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Natsume's Book of Friends (TV 2)

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Alternative title:
O Livro de Amigos de Natsume 2 (Portuguese)
Zoku Natsume Yūjin-Chō (Japanese)
続 夏目友人帳 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Natsume is again meeting new youkai and helping them. A lot of friends join him along the way, he meets others who can also see the spirits and at times they join forces to solve the latest mystery. As always, Nyanko-sensei is there to help Natsume on his quests.
User Ratings: 1198 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 261 votes (sub:246, dub:3, raw:3, ?:1, others:8
5 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Excellent: 467 votes (sub:435, dub:10, raw:3, edit.dub:1, others:18
7 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Very good: 285 votes (sub:257, dub:15, raw:4, ?:1, others:8
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 127 votes (sub:113, raw:3, dub:3, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 34 votes (sub:29, raw:3, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:1, others:3
1 German subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1924 users, rank: #615 (of 9508)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.584 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.2234, rank: #141 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 8.507 (Excellent−), rank: #154 (of 9647) (seen all: 8.54 / seen some: 7.88 / won't finish: 4.95)
Bayesian estimate: 8.495 (Very good+), rank: #61 (of 7263)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2009-01-05 to 2009-03-30
Opening Theme:
"Ano hi Time Machine" by LONG SHOT PARTY
Ending Theme:
"Aishiteru" (愛してる) by Callin
Official website:
夏目友人帳 (Japanese)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 & 2 [Premium Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2012-10-09 (from $1100.98)
    Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 & 2 (Sub.DVD) 2014-02-04 (from $79.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki
Script:
Kenichi Araki (eps 3, 6)
Kenichi Kanemaki (eps 5, 12-13)
Mayori Sekijima (eps 1, 8, 10)
Mie Kaga (eps 2, 7)
Noboru Takagi (eps 4, 9, 11)
Storyboard:
Hidehito Ueda (ep 9)
Hidetoshi Namura (ep 11)
Hiroyuki Yano (ep 2)
Hisatoshi Shimizu (ep 3)
Isamu Imakake (eps 10, 12)
Jun Takada (ep 4)
Katsumi Terahigashi (eps 8, 13)
Keiji Gotō (eps 6-7)
Kiyotaka Ohata (ep 5)
Takahiro Ōmori (ED; ep 1)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP)
Episode Director:
Hideaki Nakano (ep 6)
Hidehito Ueda (ep 9)
Hisatoshi Shimizu (eps 3, 7, 11)
Isamu Imakake (ep 10)
Jun Takada (ep 4)
Masayuki Matsumoto (eps 5, 12)
Satomi Nakamura (ep 2)
Takahiro Ōmori (eps 1, 13)
Yui Umemoto (ep 8)
Unit Director:
Takahiro Ōmori (ED)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP)
Original creator: Yuki Midorikawa
Character Design: Akira Takata
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani
Chief Animation Director:
Akira Takata (eps 2-9, 11-12)
Tatsuo Yamada (eps 2-12)
Animation Director:
Akira Takata (eps 1, 10, 13)
Haruo Okuno (eps 6, 12)
Kazuya Saitō (eps 5, 9)
Orie Tanaka (eps 7, 12)
Tatsuo Yamada (eps 1, 13)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP)
Sound Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Tamura
2nd Key Animation: Haruo Okuno (ep 13)
Animation: Takahiro Kishida (all for ED)
Animation producer: Yumi Satō
Assistant Animation Director: Yuriko Nagaya (ep 2)
Background Art:
Akemi Ito (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-10, 12-13
)

Aya Iimura (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-10, 12-13
)

Fumika Tamura (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 8 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-10, 13
)

Hiroyuki Hasegawa (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 1-4, 8)
Nobuhiro Ōtsuka (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 8-10, 12-13
)

Taichi Shishido (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-10, 12-13
)

