Library War (図書館戦争, Toshokan Sensō) is a Japanese light novel series by Hiro Arikawa, with illustrations by Sukumo Adabana.

Two volumes of a spin-off series entitled Bessatsu Toshokan Sensō (別冊 図書館戦争, lit.

A 12-episode anime adaptation produced by Production I.G aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between April and June 2008.

Two Internet radio shows started in April 2008 meant to promote the series which are hosted by voice actors of the anime.

By April 2008, the original four novels and volume one of the spin-off series have sold over 1.25 million copies in Japan.

In order to fulfill their mission, libraries shall recognize the following matters as their proper duties, and shall put them into practice.

Despite these imperfections, Kasahara is enlisted into the base's Library Task Force, an elite group of soldiers who go through rigorous training in order to respond during difficult operations.

The LDF has ten bases throughout Japan in ten regions of Japan: Hokkaidō, Tōhoku, Hokuriku, Chūbu, Kantō, Kansai, Chūgoku, Shikoku, Kyūshū, and Okinawa.Ep 02 Each of the bases act under the provisions of the local government, and houses a public library where civilians can read and check out books.

Library War began as a series of light novels written by Hiro Arikawa, and drawn by Sukumo Adabana.

The first volume of a spin-off series entitled Bessatsu Toshokan Sensō (別冊 図書館戦争, lit.

), is drawn by Yayoi Furudori and was serialized in ASCII Media Works' shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh between the January 2008[12] and June 2008 issues.

The first show, with the subtitle Men's Dormitory (男子寮, Danshi Ryō) is hosted by Tomoaki Maeno and Tatsuhisa Suzuki who play Atsushi Dōjō and Hikaru Tezuka in the anime adaptation, respectively; the second show, with the subtitle Women's Dormitory (女子寮, Joshi Ryō), is hosted by Marina Inoue and Miyuki Sawashiro who play Iku Kasahara and Asako Shibasaki in the anime, respectively.

It aired 12 episodes in Japan between April 10 and June 26, 2008, on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block.

[21] The ending theme is "Changes" performed and arranged by Base Ball Bear[22] of EMI Music Japan with lyrics and composition by Yūsuke Koide.

[16] An anime film with the same staff as the TV series, titled Library War: The Wings of Revolution (図書館戦争 革命のつばさ, Toshokan Sensō Kakumei no Tsubasa) was released in Japanese theaters on June 16, 2012.

[26] In the fourth Japan Science Fiction convention, Library War won the 39th Seiun Award for Best Japanese Long Work in 2008.

[29][3] In the initial Anime DVD charts, Library War ranked first on the top ten[30] before it went down to eighth place.