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Format
TV
Episodes
12
Episode Duration
25 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Summer 2011
Aired
2011-07-16 to 2011-10-01
Source
Light novel
Rating
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Genres
Action
Mystery
Historical
Supernatural
Detective
Studios
Gainax
Producers
TV Tokyo
Kadokawa Shoten
Kadokawa Pictures Japan
KlockWorx
NTT Docomo
Dwango
Licensors
Funimation
Dantalian no Shoka (ダンタリアンの書架)
Six months ago, Lord Hugh Anthony Disward, also known as Huey, lost his eccentric grandfather, Sir Wesley Disward, who was a renowned collector of rare books. His grandfather's will states that, in order to inherit his manor and everything inside it, he must take guardianship over the Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian—an archive that contains forbidden knowledge—and also take care of a mysterious girl called Dalian. As Huey settles into the manor, an old rival of his grandfather's arranges a meeting with him. Dalian, knowing the rival to be Wesley's killer, tags along and discovers that the murderer is in possession of a Phantom Book—a cursed tome that Wesley tried to seal away. When the book puts the two in danger, Huey discovers that the Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian and Dalian are one and the same, and she entrusts Huey with the key to unlocking the knowledge stored within her. Together, Dalian and Huey seal the book away, and thus begins an unlikely partnership as they solve mysteries caused by other Phantom Books. [Written by MAL Rewrite]