Natsume's Book of Friends (2008)
Natsume's Book of Friends (2008)
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Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.




Currently Natsume's Book of Friends is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Amazon Video, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Hiroshi Kamiya
Takashi Natsume (voice)

Higuchi Akari
Urihime (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue
Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)

Eiji Itoh
Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)

Miki Ito
Touko Fujiwara (voice)

Satoshi Tsuruoka
Enkou (voice)

Hisayoshi Suganuma
Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)

Christopher Wehkamp
Madara

Akira Ishida
Shuuichi Natori (voice)

Hideki Ito
Series Director / Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director / Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director

Mao Miyake
Art Direction / Art Designer / Art Direction / Art Designer

Ryohei Kimura
Satoru Nishimura (voice)

Eiko Hiramoto
Director of Photography

Miyuki Sawashiro
Jun Sasada (voice)

Kosuke Suzuki
Producer

Sadayuki Murai
Series Composition / Series Composition / Writer

Makoto Yoshimori
Original Music Composer

Yukihiro Shibutani
Art Direction

Kazuma Horie
Kaname Tanuma (voice)

Kazuhiko Seki
Editor

Yuki Midorikawa
Comic Book / Creator

Satsuki Yukino
Hiiragi (voice)

Akira Takata
Character Designer / Key Animation / Character Designer / Supervising Animation Director

Hiromi Miyawaki
Color Designer

Akemi Okamura
Hinoe (voice)

Takahiro Omori
Series Director / Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director / Sound Director / Writer

Tatsuo Yamada
Creature Design / Key Animation / Creature Design

Tadashi Miyazawa
Mark-Ironer Youkai (voice)

Takaya Kuroda
Misuzu (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi
Sasago (voice)

Ako Mayama
Ginro (voice)

Nobuyuki Kobushi
One-Eyed Youkai (voice)

Cho
Chobi-hige (voice)

Asami Seto
Tsukiko (voice)

Kyoko Chikiri
Kappa (voice) / Natsume's Aunt (voice) / Kappa

Kazutomi Yamamoto
Azuma (voice)

Hiroshi Tsuchida
Shigure (voice)

Kenji Hamada
Sugino Akifumi (voice)

Soichiro Hoshi
Gomochi (voice)

Shinya Takahashi
Rat-faced Youkai (voice)

Yukimasa Natori
Nanamaki (voice)

Noriaki Sugiyama
Jinbe (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya
Shibata Katsumi (voice)

Kazuhiro Yamaji
Takuma (voice)

Chieko Honda
Sasago (voice)

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)

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)

Sanae Kobayashi
Reiko Natsume (voice) / Reiko Natsume (voice) / Madara (High School Girl Transformation, voice)

Yuto Nakano
Yobiko (voice)

Takako Honda
Sumie (voice)

Yuriko Fuchizaki
Eyeless Youkai (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai
Natsume's Adoptive Brother (voice)

Takanori Hoshino
Kanawa (voice)

Atsushi Kosaka
Tsuji (voice)

Chie Nakamura
Winged Youkai (voice)

Mayumi Shintani
Hidaka (voice)

Yurika Kubo
Youkai girl (voice)

Yoko Soumi
Long Haired One-Eyed Youkai (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi
Mikage (voice)

Yoriko Nagata
Young Nanase (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)

Ryo Hirohashi
Sasafune (voice)

Kenji Nojima
Yasaka (voice)

Yuka Terasaki
Kirinoha (voice)

Atsushi Ono
Large Three-Eyed Youkai (voice)

Masaya Matsukaze
Riou (voice)

Sayaka Aoki
Tama (voice)

Tarusuke Shingaki
Ill Youkai (voice)

Seizô Katô
Saigami (voice)

Fuyuka Ono
Tree Youkai (voice)

Rina Sato
Tooru Taki (voice) / Taki Tooru (voice) / Tooru Taki (voice)

Jerry Habibi
Tarusaru (voice)

Katsumi Terahigashi
Storyboard Artist

Miyuki Ooshiro
Storyboard Artist / Director / Animation Director

Kiyotaka Ohata
Storyboard Artist

Takashi Matsuyama
Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice) / Shinpan (voice) / Mid-ranked Youkai (voice) / Youkai (voice)

Masayuki Kojima
Storyboard Artist / Director

Hidehito Ueda
Storyboard Artist / Director

Keiji Gotoh
Storyboard Artist

Toshiya Shinohara
Storyboard Artist

Kotomi Deai
Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director

Hidetoshi Namura
Storyboard Artist

Kiyoko Sayama
Storyboard Artist

Masayoshi Nishida
Storyboard Artist

Taizo Yoshida
Storyboard Artist

Miyana Okita
Storyboard Artist

Hiroshi Shimozaki
Ushikao no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice) / Three-eyed Youkai (voice) / Mid-ranked Youkai (voice) / Youkai (voice)

