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Natsume's Book of Friends (TV 2)

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Alternative title:
O Livro de Amigos de Natsume 2 (Portuguese) 
Zoku Natsume Yūjin-Chō (Japanese) 
続 夏目友人帳 (Japanese) 
Themes: folklore , Iyashikei , spirits 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: Natsume is again meeting new youkai and helping them. A lot of friends join him along the way, he meets others who can also see the spirits and at times they join forces to solve the latest mystery. As always, Nyanko-sensei is there to help Natsume on his quests. 
User Ratings: 1203 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 262 votes (sub:247, dub:3, raw:3, ?:1, others:8
5 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Excellent: 468 votes (sub:436, dub:10, raw:3, edit.dub:1, others:18
7 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Very good: 289 votes (sub:258, dub:18, raw:4, ?:1, others:8
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 126 votes (sub:113, raw:3, dub:2, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 34 votes (sub:29, raw:3, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:1, others:3
1 German subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1930 users, rank: #614 (of 9903)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.584 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.2212, rank: #136 (of 10050)
Weighted mean: 8.508 (Excellent−), rank: #152 (of 10050) (seen all: 8.54 / seen some: 7.88 / won't finish: 4.96)
Bayesian estimate: 8.497 (Very good+), rank: #62 (of 7615)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 13 
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2009-01-05 to 2009-03-30 
Opening Theme:
"Ano hi Time Machine" by LONG SHOT PARTY 
Ending Theme:
"Aishiteru" (愛してる) by Callin 
Official website:
夏目友人帳 (Japanese) 
News: Show:
Crunchyroll Streams Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2 Anime's English Dub (Nov 22, 2022)
3rd Natsume's Book of Friends Anime's Promo Posted (Jun 28, 2011)
Natsume's Book of Friends Gets 3rd TV Anime Season (Feb 21, 2011)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 & 2 [Premium Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2012-10-09
    Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 & 2 (Sub.DVD) 2014-02-04

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takahiro Ōmori 
Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki 
Script:
Kenichi Araki (eps 3, 6) 
Kenichi Kanemaki (eps 5, 12-13) 
Mayori Sekijima (eps 1, 8, 10) 
Mie Kaga (eps 2, 7) 
Noboru Takagi (eps 4, 9, 11) 
Storyboard:
Hidehito Ueda (ep 9) 
Hidetoshi Namura (ep 11) 
Hiroyuki Yano (ep 2) 
Hisatoshi Shimizu (ep 3) 
Isamu Imakake (eps 10, 12) 
Jun Takada (ep 4) 
Katsumi Terahigashi (eps 8, 13) 
Keiji Gotō (eps 6-7) 
Kiyotaka Ohata (ep 5) 
Takahiro Ōmori (ED; ep 1) 
Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP) 
Episode Director:
Hideaki Nakano (ep 6) 
Hidehito Ueda (ep 9) 
Hisatoshi Shimizu (eps 3, 7, 11) 
Isamu Imakake (ep 10) 
Jun Takada (ep 4) 
Masayuki Matsumoto (eps 5, 12) 
Satomi Nakamura (ep 2) 
Takahiro Ōmori (eps 1, 13) 
Yui Umemoto (ep 8) 
Unit Director:
Takahiro Ōmori (ED) 
Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP) 
Music: Makoto Yoshimori 
Original creator: Yuki Midorikawa 
Character Design: Akira Takata 
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani 
Chief Animation Director:
Akira Takata (eps 2-9, 11-12) 
Tatsuo Yamada (eps 2-12) 
Animation Director:
Akira Takata (eps 1, 10, 13) 
Haruo Okuno (eps 6, 12) 
Kazuya Saitō (eps 5, 9) 
Orie Tanaka (eps 7, 12) 
Tatsuo Yamada (eps 1, 13) 
Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP) 
Sound Director: Takahiro Ōmori 
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Tamura 
Producer:
Masanori Miyake 
Sayako Muramatsu (TV Tokyo) 
Shuko Yokoyama  

