Natsume's Book of Friends (TV)
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Related anime:
Natsume's Book of Friends (TV 2) (sequel)
Natsume's Book of Friends (TV 3) (sequel)
Natsume's Book of Friends (TV 4) (sequel)
Alternative title:
夏目 友人 帳 (Japanese)
Natsume Yūjin-Chō (Japanese)
Natsume Yūjinchō (Japanese)
Тетрадь дружбы Нацумэ (Russian)
나츠메 우인장 (Korean)
Genres:
slice of life,
supernatural
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.
User Ratings:
1407 ratings have been given [details]
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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North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 7-13 (Oct 9, 2012)
NIS America Outlines Natsume's Book of Friends Release (Jul 3, 2012)
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NIS America to Release Natsume Yūjin-Chō Anime (Dec 30, 2011)
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Interview:
Interview: Takahiro Omori (Oct 8, 2012)
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DVD (Region 1) |
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 & 2 Premium Edition (Sub.DVD) 2012-10-09 |
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 & 2 (Sub.DVD) 2014-02-04 (from $50.99) |
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Director: Takahiro Omori
Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki
Script:
Kenichi Araki (eps 3, 9, 11) Kenichi Kanemaki (eps 1-2, 5, 13) Mayori Sekijima (eps 6-7, 12) Mie Kaga (ep 10) Noboru Takagi (eps 4, 8)
Storyboard:
Hidehito Ueda (eps 2, 7, 11) Hidetoshi Namura (eps 9, 13) Keiji Gotoh (ep 8) Kiyotaka Ohata (eps 3, 10) Takahiro Omori (OP; ep 1)
Episode Director:
Harume Kosaka (eps 6, 10) Hidehito Ueda (ep 7) Hironobu Aoyagi (ep 11) Hisatoshi Shimizu (eps 9, 13) Koichiro Kuroda (ep 4) Masayuki Matsumoto (ep 3) Takahiro Omori (OP; ep 1) Tomoyuki Kawamura (ep 5)
Music: Makoto Yoshimori
Original creator: Yuki Midorikawa
Character Design: Akira Takata
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani
Animation Director:
Akira Takata (OP; ep 1) Atsushi Aono (eps 2, 9, 13) Haruo Okuno (ep 5) Hideyuki Motohashi (eps 3, 6) Kyoko Kametani (ep 7) Miho Nakada (ep 4) Noriyuki Fukuda (ep 4) Tatsuo Yamada (OP; ep 1)
Sound Director: Takahiro Omori
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Tamura
2nd Key Animation:
Akihira Yamashita (ep 11) Kazuhide Kondo (ep 11) Kosuke Fujii (ep 5) Senichi Muraoka (ep 11)
Animation: Takahiro Kishida (all for ED)
Animation producer: Yumi Satou
Background Art:
Aya Iimura Fumika Tamura Haruna Sakamoto Hiroshi Sugano Hiroyuki Hasegawa Kaori Fujii Kazuyo Kawabata Kumi Ito Makoto Shiraishi Mihoko Nakamura Natsumi Sakamoto Taiichi Shishido Takayoshi Fukushima Yuki Koyamada Yutaro Sato
Clean-Up Animation:
Mariko Kawaai (eps 3, 6) Miho Koike (ep 4) Yufuko Fukuda (eps 3, 6) Yuko Endo (ep 4)
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Editing Assistant: Yasutaka Ikeda
In-Between Animation:
Hideki Sakai (eps 3, 6) Kazune Suzuki (ep 6) Kouta Suzuki (eps 3, 6) Mariko Horie (eps 3, 6) Shuko Okutani (ep 3) Yuriko Kaneko (ep 4) Yuya Kumatani (ep 4)
Key Animation:
Akira Kikuchi (ep 7) Akira Takata (OP; ep 1) Ayami Watanabe (ep 7) Ayumi Ito (ep 4) Eiko Matsuno (OP; eps 1-2, 7, 11) Fumiko Fujii (ep 2) Fumino Fujii (ep 7) Haruo Okuno (OP; eps 1, 11) Hideaki Matsuoka (eps 7, 11) Hidetoshi Sano (ep 1) Hiroki Itoh (ep 3) Hiromi Yoshida (ep 4) Hiroshi Tomioka (ep 2) Hiroto Yokote (ep 2) Kaoru Maehara (ep 4) Kaoru Sekitani (ep 5) Kazuhiro Muto (ep 5) Kenji Hayama (OP) Kentarou Matsumoto (ep 1) Kimiko Matsushita (ep 11) Kyoko Kametani (OP) Kyouhei Tezuka (ep 3) Makoto Oda (eps 3, 6) Mamie Takata (OP; eps 1, 5, 11) Masahiro Koyama (ep 1) Masahito Yamashita (eps 2, 5, 9) Masakazu Kawazoe (OP; eps 1, 5, 11) Masanori Watanabe (eps 3, 6) Masayuki Yoshiki (ep 5) Mayuko Kato (ep 11) Midori Uchiyama (ep 11) Minami Tokunaga (eps 2, 5) Miyuki Kobayashi (OP; eps 1-2, 5, 11) Miyuki Shimizu (eps 3, 6) Nobuhiko Kawagami (eps 2, 11) Nobuyuki Furukawa (eps 3, 6) Noriko Kitazawa (ep 3) Orie Tanaka (OP; eps 1, 5) Osamu Hirayama (ep 2) Rie Maehara (eps 1, 7) Rumi Abe (eps 5, 7) Ryo Tanaka (OP) Ryousuke Tanigawa (ep 11) Satoru Ito (ep 5) Satoshi Arajima (ep 4) Shinichi Iimura (ep 6) Shinryou Ishikawa (ep 1) Shinsuke Yanagi (ep 3) Shuko Okutani (eps 3, 6) Tadashi Fuji (eps 2, 5) Takahiro Hosoki (ep 3) Takahiro Sasaki (ep 4) Takao Suzuki (ep 4) Tatsuo Yamada (OP; eps 1-2, 5, 11) Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 7) Tomokazu Sugimura (ep 1) Tsuyoshi Sakai (ep 3) Yoko Iizuka (ep 7) Yoshihiro Matsumoto (ep 4) Yoshiki Mizuno (ep 7) Yosuke Sotoyama (ep 7) Yufuki Morimoto (ep 11) Yuki Fujikawa (ep 4) Yumi Shimizu (ep 7) Yuriko Nagaya (eps 3, 6) Yusuke Adachi (ep 4) Yuta Odajima (ep 4)
Monster Design: Tatsuo Yamada
Planning Collaboration: Kazuya Sato
Recording Assistant: Yumi Yoshihara
Sound Adjustment: Osamu Takizawa
Sound Effects: Sho Urahata
Sound Production: Junichi Inaba
Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa
Theme Song Arrangement: Takuya (OP)
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Animation Production: Brains Base
Background Art: Y.A.P
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2008-09-05) TV Aichi (2008-07-08) TV Hokkaido (2008-07-08) TV Osaka (2008-07-12) TV Setouchi (2008-07-12) TV Tokyo (2008-07-07) TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2008-07-10)
CG: Trilogy
Clean-Up Animation:
D-COLORS Hanjin Animation iseriA office fuu Orange R.I.C Sunshine Digital Tamazawa Dogasha VENET
In-Between Animation:
Hanjin Animation Orange R.I.C SynergySP Tadashi Pro Tamazawa Dogasha Triple A VENET XEBEC M2
Key Animation: XEBEC M2
Online Editing: Q Tech
Photography: Decoloco
Production: NAS
Recording Studio: Studio T&T
Sound Production: Dax Production
special effects: Ray Art
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