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Natsume's Book of Friends (TV 7)

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Alternative title:
Natsume Yūjin-Chō Shichi (Japanese)
夏目友人帳 漆 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, supernatural
Themes: iyashikei, youkai
Objectionable content: Mild
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User Ratings: 56 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Excellent: 23 votes (sub:20, dub:2, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Very good: 16 votes (sub:13, dub:3)
 Good: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Decent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 127 users, rank: #4870 (of 9900)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.446 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.1167, rank: #210 (of 10046)
Weighted mean: 8.531 (Excellent−), rank: #142 (of 10046) (seen all: 8.52 / seen some: 9.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.332 (Very good+), rank: #137 (of 7612)
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2024-10-07
Opening Theme:
"Alca" by Hinata Kashiwagi
Ending Theme:
"Komari Warai" by Toshiki Kondō
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Director: Hideki Itō
Series Composition: Sadayuki Murai
Script:
Aya Yoshinaga (eps 4, 7-8)
Hiroshi Ohnogi (eps 3, 6)
Sadayuki Murai (eps 2, 11-12)
Takahiro Ōmori (eps 1, 5, 9-10)
Storyboard:
Hideki Itō (eps 1-2, 11-12)
Miyuki Oshiro (eps 3, 6, 9-10)
Takahiro Ōmori (OP, ED; eps 5, 8)
Tomomi Kawatsuma (ep 7)
Yoshiki Kawasaki (ep 4)
Episode Director:
Hideki Itō (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 11-12
)

Jun Takada (ep 4)
Miyuki Oshiro (eps 3, 6, 9-10)
Takahiro Ōmori (eps 5, 8)
Tomomi Kawatsuma (ep 7)
Unit Director: Takahiro Ōmori (OP, ED)
Original creator: Yuki Midorikawa
Character Design: Akira Takata
Chief Animation Director:
Akira Takata (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8, 12
)

Orie Tanaka (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9-11
)

Animation Director:
Hisao Oi (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 10-12
)

Keiko Tamaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7-8, 10
)

Masakazu Kawazoe (ep 11)
Miyako Kanō (6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7-8, 11-12
)

Miyuki Nakamura (ep 11)
Miyuki Oshiro (ep 10)
Rika Ōta (ep 12)
Tomomi Kawatsuma (eps 7-8, 11-12)
Toshie Kawamura (7 episodes
eps 3, 6-9, 11-12
)


Action Animation Director: Tatsuo Yamada
Animation producer: Yumi Satō
Color design: Hiromi Miyawaki
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
In-Between Animation: Yūka Takahashi (Shuka, OP; eps 1-7, 9-12)
Photography: Kōjirō Hayashi (Graphinica; ep 5)
Screen Design: Hitoshi Tamura
Theme Song Performance:
Hinata Kashiwagi (OP)
Toshiki Kondō (ED)
Yōkai Design: Tatsuo Yamada
Hiroshi Kamiya as Takashi Natsume
Kazuhiko Inoue as Nyanko Sensei

Akira Ishida as Shūichi Natori
Eiji Itō as Shigeru Fujiwara
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Atsushi Kitamoto
Junichi Suwabe as Seiji Matoba
Kazuma Horie as Kaname Tanuma
Miki Itō as Tōko Fujiwara
Miyuki Sawashiro as Jun Sasada
Rina Satō as Tōru Taki
Ryōhei Kimura as Satoru Nishimura
Sanae Kobayashi as Reiko Natsume

