A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd

A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd
Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai original visual novel cover
大図書館の羊飼い (Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai)
Genre	Harem, romance, urban fantasy[1]
Manga
Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai (May 2012 – January 2015) Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: The Little Lutra Lutra (July 2012 – June 2013) Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: Lovely Librarians (September 2012 – October 2014) Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: Library 4 You (October 2012 – January 2015) Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: Hitoribotchi no Diva (November 2012 – October 2013)
Light novel
Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: Overture
Written by	Noritake Tao
Illustrated by	Bekkankō
Published by	Enterbrain
Demographic	Male
Published	August 30, 2012
Volumes	1
Video game
Developer	August
Publisher	Hazuki
Genre	Eroge, Visual novel
Platform	Windows
Released	JP: January 25, 2013 (Windows)
Light novel
Written by	Noritake Tao
Illustrated by	Masao Aona
Published by	Enterbrain
Demographic	Male
Original run	January 30, 2013 – April 30, 2013
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Team Nico Yū Nobuta Kaori Hayashi Tomomi Kamiya Kenichi Konishi Mami Sodeyama
Produced by	Masaru Nagai
Written by	Kiyoko Yoshimura
Music by	Active Planets
Studio	Hoods Entertainment Felix Film
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Funimation
Original network	Tokyo MX, AT-X
English network	US: Funimation
Original run	October 8, 2014 – December 24, 2014
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Video game
Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: Library Party
Developer	ARIA
Publisher	Kaga Create (formerly), TGL, Inc.
Genre	Eroge, Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch,
Released	JP: February 12, 2015 (PS Vita) JP: July 26, 2018 (Switch) JP: February 21, 2019 (PS4)

A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd, known in Japan as Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai (Japanese: 大図書館の羊飼い, lit. Large Library's Shepherd or The Shepherd of the Great Library), is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by August and released on January 25, 2013 for Windows as a DVD. The gameplay in Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters by the player character. A fan disc for Windows titled Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: Hōkago Shippo Days was released in August 2013. A second, adult fan disc titled Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: Dreaming Sheep was released in March 2014. A PlayStation Vita port of the original game and fan discs featuring additional content was released in February 2015.

There have been five manga adaptations based on the game published by ASCII Media Works, Ichijinsha, Kadokawa Shoten and Media Factory. Comic anthologies and light novels were also published, as were several music albums. An anime television series adaptation animated by Hoods Entertainment and Felix Film aired between October and December 2014.