Norihiro Naganuma
Storyboard Artist

Hisatoshi Shimizu
Storyboard Artist / Director

Yoshiki Kawasaki
Storyboard Artist

Koichiro Kuroda
Storyboard Artist / Director

Tomomi Kawatsuma
Storyboard Artist / Director / Animation Director

Yoko Kanamori
Storyboard Artist / Director

Yui Umemoto
Storyboard Artist / Director

Tomoko Hiramuki
Storyboard Artist / Director

Satomi Nakamura
Storyboard Artist / Director / Co-Director

Masakazu Hishida
Storyboard Artist

Hideya Takahashi
Storyboard Artist / Director

Hitoshi Tamura
Director of Photography

Tetsuya Kawata
Director of Photography

Masayuki Matsumoto
Director

Takashi Kobayashi
Director

Takatoshi Suzuki
Director

Hironori Aoyagi
Director

Harume Kosaka
Director

Mana Uchiyama
Co-Director

矢部哲平
Director

Jun Takada
Director

Takashi Kawabata
Co-Director

Shigeki Hatakeyama
Director

Akira Toba
Director

Sakai Hashido
Director

Tomoyuki Kawamura
Director

Tarou Iwasaki
Director

Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
Director

Tsutomu Murakami
Director

Shizutaka Sugahara
Director

Hideaki Nakano
Director / Storyboard

Masanori Miyake
Producer

Shou Urahata
Sound Effects

Shuhei Kita
Theme Song Performance

Aimer
Theme Song Performance

Orie Tanaka
Key Animation / Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director

Masakazu Kawazoe
Key Animation / Animation Director / Layout Supervisor

Haruo Okuno
Animation Director / Key Animation

Miyuki Kobayashi
Key Animation

Risako Yoshida
Key Animation / Animation

Toshie Kawamura
Animation Director

Hisao Onoi
Animation Director

Miyako Kano
Animation Director

Hideyuki Motohashi
Animation Director

Futoshi Oonami
Key Animation / Animation Director

Keiko Tamaki
Animation Director

Akiko Yajima
Kogitsune (voice) / Little Fox Youkai (voice)

Kyoko Kametani
Key Animation / Animation Director

Mamie Takada
Key Animation

Emiko Matsuno
Key Animation

Ena Nishikawa
Animation Director

Natsuko Kondou
Animation Director

Rumi Abe
Key Animation

Kazuya Morimae
Key Animation

Fumino Fujii
Key Animation

Miho Nakata
Key Animation / Animation Director

Atsushi Aono
Animation Director

Miyuki Shimizu
Key Animation

Nobuhiko Kawakami
Key Animation

Osamu Hirayama
Key Animation

Shinko Tsurumoto
Key Animation

Masahito Yamashita
Key Animation

Kunihiro Kawamoto
Sarumen Sealed Away in the Pot (voice) / Karikage (voice) / Youkai (voice)

