March 2013 is going to be one of the biggest months for Siren Visual in a while, with six releases set for the month. Previously it has been unveiled that Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 will be available on DVD and Blu-ray and Heaven’s Memo Pad on DVD. Due to delays the company have also delayed their release of Tiger & Bunny on DVD and Blu-ray by a month. With that making five, the company have also unveiled that Part 1 of the Book of Bantorra will also be available next month.
This release will be exclusive to DVD at this time and will come with both the original Japanese and new English dub. It is priced at $49.95.
In a world where the dead are transformed into books…
When a person dies, the body is divested of the soul, and when the soul departs from its body, it is crystallized into a book. Written in that book are all the memories of that soul’s life. For anyone who touches that book, the dead person’s past can be relived…
It is in the Library of Bantorra, the God of the Past, that all excavated books are stored. It is run by an elite organization known as the Armed Librarians. Under the direction of Acting Chief Librarian Hamutz Meseta, all Armed Librarians possess an extraordinary combination of encyclopedic knowledge and fighting skill. For this reason, it is said, the Armed Librarians are the most difficult profession to enter in the world.
Then one day a religious society known as the Shindeki Kyoudan make their appearance. Presenting their doctrine of absolute desire, it remains to be seen what it is they truly want…