Takayoshi Fukushima (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 1-3, 8-10)
Yukihiro Shibutani (all for OP & ED)
Yuuki Oyamada (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; eps 1-4, 8-9)
Color Check:
Hiromi Miyawaki (OP, ED; ep 13)
Jinko Suzuki (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-12
)

Color Coordination:
Hiromi Miyawaki (OP, ED; ep 13)
Jinko Suzuki (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-12
)

Color design: Hiromi Miyawaki
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Finishing:
Asami Maruyama (eps 5, 9)
Rie Iijima (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-12
)

In-Between Animation:
Akie Tsutsumi (A・C・G・T; ep 1)
Akito Ishino (Nippon Animation; eps 1, 4)
Eri Hasegawa (Nippon Animation; eps 1, 4)
Hideki Sakai (XEBEC; ep 2)
Hisashi Higashijima (XEBEC; ep 2)
Tomomi Nakamura (XEBEC; ep 2)
Key Animation:
Emiko Matsuno (OP; eps 1, 7, 13)
Futoshi Ōnami (ep 2)
Haruo Okuno (OP; eps 1, 6, 12)
Hidetoshi Sano (eps 1, 13)
Hiroshi Tomioka (ep 1)
Hiroto Yokote (eps 1, 7, 13)
Kazuhiko Ishii (ep 2)
Keiji Gotō (ep 11)
Makoto Oda (ep 2)
Mamie Takata (OP; eps 4, 6, 12-13)
Masakazu Kawazoe (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-7, 12-13
)

Miyuki Kobayashi (OP; 6 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 11-13
)

Miyuki Shimizu (ep 2)
Nobuyuki Furukawa (ep 2)
Noriko Kitazawa (ep 2)
Orie Tanaka (OP; eps 1, 3-4, 13)
Rie Maehara (eps 1, 7, 13)
Shinko Tsurumoto (ep 2)
Shinsuke Ishikawa (eps 1, 3)
Shirō Kigi (ep 1)
Takahiro Kishida (ep 1)
Takahiro Ōmori (ep 13)
Tatsuo Yamada (OP; eps 1, 7, 12-13)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP; ep 10)
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (ep 2)
Tsuyoshi Sakai (ep 2)
Yuriko Nagaya (ep 2)
Monster Design: Tatsuo Yamada
Music Performance:
Ayano Kasahara (Cello)
Tomomi Tokunaga (Violin)
Photography:
Isao Tōkairin (DECOROCO; eps 1-13)
Ryōta Fujii (DECOROCO; eps 1-13)
Tetsuji Sakamaki (DECOROCO; eps 1-13)
Yōsuke Minezaki (DECOROCO; eps 1-13)
Yuichiro Tozawa (DECOROCO; eps 1-13)
Production Advancement:
Asami Kitahara (ep 2)
Keiichi Kawaguchi (eps 1, 7, 13)
Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa (Ray Art; eps 1-13)
Theme Song Performance:
Callin (ED)
LONG SHOT PARTY (OP)
Hiroshi Kamiya as Takashi Natsume
Kazuhiko Inoue as Nyanko-sensei

Akira Ishida as Shuichi Natori
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Atsushi Kitamoto
Kazuma Horie as Kaname Tanuma
Miyuki Sawashiro as Jun Sasada
Rina Satō as Tohru Taki
Ryōhei Kimura as Satoru Nishimura
Sanae Kobayashi as Reiko Natsume
Satsuki Yukino as Hiiragi

