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
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Cast & Crew.

Hiroshi Kamiya
Takashi Natsume (voice)

Higuchi Akari
Urihime (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue
Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)

Kimiko Saito
Hishigaki (voice)

Eiji Itoh
Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)

Miki Ito
Touko Fujiwara (voice)

Michie Kita
Hana (voice)

Hisayoshi Suganuma
Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)

Christopher Wehkamp
Madara

Akira Ishida
Shuuichi Natori (voice)

Takeshi Aono
Tsuyukami (voice)

Hideki Ito
Series Director / Storyboard Artist / Series Director / 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)

Kosuke Suzuki
Producer

Sadayuki Murai
Series Composition / Series Composition / Writer

Makoto Yoshimori
Original Music Composer

Kazuma Horie
Kaname Tanuma (voice)

Yukihiro Shibutani
Art Direction

Kazuhiko Seki
Editor

Hiroki Yasumoto
Susugi (voice)

Yuki Midorikawa
Comic Book / Creator

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

Satsuki Yukino
Hiiragi (voice)

Hiromi Miyawaki
Color Designer

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

Akemi Okamura
Hinoe (voice)

Satoshi Tsuruoka
Enkou (voice) / Taniozaki (voice)

Tadashi Miyazawa
Mark-Ironer Youkai (voice)

Tatsuo Yamada
Creature Design / Key Animation / Creature Design / Animation Director

Takaya Kuroda
Misuzu (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi
Sasago (voice)

Ako Mayama
Ginro (voice)

Nobuyuki Kobushi
One-Eyed Youkai (voice)

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

Cho
Chobi-hige (voice)

Asami Seto
Tsukiko (voice)

Kazutomi Yamamoto
Azuma (voice)

Hiroshi Tsuchida
Shigure (voice)

Kenji Hamada
Sugino Akifumi (voice)

Soichiro Hoshi
Gomochi (voice)

Shinya Takahashi
Rat-faced Youkai (voice)

Yoshiyuki Hirai
Santo (voice)

Yukimasa Natori
Nanamaki (voice)

Noriaki Sugiyama
Jinbe (voice)

Tetsuya Yanagihara
Mikuri (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya
Shibata Katsumi (voice)

Kazuhiro Yamaji
Takuma (voice)

Ryoka Yuzuki
Tsubame (voice)

Houko Kuwashima
Hotaru (voice)

Chieko Honda
Sasago (voice)

Atsushi Imaruoka
Akagane (voice)

Mamiko Noto
Asagi (voice)

Sawa Ishige
Tamiko (voice)

Daisuke Ono
Aoi (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)

Akimitsu Takase
Natsume's Uncle (voice) / Tarusaru (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)

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)

