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Over the years I have attempted to credit as many fictional librarians as possible. However, some of them slip through the cracks. This post focuses on ten of those librarian characters in different Western and Japanese animated series, out of the thirty librarian characters in series I’ve watched, specifically those who had prominent roles in their respective episodes. [1] Most of these…

Yukio is reading a book by Martin Heidegger as shown in the 20th episode (“Succession”) of the classic crime thriller anime Black Lagoon, which is replete with having girls with guns, particularly hothead Chinese-American Revy Building upon the titles listed for July/August, September, October,  November, and December 2021, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September,…

“Valerie Danners is in a cult. She just doesn’t know it yet. But when she stumbles upon a queer romance novel at the library, everything about her life—centered around a fundamentalist Christian homeschooling group —is thrown into question.”- Book’s official description on Penguin Random House, to give an example of what got me into this book. Last year, I noted that I purchased a book during a…

Rei asks two Japanese children, in the school library, to be quiet, in the 14th episode of Star Detective Precure!, as described inn this post. Building upon the titles listed for July/August, September, October,  November, and December 2021, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of 2022, and January, February, March, April, May,…

For years, I’ve written about voice actors of librarian characters in anime and Western animated series on this blog. As of the writing of this blog, in fact, I’ve used the “voice actors” tag 30 times. However, I have only specifically focused on voice actors a few times, specifically in terms of librarians of Asian descent, or on Japanese voice actors (here and here), White male voice actors,…

Myne enters a library in the cathedral, and is amazed, saying “So many books…” Building upon the titles listed for July/August, September, October,  November, and December 2021, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of 2022, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of…

On the left is an image from end of The Moon Odyssey opening video, and below that is a clip of the Indigo prologue showing the protagonist Kepler (later rename Pulsar) sleeping, and a clip from “Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II (2025) | Trailer#2.” To the right are, on the top, a screenshot from a video of two protagonists of T-Effect, and below that, a screenshot from the third episode of…

The librarian in the third Kick Buttowski episode, rides a scooter so that Kick cannot return his book, as she attempts to grab it. This is a screencap from the video ” Kick Buttowski vs. Librarian.wmv” which was originally posted back in October 11th, and actually makes her seem evil, but also… a bit badass (maybe?), as she and Kick race in their scooters around the aisles of the library Back in…

Screenshot from the Keeping You Animated podcast hosted by Breana “Bre” Navickas (creator of The Three Tomes). She is talking with four other Black creators: Pearl Low (creator of Wheels & Roses), Kennedy “Kenzy Freeman (creator of Toward Galaxy’s End), Kiana Mai (creator of Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl), and Shara Kirby (creator of Arch and Reggie) all of which are…

The school library as shown in a panel on page 105 of I’m in Love with the Villainess manga [volume 7]In the past I’ve written about the series I’m in Love with the Villainess, noting the library scene in the 34th chapter, “Oohashi Rei’s First Love (2)” which was published on pages 159-161, 168-171 of Yuri Hime‘s October 2023 edition. [1] As a warning, there will be spoilers in this post. The…

Hannah about to go down on her girlfriend, Annabel, in a scene from No Love 1/2 by Burkely Hermann, Guest Reviewer Since its release in late January, tens of thousands of people have watched the first episode of No Love 1/2 on Internet Archive and on YouTube where it is age restricted because it “may be inappropriate for some users.” No Love 1/2 is created by Anne Yue (also known as Atelier),…

Promotion by Sentai Filmworks at the beginning of April (only on April 1st). Note that one of the items on sale is the steelbook for season one of The Dangers in My Heart, which has a scene of Anna and Kyotaro in the library togetherBuilding upon the titles listed for July/August, September, October,  November, and December 2021, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August,…