Natsume Yujin-cho (2008)
Plot.
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Hiroshi Kamiya
Takashi Natsume (voice)
Higuchi Akari
Urihime (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Madara (voice)
Satoshi Tsuruoka
Enkou (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
Hiiragi (voice)
Tadashi Miyazawa
Mark-Ironer Youkai (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Hinoe (voice)
Takaya Kuroda
Misuzu (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Sasago (voice)
Ako Mayama
Ginro (voice)
Cho
Chobi-hige (voice)
Nobuyuki Kobushi
One-Eyed Youkai (voice)
Asami Seto
Tsukiko (voice)
Kazutomi Yamamoto
Azuma (voice)
Hiroshi Tsuchida
Shigure (voice)
Yukiko Morishita
Benihimo (voice)
Soichiro Hoshi
Gomochi (voice)
Shinya Takahashi
Rat-faced Youkai (voice)
Kyoko Chikiri
Kappa (voice) / Kappa (voice) / Kappa / Natsume's Aunt (voice)
Yukimasa Natori
Nanamaki (voice)
Noriaki Sugiyama
Jinbe (voice)
Rina Sato
Taki Tooru (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Shibata Katsumi (voice)
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Takuma (voice)
Kotomi Deai
Series Director / Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director
Tetsuya Kawata
Director of Photography
Kazuhiko Seki
Editor
Yuki Midorikawa
Comic Book
Chieko Honda
Sasago (voice)
Hitoshi Tamura
Director of Photography
Mika Doi
Nanase (voice)
Ryuusaku Chijiwa
Karime (voice)
Kobayashi Mina
Sagume (voice)
Yui Hatano
Shinichirou (voice)
Atari Kousuke
Yasui (voice)
Nakano Kenji
Youkai with the Hammer (voice)
Takeshi Sasaki
Karikami (voice)
Ikuko Tani
Sakanaka Chizu (voice)
Ayahi Takagaki
Sui (voice)
Keiko Sonoda
Aoi Mother (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Gen (voice)
Takuya Kirimoto
Isozuki no Nezumi (voice)
Megumi Han
Aoi Miyoko (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa
Houzuki (voice)
Kazuhiko Nishimatsu
Kurokama (voice)
Shizuka Itoh
Ogata Yuriko (voice)
Yuto Nakano
Yobiko (voice)
Takako Honda
Sumie (voice)
Yuriko Fuchizaki
Eyeless Youkai (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Natsume's Adoptive Brother (voice)
Eiji Itou
Fujiwara Shigeru (voice) / Fujiwara Shigeru (voice) / Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)
Takanori Hoshino
Kanawa (voice)
Miki Ito
Fujiwara, Touko (voice) / Fujiwara, Touko (voice) / Touko Fujiwara (voice)
Atsushi Kosaka
Tsuji (voice)
Chie Nakamura
Winged Youkai (voice)
Mayumi Shintani
Hidaka (voice)
Hisayoshi Suganuma
Kitamoto Atsushi (voice) / Kitamoto Atsushi (voice) / Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)
Yurika Kubo
Youkai girl (voice)
Akira Ishida
Natori Shuuichi (voice) / Natori Shuuichi (voice) / Shuuichi Natori (voice)
Yoko Soumi
Long Haired One-Eyed Youkai (voice)
Ryohei Kimura
Nishimura Satoru (voice) / Nishimura Satoru (voice) / Satoru Nishimura (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Mikage (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Sasada Jun (voice) / Sasada Jun (voice) / Jun Sasada (voice)
Yoriko Nagata
Young Nanase (voice)
Kazuma Horie
Tanuma Kaname (voice) / Tanuma Kaname (voice) / Kaname Tanuma (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Murasaki (voice)
Ai Orikasa
Amana (voice)
Hiroki Touchi
Futsuki (voice)
Misa Watanabe
Benio (voice)
Yuu Sugimoto
Miya (voice)
Saori Seto
Female Witch Doctor (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi
Natsume's father (voice)
Hitomi Nabatame
Youkai Possessing Tanuma (voice)
Masami Iwasaki
Mushikui (voice)
Kikumi Umeda
Ogata Fusae (voice)
Junko Takeuchi
Ishio Kai (voice)
Aya Endo
Kayatsubo (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Matoba Seiji (voice)
Akimitsu Takase
Natsume's Uncle (voice)
Aki Kanada
Kemari (voice)
Yuji Ueda
Small Tengu (voice)
Hisako Kyoda
Aokuchinashi (voice)
Suzune Okabe
Lion-faced Youkai (voice)
Manabu Muraji
Aoi Father (voice)
Hitoshi Bifu
Nanase's father (voice)
Ao Takahashi
Youko (voice)
Kazuya Ichijo
Rokka (voice)
Keiichi Nakagawa
Takahiko (voice)
Katsumi Terahigashi
Storyboard Artist
Ryo Hirohashi
Sasafune (voice)
Yukihiro Shibutani
Art Direction
Kiyotaka Ohata
Storyboard Artist
Miyuki Ooshiro
Storyboard Artist / Director / Animation Director
Kenji Nojima
Yasaka (voice)
Yuka Terasaki
Kirinoha (voice)
Toshiya Shinohara
Storyboard Artist
Atsushi Ono
Large Three-Eyed Youkai (voice)
Keiji Gotoh
Storyboard Artist
Masaya Matsukaze
Riou (voice)
Masayuki Kojima
Storyboard Artist / Director
Takashi Matsuyama
Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice) / Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice) / Shinpan (voice) / Youkai (voice) / Mid-ran...