2nd Key Animation: Haruo Okuno (ep 13) 
Animation: Takahiro Kishida (all for ED) 
Animation producer: Yumi Satō 
Assistant Animation Director: Yuriko Nagaya (ep 2) 
Background Art:
Akemi Ito (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-10, 12-13
) 
Aya Iimura (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-10, 12-13
) 
Fumika Tamura (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 8 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-10, 13
) 
Hiroyuki Hasegawa (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 1-4, 8) 
Nobuhiro Ōtsuka (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 8-10, 12-13
) 
Taichi Shishido (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-10, 12-13
) 
Takayoshi Fukushima (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 1-3, 8-10) 
Yukihiro Shibutani (all for OP & ED) 
Yuuki Oyamada (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 1-4, 8-9) 
Color Check:
Hiromi Miyawaki (OP, ED; ep 13) 
Jinko Suzuki (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-12
) 
Color Coordination:
Hiromi Miyawaki (OP, ED; ep 13) 
Jinko Suzuki (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-12
) 
Color design: Hiromi Miyawaki 
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki 
Finishing:
Asami Maruyama (eps 5, 9) 
Rie Iijima (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-12
) 
In-Between Animation:
Akie Tsutsumi (A･C･G･T; ep 1) 
Akito Ishino (Nippon Animation; eps 1, 4) 
Eri Hasegawa (Nippon Animation; eps 1, 4) 
Hideki Sakai (XEBEC; ep 2) 
Hisashi Higashijima (XEBEC; ep 2) 
Tomomi Nakamura (XEBEC; ep 2) 
Key Animation:
Emiko Matsuno (OP; eps 1, 7, 13) 
Futoshi Ōnami (ep 2) 
Haruo Okuno (OP; eps 1, 6, 12) 
Hidetoshi Sano (eps 1, 13) 
Hiroshi Tomioka (ep 1) 
Hiroto Yokote (eps 1, 7, 13) 
Kazuhiko Ishii (ep 2) 
Keiji Gotō (ep 11) 
Makoto Oda (ep 2) 
Mamie Takata (OP; eps 4, 6, 12-13) 
Masakazu Kawazoe (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-7, 12-13
) 
Miyuki Kobayashi (OP; 6 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 11-13
) 
Miyuki Shimizu (ep 2) 
Nobuyuki Furukawa (ep 2) 
Noriko Kitazawa (ep 2) 
Orie Tanaka (OP; eps 1, 3-4, 13) 
Rie Maehara (eps 1, 7, 13) 
Shinko Tsurumoto (ep 2) 
Shinsuke Ishikawa (eps 1, 3) 
Shirō Kigi (ep 1) 
Takahiro Kishida (ep 1) 
Takahiro Ōmori (ep 13) 
Tatsuo Yamada (OP; eps 1, 7, 12-13) 
Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP; ep 10) 
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (ep 2) 
Tsuyoshi Sakai (ep 2) 
Yuriko Nagaya (ep 2) 
Monster Design: Tatsuo Yamada 
Music Performance:
Ayano Kasahara (Cello) 
Tomomi Tokunaga (Violin) 
Photography:
Isao Tōkairin (DECOROCO; eps 1-13) 
Ryōta Fujii (DECOROCO; eps 1-13) 
Tetsuji Sakamaki (DECOROCO; eps 1-13) 
Yōsuke Minezaki (DECOROCO; eps 1-13) 
Yuichiro Tozawa (DECOROCO; eps 1-13) 
Planning:
Makoto Shiraishi (TV Tokyo) 
Masuo Ueda 
Tatsuji Yamazaki 
Production Advancement:
Asami Kitahara (ep 2) 
Keiichi Kawaguchi (eps 1, 7, 13) 
Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa (Ray Art; eps 1-13) 
Theme Song Performance:
Callin (ED) 
LONG SHOT PARTY (OP) 
Hiroshi Kamiya as Takashi Natsume 
Kazuhiko Inoue as Nyanko-sensei 

Akira Ishida as Shuichi Natori 
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Atsushi Kitamoto 
Kazuma Horie as Kaname Tanuma 
Miyuki Sawashiro as Jun Sasada 
Rina Satō as Tohru Taki 
Ryōhei Kimura as Satoru Nishimura 
Sanae Kobayashi as Reiko Natsume 
Satsuki Yukino as Hiiragi 

