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.
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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 / Director / Series Director / Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director
Ryohei Kimura
Satoru Nishimura (voice)
Mao Miyake
Art Direction / Art Designer / Art Designer / Art Direction
Eiko Hiramoto
Director of Photography
Miyuki Sawashiro
Jun Sasada (voice)
Sadayuki Murai
Series Composition / Writer / Series Composition
Makoto Yoshimori
Original Music Composer
Akira Takata
Character Designer / Character Designer / Key Animation / Supervising Animation Director
Yukihiro Shibutani
Art Direction
Kazuma Horie
Kaname Tanuma (voice)
Kazuhiko Seki
Editor
Yuki Midorikawa
Comic Book / Creator
Hiromi Miyawaki
Color Designer
Satsuki Yukino
Hiiragi (voice)
Takahiro Omori
Series Director / Storyboard Artist / Director / Series Director / Sound Director / Writer
Akemi Okamura
Hinoe (voice)
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)
Katsumi Terahigashi
Storyboard Artist
Miyuki Ooshiro
Storyboard Artist / Director / Animation Director
Kiyotaka Ohata
Storyboard Artist
Masayuki Kojima
Storyboard Artist / Director
Hidehito Ueda
Storyboard Artist / Director
Keiji Gotoh
Storyboard Artist
Takashi Matsuyama
Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice) / Shinpan (voice) / Youkai (voice) / Mid-ranked Youkai (voice)
Toshiya Shinohara
Storyboard Artist
Kotomi Deai
Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director
Hidetoshi Namura
Storyboard Artist
Hideya Takahashi
Storyboard Artist / Director
Hisatoshi Shimizu
Storyboard Artist / Director
Kiyoko Sayama
Storyboard Artist
Yui Umemoto
Storyboard Artist / Director
Satomi Nakamura
Storyboard Artist / Co-Director / Director
Yoko Kanamori
Storyboard Artist / Director
Tomomi Kawatsuma
Storyboard Artist / Director / Animation Director
Hiroshi Shimozaki
Ushikao no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice) / Three-eyed Youkai (voice) / Mid-ranked Youkai (voice) / Youkai (voice)
Masayoshi Nishida
Storyboard Artist
Masakazu Hishida
Storyboard Artist
Miyana Okita
Storyboard Artist
Koichiro Kuroda
Storyboard Artist / Director
Tomoko Hiramuki
Storyboard Artist / Director
Taizo Yoshida
Storyboard Artist
Yoshiki Kawasaki
Storyboard Artist
Norihiro Naganuma
Storyboard Artist
Hitoshi Tamura
Director of Photography
Tetsuya Kawata
Director of Photography
Masayuki Matsumoto
Director
Takashi Kobayashi
Director
Hironori Aoyagi
Director
Takatoshi Suzuki
Director
Harume Kosaka
Director
Hideaki Nakano
Director / Storyboard
Sakai Hashido
Director
矢部哲平
Director
Tarou Iwasaki
Director
Shizutaka Sugahara
Director
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
Director
Shigeki Hatakeyama
Director
Takashi Kawabata
Co-Director
Tsutomu Murakami
Director
Tomoyuki Kawamura
Director
Mana Uchiyama
Co-Director
Akira Toba
Director
Jun Takada
Director
Masanori Miyake
Producer
Shou Urahata
Sound Effects
Shuhei Kita
Theme Song Performance
Aimer
Theme Song Performance
Orie Tanaka
Key Animation / Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director
Masakazu Kawazoe
Layout Supervisor / Animation Director / Key Animation
Haruo Okuno
Key Animation / Animation Director
Risako Yoshida
Key Animation / Animation
Miyuki Kobayashi
Key Animation
Toshie Kawamura
Animation Director
Hisao Onoi
Animation Director
Miyako Kano
Animation Director
Futoshi Oonami
Animation Director / Key Animation
Keiko Tamaki
Animation Director
Hideyuki Motohashi
Animation Director
Kyoko Kametani
Key Animation / Animation Director
Natsuko Kondou
Animation Director
Akiko Yajima
Kogitsune (voice) / Little Fox Youkai (voice)
Emiko Matsuno
Key Animation
Ena Nishikawa
Animation Director
Mamie Takada
Key Animation
Nobuhiko Kawakami
Key Animation
Kazuya Morimae
Key Animation
Rie Maehara
Key Animation
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi
Key Animation
Shuko Okutani
Key Animation
