Attack of the OTAKU'S!!: November 2014

Hello! Nee-Chan here! I know I haven't posted a lot but that's gonna change now! Right so I'm gonna do a review on Toshokan Sensou! Or Library Wars!

It's a manga, and an anime. The anime has a movie sequel though. The description on MyAnimeList is -

"Toshokan Sensou tells the story of Kasahara Iku, the first woman to join the Library Task Force. In the near future in Japan, the Media Enhancement Law has been forced upon the population censoring all books and media. To counter this, the Library Defense Force was created. To protect themselves against the Media Enhancement Law Commission, all major libraries are fully equipped with a military Task Force, who take it upon themselves to protect the books and freedom of media of the people. This anime follows Iku and her fellow soldiers as they protect various special books and artifacts from the oppression of the Media Enhancement Law Commission. A love story, war story, and comedy all rolled into one." It says love story and it is! However that isn't completely the main focus! There is a lot of action in this story and a lot of fighting!

The plot is hilariously funny, especially when it comes to Atsushi Dojo, Iku Kasahara's commanding officer. There is a lot of tension between these characters, however not so much that it becomes frustrating. You see more of this in the manga however.

Kasahara and Dojo are constantly being compared to one another by other characters in the story and they both usually end up cracking and yelling similar things at the same time. The character on the top right of the picture above is the main culprit of this. He is called Mikihisa Komaki.

All in all this manga and anime is definatly on my top three favourites! I could easily watch and read it over and over and over again. So if you have some spare time, check it out! Thanks! 😊

~Nee-Chan

Warning!! This review will contain spoilers as there will be a synopsis before the proper review so you hve been warned!!

Must know info

Free! Is about main characters Haruka Nanase (mostly known as Haru) Rin Matsuoka, Nagisa Hazuki, Rei Ryūgazaki and Makoto Tachibana. The first season of free has the official title of Free! Iwatobi Swim Club, and the second season with Free! Eternal Summer. There is also a manga for free called 'high speed'

Haru (centre and top middle), Rin (top right), Rei (bottom right), Makoto (top left), Nagisa (bottom left).

Free! Iwatobi Swim Club

To start with free! Begins showing a younger Rin, Makoto, Haru and Nagisa meeting and swimming together for the first time, this is before the graduate from elementary school. Then it is shown te four of them participating in a relay (team race) and winning, then them parting ways and going to different schools.Rin going abroad to Austrailia, Makoto and Haru moving up a school year to anoter school and Nagisa staying where he is as he is younger. Years later Haru and Makoto Reunite with Nagisa when Nagisa enrolls into high school a year after Haru and Makoto. Later The three hear about their old swim club is being torn down so they decide to return to try and dig up the trophy they buried there when they won the relay in middle school. Whilst there they find Rin (who is thought to be in Australia) who challenges Haru to a Race. Upon finding the pool there empty they decide later to race at another time. The next day Rin's Sister Gou (pronounced Kou) shows up and says that Rin attends Samezuka Academy (a school that specialises in swimming) so the three decide to take a visit late at night (sneaking in) where there is a pool and they all decide to swim in the pool. Rin then shows up and challenges Haru to a race to which he wins. After wards Nagisa suggests that the create a swim club at there school and clean up the old run-down outdoor pool and work together to help make the club a success. Rin's win over Haru means nothing to him as he realises that Haru as he realises that Haru stopped swimming competitively and wasn't at full strength. He says that he cannot get over that fact until Haru races for real against him. Soon after the team so far recruit another member Rei Ryūgazaki who was first reluctent to join but after learnin that he cannot swim he decides to join the swim team and has a new goal which is to learn to swim. It is later found out that Rei can only swim butterfly. Towards the end of the season the Iwatobi swim team enter a race against Samezuka with Rin and his team mates. During the first season they encounter some old friends and some new ones (mostly at samezuka with Rin) including the fours old coach goro sasabe (mostly called coach sasabe in the anime), Nitori (goes to and shares a room with rin at samezuka), Seijuro Mikoshiba (samezuka swim team captain)

Free! Eternal Summer

Eternal summer is about the main 5 protagonists in the first season of free!. It is now Rin, Haru and Makoto's last year of high school and they wish to go out with a bang but struggle with choosing what they want to do woth their futures this season is mainly about Haru choosing as Makoto chooses quickly and Rin decided long ago that he wanted to be a proffessional swimmer. throughout the season the four iwatobi members are trying to recruit more people for the swim club to keep the club going after they leave high school.

Quotes

The main quotes from Free! are "For the team", "I only swim free" and the first line in free! "When you're ten they call you a prodigy, when you're fifteen they call you a genius. Once you hit twenty you're just an ordinary person"

Dubbed Free!

Free! Is currently only subbed but is in the process of being dubbed by funimation (i'm sooooo excited!!) (but i think it might be the second season only 😐)with the current voice actors being:

Haruka Nanase - Todd Haberkorn (Natsu Dragneel (fairytail) Death the kid (soul eater) Hikaru Hitachiin (OHSHC) Italy (Hetalia))

Makoto Tachibana - Johnny Yong Bosch (Lelouche Lamperouge (code geass) ichigo kurosaki (bleach))

Nagisa Hazuki - Greg Ayres (Kaoru Hitachiin (OHSHC) Satoshi Hiwatari (D.N Angel) Ayato Naoi (Angel Beats))

Rei Ryūgazaki - J Michael Tatum (Kyoya Ootori (OHSHC) France (Hetalia) Erwin Smith (attack on titan) Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler) Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist/fullmetal alchemist) Giriko (Soul Eater))

Rin Matsuoka - Vig Mignogna (Tamaki Suoh (OHSHC) Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood)

Gou Matsuoka - Jamie Marchi (Cana Alberona (fairytail), Liz Thompson (soul eater), Chibitalia Narrator (Hetalia))

Amakata Miho - Caitlin Glass (Petra Rall (attack on titan/shingeki no kyojin), Anna Goodfellows (Black Butler II/ Kuroshitsuji II), Winry Rockbell (Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood), Haruhi Fujioka (OHSHC))

Aiichiro Nitori - Josh Grelle (Armin Alert (Attack on Titan/ Shingeki no kyojin), Ox Ford (Soul Eater), and lots of additional voices)

Sosuke Yamazaki (season 2) - Ian Sinclair (Dandy (space dandy), and lot's of additional voices)

Momotaro Mikoshiba - Jerry Jewell (Barry the chopper/Number 66 (fullmetal alchemist/fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood), russia (hetalia), Lau (Black Butler I & II/ Kuroshitsuji I & II), Arai (OHSHC), Kyo Sohma (Fruits Basket))

Seijuro Mikoshiba - Robert McCollum (Reiner Braun (attack on titan/shingeki no kyojin), Mifune (soul eater))

Goro Sasabe - Christopher R. Sabat (Alex Louis Armstrong (fullmetal alchemist /fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood), eibon (soul eater), Ritsu Kasanoda (OHSHC), Ayame Sohma (fruits basket), and loads of voices in Dragonball)

Takuya Uozumi - Clifford Chapin (Conny Springer (Attack on titan/shingeki no kyojin))

Kazuteru Minami - Micah Solusod (Soul Eater Evans (soul eater), Borus Feulner (attack on titan/shingeki no kyojin))

News and updates of Free!

Free! Parodies

The funniest abridged parody of free! That i've seen so far is called 50% off and has only 11 episodes and sone bonuses but makes up for that with their hilarious comedy. As of yet i have not seen any funnier parodies.