Ai Horanai as Male Student (ep 12)
Akemi Okamura as Hinoe (ep 5)
Aki Kanada as
Landlady (ep 3)
Male Student (eps 2, 12)
Old Woman (ep 1)
Atsushi Kousaka as
Guide Youkai (ep 11)
Male Student (ep 10)
Atsushi Ono as Three-eyed Spirit (ep 3)
Ayahi Takagaki as Sui (ep 2)
Ayumi Fujimura as Takashi Natsume (young; ep 2)
Chō as Little Beard (ep 6)
Eiji Itō as Shigeru Fujiwara
Hidenobu Kiuchi as Bad Spirit (eps 12-13)
Hiroshi Shimozaki as
Cow-faced Intermediate Youkai
Old Man (ep 1)
Small Youkai (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Gen (ep 2)
Ikuko Tani as Chizu (ep 8)
Junko Takeuchi as Kai (eps 12-13)
Kazuma Horie as Student (ep 4)
Kenji Nojima as Yasaka (ep 9)
Kōtarō Nakamura as Prize-necked Youkai (ep 11)
Kunihiro Kawamoto as
Enma face (ep 1)
Small Youkai (eps 6-7)
Kyouko Chikiri as
Female Student (ep 2)
Male Student (ep 12)
Wrinkled Face (ep 1)
Mai Tōdō as Dog Face (ep 1)
Masaya Matsukaze as Riou (ep 1)
Mika Doi as Nanase (ep 11)
Miki Itō as Tōko Fujiwara
Misa Watanabe as Benio (ep 1)
Nanae Katou as Shigeru (young; ep 10)
Ryō Hirohashi as Sasafune (ep 8)
Ryūsaku Chijiwa as Calime (ep 10)
Sayaka Aoki as Tama (ep 4)
Suzune Okabe as
Male Student (ep 10)
Small Youkai (ep 3)
Youkai with a Long Nose (ep 11)
Youth (ep 8)
Takako Honda as Sumie (ep 3)
Takashi Matsuyama as
Shaved Head (ep 1)
The first Intermediate Youkai
Takayuki Sugō as Forehead Wound Youkai (eps 6-7)
Takuya Kirimoto as Isotsuki's Mouse (ep 4)
Tetsuharu Ohta as Spring Jizo (ep 9)
Yuka Terasaki as Kirinoha (ep 5)
Yuu Sugimoto as Miya (ep 9)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Brain's Base
Background Art: Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-10, 12-13
)

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo (2009-01)
Finish Animation:
Hanjin Animation (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-13
)

office fuu (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-12
)

Orange (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-13
)

In-Between Animation:
A.C.G.T (ep 1)
Hanjin Animation (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-13
)

Nippon Animation (eps 1, 4)
Orange (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10-13
)

Photography: DECOROCO (eps 1-13)
Production:
Aniplex
Hakusensha
special effects: Ray Art (eps 1-13)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jad Saxton
Translation: Adam Lensenmayer
ADR Script:
Jessica Sluys
Natalie Van Sistine (eps 12-13)

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

Alexis Tipton as Reiko Natsume
Matthew Elkins as Satoru Nishimura
Megan Shipman as Toru Taki
Mike Haimoto as Atsushi Kitamoto
Tyson Rinehart as Kaname Tanuma

Alex Hom as Enraged Eggy (ep 4)
Barry Yandell as Chobihige
Brian Mathis as One-Eyed Chukyuu Yokai
Caitlin Glass as Kai (eps 12-13)
Christian Thorsen as Cow-faced Yokai
Eric Vale as Gen (ep 2)
Erica Muse as Boy C (eps 11-12)
Hannah Alyea as Kirinoha (ep 5)
Jalitza Delgado as Tama (ep 4)
Jennifer AuBuchon as Toko Fujiwara
Kelsey Maher as Benio (ep 1)
Laurie Steele as Nanase (ep 11)
Mark Allen Jr. as Large Three-Eyed Yokai (ep 16)
Molly Searcy as Hinoe (ep 5)
Oscar Seung as Riou (ep 1)
Paige Guillory as Takashi Natsume (young)
Seth Magill as Shigeru Fujiwara
Tom Laflin as Karime (ep 10)

English companies
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
FUNimation Entertainment (via NIS America)
Licensed by: NIS America
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeOnegai (Brazil)
Crunchyroll
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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