Being a librarian myself I was stoked up for Library Wars, and I get a kick out of the characters talking so passionately about freedom to read. It’s like library school all over again! The trouble I’m having with the series is not the Preposterous Premise, but that the rest of the action is so mundane. Eager new recruit joins a group, makes mistakes, grows up, and there’s the romance bit brewing, blah blah blah. Based on the PP I was expecting more satire, perhaps.

As for Real Drive I was thinking “Hey, the girl has chubby legs for an anime girl, and look at her friend! Cool. And there’s a naked old man. And look at the light show! I’m keeping an eye on both shows for different reasons.

@Absolutely Steve: Point taken. It’s an unusual show with a mature feel to it…plus there are zombies in it. Win!

@usagijen: like Real Drive and its fan service, the ’serious’ side of TS is there if you’re interested in it, but doesn’t intrude on the other aspects of the story if you’re not. I’m sure the writers could have included more of that in the anime but they probably took the episode count into consideration and chose to keep it lighter in tone. So far I think that was a wise choice. And yeah, Doujou is a bit of a tsundere too…always entertaining when portrayed well! ^_^

If only someone would translate the Toshokan Sensou novels (I soo can’t do it, as I lack both time and l33t skillz)… you’ll most likely love it more for its even serious bookish badassness. I’m learning quite a lot as I read it, as it presents truths about censorship, the right way of exercising freedom of expression (or the right way of ‘fighting’ against those who are opposed to such freedom), etc. ^^

Toshokan Sensou provides FMP-level enjoyment indeed, and the great thing here is that Iku is not as extremely tsundere as Chidori, and Doujou is a tsundere! XD

@Absolutely Steve: Ah, the same director as Chevalier? I quite like the mature approach to that one so maybe this one will be worth sticking with after all. I need to see Chevalier to the end though…

@Sasa: I was sticking to my ‘preview on the first two episodes’ rule so I’m guessing explanations will come later. TBH I’m working on the basis of GitS and Ghost Hound, which I’m assuming means that the Meta-Real or whatever it’s called is some sort of online or parallel world. Maybe. Library Wars on the other hand is pure fun - very Full Metal Panic-esque!

@Hige: I’ve enjoyed stuff from the same staff before, which is why my hopes for RD are so high - I’m expecting the explanations to come later. Nothing with I.G. or Shirow involved has disappointed me yet, basically.

@Jayme: the op and end themes don’t sit too well with the show as a whole for me, but on their own I quite like them. I was unsure whether to opt for TS’s English title of Library Wars (which is nicely sharp and to the point) but wasn’t sure if the aggregators like AnimeNano would recognise it! I’m expecting a DVD of that one though, purely because it’s so lively and entertaining.

As for that Toshokan Sensou, I see it so often on AnimeSuki and I do the same thing straight after reading it every time.. I copy the name and paste it onto Wikipedia to get the page and It ends up with Library Wars, and I’m all “;o”. I had to do it again just now, It loosk quite interesting to say the least, I think it might be a title I will have to check out on DVD.

Yay for “preposterous”! After one episode, I realized quickly that you simply shouldn’t take the premise for serious and focus on the character dynamics - and everything is fine. I enjoy it immensely.

TS on the other hand I wasn’t too fond of…then again I also went into it expecting a plot that made some sort of sense so that didn’t help.