TV animation "Armed Librarians: The Book of Bantorra"
© Yamagata Ishio, Meashima Shigeki / SHUEISHA, Batorra Library
TV Series 2009-2010
In another time and place, in a world of pain and sorrow, when someone dies, their soul doesn't go to Heaven or Hell – it becomes a book. A book that reveals the deceased's innermost secrets … and can be read by anyone. Protecting these priceless treasures is the elite organization known as the Armed Librarians. It's their job to keep the books and the knowledge within them safe from those who would misuse or destroy them.
It's a tough, dangerous job, so Chief Librarian Hamyuts Maseta recruits only the best and the brightest psychics to join her team of expert fighters. But will they be good enough to stop the fanatics of the Shindeki Church from wrecking vengeance on the entire world? Only time will tell, but that book hasn't been written yet.
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Novel:Ishio Yamagata
Illustration:Shigeki Maeshima
Director:Toshiya Shinohara
Series Composition:Mari Okada
Prop Design:Hideki Hashimoto
Art Director:Shigemi Ikeda
Color Key:Mineyo Ônishi
Director of Photography:Naoki Kitamura
Special Effects:Hiroo Yoshioka
3D Director:Yasufumi Soejima
Editor:Masahiro Gotô
Music:Yoshihisa Hirano
Sound Director:Satoshi Motoyama