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Natsume's Book of Friends (TV)

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Alternative title:
Natsume Yūjin-Chō (Japanese)
Natsume Yūjinchō (Japanese)
O Livro de Amigos de Natsume (Portuguese)
Тетрадь дружбы Нацумэ (Russian)
کتاب دوستان ناتسومه - Persian (Japanese)
夏目友人帳 (Japanese)
나츠메 우인장 (Korean)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: youkai
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot 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. Containing the names of these spirits, a binding contract was formed between the spirits and the owner of the book. Now, Natsume is determined to free the spirits and dissolve the contracts. With the help of a spirit cat, his days are filled trying to return the names to these spirits.
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Ratings: 1618 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 322 votes (sub:295, dub:10, raw:6, ?:2, others:9
5 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Mandarin subtitled
)
 Excellent: 566 votes (sub:528, dub:16, raw:3, edit.dub:1, others:18
8 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Very good: 399 votes (sub:353, dub:21, raw:5, ?:3, others:17
7 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 207 votes (sub:185, dub:7, raw:5, others:10
3 French subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 68 votes (sub:59, dub:3, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 38 votes (sub:31, dub:3, others:4
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 2762 s, rank: #397 (of 9998)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.408 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.3449, rank: #244 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 8.310 (Very good+), rank: #269 (of 10155) (seen all: 8.40 / seen some: 7.59 / won't finish: 5.24)
Bayesian estimate: 8.304 (Very good+), rank: #153 (of 7635)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2008-07-07 to 2008-09-29
Opening Theme:
"Issei no Sei" (一斉の声) by Shūhei Kita
Ending Theme:
"Natsu Yūzora" (夏夕空) by Kōsuke Atari
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DVD (Region 1)
    Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 & 2 [ Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2012-10-09
    Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 & 2 (Sub.DVD) 2014-02-04

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki
Script:
Noboru Takagi (eps 4, 8)
Storyboard:
Toshiya Shinohara (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Wataru Sakaibashi (ep 2)
Original creator: Yuki Midorikawa
Character Design: Akira Takata
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani
Chief Animation Director:
Tatsuo Yamada
Animation Director:
Tatsuo Yamada (OP; ep 1)
Sound Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Tamura
Producer: Shosuke Miyake (TV Tokyo)

2nd Key Animation:
Senichi Muraoka (ep 11)
Animation: Takahiro Kishida (all for ED)
Animation producer: Yumi Satō
Background Art:
Yuuki Oyamada
Clean-Up Animation:
Yuko Endo (ep 4)
Color Inspection:
Yufuko Fukuda
Color setting:
Yufuko Fukuda
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Editing Assistant: Yasutaka Ikeda
In-Between Animation:
Yūya Kumagai (ep 4)
In-Between Check:
Yuki Fujikawa (ep 4)
Key Animation:
Yuta Odajima (ep 4)
Monster Design: Tatsuo Yamada
Music Performance:
Tomomi Tokunaga (Violin)
Online Editor:
Yuki Honda
Photography:
Yuichiro Tozawa
Planning:
Makoto Shiraishi (TV Tokyo)
Planning Collaboration: Kazuya Sato
Publicity:
Yosuke Aoki (TV Tokyo)
Recording Assistant: Yumi Yoshihara
Sound Adjustment: Osamu Takizawa
Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata
Sound Production: Junichi Inaba
Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa
Theme Song Arrangement: TAKUYA (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Toshiko Ezaki (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Toshiko Ezaki (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Shuhei Kita (OP)
Hiroshi Kamiya as Takashi Natsume
Kazuhiko Inoue as Nyanko-san

Akira Ishida as Shūichi Natori
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Atsushi Kitamoto
Kazuma Horie as Kaname Tanuma
Miki Itō as Tōko Fujiwara
Miyuki Sawashiro as Jun Sasada
Ryōhei Kimura as Satoru Nishimura
Sanae Kobayashi as Reiko Natsume

Akari Higuchi as Urihime (ep 9)
Akemi Okamura as Hinoe (eps 12-13)
Aki Kanada as
Female High School Student (ep 10)
Female relative (ep 1)
Housewife (ep 3)
Tamiko's mother (ep 13)
Akiko Yajima as Child fox (ep 7)
Akimitsu Takase as Tarusaru (ep 6)
Akira Ishida as Male relative (ep 1)
Atsushi Imaruoka as Akagane (ep 10)
Ayumi Fujimura as
Female High School Student (ep 9)
Fiancée (ep 8)
Student (ep 4)
Takashi Natsume (young)
Chieko Honda as Sasago (ep 9)
Eiji Itō as
Big-Faced Yōkai (ep 9)
Male relative (ep 1)
Shigeru Fujiwara (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 13
)
Fuyuka Oura as Shūichi Natori (young)
Hiroki Yasumoto as Susugi (ep 2)
Hiroshi Shimozaki as
Big-Mouthed Water Spirit (ep 8)
Blue Ox-Faced Yōkai (eps 7, 13)
Ox-Faced Yōkai (eps 3, 11)
Hiroshi Tsuchida as Shigure (ep 4)
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Man (ep 9)
Houko Kuwashima as Kiyo/Hotaru (ep 8)
Junko Minagawa as Young woman (ep 3)
Kenji Hamada as Akifumi Sugino (adult; ep 08)
Kimiko Saitō as Hishigaki (ep 1)
Kunihiro Kawamoto as
Director (ep 9)
Long-Eared Yōkai (ep 1)
Student (ep 4)
Teacher (ep 7)
Kyouko Chikiri as
Female relative (ep 1)
Kappa (ep 4)
Oba-chan (ep 13)
Mamiko Noto as Asagi (ep 10)
Michie Kita as Hana (ep 2)
Miyuki Sawashiro as
Female High School Student (ep 10)
Female relative (ep 1)
Nobuyuki Kobushi as One-Eyed Yōkai (ep 2)
Ryōka Yuzuki as Tsubame (ep 6)
Sanae Kobayashi as Nyanko-sensei (High school girl)
Satoshi Tsuruoka as
Enkou (ep 11)
Taniozaki (ep 6)
Satsuki Yukino as Hiiragi (ep 9)
Sawa Ishige as Tamiko (eps 11, 13)
Tadashi Miyazawa as Ayakashi (ep 12)
Takashi Matsuyama as
Hitotsume no youkai (ep 3)
One-Eyed Yōkai (ep 11)
Red One-Eyed Yōkai (eps 7, 13)
Takaya Kuroda as
Misuzu
Sanjo (ep 3)
Takeshi Aono as Tsuyu-kami (Dew God) (ep 2)
Tetsuharu Ōta as Round-Faced Yōkai (ep 10)
Tetsuya Yanagihara as Mikuri (ep 5)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Tanuma's father (eps 3, 11)
Yoshiyuki Hirai as Santo (ep 5)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Studio Live
Animation Production: Brain's Base
Background Art: Y.A.P
Broadcaster:
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2008-07-10)
CG: Trilogy
Clean-Up Animation:
VENET
In-Between Animation:
XEBEC M2
Key Animation: XEBEC M2
Music Production:
TV Tokyo Music
Offline Editing:
Seki Editing Studio
Online Editing: Q-Tec
Photography: Decoloco
Production: NAS
Recording Studio: Studio T&T
Sound Production: Dax Production
special effects: Ray Art
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jad Saxton
Translation: Adam Lensenmayer
ADR Script:
Natalie Van Sistine (eps 6-7)