Ai Horanai as Male Student (ep 12) 
Akemi Okamura as Hinoe (ep 5) 
Aki Kanada as
Landlady (ep 3) 
Male Student (eps 2, 12) 
Old Woman (ep 1) 
Atsushi Kousaka as
Guide Youkai (ep 11) 
Male Student (ep 10) 
Atsushi Ono as Three-eyed Spirit (ep 3) 
Ayahi Takagaki as Sui (ep 2) 
Ayumi Fujimura as Takashi Natsume (young; ep 2) 
Chō as Little Beard (ep 6) 
Eiji Itō as Shigeru Fujiwara 
Hidenobu Kiuchi as Bad Spirit (eps 12-13) 
Hiroshi Shimozaki as
Bull-faced Chukyuu Youkai 
Old Man (ep 1) 
Small Youkai (ep 3) 
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Gen (ep 2) 
Ikuko Tani as Chizu (ep 8) 
Junko Takeuchi as Kai (eps 12-13) 
Kazuma Horie as Student (ep 4) 
Kenji Nojima as Yasaka (ep 9) 
Kōtarō Nakamura as Prize-necked Youkai (ep 11) 
Kunihiro Kawamoto as
Enma face (ep 1) 
Small Youkai (eps 6-7) 
Kyouko Chikiri as
Female Student (ep 2) 
Male Student (ep 12) 
Wrinkled Face (ep 1) 
Mai Tōdō as Dog Face (ep 1) 
Masaya Matsukaze as Riou (ep 1) 
Mika Doi as Nanase (ep 11) 
Miki Itō as Tōko Fujiwara 
Misa Watanabe as Benio (ep 1) 
Nanae Katou as Shigeru (young; ep 10) 
Ryō Hirohashi as Sasafune (ep 8) 
Ryūsaku Chijiwa as Calime (ep 10) 
Sayaka Aoki as Tama (ep 4) 
Suzune Okabe as
Male Student (ep 10) 
Small Youkai (ep 3) 
Youkai with a Long Nose (ep 11) 
Youth (ep 8) 
Takako Honda as Sumie (ep 3) 
Takashi Matsuyama as
One-Eyed Chukyuu Youkai 
Shaved Head (ep 1) 
Takayuki Sugō as Forehead Wound Youkai (eps 6-7) 
Takuya Kirimoto as Isotsuki's Mouse (ep 4) 
Tetsuharu Ōta as Spring Jizo (ep 9) 
Yuka Terasaki as Kirinoha (ep 5) 
Yuu Sugimoto as Miya (ep 9) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Brain's Base 
Background Art: Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-10, 12-13
) 
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo (2009-01) 
Finish Animation:
Hanjin Animation (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-13
) 
office fuu (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-12
) 
Orange (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-13
) 
In-Between Animation:
A.C.G.T (ep 1) 
Hanjin Animation (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-13
) 
Nippon Animation (eps 1, 4) 
Orange (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-13
) 
Photography: DECOROCO (eps 1-13) 
Production:
Aniplex 
Hakusensha 
special effects: Ray Art (eps 1-13) 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jad Saxton 
Translation: Adam Lensenmayer 
ADR Script:
Jessica Sluys 
Natalie Van Sistine (eps 12-13) 

ADR Mix Engineer: William Dewell 
ADR Prep: Benjamin Tehrani 
ADR Script Supervisor: Emily Neves 
Assistant ADR Director:
Morgan Lauré 
Sara Ragsdale 
Assistant ADR Engineer: Sawyer Pfledderer 
Lead ADR Engineer:
Ian Emerson 
Rickey Watkins 
Subtitle Editing: Renee Poiron 
Subtitle Styling: Renee Poiron 
Subtitle Timing: Bryan Ingram 
Adam Gibbs as Takashi Natsume 
Christopher Wehkamp as Nyanko-sensei 

Aaron Roberts as Shuichi Natori 
Alexis Tipton as Reiko Natsume 
Marisa Duran as Jun Sasada 
Matthew Elkins as Satoru Nishimura 
Megan Shipman as Toru Taki 
Mike Haimoto as Atsushi Kitamoto 
Tyson Rinehart as Kaname Tanuma 

Alex Hom as Enraged Eggy (ep 4) 
Barry Yandell as Chobihige 
Brian Mathis as One-Eyed Chukyuu Yokai 
Caitlin Glass as Kai (eps 12-13) 
Christian Thorsen as Cow-faced Yokai 
Eric Vale as Gen (ep 2) 
Erica Muse as Boy C (eps 11-12) 
Greg Dulcie as Ox-Faced Chukyuu Yokai 
Hannah Alyea as Kirinoha (ep 5) 
Jalitza Delgado as Tama (ep 4) 
Jennifer AuBuchon as Toko Fujiwara 
Kelsey Maher as Benio (ep 1) 
Laurie Steele as Nanase (ep 11) 
Mark Allen Jr. as Large Three-Eyed Yokai (ep 16) 
Molly Searcy as Hinoe (ep 5) 
Oscar Seung as Riou (ep 1) 
Paige Guillory as Takashi Natsume (young) 
Seth Magill as Shigeru Fujiwara 
Tom Laflin as Karime (ep 10) 

Bradley Gareth 
Charles Nguyen 
Chris Long 
Christian Thorsen 
Ciarán Strange 
Cory Phillips 
Davon Oliver 
Jack Reeder 
Jennifer Alyx 
Jim Foronda 
Kelsey Poppen 
Kimmie Britt 
Landon McDonald 
Lisette Monique Diaz 
Meg McClain 
Scott Montano 
William Ofoegbu 
Yussef Benelbar 
English companies
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll 
FUNimation Entertainment (via NIS America) 
Licensed by: NIS America 
Subtitles: MX Media LLC 
Translation: MX Media LLC 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Aldo Guzman as Takashi Natsume 
Noe Velázquez as Nyanko 

Mariana Ortiz as Tooru Taki 
Spanish companies
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Latin America) 
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll 
Italian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeOnegai (Brazil) 
Crunchyroll 
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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