I watched the first episode of the Librarians on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s website, but since then, I can’t get the videos to stream. To bad for me.
But today, I came across another show about librarians. Joy! And it’s an anime! Bonus!
If you’re thinking an anime about librarians is bound to be boring, you’re right. But,for those of us that work in a library, it’s sort of funny.
Kokoro is excited for her first day as a librarian in a library on a deserted mountain (?) with the same name as her. Joy of joy’s, they get a user (not a customer, a user) the first day! But after a week (!) passes, and the book is not returned, Kokoro gets concerned. She decides to track down the library user and get the book back (she takes her job VERY seriously.) Well, I won’t give away the ending, but it’s very exciting (yawn) indeed. Also, apparently librarians in japan wear maid outfits.
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You can watch the first episode here. And while we’re at it, here’s a nice video of 70s librarians (and bad customer service). No guarantees on how long these links will be good for.
If nothing else, Kokoro Toshokan would make a great drinking game- just take a drink every time they say the word “librarian.”
Interesting post. It might be a good idea to recall that anime is not exactly a documentary form. Librarians don’t wear maids outfits in Japan. ^^
I know, ’twas just a joke. :)
If anime were indicative of what goes on in Japan, half of the female population would be in maid outfits, there would be an overabundance of cat girls, and giant mech would roam the streets of Tokyo.
Actually, I was pretty hard on the first episode, but it’s really not that bad. episode 2 tackles collection development and marketing.