Tatakau Shisho

Tatakau Shisho
Cover of Tatakau Shisho volume 1 as published by Shueisha
戦う司書
GenreAdventure, fantasy[1]
Light novel
Written byIshio Yamagata
Illustrated byShigeki Maeshima
Published byShueisha
ImprintSuper Dash Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runSeptember 22, 2005January 22, 2010
Volumes10
Manga
Tatakau Shisho to Koisuru Bakudan
Written byKokonotsu Shinohara
Published byShueisha
MagazineUltra Jump Egg
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 19, 2008October 19, 2009
Volumes3
Anime television series
Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra
Directed byToshiya Shinohara
Produced byYoshiyuki Itō
Kōhei Kawase
Tetsurō Saitō
Kōji Kajita
Written byMari Okada
Music byYoshihisa Hirano
StudioDavid Production
Licensed by
Original networkAnimax, Bandai Channel, BS11
English network
Original run October 2, 2009 April 2, 2010
Episodes27

Tatakau Shisho (Japanese: 戦う司書, lit. "Armed Librarians") is a Japanese light novel series written by Ishio Yamagata and illustrated by Shigeki Maeshima. The series started with the release of the first volume on September 22, 2005, and by January 22, 2010, ten volumes had been published by Shueisha under its Super Dash Bunko label. A manga adaptation by Kokonotsu Shinohara was serialized in Shueisha's Internet-based manga magazine Ultra Jump Egg between March 2008 and October 2009. An anime adaptation, The Book of Bantorra, began airing in Japan on October 2, 2009. In 2012, the anime series was licensed for distribution in North America by Sentai Filmworks.[2]

  1. ^ "The Book of Bantorra". Sentai Filmworks. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses The Book of Bantora". Anime News Network. February 3, 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.