Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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Library War: the rambo of libraries? Small

If a work speaks book, she encourages them to read better, I immediately an a priori very positive. Toshokan Senso (literally, war libraries) is a Japanese cartoon in thirteen episodes, released in spring 2008. It is adapted from a series of novels for teens Arikawa Hiro, whose first volume is now available in French Glénat.

Between encyclopedias, magazines and novels, a machine gun ...

This series tells the adventures and funny Kazahara restless, a young rookie librarian. The context is different. This is an alternate history of Japan reinventing the past thirty years.
A law of media improvement is put in place to ensure control over the sector, claiming a moral and necessary protection of public opinion against manipulation. Soon, the system is hijacked. Censorship is drawing all cultural fields. Libraries are the last bastion of the works and affected by the stigma still available the public.

To deal with the radicalization of the actions of the committee of censorship, libraries equip themselves with a defense corps. The situation soon evolves into a war row. Conflict strangely framed by red tape, with places set and a schedule for the fighting. Knowing the Japanese martial atmosphere and respect the authority of his people, we understand the realism of the fiction of anticipation.

The happy team of librarians!


In this tense political and social context where reading is threatened, as commit librarian is an act of resistance. Kazahara has never forgotten his teenage misadventure: she was found by chance in the middle of a skirmish in a bookstore and was saved by a young librarian.
Impressed by the bravery of his "prince", she chose this dangerous path, against the advice of his parents. She wants to support the right to read, especially for children! But it quickly becomes disenchanted
, harassed by Dojo, a particularly demanding instructor who is her "prince". His superiors and colleagues help him in his apprenticeship and gradually, the young woman asserts not only expertise but also because of his courage and moral strength of his commitment.

Here, they call the freedom to read and think. A freedom worth dying for his protection. Moreover, the work draws openly Fahrenheit 451. The seriousness of the remarks is mitigated by the absurdities of daily life, funny situations and colorful characters. Kazahara, a true war machine, is also stubborn she is emotional and blue flower. It tears easily without being namby-pamby: a tour de force! The secondary characters are also very successful in their full humanity of contradiction.

Distractions with reflection and serial style option

I discovered this series with the animated version, very good bill. The animation quality (Studio IG) with a working outline of the chara-design plans in the differentiation of treated and aesthetic. Funny and intelligent, the series has a good narrative rhythm. And then, in twelve episodes, with a special, not a dull moment! So I was very curious about the original work.

The latter, a write password everywhere, mediocre, a bit difficult to install action. But the elements that attracted me in the anime are present, and with more depth. The issue of freedom of expression and censorship is discussed angles less grandiose than the fierce fighting for the preservation of books. There are also more discrete episodes and more diplomatic equally exciting.


The great strength of Library War is the great personality of his heroine. Restless, a little tomboy, she is free and voluntary. In adversity, it reveals the best of itself, which does not prevent it from cracking, once the crisis passes. It is a beautiful female character.
therefore be forgiven the author of the weakness of his style for history, original and dynamic, managed to captivate while combining very different literary genres. A very good entertainment from adventure, romance and political fiction. The series consists of four volumes. If you do not have the courage to read the novel, I really recommend you try the animated series!

The Wikepedia page in English on the series, very comprehensive:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshokan_Sens% C5% 8D

official website in Japanese
http://www.toshokan-sensou.com

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