Natsume's Book of Friends (TV)
Alternative title:
Natsume Yūjin-Chō (Japanese)
Natsume Yūjinchō (Japanese)
O Livro de Amigos de Natsume (Portuguese)
Тетрадь дружбы Нацумэ (Russian)
کتاب دوستان ناتسومه - Persian (Japanese)
夏目友人帳 (Japanese)
나츠메 우인장 (Korean)
Genres:
slice of life,
supernatural
Objectionable content:
Mild
Plot Summary:
Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him. Containing the names of these spirits, a binding contract was formed between the spirits and the owner of the book. Now, Natsume is determined to free the spirits and dissolve the contracts. With the help of a spirit cat, his days are filled trying to return the names to these spirits.
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User Ratings:
1613 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
half hour per episode
Number of episodes:
13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2008-07-07 to 2008-09-29
Opening Theme:
"Issei no Sei" (一斉の声) by Shūhei Kita
Ending Theme:
"Natsu Yūzora" (夏夕空) by Kōsuke Atari
Review:
Natsume Yūjin-Chō Go ‒ Episode 4 (Oct 26, 2016)
News: Show:
Natsume's Book of Friends Anime Gets 7th Season (Jun 30, 2023)
Crunchyroll Announces Black Summoner, Natsume's Book of Friends, Parallel World Pharmacy Anime's English Dub Casts (Jul 24, 2022)
Natsume's Book of Friends Manga Gets 6th Anime in 2017 (Dec 20, 2016)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 10-16 (Feb 18, 2014)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 3-9 (Feb 11, 2014)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 2-8 (Feb 4, 2014)
Natsume's Book of Friends Gets New Original Anime DVD (May 24, 2013)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 7-13 (Oct 9, 2012)
Interest:
Honey Bee Nyanko-sensei Lottery is Oh-So-Sweet (Feb 13, 2019)
Interview:
Interview: Takahiro Omori (Oct 8, 2012)
Press Releases:
Other articles: Show:
The Beginner's Guide to Natsume Yūjin-Chō (Nov 16, 2016)
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| DVD (Region 1) |
| Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 & 2 [Premium Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2012-10-09 (from $1200.00) |
| Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 & 2 (Sub.DVD) 2014-02-04 |
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Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki
Script:
Kenichi Araki (eps 3, 9, 11) Kenichi Kanemaki (eps 1-2, 5, 13) Mayori Sekijima (eps 6-7, 12) Mie Kaga (ep 10) Noboru Takagi (eps 4, 8)
Storyboard:
Hidehito Ueda (eps 2, 7, 11) Hidetoshi Namura (eps 9, 13) Keiji Gotō (ep 8) Kiyotaka Ohata (eps 3, 10) Koichiro Kuroda (ep 12) Masakazu Hishida (ep 5) Masayoshi Nishida (ep 4) Takahiro Ōmori (OP; ep 1) Toshiya Shinohara (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Harume Kosaka (eps 6, 10) Hidehito Ueda (ep 7) Hironobu Aoyagi (ep 11) Hisatoshi Shimizu (eps 9, 13) Koichiro Kuroda (ep 4) Masayuki Matsumoto (ep 3) Shigeki Hatakeyama (ep 8) Takahiro Ōmori (OP; ep 1) Tomoyuki Kawamura (ep 5) Wataru Sakaibashi (ep 2)
Music: Makoto Yoshimori
Original creator: Yuki Midorikawa
Character Design: Akira Takata
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani
Animation Director:
Akira Takata (OP; ep 1) Atsushi Aono (eps 2, 9, 13) Haruo Okuno (ep 5) Hideyuki Motohashi (eps 3, 6) Kazuya Saitō (ep 8) Kyoko Kametani (ep 7) Miho Nakata (ep 4) Noriyuki Fukuda (ep 4) Tatsuo Yamada (OP; ep 1)
Sound Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Tamura
2nd Key Animation:
Akihira Yamashita (ep 11) Kazuhide Kondo (ep 11) Kosuke Fujii (ep 5) Senichi Muraoka (ep 11)
Animation: Takahiro Kishida (all for ED)
Animation producer: Yumi Satō
Background Art:
Aya Iimura Fumika Tamura Haruna Sakamoto Hiroshi Sugano Hiroyuki Hasegawa Kaori Fujii Kazuyo Kawabata Kumi Ito Makoto Shiraishi Mihoko Nakamura Natsumi Sakamoto Taichi Shishido Takayoshi Fukushima Yutaro Sato Yuuki Oyamada
