Natsume's Book of Friends

2008 - Present TV-14 24m 8.1

When Natsume Takashi inherits a book that belonged to his late grandmother he realizes the book is filled with the names of spirits she defeated and bound to her will. He then decides to return their names so they can be free once again.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Neko to yûjinchô

1. Neko to yûjinchô

Aired: Jul 8, 2008

A teenage boy, Takashi Natsume has had the ability to see spirits, but he has...

Episode 2 Tsuyukami no hokora

2. Tsuyukami no hokora

Aired: Jul 15, 2008

Natsume inherited "The Book of Friends" from Reiko, his grandmother, and deci...

Episode 3 Yatsubara no kaijin

3. Yatsubara no kaijin

Aired: Jul 22, 2008

Natsume realizes a transfer student named Tanuma also has the ability to see ...

Episode 4 Shigure to shôjo

4. Shigure to shôjo

Aired: Jul 29, 2008

Natsume participates "trial of courage" in the class at the abandoned school ...

Episode 5 Kokoro iro no kippu

5. Kokoro iro no kippu

Aired: Aug 5, 2008

Natsume finds a train ticket from Reiko's belongings. When he arrives at the ...

Episode 6 Swallow at the Lake Bottom

6. Swallow at the Lake Bottom

Aired: Aug 12, 2008

Natsume finds a town that had been submerged in water; Natsume gets possessed...

Episode 7 Kogitsune no boshi

7. Kogitsune no boshi

Aired: Aug 19, 2008

Natsume who went to study training camp rescues little fox spirit from bullyi...

Episode 8 Hakanai hikari

8. Hakanai hikari

Aired: Aug 26, 2008

Natsume and Nyanko-sensei came seeing fireflies at a certain swamp. They find...

Episode 9 Ayakashi barai

9. Ayakashi barai

Aired: Sep 2, 2008

Natsume get to know Shuuichi Natori who is a famous actor and an efficient ex...

Episode 10 Asagi no koto

10. Asagi no koto

Aired: Sep 9, 2008

Akagane, one of spirits demanded Natsume to be possessed with his friend spir...

Episode 11 Nyanko tsurezure-chô

11. Nyanko tsurezure-chô

Aired: Sep 16, 2008

Nyanko-sensei had a quarrel with Natsume, and then left the house of Fujiwara...

Episode 12 Itsuka jirushi

12. Itsuka jirushi

Aired: Sep 23, 2008

Natsume have been cursed because he saw an evil spirit who was eating spirits...

Episode 13 Aki no yaen

13. Aki no yaen

Aired: Sep 30, 2008

Tanuma realizes that Nyanko-sensei is a kind of spirits. He worries about Nat...

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Main Cast

Hiroshi Kamiya Takashi Natsume (voice)

Brandi Price Satomi

Higuchi Akari Urihime (voice)

Matthan Harris Additional Voices

Kazuhiko Inoue Madara (voice)

Takashi Matsuyama Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)

Kenji Nojima Yasaka (voice)

Akira Ishida Natori Shuuichi (voice)

Kamen Casey Yokai 10b

Jerry Habibi Tarusaru

Hisayoshi Suganuma Kitamoto Atsushi (voice)

Tetsuharu Ôta Sakurajizo

Ikuko Tani Sakanaka Chizu (voice)

Satsuki Yukino Hiiragi (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi Natsume Reiko (voice)

Mika Doi Nanase (voice)

Kazuma Horie Tanuma Kaname (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro Sasada Jun (voice)

Takako Honda Sumie (voice)

Ryohei Kimura Nishimura Satoru (voice)

Takuya Kirimoto Isozuki no Nezumi (voice)

Atsushi Ono Large Three-Eyed Youkai (voice)

Hiroshi Shimozaki Ushikao no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)

Sayaka Aoki Tama (voice)

Misa Watanabe Benio (voice)

Junko Takeuchi Ishio Kai (voice)

Ayahi Takagaki Sui (voice)

Masaya Matsukaze Riou (voice)

Akemi Okamura Hinoe (voice)

Rina Satô Toru Taki

Hiroyuki Yoshino Gen (voice)

Miki Itô Toko Fujiwara

Kyoko Chikiri Kappa (voice)

Eiji Itô Shigeru Fujiwara

Akiko Yajima Kogitsune (voice)

Takaya Kuroda Misuzu (voice)

Mayumi Shintani Hidaka (voice)

Cho Chobi-hige (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi Sasago (voice)

Yasunori Matsumoto Tanuma Father (voice)

Yurika Kubo Youkai girl (voice)

Ako Mayama Ginro (voice)

Chieko Honda Sasago (voice)

Aya Endo Kayatsubo (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya Shibata Katsumi (voice)

Asami Seto Tsukiko (voice)

Kazutomi Yamamoto Azuma (voice)

Takeshi Sasaki Karikami (voice)

Kobayashi Mina Sagume (voice)

Yukiko Morishita Benihimo (voice)

Keiko Sonoda Aoi Mother (voice)

Mikako Komatsu Sonokawa Kaoru (voice)

Megumi Han Aoi Miyoko (voice)

Yui Hatano Shinichirou (voice)

Hikaru Midorikawa Houzuki (voice)

Atari Kousuke Yasui (voice)

Soichiro Hoshi Gomochi (voice)

Kazuhiko Nishimatsu Kurokama (voice)

Nakano Kenji Youkai with the Hammer (voice)

Shinya Takahashi Rat-faced Youkai (voice)

Shizuka Itoh Ogata Yuriko (voice)

Yukimasa Natori Nanamaki (voice)

Yuriko Fuchizaki Eyeless Youkai (voice)

Noriaki Sugiyama Jinbe (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai Natsume's Adoptive Brother (voice)

Yuto Nakano Yobiko (voice)

Takanori Hoshino Kanawa (voice)

Kunihiro Kawamoto Sarumen Sealed Away in the Pot (voice)

Atsushi Kosaka Tsuji (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi Mikage (voice)

Chie Nakamura Winged Youkai (voice)

Kazuhiro Yamaji Takuma (voice)

Yoriko Nagata Young Nanase (voice)

Ai Orikasa Amana (voice)

Yoko Soumi Long Haired One-Eyed Youkai (voice)

Hiroki Touchi Futsuki (voice)

Fumiko Orikasa Murasaki (voice)

Katsuyuki Konishi Natsume's father (voice)

Saori Seto Female Witch Doctor (voice)

Masami Iwasaki Mushikui (voice)

Hitomi Nabatame Youkai Possessing Tanuma (voice)

Kikumi Umeda Ogata Fusae (voice)

Junichi Suwabe Matoba Seiji (voice)

Aki Kanada Kemari (voice)

Akimitsu Takase Natsume's Uncle (voice)

Yuji Ueda Small Tengu (voice)

Hisako Kyoda Aokuchinashi (voice)

Manabu Muraji Aoi Father (voice)

Suzune Okabe Lion-faced Youkai (voice)

Hitoshi Bifu Nanase's father (voice)

Tarusuke Shingaki Ill Youkai (voice)

Seizô Katô Saigami (voice)

Ao Takahashi Youko (voice)

Fuyuka Ono Tree Youkai (voice)

Kazuya Ichijo Rokka (voice)

Keiichi Nakagawa Takahiko (voice)

Natsume's Book of Friends Videos

Natsume’s Book of Friends Season1 & 2 - Official Trailer

Info about Natsume's Book of Friends

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: TV Tokyo

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Animation, Fantasy