Natsume's Book of Friends

Natsume's Book of Friends (2008)


  • Genre: Animation, Comedy, Mystery
  • First Air Date: 2008-07-08
  • Last Air Date: 2024-12-24
  • Total Seasons: 7
  • Total Episodes: 86
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 24 min.
  • Production Company: Brain's Base
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Network: TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TVQ, TV Osaka, TVh, TSC
star 8.1/10
From 80 Ratings

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.

  • Keywords: human animal relationship, exorcism, friendship, supernatural, afterlife, high school, slice of life, curse, orphan, based on manga, spirit, demon, exorcist, folklore, school life, heart warming, youkai, shoujo, japanese mythology, shinto, anime, iyashikei
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    Natsume's Book of Friends Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date: 2009-04-22
    16 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2008-07-08
    13 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2009-01-06
    13 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2011-07-05
    13 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 2012-01-03
    13 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 2016-10-04
    11 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 2017-04-12
    11 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 2024-10-08
    12 Episodes

    Natsume's Book of Friends Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1The Cat and the Book of Friends25 min
    Season 1Episode 2The Dew God's Small Shrine25 min
    Season 1Episode 3The Mysterious Person at the Eight Fields25 min
    Season 1Episode 4Shigure and the Girl25 min
    Season 1Episode 5Heart-Colored Ticket25 min
    Season 1Episode 6The Swallow at the Water Bottom25 min
    Season 1Episode 7The Little Fox's Hat25 min
    Season 1Episode 8Fleeting Light25 min
    Season 1Episode 9Ayakashi Purification25 min
    Season 1Episode 10Asagi's Koto25 min
    Season 1Episode 11Nyanko's Book of Boredom25 min
    Season 1Episode 12Five Day Mark25 min
    Season 1Episode 13Autumn Banquet25 min
    Season 2Episode 1The Stolen Book of Friends25 min
    Season 2Episode 2Melting Into Spring25 min
    Season 2Episode 3Youkai Exorcism Amid the Steaming Springs25 min
    Season 2Episode 4A Chick Hatches25 min
    Season 2Episode 5The Promised Tree25 min
    Season 2Episode 6The Girls' Circle25 min
    Season 2Episode 7That Which You Must Not Call25 min
    Season 2Episode 8Eternal Feelings25 min
    Season 2Episode 9He of the Row of Cherry Blossoms25 min
    Season 2Episode 10Temporary House25 min
    Season 2Episode 11Assembly of the Witch Doctors25 min
    Season 2Episode 12Boys of the Deserted House25 min
    Season 2Episode 13Humans and Youkai25 min
    Season 3Episode 1The Name of a Monster25 min
    Season 3Episode 2Ukihara Village25 min
    Season 3Episode 3False Friend25 min
    Season 3Episode 4Young Days25 min
    Season 3Episode 5The Thing Lurking in the Storeroom25 min
    Season 3Episode 6That Which Is Not Human25 min
    Season 3Episode 7Exorcist25 min
    Season 3Episode 8The Fox Child's Watch25 min
    Season 3Episode 9Through the Autumn Wind25 min
    Season 3Episode 10The Broken Mirror25 min
    Season 3Episode 11Reflection25 min
    Season 3Episode 12A Place to Go Home To25 min
    Season 3Episode 13Natsume's Book of Play25 min
    Season 4Episode 1Natsume Captured25 min
    Season 4Episode 2The Eastern Forest25 min
    Season 4Episode 3The Little Ones25 min
    Season 4Episode 4Stand-In25 min
    Season 4Episode 5To You, From Bygone Days25 min
    Season 4Episode 6Other Side of the Glass25 min
    Season 4Episode 7The Gap Between Humans and Youkai25 min
    Season 4Episode 8When I Was Deceived25 min
    Season 4Episode 9The Moon-Splitting Festival25 min
    Season 4Episode 10The God, Enshrined25 min
    Season 4Episode 11A Single Photo25 min
    Season 4Episode 12The Door of Memories25 min
    Season 4Episode 13Long Way Home30 min
    Season 5Episode 1Unchanging Form30 min
    Season 5Episode 2Mischievous Rain30 min
    Season 5Episode 3The Letter from the Exorcist30 min
    Season 5Episode 4Shadow of Linked Chains30 min
    Season 5Episode 5It Must Not Be Bound30 min
    Season 5Episode 6Soundless Valley30 min
    Season 5Episode 7Distant Festival Lights30 min
    Season 5Episode 8A World Unbent30 min
    Season 5Episode 9Following a Narrow Path30 min
    Season 5Episode 10Touko and Shigeru30 min
    Season 5Episode 11To the Ephemeral Ones30 min
    Season 6Episode 1The Days Eater30 min
    Season 6Episode 2It Blooms Tomorrow30 min
    Season 6Episode 3Nitai-sama30 min
    Season 6Episode 4Lying Eyes30 min
    Season 6Episode 5The Bound Ones30 min
    Season 6Episode 6Nishimura and Kitamoto30 min
    Season 6Episode 7Gomochi's Benefactor30 min
    Season 6Episode 8A Day That Will Someday Come30 min
    Season 6Episode 9What Flows30 min
    Season 6Episode 10The Sealed Room30 min
    Season 6Episode 11What Matters30 min
    Season 7Episode 1The Fragment's Lament25 min
    Season 7Episode 2Someday's Garden25 min
    Season 7Episode 3Tookanya25 min
    Season 7Episode 4Depths of the Page25 min
    Season 7Episode 5Chobi's Treasure25 min
    Season 7Episode 6The Abandoned Station, Two Wheels25 min
    Season 7Episode 7A Difficult Two25 min
    Season 7Episode 8Natsume on the Moonlit Night25 min
    Season 7Episode 9That Which Blocks The Ceremony25 min
    Season 7Episode 10The House Where a Promise Remains25 min
    Season 7Episode 11Tell Me Your Name25 min
    Season 7Episode 12From the Path of Dreams25 min
    • Hiroshi Kamiya

      as Takashi Natsume (voice)
    • Kazuhiko Inoue

      as Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)
    • Eiji Itoh

      as Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)
    • Miki Ito

      as Touko Fujiwara (voice)
    • Hisayoshi Suganuma

      as Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)
    • Akira Ishida

      as Shuuichi Natori (voice)
    • Sanae Kobayashi

      as Reiko Natsume (voice)
    • Ryohei Kimura

      as Satoru Nishimura (voice)
    • Miyuki Sawashiro

      as Jun Sasada (voice)
    • Kazuma Horie

      as Kaname Tanuma (voice)
    • Junichi Suwabe

      as Matoba Seiji (voice)
    • Rina Sato

      as Tooru Taki (voice)
    Directing Hideki Ito Series Director
    Art Mao Miyake Art Direction
    Art Mao Miyake Art Designer
    Camera Eiko Hiramoto Director of Photography
    Writing Sadayuki Murai Series Composition
    Sound Makoto Yoshimori Original Music Composer
    Art Yukihiro Shibutani Art Direction
    Editing Kazuhiko Seki Editor
    Writing Yuki Midorikawa Comic Book
    Visual Effects Akira Takata Character Designer
    Visual Effects Hiromi Miyawaki Color Designer
    Directing Takahiro Omori Series Director
    Visual Effects Tatsuo Yamada Creature Design
    Crew Yuki Midorikawa Creator

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