Toshokan Sensou

[alexiscartwheel]

In honor of banned books week, I bring you an anime series about librarians who fight censorship. With machine guns.



It's called Toshokan Sensou, which means "Library War", and it was inspired by the Japan Library Association's "Statement on Intellectual Freedom in Libraries." So basically, it's right up my nerd alley.

The main character is Kasahara Iku, a librarian in the Kanto Library Defense Force. When she was still in school, a member of the Defense Force protected her favorite book from being censored. She thinks of the man who saved her book as her prince, and the experience inspires her to become a librarian. It's such a strange premise for a show, but I kind of love it. Even though I'm not a fan of wars or guns by any means, the basic idea that free access to information is something worth protecting at all costs is pretty cool. So far I've only seen three episodes, but I'm looking forward to watching the rest.



Remember kids, only you can prevent book banning.

Comments

[kit-the-brave.livejournal.com]

I officially love that now, even though I have not, you know, actually seen it or anything. Thank you!

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

It's just such a good idea that the fact that it exists somewhere is awesome! :D

[d4ni.livejournal.com]

I finished this series a little while back, and it was pretty good. It was cute and entertaining. <3 And I agree with you that the basic premise is just amazing.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

w00t! I'm not sure how long it'll take me to watch all of it, but so far it's enjoyable.

[tsukara.livejournal.com]

....Sweet.

Man, I need to get ahold of this. The militant librarian in me is full of glee right now.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

That was pretty much my reaction when I first heard about it!

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha. That sounds kind of awesome! XD

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

It kind of is! :D