With all slipcased box-sets of The Book of Bantorra now sold, Australian anime publisher Siren Visual have confirmed they will be re-releasing the anime this July with a new slimline DVD case edition. Aside from the alteration in casing, there will be no on-disc content differences compared to other complete series box sets.
Orders are now being taken via the Siren Visual website, with a listed purchase price of $59.95. It will be possible to purchase this collection early at both Gamma.con later this month and Supanova: Pop Culture Expo Sydney/Perth in June.
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, created by 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.
