Kokoro Toshokan · review
Overall No, no, no... Cuteness and good background music is nowhere near enough to save an anime where meaninglessness is allowed to run amok to this extreme degree. Many anime are slow paced, but in Kokoro library time almost stops. There is no story and no character drive (but I have to admit the actual library itself and its surroundings is a cousy place). Edit: Was this show "comedy" classed? If there was any comedic ambitions with Kokoro library, the creators have another failure on their list. Animation Technically good, but character design is awful. The only one that looks even remotely good is the homophobic sister. The rest ofthe cast is cursed with horrible haircuts, boring facial expressions and a wardrobe that makes your eyes bleed.
Backgrounds and the general feel of the library is nice, though. Seems like a cousy place, but I wouldn't go there until someone strangled the librarians.
Sound
OP/ED are uninteresting, bordering to bad, but background music is unusually good. Well composed and performed, it increases the cousy feel of the library.
Voice acting is average as far as I could tell. I was kind of preoccupied being irritated on the stupid things the characters said, so I didn't pay much attention to the accoustic qualities of those stupid things.
Story
There is no story. Towards the end comes an explanation of part of the setting, but it doesn't justify all the stupid fillers up to that point.
Character
The three librarians are cute, innocent (kinda) and stupid beyond repair. Almost nothing they do feels motivated or rational. They overreact, underreact and come up with one breathtakingly meaningless idea after another.
Stay away!