Clean-Up Animation:
Asami Maruyama (A-Line; ep 8) Mariko Kawaai (eps 3, 6) Miho Koike (ep 4) Yufuko Fukuda (eps 3, 6) Yuko Endo (ep 4)
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Editing Assistant: Yasutaka Ikeda
In-Between Animation:
Hideki Sakai (eps 3, 6) Kazune Suzuki (ep 6) Kōta Suzuki (eps 3, 6) Mariko Horie (eps 3, 6) Shuko Okutani (ep 3) Yuriko Kaneko (ep 4) Yūya Kumagai (ep 4)
Key Animation:
Akira Kikuchi (ep 7) Akira Takata (OP; ep 1) Ayami Watanabe (ep 7) Ayumi Itō (ep 4) Eiko Matsuno (OP; eps 1-2, 7, 11) Fumiko Fujii (ep 2) Fumino Fujii (ep 7) Haruo Okuno (OP; eps 1, 11) Hideaki Matsuoka (eps 7, 11) Hidetoshi Sano (ep 1) Hiroki Itō (ep 3) Hiromi Yoshida (ep 4) Hiroshi Tomioka (ep 2) Hiroto Yokote (ep 2) Kaoru Maehara (ep 4) Kaoru Sekitani (ep 5) Kazuhiro Muto (ep 5) Kenji Hayama (OP) Kentarō Matsumoto (ep 1) Kimiko Matsushita (ep 11) Kyoko Kametani (OP) Kyouhei Tezuka (ep 3) Makoto Oda (eps 3, 6) Mamie Takata (OP; eps 1, 5, 11) Masahiro Koyama (ep 1) Masahito Yamashita (eps 2, 5, 9) Masakazu Kawazoe (OP; eps 1, 5, 11) Masanori Watanabe (eps 3, 6) Masayuki Yoshiki (ep 5) Mayuko Kato (ep 11) Midori Uchiyama (ep 11) Minami Tokunaga (eps 2, 5) Miyuki Kobayashi (OP; eps 1-2, 5, 11) Miyuki Shimizu (eps 3, 6) Nobuhiko Kawagami (eps 2, 11) Nobuyuki Furukawa (eps 3, 6) Noriko Kitazawa (ep 3) Orie Tanaka (OP; eps 1, 5) Osamu Hirayama (ep 2) Rie Maehara (eps 1, 7) Rumi Abe (eps 5, 7) Ryō Tanaka (OP) Ryōsuke Tanigawa (ep 11) Satoru Ito (ep 5) Satoshi Arajima (ep 4) Shinichi Iimura (ep 6) Shinsuke Ishikawa (ep 1) Shinsuke Yanagi (ep 3) Shuko Okutani (eps 3, 6) Tadashi Fuji (eps 2, 5) Takahiro Hosoki (ep 3) Takahiro Sasaki (ep 4) Takao Suzuki (ep 4) Tatsuo Yamada (OP; eps 1-2, 5, 11) Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 7) Tomokazu Sugimura (ep 1) Tsuyoshi Sakai (ep 3) Yōko Iizuka (ep 7) Yoshihiro Matsumoto (ep 4) Yoshiki Mizuno (ep 7) Yousuke Toyama (ep 7) Yufuki Morimoto (ep 11) Yuki Fujikawa (ep 4) Yumi Shimizu (ep 7) Yuriko Nagaya (eps 3, 6) Yusuke Adachi (ep 4) Yuta Odajima (ep 4)
Monster Design: Tatsuo Yamada
Planning Collaboration: Kazuya Sato
Recording Assistant: Yumi Yoshihara
Sound Adjustment: Osamu Takizawa
Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata
Sound Production: Junichi Inaba
Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa
Theme Song Arrangement: TAKUYA (OP)
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Animation Production: Brain's Base
Background Art: Y.A.P
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2008-07-08) AT-X (2008-09-05) TV Hokkaido (2008-07-08) TV Osaka (2008-07-12) TV Setouchi (2008-07-12) TV Tokyo (2008-07-07) TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2008-07-10)
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In-Between Animation:
Hanjin Animation Orange R.I.C (eps 2, 5, 7, 9) SynergySP Tadashi Pro Tamazawa Dogasha Triple A VENET XEBEC M2
Key Animation: XEBEC M2
Online Editing: Q-Tec
Photography: Decoloco
Production: NAS
Recording Studio: Studio T&T
Sound Production: Dax Production
special effects: Ray Art
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ADR Director: Jad Saxton
Translation: Adam Lensenmayer
ADR Mix Engineer: William Dewell
ADR Prep: Benjamin Tehrani
ADR Script Supervisor: Emily Neves
Subtitle Editing: Renee Poiron
Subtitle Styling: Renee Poiron
Subtitle Timing: Bryan Ingram
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Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (subtitled version; simulcast) FUNimation Entertainment (via NIS America)
Licensed by: NIS America
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
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Broadcaster: PlayTV
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