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 by Hitomi Takahashi.[9] The ending theme is "Changes" by Base Ball Bear.[10] __TOC__