Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra


Armed Librarians: The Book of Bantorra

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Synonyms: Tatakau Shisho, Tatakau Shisho to Koisuru Bakudan, Fighting Librarians
Japanese: 戦う司書 The Book of Bantorra
English: Armed Librarians: The Book of Bantorra
German: The Book of Bantorra
Spanish: The Book of Bantorra
French: The Book of Bantorra
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Type: TV
Episodes: 27
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 2, 2009 to Apr 2, 2010
Premiered: Fall 2009
Broadcast: Fridays at 22:00 (JST)
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: David Production
Genres: ActionAction, FantasyFantasy
Themes: Adult CastAdult Cast, Super PowerSuper Power
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.181 (scored by 1763317,633 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #34362
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2757
Members: 68,595
Favorites: 221

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Synopsis

In a world where dead people turn into books and are stored in the Bantorra Library where anyone who reads a book can learn their past, Bantorra Library is maintained by Armed Librarians who wield psychic powers and their enemy is a religious society known as Sindeki Kyoudan.

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1: "Datengoku Sensen (堕天國宣戦)" by ALI PROJECT (eps 1-16)
2: "Seisai no Ripieno (星彩のRipieno)" by Sasaki Sayaka (eps 17-27)
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Ending Theme

1: "Light of Dawn" by Annabel  (eps 1-16)
2: "Dominant Space" by Yuuki Aira (eps 17-27)




Reviews

Mar 21, 2010
Armed Librarians: The Book of Bantorra has had a very strong divide among opinions this past season. I have seen many people praise this show in the anime blogosphere, while forum activists on big sites such as ANN criticize it to death. I’m sure there are many people in the middle who just don’t know what to think or are uncertain to try it. I hope that my review will clear some of that uncertainty away.

Story

Now here is something original. After a person dies, their memories turn into a stone tablet called a "book" that leaves their body to be ...
Sep 30, 2016
Mixed Feelings
When it comes to settings of fictional pieces, Armed Librarians: the Book of Bantorra has certainly an interesting one: deceased people who turn into books, and librarians that keep those stored in the huge library of Bantorra. Although it has an intriguing story to show, its narrative is lackluster, never really knowing on what it wants to focus on. Don't get the wrong impression, it has some good story arcs alongside some endearing characters.

The anime focusses on the books as well as the armed librarians, people with psychic powers, tasked with retrieving and maintaining the huge archives. As it will, it is not that simple: ...
Apr 18, 2010
Preliminary (5/27 eps)
I've decided to drop The Book of Bantorra after watching five episodes. I had to force myself to watch 5 episodes.
Story. What story? Where? Oh yeah. There are some books which are actually remnants of dead people's lives. Kuroshitsuji? Tsubasa Chronicle (not the main story, of course)? I just had a problem with seeing why these books are so important that there exists an elite class within the society that protects them from some funky organization with an idiotic name and random beasts roaming around the library itself. Maybe there's some enlightement after the 5th episode, but I really don't care. Why am I not ...

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Where can I stream this?
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