Atsushi Aono
Animation Director
Miyuki Shimizu
Key Animation
Miho Kinjou
Key Animation
Rumi Abe
Key Animation
Kayo Nomichi
Animation Director
Makoto Oda
Key Animation
Kunihiro Kawamoto
Karikage (voice) / Sarumen Sealed Away in the Pot (voice) / Youkai (voice)
Osamu Hirayama
Key Animation
Shinko Tsurumoto
Key Animation
Masanori Watanabe
Key Animation
Miho Nakata
Animation Director / Key Animation
Fumino Fujii
Key Animation
Masahito Yamashita
Key Animation
Nobuyuki Furukawa
Key Animation
Takahiro Sasaki
Key Animation
Hiromi Ogata
Key Animation / Animation Director
Yuriko Nagaya
Key Animation
Shinichi Iimura
Key Animation
Tomoyuki Niho
Key Animation
Tsuyoshi Sakai
Key Animation
Terumi Muto
Key Animation
Hiroto Yokote
Key Animation
Noriko Kitazawa
Key Animation
Hidetoshi Sano
Key Animation
Yoko Iizuka
Key Animation
Kim Jung-chul
Key Animation
Hiroki Itoh
Key Animation
Kim Myeong-sim
Animation Director
Yasuhiro Saiki
Key Animation
Hiroshi Tomioka
Key Animation
Tomomi Shimazaki
Animation Director / Key Animation
Shiho Tanaka
Key Animation
Minami Tokunaga
Key Animation
Yusuke Adachi
Key Animation
Madoka Ozawa
Key Animation
Kaoru Maehara
Key Animation
Takanori Suzuki
Key Animation
Kim Bong-duk
Key Animation
Kumiko Matsushita
Key Animation
Tomokazu Sugimura
Key Animation
Tadashi Fuji
Key Animation
Shuji Takahara
Key Animation
Hideaki Matsuoka
Key Animation
Eri Yamazaki
Key Animation
Akira Kikuchi
Key Animation
Yoshiki Mizuno
Key Animation
Daisuke Agata
Key Animation
Mika Saito
Key Animation
Konomi Sato
Animation Director
Masaki Kiritani
Animation Director
Rie Saito
Key Animation
Yuka Koichi
Key Animation
Madoka Katto
Animation Director
Masami Gouda
Animation Director
Chie Kinoshita
Key Animation
Shirō Kigi
Key Animation
Aya Kuki
Key Animation
Anna Yamaguchi
Key Animation
Junko Matsushita
Animation Director
Noriyuki Fukuda
Animation Director
Joe Jun Young
Key Animation
Ryousuke Tanigawa
Key Animation
Yuko Fujii
Key Animation
Misao Abe
Key Animation
Manami Fukuyo
Key Animation
Ken Obata
Animation Director
Kazuya Saito
Animation Director
Mamiko Nakanishi
Key Animation
Kim Yong-sik
Animation Director
Yumiko Kinoshita
Animation Director
Miyuki Nakamura
Animation Director
Natsuki Inoue
Key Animation
Michio Hasegawa
Key Animation
Shinsuke Yanagi
Key Animation
Satomi Higuchi
Key Animation
Masayuki Yoshiki
Key Animation
Li Shaolei
Animation Director
Park Jae-seok
Animation Director
Takako Onishi
Animation Director
Toshiyuki Anzai
Animation Director
Masaki Kudo
Key Animation
Yousuke Toyama
Key Animation
Shunsuke Masuda
Key Animation
Motohiro Taniguchi
Key Animation
Mikako Komatsu
Sonokawa Kaoru (voice) / Kaoru Sonokawa (voice)
Yukiko Morishita
Benihimo (voice) / Exorcists (voice)
Yuuki Morimoto
Key Animation
Mayuko Kato
Key Animation
Yasunori Matsumoto
Tanuma Father (voice) / Mr. Tanuma (voice) / Kaname's Father (voice)
Miyuki Nakayama
Animation Director
Yutaka Araki
Animation Director
Tsutomu Kikuchi
Key Animation
Asahi Takeuchi
Key Animation
Ayako Kanemaru
Key Animation
Takahiro Kishida
Key Animation
Miki Takemoto
Animation Director
Kentaro Matsumoto
Key Animation
Tatsuya Ikeda
Key Animation
Yuki Koike
Key Animation
Yukiko Ban
Key Animation
Hiroshi Yakou
Key Animation
Sayo Aoi
Key Animation
Keiko Sonoda
Aoi Mother (voice) / Miyoko's Mother
Maya Uenishi
Animation Director
Rika Ota
Animation Director
Kyohei Tezuka
Key Animation
Saburō Yoshino
Key Animation
Takahiro Hosoki
Key Animation
Masahiro Koyama
Key Animation
Shinsuke Ishikawa
Key Animation
Asami Watanabe
Key Animation
Midori Uchiyama
Key Animation
Atsushi Komatsu
Key Animation
Kenichi Kanemaki
Series Composition / Writer
Hiroshi Onogi
Writer
Aya Yoshinaga
Writer
Jukki Hanada
Writer
Noboru Takagi
Writer
Mariko Kunisawa
Writer
Kenichi Araki
Writer
Mayori Sekijima
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)
Media.
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
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