine guns? In Japan there are the original Library War novels, the shoujo and seinen manga versions of the story, the anime, and random tchotkes. [...]
Viz gets Library War: Love and War
I don’t remember the last time I was so excited about a new manga license. Viz is going to put out the shoujo manga version of Library War, called Library War: Love and War. Library War is a tender love story about librarians who defend intellectual freedom with machine guns. How could any self-respecting librarian [...]
Toshokan SensÅ – Library War 12
The final episode! I’ve been drawing out my viewing of this anime because I didn’t want it to end. I also find it difficult to find the time to watch any anime at all these days. Poor Dojo is in the hospital recovering from his injuries in the battle for the museum. He isn’t in [...]
Toshokan SensÅ – Library War 10 and 11
Episode 10 Iku and Tezuka are on a bus. Iku keeps sighing until Tezuka tells her to knock it off. She begs him to send her back to Tokyo. This is his reaction:
Toshokan SensÅ – Library War Episode 9
Iku dreams that she’s talking to her prince charming. She asks him to tell her his name. He turns around and it is Dojo, telling her that she’s an idiot and she needs to get back to work. She wakes up screaming “Noooooooooooo!” At work Iku keeps beating her head against her desk. Hikaru and [...]
Toshokan SensÅ – Library War Episode 8
I’ve fallen way behind in my Library War blogging. Iku is called before a tribunal because the ratfink Sumigawa falsely named her as a collaborator. He’s unreachable at the moment, because he is allegedly sick and resting at home. Iku’s friends wonder if this is the work of the horrible Administrative Faction of the Library [...]
Toshokan SensÅ – Library War Episode 7
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 SensÅ – Library War Episode 6
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 SensÅ – Library War Episode 5
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:
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