R.O.D. - Read Or Die
Yomiko Readman is a bespectacled substitute teacher who spends every cent she  earns on books. When a weird humanoid riding a buglike monster tries to  steal a rare book from her, Yomiko performs some amazing battle moves using  pieces of paper as weapons. She's immediately drafted into the British  Library Special Engineering Force, assigned to Operation Manuscript  Retrieval. The mutant clones of a demented scientist are stealing rare books  from libraries around the world. The resurrected scientist plans to destroy  the human race by reconstructing and broadcasting Beethoven's lost "Death  Symphony," which will compel everyone who hears it to commit suicide: it's up  to Yomiko and her teammates to stop him. This slight, off-the-wall sci-fi  adventure boasts handsome designs, polished animation, and skillful direction;  it's a pity the artists weren't given a better vehicle for their talents.  (Unrated: suitable for ages 14 and older: considerable violence, grotesque  imagery)--Charles Solomon