List of Library War episodes

Library War DVD cover of volume 1 released in Japan.

The episodes of the Japanese anime series Library War are directed by Takayuki Hamana and animated and produced by Production I.G.[1][2] Based on a series of light novels by Hiro Arikawa, it tells the story of a future Japan that needs libraries and their Library Team Defense Forces to protect books and stop censorship at the hands of the Media Betterment Committee, a special censorship agency established by the Japanese government.

The series premiered in Japan on April 10, 2008, on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block and ran until June 26, 2008.[3] Kadokawa released the series to five DVD compilations, each containing three episode except for the first two, which contained two each.[4][5] The third volume contained an unaired episode and was released as an original video animation.[6] The DVDs were released between August 6 and December 3, 2008.[7][8]

Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and one ending theme. The anime's opening theme is "Atashi no Machi, Ashita no Machi" (あたしの街, 明日の街) by Hitomi Takahashi.[9] The ending theme is "Changes" by Base Ball Bear.[10]

  1. ^ "Production I.G to Animate Library War Sci-Fi Novel". Anime News Network. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
  2. ^ "作品概要：「図書館戦争」公式サイト" [Introduction section at Toshokan Sensō's official website] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  3. ^ "Official Production I.G. Episode Guide". Production I.G. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  4. ^ "Toshokan Senso Vol.1" (in Japanese). Neowing. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  5. ^ "Toshokan Senso Vol.2" (in Japanese). Neowing. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  6. ^ "Toshokan Senso Vol.3" (in Japanese). Neowing. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  7. ^ "Toshokan Sensō limited edition DVD 1" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  8. ^ "Toshokan Sensō limited edition DVD 5" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  9. ^ "Hitomi Takahashi's profile at Toshokan Sensō's official website" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
  10. ^ "Base Ball Bear's profile at Toshokan Sensō's official website" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved 2008-04-27.