Ai Kayano as Princess Shida (ep 2)
Akane Odagiri as Human Head (ep 6)
Akari Higuchi as Urihime (ep 3)
Akemi Okamura as Hinoe (eps 5, 12)
Akito Ichihara as
Classmate (ep 8)
Scarecrow (ep 3)
Thin-Haired Yōkai (ep 11)
Atsushi Kousaka as Tsuji (ep 8)
Ayako Kawasumi as Sasago (ep 2)
Ayumu Harukawa as Student (eps 7-8)
Chō as Chobihige (ep 5)
Eiji Yoshitomi as Amasawa (ep 3)
Eriko Kadokura as
Boy (ep 1)
Woman (ep 10)
Gentoku as Box Guardian (ep 2)
Hanabi Hanashiro as Student (ep 8)
Hinako Takahashi as Isamu Taki (young; ep 7)
Hiroki Matsukawa as
Evil Yōkai (ep 11)
Scarecrow (ep 3)
Hiroshi Iwasaki as Traveling Yōkai (ep 12)
Hiroshi Shimozaki as Ox-Faced Middle Class Yōkai (eps 1, 3, 5, 12)
Hitomi Arakawa as Student (eps 7-8)
Issei Futamata as Shin'ichiro Taki (Grandfather; ep 7)
Jirō Saitō as Dragon (ep 6)
Jun Fukuyama as Isamu Taki (ep 7)
Katsunori Okai as
Exorcist (ep 6)
Matoba's Disciple (eps 9-10)
Kazuma Akabane as Student (eps 7-8)
Keina Yamada as
Passerby (ep 9)
Schoolgirl (ep 7)
Student (ep 5)
White-Haired Yōkai (ep 11)
Kenjirō Tsuda as Soranome (ep 11)
Kenta Tanaka as
Exorcist (ep 6)
Matoba's Disciple (eps 9-10)
Kento Fujinuma as Black Yōkai (ep 6)
Kyouko Chikiri as Kappa (eps 1, 5, 12)
M.A.O as Kaeda (ep 4)
Mei as Boy (ep 1)
Mie Sonozaki as Beniko Hakozaki (ep 6)
Mika Doi as Nanase (eps 6, 9-10)
Misao Kobayashi as Priest (ep 1)
Mitsuki Nakamura as Box Guardian (ep 2)
Moa Mizuki as Student (eps 7-8)
Momoko Noji as Used Bookstore Owner (ep 4)
Ryoma Masuda as Dei (ep 4)
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Miharu Masakiyo (ep 10)
Sanryō Odaka as Box Guardian (ep 2)
Satomi Arai as One-Eyed Yōkai (eps 9-10)
Satoshi Mikami as Yorishima (ep 3)
Satsuki Yukino as Hiiragi (eps 3, 9-10)
Seiyū Fujiwara as
Grim-Faced Yōkai (ep 1)
Headcloth Yōkai (ep 11)
Scarecrow (ep 3)
Shiori Ishikawa as Paper Doll (eps 9-10)
Takashi Matsuyama as One-Eyed Middle Class Yōkai (eps 1, 3, 5, 12)
Takaya Kuroda as Misuzu (eps 5, 12)
Takayuki Nakatsukasa as
Box Guardian (ep 2)
Long-Necked Yōkai (ep 7)
Takehiro Urao as
Exorcist (ep 6)
Matoba's Disciple (eps 9-10)
Tomomutsu Furukawa as Old-Faced Yōkai (ep 5)
Yui Ishikawa as Sōko Morinaga (ep 11)
Yuki Aizawa as
Horned Beast Yōkai (ep 11)
Passerby (ep 9)
Schoolgirl (ep 7)
Student (ep 5)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation: J.C. Staff (ep 2)
Animation Production: Shuka
Production: NAS
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Jad Saxton
ADR Script: Jessica Sluys

ADR Engineer: Noah Whitehead
ADR Producer: Susie Nixon
Mix Engineer: William Dewell
Subtitle Translation: Shane Forde (Netflix)
Adam Gibbs as Takashi Natsume

Aaron Roberts as Shuichi Natori
Alexis Tipton as Reiko Natsume
Jennifer AuBuchon as
Toko 
Toko Fujiwara
Marisa Duran as Jun Sasada
Matthew Elkins as Satoru Nishimura
Megan Shipman as Toru Taki
Reagan Murdock as Seiji Matoba
Seth Magill as Shigeru Fujiwara
Tyson Rinehart as
Kaname Tanuma
Tanuma 

Amber May as Soko Morinaga (ep 11)
Barry Yandell as Chobihige (ep 5)
Brian Mathis as Chukyu A (ep 1)
Chris Ryan as Misuzu (eps 5, 12)
Dane Petersen as Box Guardian (ep 2)
Danielle Yoshiko Phillips as Kappa (ep 1)
Elise Baughman as Shidahime
Greg Dulcie as Chukyu B (ep 1)
Izzi Raine as Boy B (ep 1)
Jennifer Green as Sasago (ep 2)
Jill Harris as Hiiragi (eps 3, 9-10)
Jim Foronda as Dei (ep 4)
Kamen Casey as Isamu Taki (ep 7)
Kelly Greenshield as Kaeda (ep 4)
Kenny Green as Shibuzura
Kieran Flitton as Tsuji (ep 8)
Kim Titus as Priest (ep 1)
Laurie Steele as Nanase (eps 6, 9-10)
Linda Leonard as Urihime (ep 3)
Luci Christian as Boy A (ep 1)
Maganda Marie as Beniko Hakozaki (ep 6)
Molly Searcy as Hinoe (eps 5, 12)
Monet Tatianna Lerner as Bookstore Owner (ep 4)

English companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)

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