Bungou to Alchemist: Shinpan no Haguruma 文豪とアルケミスト～審判ノ歯車～

Alternative Name: 文豪与炼金术师 ～审判的齿轮～ 

                                      (Wén Háo Uǔ Liàn Jīn Shù Shī ~Shěn Pàn De Chǐ Lún~)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Literature, Library

 

Description: 

 

Famous writers throughout history find themselves being reincarnated by a mysterious, unseen entity known as the Alchemist. With their souls confined and bound to an expansive library, they are tasked by the Alchemist to jump into books to purify the pages of monsters called Taints. Along the way, they must also rescue and recruit fellow authors trapped within the very stories they themselves had written.

Although the writers take on new and powerful forms for this endeavor, some still maintain a semblance of who they once were, while others struggle to remember their pasts and the works they had penned. Despite there being no apparent end to their grand mission, they remain committed to the cause in hope of resolving the mystery behind their collective resurrection as well as questions that have haunted their former lives.

 

Episode: 13

 

Original Run: April 4, 2020 – August 8, 2020

Studio: OLM

 

Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Teito Genwaku Kitan ニル・アドミラリの天秤 帝都幻惑綺譚

Alternative Name: 冷然之天秤: 帝都幻惑绮谭

                                      (Lěng Rán Zhī Tiān Chèng: Dì Dū Huàn Huò Qǐ Tán)

Genre: Romance, Reverse Harem, Magic, Detectives, Library

Description: 

In an alternate timeline, Japan's Taisho era lasted until 1936 instead of ending in 1926. During this time, Tsugumi Kuze agrees to an arranged marriage to save her family's honor, but before following through, her brother commits suicide by fire while holding an old book. Before she can make sense of this tragedy, the Imperial Library Information Assets Management Bureau appears and informs her of books called Maremono, which exert a great influence on those who read it.

Episode: 12

Original Run: April 8, 2018 – June 24, 2018

Studio: Zero-G

Library War 図書館戦争 (Toshokan Sensō)

Alternative Name: 图书馆战争 (Tú Shū Guǎn Zhàn Zhēng)

Genre: Action, Military, Comedy, Romance, Library, War

Description: 

In a slightly different timeline than ours, the explosion of information and misinformation came to be considered a direct threat to society. In a daring decision, it was decided to create a new government agency dedicated solely to information management. Some thirty years later, in 2019, the government still monitors and controls information, suppressing anything they find undesirable, but standing against their abuses of power are the libraries, with their special agents called ‘the book soldiers.’

Episode: 12 + 1 Special + 1 Movie

Original Run

Series: April 10, 2008 – June 26, 2008

Special: October 1, 2008

Movie: June 16, 2012

Studio: Production I.G

Live-Action Film: April 27, 2013 & October 10, 2015

Literature Girl 文学少女 (Bungaku Shōjo)

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Literature, Library, School

Description: 

As first year student Konoha Inoue is about to leave school campus, he sees a girl eat a page from the book she is reading. She introduces herself as second year Tōko Amano, the literature girl, and asks him to join the Literature Club so that he doesn't expose her secret. After almost two years of being the sole two members of the club, a strange message arrives: a piece of paper with a peculiar drawing. Further investigation leads them not only to Inoue's past, but to the reason to why he has given up on writing novels for the rest of his life.

Episode: 1 Movie + 1 OVA + 3 OVA

Original Run

Movie: May 1, 2010

OVA: December 26, 2009

OVA: June 25, 2010 – December 24, 2010

Studio: Production I.G

Yamibo: Darkness, the Hat, and the Travelers of the Books ヤミと帽子と本の旅人 (Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito)

Alternative Name: 暗与帽子与书之旅人 (Àn Yǔ Mào Zi Yǔ Shū Zhī Lǚ Rén)

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural, Magic,

               Shoujo-Ai/Yuri, Ecchi, Alternative Version, Isekai, Library

Description: 

Eve is one of the caretakers of the Great Library, a repository containing all of the worlds in the universe within books. Each episode of "Yamibou" details another one of Eve's lives among the many worlds and follows the adventures of Hatsuki, Lilith, Gargantua and others in search of the girl whom they've known by different names.

Episode: 13

Original Run: October 2, 2003 – December 25, 2003

Studio: Studio Deen

Gosick ゴシック (Goshikku)

Genre: Drama, Adventure, Mystery, Romance, Alternate History, Library,   
               Detectives, Gothic, Lolita, War, Folklore, Occult, Historical, School

Description: 

GOSICK takes place in 1924 in a small, made-up European country of Sauville. The story centers on Kazuya Kujo, the third son of a Japanese Imperial soldier, who is a transfer student to St. Marguerite Academy, where urban legends and horror stories are all the rage. There he meets Victorique, a mysterious yet beautiful and brilliant girl who never comes to class and spends her days reading the entire content of the library or solving mysteries that even detectives can't solve.

Episode: 24 + 1 Special 

Original Run
Series: January 7, 2011 – July 2, 2011
Special: March 26, 2011

Studio: Bones

Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian ダンタリアンの書架 (Dantalian no Shoka)

Alternative Name: 丹特丽安的书架 (Dān Tè Lì Ān Dì Shū Jià)

Genre: Adventure, Demons, Fantasy, Gothic, Mystery, Library,

               Supernatural

Description: 

This story takes place in England after World War I. After the death of his grandfather, Hugh Anthony Disward, also known as Huey, receives a mysterious key and according to his will, must take custody of the Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian in order to inherit his estate and all his possessions. Upon meeting Dalian, a child living at the estate, he learns that she is the guardian of the Archives which contain forbidden knowledge stored in thousands of magic books called Phantom Books. Upon agreeing to become Dalian's new Keykeeper, Huey joins her into investigating incidents regarding people misusing the power of the Phantom Books, most of them with tragic consequences, and using his power as Keykeeper to seal the power of the Phantom Books and restore order to the area.

Episode: 12 + 1 OVA

Original Run
Series: July 16, 2011 – October 1, 2011
OVA: August 9, 2012

Studio: Gainax