The Book of Bantorra
| Tatakau Shisho | |
Cover of Tatakau Shisho volume 1 as published by Shueisha
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| 戦う司書 | |
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| Genre | Adventure, Fantasy |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Ishio Yamagata |
| Illustrated by | Shigeki Maeshima |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Super Dash Bunko |
| Original run | September 22, 2005 – January 22, 2010 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Manga | |
| Tatakau Shisho to Koisuru Bakudan | |
| Written by | Kokonotsu Shinohara |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Ultra Jump Egg |
| Original run | March 19, 2008 – October 19, 2009 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra | |
| Directed by | Toshiya Shinohara |
| Written by | Mari Okada |
| Music by | Yoshihisa Hirano |
| Studio | David Production |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Animax, Bandai Channel, BS11 |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 2, 2009 – April 2, 2010 |
| Episodes | 27 |
Tatakau Shisho (Japanese: 戦う司書?, lit. "Armed Librarians") is a Japanese light novel series written by Ishio Yamagata and illustrated by Shigeki Maeshima. The series started with the release of the first volume on September 22, 2005, and by January 22, 2010, ten volumes had been published by Shueisha under its Super Dash Bunko label. A manga adaptation by Kokonotsu Shinohara was serialized in Shueisha's Internet-based manga magazine Ultra Jump Egg between March 2008 and October 2009. An anime adaptation, The Book of Bantorra began airing in Japan on October 2, 2009. In 2012, the anime series was licensed for distribution in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
In a world where deceased people turn into stone-like books and are stored in the Bantorra Library, anyone who reads a book can learn its past. Bantorra Library is maintained by the Armed Librarians, who wield supernatural abilities, and their enemy is a psychotic cult known as Shindeki Church. As the story progresses it presents a world of sorrow and pain, and the unfairness and frugality of life, as well as personal desires. However, in each arc there is also a small underlying hope, and more of the reasons, conspiracies, and secrets are revealed behind everything.
The composer for the series is Yoshihisa Hirano.
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