#Iku Kasahara

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Library Wars: Love & War! This is the last of the batch I have currently drawn so I'll resume this...at some point? XD But anyways this series is great, absolutely recommend it.

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(from Library War, Ep07: "The Library Corps Refrain From Firing")

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Took me a million years to finish and I’m not 100% sure I’m happy with it, but it’s iku and dojo!!! The best fictional couple to ever do it and you can QUOTE me on that!!!

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Iku Iku Iku Iku Iku

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I don't have much to add here but huge shoutout to Iku Kasahara even if she doesn't make the bracket she seems so cool.

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here's my contribution to the "library wars" fandom of five people

reference photos:

someone's wedding photography (couldn't find the set): http://www.k-meng.com/go-c102.htm

"Station 19"

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Series: Toshokan Sensou Love & War Artist: Yumi Kiiro Publication: LaLa (01/2009) Details: LaLa All Star Calendar (October) Source: Scanned from my personal collection

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Library Wars: Love & War

15 volumes

Licensed by Viz Media, but out of print.

During the 31st year of Seika, the battle between the Library Force and the Media Improvement Committee reached a new level of violence. Each group has armed itself for either the freedom of expression or the "protection" of society from the bad influences of media. Kasahara Iku joins the Library Force with the intent of finding her "Prince" who helped her during a censorship exercise by the Media Improvement Committee and with her strong will of protecting books.

Related Series (none are licensed) 

Toshokan Sensou - Spitfire! (Alternate Story) Toshokan Sensou (Novel) (Adapted From) Toshokan Sensou - Love & War Bessatsu Hen (Sequel)

Status in Country of Origin 

15 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Adult Cast

Adapted to Anime

Alternate History

Athletic Protagonist

Based on a Novel

Bickering Love

Boss-Subordinate Relationship

Comedy Couple

Conspiracy/ies

Deafness

Dystopia

Emulating A Person Whom One Admires

Friendship

Honest Protagonist

Hot-Blooded Female Lead

Love-Hate Relationship

Male Lead Falls in Love First

Military

Multiple Couples

Politics

Restrained Love

Short Male Lead

Slow Romance

Social Commentary

Strong Female Lead

Tall Female Lead

Tomboy/s

Trust

Tsundere Male Lead

Workplace Romance

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Library Wars (2013)

In order to crack down on freedom of expression, a new law is passed, which allows the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable printed materials with ideologies deemed harmful and destructive to the society.

Meanwhile, to oppose this oppressive crackdown, the Library Defense Force is created to protect the libraries. Iku Kasahara (Nana Eikura) endures harsh training by Instructor Atsushi Dojo (Junichi Okada), who is preparing her for a civil war that is brewing.

This was a pleasant find as modern military themed Japanese films are rare, as compared to other Asian films like Korea and China. While it looks silly on the surface about two factions going to war over books but beneath the surface is a matter of freedom of choice.

A future where the police are powerless as the military holds power. The training and combat scenes are awesome. I like the character development of the main leads, Dojo, who is hard on Iku as he was once as naive as him and how she grew to be a capable soldier.

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Kasahara Iku e Dojo Atsushi recebem uma recordação de emergência no meio de sua data enquanto o Japão é balançada por um ataque terrorista. Seu novo dever é um detalhe de proteção atribuído a Touma Kurato, autor. Enquanto isso, a relação entre bibliotecários e comitê de pureza da mídia também está agravando. Durante ainda outro confronto hostil, o Dojo está seriamente ferido. Embora Kasahara esteja mal afobilado por esta mudança de eventos, dojo ainda vê apto para confiar-a com a proteção de Touma.

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Behind the Screen: Japanese voice actors who bring fictional librarians to life!

Top row, from left to right: Sanae Kobayashi, Kaori Nazuka, Yumi Ichihara, Miyuki Sawashiro, Chiwa Saitō, and Marina Inoue. Bottom row, from left to right: Tomoaki Maeno, Akira Ishida, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Kanji Suzumori, Haruo Satō, and Takahiro Sakurai.

Part of understanding fictional librarians is understanding those behind the screen, specifically when it comes to those who voice animated characters. Part 1 of this series focused on Black voice actors, Part 2 on Asian and Latin American voice actors, and Part 3 on Indian voice actors.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Library Review where this post was published on Nov. 15, 2022.

In this fourth part of this series, I am profiling the over 12 Japanese voice actors, men and women, who have voiced librarian characters over the years, in various anime.

About the voice actors

There are 12 Japanese voice actors which I'm describing here who voice librarians. One of the first I saw was Sanae Kobayashi, who voices Lilith in Yamibou and is a seasoned voice actress. Most recently, I was acquainted with Kaori Nazuka, as she voiced Fumio Murakumi in Girl Friend Beta. She has voiced over 200 other roles in shows like Restaurant to Another World 2, Revue Starlight, Akame Ga Kill, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Fairy Tail, and RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne. 

There's also the three voice actresses who have roles in Kokoro Toshokan, otherwise known as Kokoro Library: Yumi Ichihara who voices Aruto, Miyuki Sawashiro who voices Iina, and Chiwa Saitō, who voices Kokoro, the main protagonist. Sawashiro also voices Asako Shibasaki in Library War and Mirepoc Finedel in Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra, perhaps the only person on this list who is shown as voicing three librarian characters. Miyuki, on other hand, is also a seasoned voice actress, even voicing a character in My Little Pony. The final actor I'd like to mention is Marina Inoue who voices Iku Kasahara in Library War. She has voiced many anime characters over the years.