Hidehito Ueda
Storyboard Artist / Director
Sayaka Aoki
Tama (voice)
Hidetoshi Namura
Storyboard Artist
Tarusuke Shingaki
Ill Youkai (voice)
Koichiro Kuroda
Storyboard Artist / Director
Seizô Katô
Saigami (voice)
Norihiro Naganuma
Storyboard Artist
Yoko Kanamori
Storyboard Artist / Director
Fuyuka Ono
Tree Youkai (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Natsume Reiko (voice) / Natsume Reiko (voice) / Reiko Natsume (voice) / Madara (High School Girl Transformation, voice)
Hisatoshi Shimizu
Storyboard Artist / Director
Tomoko Hiramuki
Storyboard Artist / Director
Satomi Nakamura
Storyboard Artist / Director / Co-Director
Takahiro Omori
Storyboard Artist / Script / Director / Sound Director
Yui Umemoto
Storyboard Artist / Director
Masayoshi Nishida
Storyboard Artist
Taizo Yoshida
Storyboard Artist
Kiyoko Sayama
Storyboard Artist
Miyana Okita
Storyboard Artist
Hideya Takahashi
Storyboard Artist / Director
Masakazu Hishida
Storyboard Artist
Masayuki Matsumoto
Director
Hironori Aoyagi
Director
Takatoshi Suzuki
Director
Hiroshi Shimozaki
Ushikao no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice) / Ushikao no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice) / Three-eyed Youkai (voice) / Mid-ranked Youkai ...
Takashi Kobayashi
Director
Harume Kosaka
Director
Akira Toba
Director
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
Director
Shizutaka Sugahara
Director
Tarou Iwasaki
Director
Takashi Kawabata
Co-Director
Sakai Hashido
Director
Hideaki Nakano
Director / Storyboard
Tomoyuki Kawamura
Director
Shigeki Hatakeyama
Director
Mana Uchiyama
Co-Director
Masanori Miyake
Producer
Makoto Yoshimori
Original Music Composer
Shou Urahata
Sound Effects
Shuhei Kita
Theme Song Performance
Aimer
Theme Song Performance
Akira Takata
Character Designer / Key Animation
Orie Tanaka
Key Animation / Animation Director
Masakazu Kawazoe
Animation Director / Key Animation
Hiromi Miyawaki
Color Designer
Haruo Okuno
Animation Director / Key Animation
Risako Yoshida
Animation / Key Animation
Miyuki Kobayashi
Key Animation
Tatsuo Yamada
Key Animation
Hideyuki Motohashi
Animation Director
Futoshi Oonami
Key Animation / Animation Director
Emiko Matsuno
Key Animation
Natsuko Kondou
Animation Director
Mamie Takada
Key Animation
Kyoko Kametani
Key Animation / Animation Director
Ena Nishikawa
Animation Director
Rie Maehara
Key Animation
Fumino Fujii
Key Animation
Kazuya Morimae
Key Animation
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi
Key Animation
Rumi Abe
Key Animation
Makoto Oda
Key Animation
Miho Kinjou
Key Animation
Atsushi Aono
Animation Director
Osamu Hirayama
Key Animation
Kayo Nomichi
Animation Director
Nobuyuki Furukawa
Key Animation
Miho Nakata
Key Animation / Animation Director
Masahito Yamashita
Key Animation
Miyuki Shimizu
Key Animation
Shuko Okutani
Key Animation
Masanori Watanabe
Key Animation
Akiko Yajima
Kogitsune (voice) / Little Fox Youkai (voice)
Shinko Tsurumoto
Key Animation
Nobuhiko Kawakami
Key Animation
Yoko Iizuka
Key Animation
Kumiko Matsushita
Key Animation
Hiromi Ogata
Key Animation / Animation Director
Kim Bong-duk
Key Animation
Takanori Suzuki
Key Animation
Noriko Kitazawa
Key Animation
Tomokazu Sugimura
Key Animation
Shuji Takahara
Key Animation
Kunihiro Kawamoto
Karikage (voice) / Sarumen Sealed Away in the Pot (voice) / Youkai (voice)
Hidetoshi Sano
Key Animation
Yuriko Nagaya
Key Animation
Terumi Muto
Key Animation
Tsuyoshi Sakai
Key Animation
Hiroto Yokote
Key Animation
Takahiro Sasaki
Key Animation
Shinichi Iimura
Key Animation
Shiho Tanaka
Key Animation
Tomoyuki Niho
Key Animation
Kim Jung-chul
Key Animation
Masami Gouda
Animation Director
Yasuhiro Saiki
Key Animation
Hiroki Itoh
Key Animation
Hideaki Matsuoka
Key Animation
Eri Yamazaki
Key Animation
Hiroshi Tomioka
Key Animation
Kim Myeong-sim
Animation Director
Kaoru Maehara
Key Animation
Yusuke Adachi
Key Animation
Tadashi Fuji
Key Animation
Madoka Ozawa
Key Animation
Tomomi Shimazaki
Key Animation / Animation Director
Minami Tokunaga
Key Animation
Yuki Koike
Key Animation
Ayako Kanemaru
Key Animation
Saburō Yoshino
Key Animation
Michio Hasegawa
Key Animation
Chie Kinoshita
Key Animation
Mamiko Nakanishi
Key Animation
Yuuki Morimoto
Key Animation
Atsushi Komatsu
Key Animation
