Comments on: Library War Episode 2 – "Entering the Task Force?"

By: hazelnutmegan

hazelnutmegan — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:22:45 +0000

This anime series highlights the need to preserve books and artifacts, which is important. It just makes that world seem more exciting and important because of the military aspect involved.

By: Nobiai

Nobiai — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:12 +0000

Regarding the premise of information control and control of literature:

I think it’s a great premise, as it’s something that governments around the world practice and which we should be wary of. Once the spread of ideas is censored, we can only act on the information that does trickle through and by controlling this governments in a way are controlling the very ways we think. However I don’t feel it’s handled especially well within the show. The books the MIB seems intent on collecting appear to be manga and children’s books, and I can’t see those being seditious in any way. Nor do I understand why they focus on commercial bookstores or allow the books to reach stores and then remove them; wouldn’t it be more likely they’d stop seditious literature at the publisher itself?

By: Impz

Impz — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:13:11 +0000

@Bian: You are not the only one. It’s all about love!

By: biankita

biankita — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:12:43 +0000

I’m not complaining… Two sub groups have already picked this up and I’m sooooooooooooooo happy about it XD By the way, is it ok to actually watch this anime for the sake of KasaDojo rather than for the actual war… I cannot understand the war…

By: mib

mib — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:48:29 +0000

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By: Ryan A

Ryan A — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:19:23 +0000

Prod.I.G. masterful, how many series are they doing this season? dunno.

On information control and books. I think the setup is interesting, but I do view it as a delivery for underlying complexities, be it the shoujo, slice-of-life, or whatever other enjoyable things may come. Interesting as well, and I’ll just throw it out there because I feel this is related… Fahrenheit 451 in anime/manga form.

As for the episode, I love the setup and direction. Solid/enjoyable characters, comedy, building romance, and very strong showing!

Late on the commenting, final exam week a coming, short time to view the airings. ^^ I like the energy Impz

By: usagijen

usagijen — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:20:03 +0000

My complaint with Toshokan Sensou now is that the anime is moving wayy too fasttt!! (especially in this ep) x__x Hence, details which could help clarify things more are omitted, and we get to see less of the snob/arrogant Tezuka, more deredere Doujou, etc etc. I am soo itching to make my deep frying to tell the world of the missing juicy bits of the novel! \o/ I really hope I can spare time to do this, so you can go read about it too Impz. *crosses fingers*

By: Impz

Impz — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:30:11 +0000

@Asdf: Cos every blogger wants to be the cool guy who blogs the popular series. WAHAHAHAHAHAAH! Hunt me down? NO, I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN if you stop commenting.

not kidding.

ho ho ho.

By: asdf

asdf — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:16:49 +0000

I don’t understand why some bloggers don’t blog “eccentric” or out-of-the-norm anime. Thank god that some intelligent figure on Earth understands the magnificence of this series. Keep blogging. Or I will hunt you down. Just kiddin’

By: Impz

Impz — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:47:39 +0000

@Kaz3phyrous: Blogs are not only used to voice out the author’s opinions but they are also a more detailed source of information on a specific genre or topic that is usually neglected by major sources of news. Hence, it is good that I have the chance to provide the source of translating gibberish details into proper information that can be comprehended even though you do not understand japanese.

Imagine if this is taken away from you. What will you feel? Imagine a more drastic scenario where all books that promotes a lifestyle (even your “Little Miss Neat” books) that is against a collective mindset are all banned. Will books become an important commodity to transmit ideas now? Rather than saying it is books, I believe Library War is communicating more about information. It can be physical, electronic or anything that has latent or explicit information.

@Susie Q: That’s our “job”, isn’t it? If we review something and it turns you off so badly, I will feel miserable and quit immediately (perhaps not quit, lol!). The truth is that I am just trying to spread the love of series that might not seem that interesting at first glance.

@Kibou: The whole thing about war, romance and action is weaved together beautifully. It’s not awkward or out of place. It’s almost like it should be this way. That shows how Library War manages to make a seemingly complex situation more palpable for us to digest.