| 10:00am | Toshokan Sensou ep. 1 |  | | | Series Information ANN Encyclopedia | AniDB | AnimeNfo OP: “Atashi no Machi, Ashita no Machi (あたしの街、明日の )” by Hitomi Takahashi ED: “changes” by Base Ball Bears Production: Production I.G [ Episode 1: Underwater Island Drive - ウラシマドライブ ] Plenty... | | |
| 5:41am | The Last First Look Fair: Himitsu, Toshokan Sensou, and Real Drive |  | | | I know, it’s halfway through the season already–but one more very late set of first impressions, shall we? (This is what happens when you have a limited amount of time) Himitsu: The Revelation What is this show trying to be? The plot description that I gathered from Hashihime suggested... | | |
| 5:54am | The Otakusphere: Civil Liberties, Dead Titles and Living Monkey Armor | | | | Yeah, for those of you who don't know, I'm a radical Civil Libertarian. And when I say radical I mean "no closed door meetings, destroy the FCC, try the prisoners in Gitmo and let the Nazi's march" type of radical Civil Libertarian. So when I read usagijen's post on Library Wars, I just about got up... | | |
| 3:26am | Library Associations and Library War: Real Serious Business | | | | Apparently, what inspired Hiro Arikawa to write Toshokan Sensou is the Statement of Intellectual Freedom in Libraries of the JLA (Japan Library Association), written on a plaque inside the library she and her husband visited. This was mentioned in her postscript in volume 1, but I really didn’t... | | |
| 6:47pm | ♫ Music to my Ears ~ A few new singles! ♪ | | | | Seems like this month has been a good month for music releases. Most of this seasons goodies are finally coming out on CD and thanks to people like Nipponsei we’ve got them available to us on torrent ^_^ I figured it’d be worth mentioning since these are some fun songs to add to your iPod,... | | |
| 2:23pm | Toshokan Sensou 4 | | | | In today's news, the criminal billionare Lex Luthor was arrested His crime? Stealing cakes. 40 of them. Iku and Commander Inamine are taken as hostages by the Bakushuukai, a group that supports the Media Cleansing Committee. Under the threat that the Bakushuukai will blow up the funeral procession,... | | |
| 8:14am | Toshokan Sensou 05 |  | | | Summary: Iku’s parents have come to visit, and Iku’s friends reluctantly agree to help her keep up the charade. Unfortunately, Iku’s dad is very perceptive, and the article that Maki wrote about Iku is quite popular. While sharing a bath, Iku’s mother also notices a bruise... | | |
| 1:57am | Romantic Rematch! Toshokan Sensou challenges ItaKiss and Special A | | | | Following the two-and-change shoujo shows in this season has been an interesting look at the sort of evolution this genre has undergone in the 21st century. There are distinct kinds of styles found in these shows tailored for the female audience - although they still manage to find a large audience... | | |
| 6:45pm | The Missing Library War (Toshokan Sensou) Files #2 | | | | So much for procrastination… here’s this long overdue deep frying! No wonder I thought my deep frying for episode 1 turned out too short, I forgot to mention some more stuff regarding the Doujou x Iku lobby scene! >_< It’s not all that much but it would’ve made the scene more dramatic... | | |
| 4:25pm | Weekly Round Up: May 9th | | | | Reviewed this week: Allison and Lillia 4-5, Amatsuki 4, Chi’s Sweet Home 14-20, Itazura na Kiss 4-5, Kaiba 3-4, Kurenai 5, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki 3, Nabari no Ou 1-5, Real Drive 3, Toshokan Sensou 1-3, Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 13…and in manga: Bokurano 48-52 ANIMECURRENT SERIES RANKINGSZoku Sayonara... | | |
| 10:16am | Library War (Toshokan Sensou) Episode 5 - The War of the Parents! |  | | | Kasahara Iku is an officer working under the Task Force. She has never truly buckled under the immense stress faced in her work. Kasahara is a heroine, being the only female officer who is good enough to be under the Task Force. However, her biggest challenge ever is arriving right to the doorstep of... | | |
| 5:10pm | Library War Novel Collection, Complete At Last! | | | | It took me four months to get this completed. (oh and sorry for the crappy cellphone cam pic I still haven’t bought a replacement for my old [stolen] one =.=; ) As you probably know by now, I bought the actual copies of the Library War novels months before the anime started airing and gawd are... | | |
| 5:07am | Toshokan Sensou 04 | | | | Summary: After some completely unnecessary recap, we learn the thugs are the Bakushuukai. Really they are just a bunch of dorks who wish they were in the MCF and use a fake bomb threat to get Iku and Kazuichi to go with them. The Bakushuukai call up the LTF demanding the LTF destroy the books in... | | |
| 5:07am | Toshokan Sensou 04 | | | | Summary: After some completely unnecessary recap, we learn the thugs are the Bakushuukai. Really they are just a bunch of dorks who wish they were in the MCF and use a fake bomb threat to get Iku and Kazuichi to go with them. The Bakushuukai call up the LTF demanding the LTF destroy the books in... | | |
| 5:52pm | Miyuki Sawashiro’s Desirable Pigeonhole | | | | Just looking up some basic information on Sawashiro surprised me. For starters, she was born in 1985, so she’s just 23 this year. And already she is so prolificalbeit mostly in otaku-ish productions. Typecasted in the Oujo-sama type roles, she is definitely one of the go-to girl when you hear... | | |
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