What is Magus of the Library about?
Status: Releasing
A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading, Magus of the Library is a beautifully-drawn, spirited fantasy adventure, like a Fullmetal Alchemist for all ages!In the small village of Amun lives a poor boy named Theo. Theo adores books, but because of his pointed ears and impoverished life, he isn’t allowed to use the village library. As he endures the prejudice and hatred of the village, he dreams of going where such things don’t exist: Aftzaak, City of Books. But one day, Theo chances to meet a Kafna—a librarian who works for the great library of Aftzaak—and his life changes forever…
Tags: Politics , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Elf , Magic , Travel , Writing , Philosophy , Adoption , Religion , Language Barrier , Dragons , Desert , Fairy , Bullying , Tanned Skin , Environmental , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Slavery , Conspiracy , Espionage , Criminal Organization , Dinosaurs , Pirates , Time Skip
Here is a list of Manga similar to Toshokan no Daimajutsushi
Tongari Boushi no Atelier
Also known as Witch Hat Atelier. Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy
Notes:
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018.
Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020.
Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.
Tags: Witch , Magic , Found Family , Memory Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Teacher , Drawing , Coming of Age , Revenge , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , School , Medieval , Conspiracy , Primarily Child Cast , Tragedy , Politics , Dragons , Disability , Seinen , Philosophy , Spearplay , Rehabilitation , Foreign , Travel , LGBTQ+ Themes , Amnesia , Iyashikei , Boys' Love , Twins
Magi
Also known as Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic. Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy
Tags: Magic , Conspiracy , War , Politics , Foreign , Royal Affairs , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , Time Skip , Dungeon , Slavery , Gods , Economics , Revenge , Philosophy , Pirates , Swordplay , Dystopian , Ensemble Cast , Desert , Cultivation , Reincarnation , Spearplay , Dragons , Food
Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 1-bu - Hon ga Nai nara Tsukureba Ii!
Also known as Ascendance of a Bookworm ~I'll do anything to become a librarian!~ Part 1 If there aren't any books, I'll just have make some!. Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life
A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amounts of money to buy one. Myne resolves herself: If there aren't any books, she'll just have to make them! Her goal is to become a librarian. This story begins with her quest to make books so she can live surrounded by them! Dive into this biblio-fantasy written for book lovers and bookworms!
Note: Includes Chapter 12.5, 33.5, and 7 extras.
Tags: Female Protagonist , Isekai , Reincarnation , Economics , Work , Primarily Child Cast , Family Life , Magic , Educational , Food , Shounen
Sousou no Frieren
Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy
Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.
Notes:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards.
Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.
Tags: Magic , Elf , Travel , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Episodic , Demons , Iyashikei , Kuudere , Tragedy , Shounen , Fairy Tale , Medieval , Dungeon , Time Manipulation , Food
Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau
Also known as Children of the Whales. Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance
Notes: Nominated to the 21st Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Tags: Lost Civilization , Dystopian , War , Ships , Philosophy , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Magic , Reincarnation , Conspiracy , Desert , Kuudere , Heterosexual
Otoyomegatari
Also known as A Bride's Story. Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life
Note: Won the Prix Intergénérations ("Intergenerational Award") at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012 and the 7th Manga Taishou award in 2014.
Tags: Ensemble Cast , Historical , Marriage , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Foreign , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Arranged Marriage , Travel , Family Life , Age Gap , Educational , Food , Twins , War , Archery , Nudity , Religion , Language Barrier , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Military , Cohabitation
7thGARDEN
Also known as 7thGARDEN. Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural
Tags: Demons , Revenge , Shounen , Magic , Angels , Religion , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Tragedy
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Also known as The Ancient Magus' Bride. Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural
The man is a a sorcerer of great power, a kindly magus who frees Chise and then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice–and his bride!
Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho Award.
Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Foreign , Mythology , Rural , Age Gap , Monster Boy , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Adult Cast , School , Travel , Fairy , Werewolf , Shapeshifting , Dragons
ONE PIECE
Also known as One Piece. Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy
Tags: Pirates , Travel , Found Family , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Tragedy , Ships , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Conspiracy , Crime , Politics , Military , Terrorism , War , Slapstick , Time Skip , Gods , Primarily Adult Cast , Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , Anachronism , Cultivation , Slavery , Dystopian , Large Breasts , Swordplay , Mythology , Environmental , Prison , Religion , Gangs , Animals , Espionage , Anti-Hero , Skeleton , Cyborg , Meta , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Male Cast , Samurai , Henshin , Adoption , Assassins , Robots , Food , Guns , Medicine , Mermaid , Drugs , Amnesia , Dragons , Revenge , Desert , Battle Royale , Kemonomimi , LGBTQ+ Themes , Monster Girl , Oiran , Time Manipulation , Centaur , Ninja , Zombie , Memory Manipulation , Trains , Angels , Transgender , Female Protagonist , Clone , Dinosaurs , Gender Bending , Aliens , Body Swapping , Shapeshifting , Primarily Child Cast
Madan no Ichi
Also known as Ichi the Witch. Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy
Tags: Magic , Witch , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Found Family , Tanned Skin
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