"This is a library, after all."- Kaisa, the librarian of Trolberg. On this blog, I review animation, movies, and other cultural mediums, attempting to counter stererotypes of libraries and librarians, while reminding people what libraries (and librarians) are all about.
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To give some background, on August 26, 2020, I first mentioned Ascendance of a Bookworm on this blog, followed by a substantive post three days later, on August 29, 2020, entitled “Myne the ‘bookworm’ librarian and the Nippon Decimal Classification System.” Since then, I’ve only mentioned it in passing as a series which “prominently features […]
11.3.2025 19:12Myne, books, and fictional libraries: Examining three official fanbooks[…] of this connects to the importance of the library as depicted in another isekai, The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior. In […]
4.3.2025 15:40Comment on Recently added titles (January 2024) by Libraries, books, diaries, danger, and Mia Luna Tearmoon’s quest to avoid death flags – Pop Culture...[…] entitled “The Princess Starting from the Chopping Block,” Princess Mia Luna Tearmoon reads books and her diary in the royal library at the end of the episode. She tries to figure out how to prevent herself from […]
4.3.2025 15:40Comment on Shyness, soulmates, romance, and speaking through library books in “The 100 Girlfriends” by Libraries, books, diaries, danger, and Mia Luna...[…] aired on Crunchyroll and serveral Japanese TV channels. I mentioned it in a few posts, but only briefly. In this post, I’ll talk about the two episodes within this anime which include library […]
4.3.2025 15:40Comment on Recently added titles (November 2023) by Libraries, books, diaries, danger, and Mia Luna Tearmoon’s quest to avoid death flags – Pop Cultur...[…] October to December 2023, the anime adaptation of Tearmoon Empire, a isekai fantasy manga by Nozomu […]
4.3.2025 15:40Comment on Recently added titles (October 2023) by Libraries, books, diaries, danger, and Mia Luna Tearmoon’s quest to avoid death flags – Pop Culture...From October to December 2023, the anime adaptation of Tearmoon Empire, a isekai fantasy manga by Nozomu Mochitsuki, aired on Crunchyroll and serveral Japanese TV channels. I mentioned it in a few posts, but only briefly. In this post, I’ll talk about the two episodes within this anime which include library scenes, related ones in […]
4.3.2025 15:38Libraries, books, diaries, danger, and Mia Luna Tearmoon’s quest to avoid death flags[…] later mentioned the series briefly in a post in December 2021, and again in a post in October of last year. Here is a screenshot of the scene in the anime’s twelfth episode, for your […]
2.3.2025 15:18Comment on “The sounds of silence”: Kiff, shushing, and quiet in the library by Recently added titles (February 2025) – Pop Culture Library Review[…] later mentioned the series briefly in a post in December 2021, and again in a post in October of last year. Here is a screenshot of the scene in the […]
2.3.2025 15:18Comment on This blog in 2021 (and beyond) by Recently added titles (February 2025) – Pop Culture Library Review[…] may remember that I mentioned this series first in a post back in May 2021, […]
2.3.2025 15:18Comment on “Peaceful” reading and quiet “sanctum” of the Seiran Academy library by Recently added titles (February 2025) – Pop Culture Library Review[…] September 2021, October 2021, November 2022 (about her fashion choices), May 2023, June 2023, and August 2023, briefly. One day I may write about her again on her, or not. In watching Steven Universe I also […]
2.3.2025 15:18Comment on White womanhood and depictions of librarianship in fiction by Recently added titles (February 2025) – Pop Culture Library Review[…] in August 2021, September 2021, October 2021, November 2022 (about her fashion choices), May 2023, June 2023, and August 2023, briefly. One day I may write about her again on her, or not. In watching Steven […]
2.3.2025 15:18Comment on Fictional librarians and systems of oppression by Recently added titles (February 2025) – Pop Culture Library Review[…] posts in August 2021, September 2021, October 2021, November 2022 (about her fashion choices), May 2023, June 2023, and August 2023, briefly. One day I may write about her again on her, or not. In […]
2.3.2025 15:18Comment on Celebrating fictional library workers by Recently added titles (February 2025) – Pop Culture Library ReviewBuilding 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 2023, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, […]
2.3.2025 15:12Recently added titles (February 2025)In the past, I’ve written about the anime adaptation of Tatsuyo Endo’s thirteen-volume spy comedy / action manga series, Spy x Family, noting the library scene in the season one episode of “Stella” and how a librarian-of-sorts (really a nurse) hates one of the protagonists for reading manga in a library, even though the manga […]
11.2.2025 20:33Childrearing, adopted children, manga-reading, and strict nurses in Spy x FamilyHappy February! In early December 2023, Hilda aired its third, and final, season. It was a fitting end to an animated series which could (and should) have been longer. Unfortunately, Kaisa, the fan-favorite mysterious gothic librarian, got a short shift, as she had in Hilda the Mountain King. Even so, there are many library themes […]
4.2.2025 15:39Lending libraries for Nissa, Nowhere Space, and Kaisa in “Hilda”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 2023, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, […]
2.2.2025 15:10Recently added titles (January 2025)When I was looking for more topics to write about on this blog, I came across a list by Jennifer Snoek-Brown back in September 2011 entitled “Reel Librarian Firsts.” The first film she mentioned was The Librarian, describing it as the “first film to feature a librarian.” So I did a little digging to see […]
11.1.2025 19:21The mysterious 1912 film entitled “The Librarian” and embedded librarian stereotypesWhen I watched Liz and the Blue Bird, a 2018 anime drama film also known as Rizu to Aoi Tori. I did not expect libraries, and librarians, to be such an important part of the film! I had first heard of it from a list on We Got This Covered, which described the film as […]
4.1.2025 15:33Mizore Yoroizuka, overdue books, and the school librarian’s ireBuilding 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 2023, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, […]
2.1.2025 15:08Recently added titles (December 2024)Hey everyone! This is my last post of 2024. I’d like to talk about what I’ve accomplished this year on this blog and look forward to the coming year. [1] I have continued to write about library classification, librarians of color, library stereotypes, library users, LGBTQ librarians, and much more, even more than I did […]
24.12.2024 15:33From the pancreas to the game maker: 2024 wrap-up and looking forward to 2025