Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1
TV FINISHED SUMMER 2008 13 eps 80%
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Natsume has always been an outcast because he inherited his grandmother's ability to see yokai. After moving to his grandmother's hometown and accidentally releasing a yokai imprisoned in a Lucky Cat statue, he learns about his grandmother's "Book of Friends," which contains the names of the yokai she defeated, and allows its wielder to command the yokai named within. Since then, yokai now visit him on a daily basis, seeking to either get their names back or take possession of the Book of Friends.
(Source: NIS America)
(Source: NIS America)
Studios:
Brain's Base
Characters
Takashi Natsume
MAIN
VA: Hiroshi Kamiya
Madara
MAIN
VA: Kazuhiko Inoue
Reiko Natsume
SUPPORTING
VA: Sanae Kobayashi
Shuuichi Natori
SUPPORTING
VA: Akira Ishida
Kaname Tanuma
SUPPORTING
VA: Kazuma Horie
Satoru Nishimura
SUPPORTING
VA: Ryouhei Kimura
Atsushi Kitamoto
SUPPORTING
VA: Hisayoshi Suganuma
Jun Sasada
SUPPORTING
VA: Miyuki Sawashiro
Touko Fujiwara
SUPPORTING
VA: Miki Itou
Shigeru Fujiwara
SUPPORTING
VA: Eiji Itou
Hishigaki
SUPPORTING
VA: Kimiko Saitou
Misuzu
SUPPORTING
VA: Takaya Kuroda
Tsuyukami
SUPPORTING
VA: Takeshi Aono
Hana
SUPPORTING
VA: Michie Kita
Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai
SUPPORTING
VA: Takashi Matsuyama
Ushikao no Chuukyuu Youkai
SUPPORTING
VA: Shimozaki Hiroshi
Shigure
SUPPORTING
VA: Hiroshi Tsuchida
Kappa
SUPPORTING
VA: Kyouko Chikiri
Staff
Yuki Midorikawa
Original Creator
Takahiro Oomori
Director
Kenichi Kanemaki
Series Composition
Akira Takata
Character Design
Yukihiro Shibutani
Art Director
Hiromi Miyawaki
Color Design
Hitoshi Tamura
Director of Photography
Kazuhiko Seki
Editing
Takahiro Oomori
Sound Director
Masaru Urahata
Sound Effects
Makoto Yoshimori
Music
Yumi Satou
Animation Producer
Reviews
AdmiralNyan
Rating: 89 (92 votes)
The Importance of Impermanence in Natsume’s Book of Friends
HelpTool
Rating: 60 (64 votes)
Natsume Yuujinchou combines gentleness and warmness into one anime
bboyoatsnrice
Rating: 34 (36 votes)
This anime is the golden rule of life personified.
Juliko25
Rating: 30 (31 votes)
Natsume Yuujinchou is a series that will warm your heart in the best ways. One of my favorite anime of all time.
0711jz
Rating: 29 (30 votes)
The most emotionally uplifting journey that anime has to offer [Full Series Review]
wagnerincrivel
Rating: 21 (23 votes)
Natsume Yuujinchou é uma jornada pela humanidade dos Youkais (THIS REVIEW WAS WRITTEN IN PORTUGUESE)
Stats
Average Score
80
Mean Score
80
Popularity
118,912
Favourites
4,147
Status Distribution
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Score Distribution
10: 106
20: 41
30: 140
40: 253
50: 879
60: 1771
70: 5354
80: 9501
90: 8037
100: 5157
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