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.
You can now watch Natsume's Book of Friends online on the following streaming providers in the United States.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Cat and the Book of Friends | 2008-07-07 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Dew God's Small Shrine | 2008-07-14 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Mysterious Person at the Eight Fields | 2008-07-21 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Shigure and the Girl | 2008-07-28 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Heart-Colored Ticket | 2008-08-04 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Swallow at the Water Bottom | 2008-08-11 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Little Fox's Hat | 2008-08-18 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Fleeting Light | 2008-08-25 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Ayakashi Purification | 2008-09-01 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Asagi's Koto | 2008-09-08 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Nyanko's Book of Boredom | 2008-09-15 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Five Day Mark | 2008-09-22 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Autumn Banquet | 2008-09-29 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Stolen Book of Friends | 2009-01-05 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Melting Into Spring | 2009-01-12 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Youkai Exorcism Amid the Steaming Springs | 2009-01-19 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | A Chick Hatches | 2009-01-26 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | The Promised Tree | 2009-02-02 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | The Girls' Circle | 2009-02-09 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | That Which You Must Not Call | 2009-02-16 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Eternal Feelings | 2009-02-24 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | He of the Row of Cherry Blossoms | 2009-03-03 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Temporary House | 2009-03-10 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Assembly of the Witch Doctors | 2009-03-17 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Boys of the Deserted House | 2009-03-24 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Humans and Youkai | 2009-03-31 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Name of a Monster | 2011-07-05 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Ukihara Village | 2011-07-12 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | False Friend | 2011-07-19 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Young Days | 2011-07-26 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | The Thing Lurking in the Storeroom | 2011-08-01 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | That Which Is Not Human | 2011-08-09 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Exorcist | 2011-08-16 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | The Fox Child's Watch | 2011-08-23 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Through the Autumn Wind | 2011-08-30 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | The Broken Mirror | 2011-09-06 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | Reflection | 2011-09-13 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | A Place to Go Home To | 2011-09-20 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | Natsume's Book of Play | 2011-09-27 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Natsume Captured | 2012-01-03 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | The Eastern Forest | 2012-01-10 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | The Little Ones | 2012-01-17 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Stand-In | 2012-01-24 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | To You, From Bygone Days | 2012-01-31 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Other Side of the Glass | 2012-02-07 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | The Gap Between Humans and Youkai | 2012-02-14 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | When I Was Deceived | 2012-02-21 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | The Moon-Splitting Festival | 2012-02-28 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | The God, Enshrined | 2012-03-06 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | A Single Photo | 2012-03-13 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | The Door of Memories | 2012-03-20 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | Long Way Home | 2012-03-27 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Unchanging Form | 2016-10-04 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | Mischievous Rain | 2016-10-11 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | The Letter from the Exorcist | 2016-10-18 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | Shadow of Linked Chains | 2016-10-25 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | It Must Not Be Bound | 2016-11-01 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Soundless Valley | 2016-11-08 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Distant Festival Lights | 2016-11-22 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | A World Unbent | 2016-11-29 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | Following a Narrow Path | 2016-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | Touko and Shigeru | 2016-12-13 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | To the Ephemeral Ones | 2016-12-20 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | The Days Eater | 2017-04-11 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | It Blooms Tomorrow | 2017-04-18 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | Nitai-sama | 2017-04-25 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Lying Eyes | 2017-05-02 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | The Bound Ones | 2017-05-09 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Nishimura and Kitamoto | 2017-05-16 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | Gomochi's Benefactor | 2017-05-23 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | A Day That Will Someday Come | 2017-05-30 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | What Flows | 2017-06-06 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | The Sealed Room | 2017-06-13 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | What Matters | 2017-06-20 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | The Fragment's Lament | 2024-10-07 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 2 | Someday's Garden | 2024-10-14 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | Tookanya | 2024-10-21 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 4 | Depths of the Page | 2024-10-28 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 5 | Chobi's Treasure | 2024-11-04 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 6 | The Abandoned Station, Two Wheels | 2024-11-11 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 7 | A Difficult Two | 2024-11-18 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 8 | Natsume on the Moonlit Night | 2024-11-25 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 9 | That Which Blocks The Ceremony | 2024-12-02 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 10 | The House Where a Promise Remains | 2024-12-09 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 11 | Tell Me Your Name | 2024-12-16 | 25 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 12 | From the Path of Dreams | 2024-12-23 | 25 min |
| 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 |
| Visual Effects | Akira Takata | Character Designer |
| Art | Yukihiro Shibutani | Art Direction |
| Editing | Kazuhiko Seki | Editor |
| Writing | Yuki Midorikawa | Comic Book |
| Visual Effects | Hiromi Miyawaki | Color Designer |
| Directing | Takahiro Omori | Series Director |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuo Yamada | Creature Design |
| Crew | Yuki Midorikawa | Creator |
