Read or Die is an OVA (Original Video Animation) based on the Read or Die manga series created by Hideyuki Kurata and was produced by Studio Deen in 2001.
The animation follows Yomiko Readman of the British Library special operations division, a group tasked to locating and protecting rare books worldwide.
The three episode OVA aired as a 90 minute film on Adult Swim for the first time of many on October 23, 2004.