Yumiko Kinoshita
Animation Director
Junko Matsushita
Animation Director
Kim Yong-sik
Animation Director
Asahi Takeuchi
Key Animation
Takahiro Hosoki
Key Animation
Anna Yamaguchi
Key Animation
Li Shaolei
Animation Director
Hiroshi Yakou
Key Animation
Yuko Fujii
Key Animation
Masayuki Yoshiki
Key Animation
Motohiro Taniguchi
Key Animation
Rie Saitou
Key Animation
Manami Fukuyo
Key Animation
Joe Jun Young
Key Animation
Tsutomu Kikuchi
Key Animation
Yukiko Ban
Key Animation
Midori Uchiyama
Key Animation
Kyouhei Tezuka
Key Animation
Mayuko Kato
Key Animation
Maya Uenishi
Animation Director
Masahiro Koyama
Key Animation
Mika Saito
Key Animation
Shirō Kigi
Key Animation
Akira Kikuchi
Key Animation
Shinsuke Ishikawa
Key Animation
Miyuki Nakayama
Animation Director
Madoka Katto
Animation Director
Kentaro Matsumoto
Key Animation
Takahiro Kishida
Key Animation
Tatsuya Ikeda
Key Animation
Masaki Kudo
Key Animation
Aki Kuki
Key Animation
Noriyuki Fukuda
Animation Director
Kazuya Saito
Animation Director
Ken Obata
Animation Director
Asami Watanabe
Key Animation
Masaki Kiritani
Animation Director
Daisuke Agata
Key Animation
Shunsuke Masuda
Key Animation
Ryousuke Tanigawa
Key Animation
Misao Abe
Key Animation
Yutaka Araki
Animation Director
Yuka Koichi
Key Animation
Konomi Sato
Animation Director
Natsuki Inoue
Key Animation
Shinsuke Yanagi
Key Animation
Yoshiki Mizuno
Key Animation
Sayo Aoi
Key Animation
Yousuke Toyama
Key Animation
Kenji Hamada
Sugino Akifumi (voice) / Akifumi Sugino (voice)
Yasunori Matsumoto
Tanuma Father (voice) / Mr. Tanuma (voice) / Kaname's Father (voice)
Satomi Higuchi
Key Animation
Mikako Komatsu
Sonokawa Kaoru (voice) / Sonokawa Kaoru (voice) / Kaoru Sonokawa (voice)
Kenichi Kanemaki
Writer / Series Composition
Sadayuki Murai
Series Composition
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 8, 2008
Original Name夏目友人帳
StatusReturning Series
Seasons7
Episodes75
Running Time24m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
Wiki.
Natsume's Book of Friends (Japanese: 夏目友人帳, Hepburn: Natsume Yūjin-chō) is a Japanese manga series by Yuki Midorikawa. It started in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine LaLa DX in June 2003, where it ran until April 2008; it has been serialized in LaLa since July 2007. The chapters and special chapters have been collected in 30 tankōbon volumes as of September 2023. The manga is licensed for English-language release in North America by Viz Media, which released the first volume in January 2010.
The series follow Takashi Natsume, an orphan boy in his late teens who can perceive yōkai. One day, Takashi finds a very old notebook that his late maternal grandmother, Reiko, an exorcist who possessed strong spiritual powers, used to bind dozens of powerful demonic spirits, both good and evil (known as either ayakashi or yōkai), that she defeated to follow her very whim and desire if called upon. Takashi resolves to give back all the names in the age-old notebook, Book of Friends, and in the process joins forces with another feline/wolf-like spirit called Madara (nicknamed "Nyanko-sensei" in his borrowed lucky cat-like form), who knew Reiko when she was alive. Madara takes the form of an overweight cat and intends to take back the notebook after Takashi dies. Until then, he agreed to protect Takashi from the nefarious spirits who want to harm him for being the grandson of Reiko, who died in her young adult years decades prior to the story.
The series has been adapted into a series drama CDs. An anime television series adaptation, produced by Brain's Base (seasons 1–4) and Shuka (seasons 5 onwards), have been broadcast on TV Tokyo in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017. A seventh season was announced in 2023. Two anime films, Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie and Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor, were released in 2018 and 2021, respectively. The first four seasons of the anime were licensed by NIS America for a North American release in 2012 and released on home video in Japanese with English subtitles. The series has also been streamed by Crunchyroll, who produced an English dub in 2022.
By September 2023, the manga had over 16 million copies in circulation.