Makoto Oda
Key Animation

Rie Maehara
Key Animation

Shuko Okutani
Key Animation

Kazuhiko Wanibuchi
Key Animation

Masanori Watanabe
Key Animation

Nobuyuki Furukawa
Key Animation

Kayo Nomichi
Animation Director

Miho Kinjou
Key Animation

Terumi Muto
Key Animation

Shinichi Iimura
Key Animation

Kumiko Matsushita
Key Animation

Kim Myeong-sim
Animation Director

Yoko Iizuka
Key Animation

Noriko Kitazawa
Key Animation

Kaoru Maehara
Key Animation

Hiroshi Tomioka
Key Animation

Minami Tokunaga
Key Animation

Eri Yamazaki
Key Animation

Madoka Ozawa
Key Animation

Takahiro Sasaki
Key Animation

Tadashi Fuji
Key Animation

Shuji Takahara
Key Animation

Shiho Tanaka
Key Animation

Takanori Suzuki
Key Animation

Yusuke Adachi
Key Animation

Tomokazu Sugimura
Key Animation

Hidetoshi Sano
Key Animation

Hideaki Matsuoka
Key Animation

Tomoyuki Niho
Key Animation

Hiroto Yokote
Key Animation

Kim Jung-chul
Key Animation

Yuriko Nagaya
Key Animation

Hiroki Itoh
Key Animation

Tsuyoshi Sakai
Key Animation

Tomomi Shimazaki
Key Animation / Animation Director

Hiromi Ogata
Animation Director / Key Animation

Yasuhiro Saiki
Key Animation

Kim Bong-duk
Key Animation

Rika Ota
Animation Director

Yukiko Ban
Key Animation

Atsushi Komatsu
Key Animation

Hiroshi Yakou
Key Animation

Konomi Sato
Animation Director

Miki Takemoto
Animation Director

Masaki Kudo
Key Animation

Asahi Takeuchi
Key Animation

Miyuki Nakayama
Animation Director

Akira Kikuchi
Key Animation

Ken Obata
Animation Director

Chie Kinoshita
Key Animation

Kim Yong-sik
Animation Director

Masahiro Koyama
Key Animation

Tatsuya Ikeda
Key Animation

Madoka Katto
Animation Director

Mika Saito
Key Animation

Midori Uchiyama
Key Animation

Ryousuke Tanigawa
Key Animation

Takahiro Kishida
Key Animation

Misao Abe
Key Animation

Kyohei Tezuka
Key Animation

Kazuya Saito
Animation Director

Anna Yamaguchi
Key Animation

Masami Gouda
Animation Director

Shinsuke Ishikawa
Key Animation

Noriyuki Fukuda
Animation Director

Miyuki Nakamura
Animation Director

Yuko Fujii
Key Animation

Maya Uenishi
Animation Director

Yoshiki Mizuno
Key Animation

Takahiro Hosoki
Key Animation

Daisuke Agata
Key Animation

Yuka Koichi
Key Animation

Mamiko Nakanishi
Key Animation

Michio Hasegawa
Key Animation

Shinsuke Yanagi
Key Animation

Mikako Komatsu
Sonokawa Kaoru (voice) / Kaoru Sonokawa (voice)

Park Jae-seok
Animation Director

Yukiko Morishita
Benihimo (voice) / Exorcists (voice)

Takako Onishi
Animation Director

Yasunori Matsumoto
Tanuma Father (voice) / Kaname's Father (voice) / Mr. Tanuma (voice)

Junko Matsushita
Animation Director

Mayuko Kato
Key Animation

Shunsuke Masuda
Key Animation

Yousuke Toyama
Key Animation

Natsuki Inoue
Key Animation

Masaki Kiritani
Animation Director

Rie Saito
Key Animation

Aya Kuki
Key Animation

Masayuki Yoshiki
Key Animation

Motohiro Taniguchi
Key Animation

Yuuki Morimoto
Key Animation

Satomi Higuchi
Key Animation

Yutaka Araki
Animation Director

Manami Fukuyo
Key Animation

Yuki Koike
Key Animation

Keiko Sonoda
Aoi Mother (voice) / Miyoko's Mother

Kentaro Matsumoto
Key Animation

Shirō Kigi
Key Animation

Saburō Yoshino
Key Animation

Joe Jun Young
Key Animation

Asami Watanabe
Key Animation

Toshiyuki Anzai
Animation Director

Sayo Aoi
Key Animation

Ayako Kanemaru
Key Animation

Li Shaolei
Animation Director

Yumiko Kinoshita
Animation Director

Tsutomu Kikuchi
Key Animation

Kenichi Kanemaki
Series Composition / Writer

Aya Yoshinaga
Writer

Hiroshi Onogi
Writer

Jukki Hanada
Writer

Noboru Takagi
Writer

Mariko Kunisawa
Writer

Mayori Sekijima
Writer

Kenichi Araki
Writer

Kaga Mie
Writer

Ayumi Fujimura
Sugino Bride (voice) / Takashi Natsume (child, voice) / Fiancé (voice)

Yoshihisa Kawahara
Mask Youkai (voice)

Katsuya Miyamoto
Big Mouth Youkai (voice)

Yoshie Nihei
Distant Aunt (voice)

Ayano Ogata
Women Spectators (voice)

Asumi Sakamoto
Students (voice)

Ryuichi Kagehira
Nitai-sama (voice)

Yoshimi Komiyama
Elementary School Girl (voice)

Hiroko Midorikawa
Female Relative (voice)

Mika Ishibashi
Schoolboy (voice)
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Details.
Release DateJuly 8, 2008
Original Name夏目友人帳
StatusEnded
Seasons7
Episodes86
Running Time24m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
high school
friendship
afterlife
supernatural
human animal relationship
exorcism
slice of life
curse
orphan
based on manga
spirit
demon
exorcist
folklore
school life
heart warming
youkai
shoujo
japanese mythology
shinto
anime
Scripted
iyashikei
japanese high school
high school student
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