Toshokan Sensou: Kakumei no Tsubasa

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Synonyms: Library War the Movie, Gekijouban Toshokan Sensou, Library War: The Wings of Revolution

Japanese: 図書館戦争革命のつばさ

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jun 16, 2012

Producers: Kadokawa Shoten, Dwango, Sony PCL, Jinnan Studio, Cinema Sunshine

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Production I.G

Source: Novel

Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance

Themes: Adult Cast, Military

Duration: 1 hr. 44 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.75¹ (scored by 8,682 users)

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Ranked: #1106²

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Popularity: #4476

Members: 24,276

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Synopsis

Following a terror attack in which a helicopter crashed into a nuclear power plant, the Japanese government passes a law expanding the powers of the Media Betterment Committee (MBC). Knowing that the MBC will target author Kurato Touma due to the similarities between one of his novels and the terrorists' actions, journalist Maki Orikuchi asks the Library Defense Force (LDF) to act as his bodyguards.

Meanwhile, the higher-ups of the LDF prepare to indict the MBC on the grounds that parts of its new authority are unconstitutional. With the very existence of the Media Betterment Act coming under scrutiny, the members of the Library Task Force must navigate both their blossoming relationships and the precarious political situation they find themselves in.

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Background

Toshokan Sensou: Kakumei no Tsubasa premiered in North America as Library War: The Wings of Revolution at the 12th Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema on November 17, 2012.

The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on January 25, 2013.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Doujou, Atsushi

Main

Maeno, Tomoaki
Japanese

Kasahara, Iku

Main

Inoue, Marina
Japanese

Shibasaki, Asako

Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki
Japanese

Komaki, Mikihisa

Supporting

Ishida, Akira
Japanese

Tezuka, Hikaru

Supporting

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa
Japanese

Tezuka, Satoshi

Supporting

Yoshino, Hiroyuki
Japanese

Nakazawa, Marie

Supporting

Ueda, Kana
Japanese

Inamine, Kazuichi

Supporting

Satou, Haruo
Japanese

Kojima, Kiyoka

Supporting

Han, Megumi
Japanese

Touma, Kurato

Supporting

Ogata, Issey
Japanese

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Nishimura, Tomoyasu

Producer

Hamana, Takayuki

Director, Storyboard, Key Animation

Konuta, Kenji

Script

Base Ball Bear

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Opening Theme

"OPENING TITLE" by Yuugo Kanno (菅野祐悟)

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Ending Theme

"Hatsukoi (初恋)" by Base Ball Bear

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Aug 4, 2022

Sun_Rodriguez

Recommended

After an excellent anime comes a sequel that instead of feeling like something special, something worthy of turning it into a movie and not a second season, feels more like a long episode with a satisfying ending. The movie is fine, I have no major complaints, it just doesn't feel like the movie it should be.

And above all, it is appreciated that they finally focus more on romance, since last season it was very little present, instead in this movie it finally develops, something that the viewer is very grateful for.

The stories close satisfactorily but it takes a long time to feel, however, the ending ...

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Feb 7, 2021

AnimeEnjoyer420

Recommended

Summary: This movie is a continuation of the Toshokan Sensou anime series, and though it is standalone to some extent, watching the series first is recommended for important context. It picks up where the series left off and follows Kasahara and Dojo as they protect an author from government persecution after the plot of his novel inspires a terrorist attack. The movie is an upgrade over the series and improves on some of its biggest faults. Enough to solidly recommend it, especially to those that watched and liked the series.

Positives:

+ Much improved action and plot drama. Giving the Media Betterment Committee ... an actual reason for wanting to censor books in the movie makes for a vast improvement over their non-specific villainy in the series, and the plot feels more dynamic as a result. The action is exciting, well-animated and fun to watch, especially a setpiece early where they fly a helicopter through a gauntlet of machine guns. Unfortunately it does suffers from the same ridiculous issue as the series where thousands of rounds worth of automatic gunfire get fired over the course of the movie and not a single person ever dies.

+ Improved characters. Kasahara is far less irritating here than she was in the series, and the romance subplot between her and Dojo feels more natural. Shibasaki continues to be a high point, and her relationship with Tezuka is more interesting and complex than the main one that the series focuses on. If anything, I would have liked to see more of Shibasaki in the movie.

+ Satisfying ending (no spoilers). The film concludes the main story of Toshokan Sensou, so there is no need to worry about a "To be continued..." that never comes. All of the important loose ends are tied up, and a flash forward epilogue makes for a nice fanservicey look at what the future is like for some of the characters.

Negatives:

- Predictable plot. It never does anything that interesting, and you will know almost exactly how the next scenes will play out as you watch it. That's not to say that the plot is bad, it's fine, but it won't be anything that takes you by surprise. What you see is what you get.

- The contrast between military action thriller and wacky romantic comedy still creates problems with tonal whiplash, and Kasahara and Dojo, god bless them, continue to act like blushing teenagers from a high school rom com anime instead of like the adults in an elite special forces unit that they are. While it can be very sweet at times, especially at the end, I wish they had written things between them in a very different way so they weren't acting like awkward virgins with each other whenever they interacted.

- The whole arc with Tezuka's brother and the Future Library Committee is a bit of a dud, and quite frankly could have been written out entirely with only a few minor changes to the plot. Not even sure why it was in the series.

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Mar 28, 2020

Agent_Redacted

Recommended

Library War : Enhanced!

Boom. Smack some of grands into the series and now it's even better. This movie was the finale of Library War. It concludes everything. The adventure of dramatic censorship ends here.

It was probably the best ending it could've offered. And I was overjoyed and cried at some point when I was watching the movie. It was just that perfect.

There's no flaw at all. I think that this was the perfect movie and the best way to end the astonishing adventure of Library War.

I'm just... Speechless.. There's nothing else to write about this movie now...

Watch this movie after ...

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