V6's Okada Junichi and actress Eikura Nana will be starring in the SF war movie "Toshokan Sensou" (Library Wars) due to be shown during next year's Golden Week. The movie is based on the hit novel by Arikawa Hiro which has sold 2.8m copies to date. The story is set in the year 2019 where Japan's government sets up tight censorship laws to control the content in books, news, movies, TV etc. A self-defense group called "Tosho Tokushuubutai" sets out to protect the books and preserve the right for citizens to know everything. Okada plays a section chief of this group named Doujou Atsushi while Eikura will be Kasahara Iku, the newbie member in his team who gradually develops a romantic relationship with Doujou. The leads were apparently chosen because they were the top choices selected by readers in a May 2011 poll as to who will be the best fit for the roles of Doujou and Kasahara.
Source: Sanspo
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I've heard of this novel before but haven't read it before. At first glance, I was wondering why Okada and Eikura would be picked for the roles because they don't really look that compatible in terms of height as a couple. When I checked out the setting of characters, I realised why this could be so. Apparently, Kasahara is supposed to be 170cm while Doujou is only 160cm so I think it probably wouldn't seem weird to have Eikura towering over Okada. Not that Okada is extremely short but anyone standing beside Eikura would seem a bit shorter, given her height. Oh well, maybe I should check out the anime first to see whether it's as good as the critical reviews say.
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