ADR Mix Engineer: William Dewell
ADR Prep: Benjamin Tehrani
ADR Script Supervisor: Emily Neves
Assistant ADR Director:
Sara Ragsdale
Assistant ADR Engineer:
Sawyer Pfledderer
Lead ADR Engineer:
Rickey Watkins
Subtitle Editing: Renee Poiron
Subtitle Styling: Renee Poiron
Subtitle Timing: Bryan Ingram
Adam Gibbs as Takashi Natsume
Christopher Wehkamp as Nyanko-san

Aaron Roberts as Shuichi Natori
Alexis Tipton as Reiko Natsume
Jennifer AuBuchon as Toko Fujiwara
Marisa Duran as Jun Sasada
Matthew Elkins as Satoru Nishimura
Mike Haimoto as Atsushi Kitamoto
Tyson Rinehart as Kaname Tanuma

Chris Ryan as Misuzu
Comona Lewin as Runner Yokai (ep 6)
Danielle Yoshiko Phillips as Kappa (ep 4)
David Matranga as Mark-Ironer Yokai (ep 12)
Doug Jackson as Tsuyukami (ep 2)
Greg Dulcie as Ox-Faced Chukyuu Yokai
Gregory Lush as Long-Eared Yokai (ep 1)
Ian Moore as Bully Ox-Faced Chukyuu Yokai (eps 7, 13)
Jack Reeder as Akagane (ep 10)
Jerry Habibi as Tarusaru (ep 6)
Kamen Casey as Yokai 10b (ep10)
Kara Edwards as Human Nyanko
Kasi Hollowell as Hishigaki (ep 1)
Kelsey Maher as Akifumi's Fiancée (ep 8)
Kim Morton as Red One-Eyed Yokai (eps 7, 13)
Kristen McGuire as Little Fox (ep 7)
Mac McGee as Dog-Faced Yokai (ep 7)
Mike McFarland as Akifumi Sugino (ep 8)
Molly Searcy as Hinoe (eps 12-13)
Natalie Rose as Asagi (ep 10)
Nazeeh Tarsha as Big-Faced Yokai (ep 10)
Nazia Chaudhry as Hana (ep 2)
Paige Guillory as Young Takashi
Philip Weber as Tanuma's Father (eps 3, 11)
Rachel Glass as Tsubame (ep 6)
Rowan Gilvie as Female Human Yokai (ep 3)
Seth Magill as Shigeru Fujiwara (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 13
)
Stephen Witkowicz as One-Eyed Yokai (ep 2)
Van Barr Jr. as Swamp Yokai

English companies
Internet Streaming:
FUNimation Entertainment (via NIS America)
Licensed by: NIS America
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Aldo Guzman as Takashi Natsume
Noe Velázquez as Nyanko

Ale Pilar as Jun Sasada
Alfredo Gabriel Basurto as Shuichi Natori
Angel Contreras as Atsushi Kitamoto
Doris Vargas as Touko Fujiwara
Emmanuel Bernal as Kaname Tanuma
Harumi Nishizawa as Reiko Natsume
Óscar de la Rosa as Satoru Nishimura

Alejandro Villeli as Tsuyukami (ep 2)
Ana Lobo as Hiiragi
Dan Frausto as Shigure (ep 4)
Ditter Ruiz as Enkou (ep 11)
Ellie Rojo as Hinoe
Ferso Velázquez as Tarusaru (ep 6)
Iarel Verduzco as Hotaru (ep 8)
Ilitch Pichardo as Mikuri (ep 5)
Isaid Pelayo as Akifumi Sugino (ep 8)
Jennifer Medel as Urihime (ep 9)
Karina Altamirano as Asagi (ep 10)
Marysol Lobo as Sasago (ep 9)
Nycolle González as Tamiko (eps 11, 13)
Pablo Mejía as Akagane (ep 10)
Rosa María Martínez as Tsubame (ep 6)
Victor Delgado as Shigeru Fujiwara
Spanish companies
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: PlayTV
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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