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

Katsumi Terahigashi
Storyboard Artist

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

Miyuki Ooshiro
Storyboard Artist / Director / Animation Director

Kiyotaka Ohata
Storyboard Artist

Hidehito Ueda
Storyboard Artist / Director

Masayuki Kojima
Storyboard Artist / Director

Toshiya Shinohara
Storyboard Artist

Keiji Gotoh
Storyboard Artist

Hidetoshi Namura
Storyboard Artist

Kotomi Deai
Storyboard Artist / Director / Series Director

Kiyoko Sayama
Storyboard Artist

Yoko Kanamori
Storyboard Artist / Director

Tomomi Kawatsuma
Storyboard Artist / Director / Animation Director

Masayoshi Nishida
Storyboard Artist

Yoshiki Kawasaki
Storyboard Artist

Hideya Takahashi
Storyboard Artist / Director

Taizo Yoshida
Storyboard Artist

Koichiro Kuroda
Storyboard Artist / Director

Norihiro Naganuma
Storyboard Artist

Hisatoshi Shimizu
Storyboard Artist / Director

Miyana Okita
Storyboard Artist

Satomi Nakamura
Storyboard Artist / Director / Co-Director

Tomoko Hiramuki
Storyboard Artist / Director

Masakazu Hishida
Storyboard Artist

Yui Umemoto
Storyboard Artist / Director

Hitoshi Tamura
Director of Photography

Tetsuya Kawata
Director of Photography

Masayuki Matsumoto
Director

Takatoshi Suzuki
Director

Harume Kosaka
Director

Hironori Aoyagi
Director

Hideaki Nakano
Director / Storyboard

Tomoyuki Kawamura
Director

Takashi Kobayashi
Director

Jun Takada
Director

Shizutaka Sugahara
Director

Shigeki Hatakeyama
Director

矢部哲平
Director

Tsutomu Murakami
Director

Tarou Iwasaki
Director

Sakai Hashido
Director

Mana Uchiyama
Co-Director

Akira Toba
Director

Takashi Kawabata
Co-Director

Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
Director

Masanori Miyake
Producer

Shuhei Kita
Theme Song Performance

Shou Urahata
Sound Effects

Aimer
Theme Song Performance

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

Orie Tanaka
Supervising Animation Director / Key Animation / Animation Director

Masakazu Kawazoe
Key Animation / Layout Supervisor / Animation Director

Haruo Okuno
Animation Director / Key Animation

Miyuki Kobayashi
Key Animation

Toshie Kawamura
Animation Director

Risako Yoshida
Key Animation / Animation

Hisao Onoi
Animation Director

Miyako Kano
Animation Director

Keiko Tamaki
Animation Director

Futoshi Oonami
Key Animation / Animation Director

Hideyuki Motohashi
Animation Director

Kyoko Kametani
Key Animation / Animation Director

Mamie Takada
Key Animation

Natsuko Kondou
Animation Director

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

Emiko Matsuno
Key Animation

Ena Nishikawa
Animation Director

Shinko Tsurumoto
Key Animation

Masahito Yamashita
Key Animation

Rumi Abe
Key Animation

Kayo Nomichi
Animation Director

Fumino Fujii
Key Animation

Miyuki Shimizu
Key Animation

Makoto Oda
Key Animation

Shuko Okutani
Key Animation

Masanori Watanabe
Key Animation

Miho Kinjou
Key Animation

Nobuhiko Kawakami
Key Animation

Rie Maehara
Key Animation

Miho Nakata
Key Animation / Animation Director

Kazuya Morimae
Key Animation

Nobuyuki Furukawa
Key Animation

Atsushi Aono
Animation Director

Osamu Hirayama
Key Animation

Kazuhiko Wanibuchi
Key Animation

Tsuyoshi Sakai
Key Animation

Kim Jung-chul
Key Animation

Madoka Ozawa
Key Animation

Kaoru Maehara
Key Animation

Minami Tokunaga
Key Animation

Hiromi Ogata
Animation Director / Key Animation

Hiroshi Tomioka
Key Animation

Tomomi Shimazaki
Key Animation / Animation Director

Yoko Iizuka
Key Animation

Tadashi Fuji
Key Animation

Shuji Takahara
Key Animation

Takanori Suzuki
Key Animation

Noriko Kitazawa
Key Animation

Terumi Muto
Key Animation

Hidetoshi Sano
Key Animation

Hiroto Yokote
Key Animation

Yusuke Adachi
Key Animation

Tomokazu Sugimura
Key Animation

Kim Bong-duk
Key Animation

Shinichi Iimura
Key Animation

Yuriko Nagaya
Key Animation

Takahiro Sasaki
Key Animation

Yasuhiro Saiki
Key Animation

Hiroki Itoh
Key Animation

Eri Yamazaki
Key Animation

Kim Myeong-sim
Animation Director

Tomoyuki Niho
Key Animation

Hideaki Matsuoka
Key Animation

Shiho Tanaka
Key Animation

Kumiko Matsushita
Key Animation

Tsutomu Kikuchi
Key Animation

Mayuko Kato
Key Animation

Ken Obata
Animation Director

Ayako Kanemaru
Key Animation

Masaki Kudo
Key Animation

Rie Saito
Key Animation

Shinsuke Ishikawa
Key Animation

Yukiko Ban
Key Animation

Yumiko Kinoshita
Animation Director

Sayo Aoi
Key Animation

Shunsuke Masuda
Key Animation

Takako Onishi
Animation Director

Yoshiki Mizuno
Key Animation

Aya Kuki
Key Animation

Shinsuke Yanagi
Key Animation

Yutaka Araki
Animation Director

Satomi Higuchi
Key Animation

Kazuya Saito
Animation Director

Asami Watanabe
Key Animation

Toshiyuki Anzai
Animation Director

Madoka Katto
Animation Director

Konomi Sato
Animation Director

Masami Gouda
Animation Director

Kentaro Matsumoto
Key Animation

Manami Fukuyo
Key Animation

Joe Jun Young
Key Animation

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

Maya Uenishi
Animation Director

Yukiko Morishita
Benihimo (voice) / Exorcists (voice)

Michio Hasegawa
Key Animation

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

Midori Uchiyama
Key Animation

Kim Yong-sik
Animation Director

Saburō Yoshino
Key Animation

Miyuki Nakayama
Animation Director

Shirō Kigi
Key Animation

Tatsuya Ikeda
Key Animation

Yuka Koichi
Key Animation

Daisuke Agata
Key Animation

Akira Kikuchi
Key Animation

Yuko Fujii
Key Animation

Li Shaolei
Animation Director

Masahiro Koyama
Key Animation

Yousuke Toyama
Key Animation

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

Natsuki Inoue
Key Animation

Asahi Takeuchi
Key Animation

Takahiro Kishida
Key Animation

Motohiro Taniguchi
Key Animation

Noriyuki Fukuda
Animation Director

Anna Yamaguchi
Key Animation

Chie Kinoshita
Key Animation

Hiroshi Yakou
Key Animation

Yuki Koike
Key Animation

Masaki Kiritani
Animation Director

Ryousuke Tanigawa
Key Animation

Junko Matsushita
Animation Director

Atsushi Komatsu
Key Animation

Yuuki Morimoto
Key Animation

Miki Takemoto
Animation Director

Park Jae-seok
Animation Director

Rika Ota
Animation Director

Mika Saito
Key Animation

Miyuki Nakamura
Animation Director

Masayuki Yoshiki
Key Animation

Kyohei Tezuka
Key Animation

Takahiro Hosoki
Key Animation

Mamiko Nakanishi
Key Animation

Misao Abe
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)

Asumi Sakamoto
Students (voice)

Ryuichi Kagehira
Nitai-sama (voice)
Media.



















Details.
Release Date
July 8, 2008
Original Name
夏目友人帳
Status
Ended
Seasons
7
Episodes
86
Running Time
24m
Content Rating
TV-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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