Library Wars / A Witch’s Life in Mongol

Library Wars / A Witch’s Life in Mongol

Author: Taiiku Podcast August 29, 2026 Duration: 0:00
The San Francisco Firebells are 6-4, and they are currently atop the WPBL standings. I encourage everyone to watch women's baseball. This episode, we're talking about Kiiro Yumi's Library Wars (original concept by Hiro Arikawa) published by Viz and Tomato Soup's A Witch's Life in Mongol published by Yen Press. Library Wars credits: English translation and adaptation: Kinami Watabe (volume 1) English translation: Kinami Watabe (volume 2-10), John Werry (volume 11-15) Touch-up art and lettering: Sean McCoy (volume 1) Adaptation and lettering: Sean McCoy (volume 2-9) Lettering: Annaliese Christman (volume 10-15) Design: Courtney Utt (volume 1-2), Amy Martin (volume 3-15) Editor: Pancha Diaz (volume 1-4), Megan Bates (volume 5-15) A Witch's Life in Mongol credits: Translator: Amanda Haley Lettering: Aila Nagamine Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Or the second unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the Third Impact Anime discord. Both used with permission. Listen Show notes: 0:40 - We talk about Library Wars Editor's note: Slight correction, I said the manga was written by Hiro Arikawa. That's incorrect, as indicated in the credits above; he wrote the original light novel. Kiiro Yumi both wrote and illustrated the manga. 29:04 - A Witch's Life in Mongol Next time is (a third ish of) Fullmetal Alchemist and The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes

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