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The Mystic Archives of Dantalian (Original Japanese Version)

Season 1
After his grandfather’s untimely death, Hugh Anthony Disward visits the estate of his inheritance where he discovers a library that’s out of this world. Embodying the archive is Dalian, a clever girl with a sharp tongue as biting as her sweet tooth. Circumstance leads to necessity, and she teaches Huey how to harness the power within—a handy trick to learn, seeing as it’s the only way to subdue...
IMDb 6.6201112 episodesTV-14
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Turn-up Book
    July 15, 2011
    25min
    TV-14
    Hugh Anthony Disward visits the estate of his inheritance after news of his grandfather’s untimely death. A notorious bibliophile, the old man left behind a library that’s out of this world. But who is that mysterious young girl?
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  2. S1 E2 - Book of Fetus
    July 22, 2011
    25min
    TV-14
    Huey and Dalian are hired to appraise the Lilburn family’s library and soon discover that a string of murders surround the beautiful maiden of the estate, Estella. Could it be the curse of a Phantom Book?
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  3. S1 E3 - Book of Wisdom / Queen of the Night
    July 29, 2011
    25min
    TV-14
    A childhood friend tells Huey of a schoolteacher whose students have become knowledgeable beyond measure. Later, two suspicious men come to the Disward manor in search of a valuable book.
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  4. S1 E4 - Book of Soul Exchange
    August 5, 2011
    25min
    TV-14
    After finishing the second book in a trilogy, Dalian is desperate to read the last. Not only did the author die before writing it, he also wrote a letter to Disward pleading for help. They soon learn that Dalian is not the only die-hard fan of the series.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Magician’s Daughter
    August 12, 2011
    25min
    TV-14
    An old friend asks Huey for a Phantom Book, hoping to win the heart of a beguiling courtesan. But on the next full moon, they find that he’s far from being the only man after the beauty’s hand, or her life.
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  6. S1 E6 - Libricide
    August 19, 2011
    25min
    TV-14
    A man who calls himself a Libricide Officer arrives in a town shrouded in mystery. Along for the ride is his peculiar companion—a woman with a lock just like Dalian’s!
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  7. S1 E7 - Perfumer
    August 26, 2011
    25min
    TV-14
    A trip to the bakery is interrupted by a woman on the run. Before long, Huey and Dalian find themselves in the midst of a famous perfume company’s ordeals. But something smells fishy—just how is a criminal organization involved?
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  8. S1 E8 - Book of Equivalence / Book of Relationship
    September 2, 2011
    25min
    TV-14
    Huey and Dalian go on a wild goose chase when they realize Camilla has obtained a Phantom Book that can exchange items of equal value. Then, Armand pleads for help with more relationship problems that are growing worse by the minute.
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  9. S1 E9 - Book of Twilight
    September 9, 2011
    25min
    TV-14
    A swarm of insects ravages a town, and one girl is on a mission to protect it and her beloved. But Dalian warns that the poison she’s making won’t be enough. What are these bugs anyway?
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  10. S1 E10 - Phantom Score
    September 16, 2011
    25min
    TV-14
    Huey and Dalian meet a talented violinist in the park who is rumored to have played a Phantom Score. The piece is said to be impossible to play, and that it will cause extreme emotions in anyone who hears it.
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  11. S1 E11 - Bibliotheca Razielis Archangeli
    September 23, 2011
    25min
    TV-14
    When Huey was a new recruit during the war, he quickly befriended his captain, Eilas. A lover of poetry, the pilot’s writing took on a sort of power when read aloud. But a Bibliotheca from the past appears before Eilas once more with a curious question.
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  12. S1 E12 - Song for the Unwritten Future
    September 30, 2011
    26min
    TV-14
    The city is plagued by increasing numbers of zombies, and a newspaper leads Huey and Dalian to the culprits. But this time, it may be more than they can handle, and Huey still has to make good on a childhood promise before it’s too late.
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Content advisory
Nudityviolencealcohol usesmoking
Subtitles
None available
Directors
Yutaka UemuraYuzuru Tachikawa
Producers
Yoshikazu BeniyaJunka KobayashiNaoko ShiraishiYuuichi Takahashi
Cast
Daisuke OnoMiyuki SawashiroKana HanazawaTakahiro SakuraiMamiko NotoSayuri YahagiGô ShinomiyaTatsuya KuramochiAmi KoshimizuMasayuki Katô
Studio
Kadokawa Pictures Inc.
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