There were five other Japanese actors, all in Library War. This included Tomoaki Maeno (who voiced Atsushi Dojo), Akira Ishida (who voiced Mikihisa Komaki), Tatsuhisa Suzuki (who voiced Hikaru Tezuka), Kanji Suzumori (who voiced Ryusuke Genda), and Haruo Satō (who voiced Kazuichi Inamine). Meano voiced characters in well-known anime series while Sato voiced characters in anime too, but also Western animations like the Powerpuff Girls and Totally Spies.

There is also Takahiro Sakurai as Riichi Miura in The Ancient Magus Bride: Those Awaiting a Star. [1] He is known for he voicing of characters in Le Chevalier D'Eon, Naruto Shippūden, Ace of Diamond, and many other series, like Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra where he voiced Ruruta Coozancoona. Ishida also voiced a character in the same series, Mokkania Fluru. There are undoubtedly many more, so this is only scratching the surface when it comes to these characters.

About the characters

top row, left to right: Lilith, Fumio Murakumi, Riichi Miura, Aruto, Kokoro, Iina, Asako Shibasaki, and Iku Kasahara. Bottom row: Atsushi Dojo, Hikaru Tezuka, Ryusuke Genda, Mikihisa Komaki, Kazuichi Inamine, Ruruta Coozancoona, Mokkania Fluru, and Mirepoc Finedel.

Lilith in Yamibou is the library's guardian. She is the third creator of worlds. She is also a lesbian attracted to Hazuki who she flirts with throughout the series. She dislikes Eve, who is the love interest of Hazuki, her adopted sister. She also is considerably wise and has a wide range of knowledge, while wanting to get Eve back to the library.

Fumio Murakumi is a main character in Girl Friend Beta, and third year student. She was once introverted and lonely, but Erena becomes one of her closest friends and she likely has a crush on her. She is often carrying a book and has a strong inner personality, while she can speak politely when needed, from time to time.

Riichi Miura in The Ancient Magus Bride: Those Awaiting a Star is a librarian of a library within a forest. He can be nurturing and gentle, even if a bit awkward at times. He helps out Chise Hatori, who took refuge from evil spirits in the library. Riichi later gets Chise a library card, lets her explore around the library, but she accidentally leaves the door open letting in monsters which eat all the books and seem to put him at death's door. In the final episode, Chise watches as the monster swallows up the library and Riichi while she gives the book back to the person she intended to go to. She tries to go back there later and the library is gone, with no evidence of it being there. Her mentor later tells her the library is like something out of a legend, and she bonds with her mentor, and others over the story.

Aruto in Kokoro Library is one of the protagonists and is a quiet girl. She works at the small library located on an unpopulated mountain, with a strong-minded girl named Iina and a girl who has the same name as the library, Kokoro. All three are sisters.

Asako Shibasaki, Iku Kasahara, Atsushi Dojo, Hikaru Tezuka, Ryusuke Genda, Mikihisa Komaki, and Kazuichi Inamine are all characters in Library War. Asako is a library clerk supervisor who is an intelligence specialist and helps Iku study the catalogs. She also tries to give Iku advice and later falls in love with Hikaru, another library clerk supervisor. Iku, the protagonist, is a new member of the Library Defense Force who struggles in training. Atsushi is another librarian who is part of the defense force and develops romantic feelings for Iku, with both later marrying. Ryusuke is a supervising librarian and veteran field commander. Kazuichi commands the Library Defense Force and is a big part on the battle with the Media Betterment Committee. Mikihisa is another librarian who is often  smiling or laughing at his coworkers, and pushed Iku to join the task force.

Some of the many characters in Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra, also known as Armed Librarians include Ruruta Coozancoona, Mokkania Fluru, and Mirepoc Finedel. Ruruta is director and founder of the Bantorra Library, while Mokkania is one of the strongest armed librarians, and Mirepoc is a third-grade armed librarian.

© 2022 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Notes

[1] IMDB breaks this up into Part 2, and Part 3 rather than putting them all under one show even though they all part of the same OVA, but doesn't have Part 1, so this ANN page serves as a source here.

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I for Iku from Library Wars! I got bored of the plain background so added a gradient to all. I’m not gonna repost but I might make a print book so they’ll all be there

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Happy new year!!

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THIS HAS BEEN AN IKU KASAHARA APPRECIATION POST

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Top Ten Favorite Female Characters

I was tagged by the wonderful @thereluctantherosrose so, here goes!

We are to list 10 favorite females from 10 different fandoms and then tag 10 people.

(And by the way, some of these fandoms are a bit more obscure than others, so I highly recommend checking them out if you are even remotely curious!)

So here they are in no particular order:

1. Sakura Chiyo from "Gekkan-Shoujo Nozaki-kun"

2. Pidge Gunderson from "Voltron"

3. Haruhi Fujioka from "Ouran High School Host Club"

4. Sarah Phillips from "Liberty's Kids"

5. Akko Kagari from "Little Witch Academia"

6. Lucy Eleanore Moderatz from "While You Were Sleeping"

7. Captain Amelia Smollet from "Treasure Planet"

8. Jane Porter from "Tarzan"

9. Iku Kasahara from "Library Wars"

10. Gong Xi from "Skip Beat" (Taiwanese Live Action version).

I tag @quirky-middle-child @turbotwintastic @jonsmith12thdoctor and any one else that would love to do this!