Natsume's Book of Friends (Anime) (2024)

Natsume's Book of Friends (夏目友人帳, Natsume Yuujinchou) is an anime television series adaption of the manga written by Yuki Midorikawa. It was produced by Brain's Base, directed by Takahiro Omori. It was broadcast on the TV Tokyo network in two seasons of thirteen episodes each, the first from July 7 to September 29, 2008 and the second, called Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou (続 夏目友人帳, Natsume's Book of Friends Continued), from January 5 to March 30, 2009.

A third season, titled Natsume Yuujinchou San (夏目友人帳 参, Natsume's Book of Friends Three) began airing on July 5, 2011.

The fourth season, titled Natsume Yuujinchou Shi (夏目友人帳 肆, Natsume's Book of Friends Four) began airing January 2nd, 2012.

The fifth season, titled Natsume Yuujinchou Go (夏目友人帳 伍, Natsume's Book of Friends Five)began airing October 4th, 2016.

The sixth season, titled Natsume Yuujinchou Roku(夏目友人帳 陸, Natsume's Book of Friends Six) began airing in April 11, 2017.

Separate soundtrack albums for the first two seasons were released in Japan by Sony Music on September 24, 2008 and March 18, 2009, respectively.^[1] The series opening and closing theme songs were also released by Sony Music. As singles, "Issei no Sei" reached a peak rank of 48th on the Oricon singles chart, "Natsu Yuuzora" reached 27th, and "Ano Hi Time Machine" reached 38th. "Aishiteru" was not released as a single, but instead included on an album called "Uta no Hibi" by Kourin (Also known as Callin').

The series is licensed in English by Crunchyroll, which streams it online; episodes of the second season were available online on the day of broadcast.^[2] It is also licensed in Chinese by Muse Communication.

In July 2022, it is announced that Crunchyroll is producing an English dub of the series, which will premiere on their streaming service on July 24, 2022.

A seventh season, titled Natsume Yuuujinchou Shichi (夏目友人帳 漆) has been announced in celebration for its fifteenth anniversary.^[3] It began airing in October 8, 2024.

List of Episodes[]

Main article: List of Episodes

Theme Songs[]

Season One[]

• Opening - Issei no Sei
• Ending - Natsu Yuuzora

Season Two[]

• Opening - Ano Hi Time Machine
• Ending - Aishiteru

Season Three[]

• Opening - Boku ni Dekiru Koto
• Ending - Kimi no Kakera

Season Four[]

• Opening - Ima, Kono Toki
• Ending - Takaramono

Season Five[]

• Opening - Takarabako
• Ending - Akane Sasu

Season Six[]

• Opening - Furōria
• Ending - Kimi no Uta

Season Seven[]

• Opening - Alca
• Ending - Komari Warai

Staff[]

Japanese[]

• Director: Takahiro Omori, Kotomi Deai (Eps. 53–74), Hideki Ito (Eps. 75–present)
• Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki
• Character Design: Akira Takata
• Original creator: Yuki Midorikawa
• Sound Director: Takahiro Ōmori
• Music: Makoto Yoshimori

English[]

• ADR Director: Jad Saxton
• Assistant ADR Directors: Morgan Lauré, Sara Ragsdale
• Lead ADR Engineer: Ian Emerson, Rickey Watkins
• Assistant ADR Engineers: Sawyer Pfiedderer
• ADR Script Writer: Jessica Sluys
• ADR Script Supervisor: Emily Neves
• ADR Prep: Benjamin Tehrani
• ADR Mix Engineer: William Dewell

Cast and Voice Actors[]

Trailers[]

Gallery[]

Anime Visuals[]

Releases[]

Japanese[]

English[]

Trivia[]

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