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Natsume Yūjin-Chō Roku (TV 6)

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Alternative title:
Natsume's Book of Friends (Japanese)
夏目友人帳 陸 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, supernatural
Plot Summary: Takashi Natsume is a boy who's been able to see youkai ever since he was a child. Ever since he inherited the "Book of Friends" from his grandmother Reiko, he and his self-proclaimed bodyguard Nyanko-sensei have spent their days returning names to the youkai who are bound by the book. As he meets the different youkai and people, he finds himself with many more things that he cares about. He wonders whether it's right to keep secrets to protect someone as little by little he works up the courage to build even more friendships.
User Ratings: 167 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 27 votes (sub:27)
 Excellent: 52 votes (sub:50, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
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 Very good: 43 votes (sub:41, dub:1, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
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 Good: 32 votes (sub:31, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:8)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 269 users, rank: #3227 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.245 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.2784, rank: #341 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 8.275 (Very good+), rank: #282 (of 9642) (seen all: 8.27 / seen some: 8.34)
Bayesian estimate: 8.214 (Very good+), rank: #203 (of 7243)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2017-04-11 to 2017-06-20
Opening Theme:
"Floria" by Tomohisa Sakō
Ending Theme:
"Kimi no Uta" (きみのうた; Your Song) by Rei Yasuda
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Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Director: Kotomi Deai
Series Composition: Sadayuki Murai
Script:
Aya Yoshinaga (eps 2, 7)
Hiroshi Ohnogi (eps 4-5, 9)
Mariko Kunisawa (eps 3, 8, 13)
Sadayuki Murai (eps 1, 6, 12)
Takahiro Ōmori (eps 10-11)
Episode Director:
Keiji Kawakubo (ep 12)
Kotomi Deai (eps 1, 11, 13)
Miyuki Oshiro (eps 4-5)
Shizutaka Sugahara (ep 10)
Sumito Sasaki (ep 2)
Takatoshi Suzuki (ep 9)
Tarou Iwasaki (ep 8)
Tsutomu Murakami (ep 6)
Yōko Kanamori (ep 7)
Yui Umemoto (ep 3)
Unit Director:
Ryosuke Nakamura (OP)
Takahiro Ōmori (ED)
Original creator: Yuki Midorikawa
Character Design: Akira Takata
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani
Sound Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Tamura

2nd Key Animation:
Emi Ikebuchi (eps 1, 5, 7-9)
Hatsune Hoshino (ep 7)
Color setting: Hiromi Miyawaki
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Illustration: Mieko Hosoi (OP)
In-Between Animation:
Asuna Kinoshita (ep 2)
Emi Ikebuchi (eps 1, 8)
Sachiko Todaka (eps 1, 3-5, 7-9)
Key Animation:
Emi Ikebuchi (OP)
Hideyuki Motohashi (ep 7)
Miki Urashima (ep 8)
Monster Design: Tatsuo Yamada
Photography:
Hitoshi Tamura (ED)
Tetsuya Kawada
Sub-Character Design: Hiromitsu Hagiwara
Theme Song Performance:
Rei Yasuda (ED)
Tomohisa Sakō (OP)
Hiroshi Kamiya as Takashi Natsume
Kazuhiko Inoue as Nyanko-sensei/Madara

Akira Ishida as Shūichi Natori
Eiji Itō as Shigeru Fujiwara
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Atsushi Kitamoto
Junichi Suwabe as Seiji Matoba
Kazuma Horie as Kaname Tanuma
Mika Doi as Nanase (eps 10-11)
Miki Itō as Tōko Fujiwara
Miyuki Sawashiro as Jun Sasada
Rina Satō as Tōru Taki
Ryōhei Kimura as Satoru Nishimura
Sanae Kobayashi as Reiko Natsume (eps 6, 13)
Satsuki Yukino as Hiiragi (eps 4-5, 10-11)
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Katsumi Shibata (ep 3)

Akari Higuchi as Urihime (eps 4-5, 11)
Akemi Okamura as Hinoe (eps 2, 12)
Ako Mayama as Ginro (eps 4-5)
Asami Seto as Gesshi (eps 4-5)
Asumi Sakamoto as Student (ep 9)
Atsuko Yuya as Mountain God (ep 9)
Atsumi Tanezaki as Sachi (ep 12)
Atsushi Kousaka as Tsuji (ep 6)
Ayako Kawasumi as Sasago (eps 4-5, 11)
Ayano Ogata as Female Audience (ep 4)
Ayumi Fujimura as Takashi Natsume (young; ep 1)
Chō as Chobihige (ep 2)
Daisuke Ono as Aoi (ep 8)
Eiji Takemoto as Kaimiya (eps 10-11)
Haruka Kimura as
City Women (ep 10)
High School Student (eps 3, 6, 8)
Tamami's Friend (ep 13)
Haruna Sakurai as
Small Youkai (ep 10)
Tamami's Friend (ep 13)
Hideyuki Hori as Teacher Nomiya (ep 9)
Hiroki Matsukawa as
Eagle Youkai (ep 10)
Exorcist (ep 11)
Police Inspector (ep 4)
Youkai on the Roof (ep 7)
Youkai Outside the Window (ep 1)
Hiroshi Shimozaki as
Ox Middle Class Youkai (eps 1-2, 12)
Youkai in Forest of Nanba (ep 7)
Hisako Tōjō as Rabbit Face Yokai (ep 7)
Hisao Egawa as Byakko (ep 7)
Hitomi Ando as Tamami (ep 13)
Jirō Saitō as Dragon (ep 11)
Kaori Motoyama as Student (ep 9)
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Takuma (eps 4-5)
Kazutomi Yamamoto as Azuma (ep 2)
Kei Hayami as Satoru Nishimura's Mother (ep 6)
Keiko Nemoto as Young Aoi (ep 8)
Kenichi Ogata as Youkai of the Ginkgo Tree (ep 12)
Kyouko Chikiri as
Kappa (ep 2)
Youkai in Forest of Nanba (ep 7)
Manami Hanawa as
Small Youkai (ep 12)
Youkai in Forest of Nanba (ep 7)
Masato Niwa as Student (ep 9)
Mie Sonozaki as Beniko (ep 10)
Miho Tabata as Student (ep 9)
Mikako Komatsu as Kaoru Sonokawa (ep 8)
Misaki Kuno as Aiko (ep 12)
Mitsuru Ogata as Homeroom Teacher (ep 6)
Mitsuru Takakuwa as Shinto Priest (ep 9)
Naoki Bandō as Atsushi Kitamoto's Father (ep 6)
Naomi Kusumi as Senki (ep 7)
Noriaki Sugiyama as Jinbe (eps 4-5)
Reika Uyama as Mana (ep 6)
Ryōji Sekiguchi as Student (ep 9)
Ryoma Abe as Bird Youkai (ep 8)
Ryouta Akazawa as
Bird Youkai (ep 8)
Futari-sama (ep 3)
Ryûichi Kagehira as
Black Eye Youkai (ep 10)
Exorcist (ep 11)
Futari-sama (ep 3)
Shinpei Takano as
Exorcist (eps 10-11)
Horny Youkai (ep 7)
Youkai Outside the Window (ep 1)
Shinya Hamazoe as Exorcist (ep 10)
Shinya Takahashi as Mouse Face Monster (ep 2)
Shō Hayami as Hakuhi (White Owl; ep 13)
Shouzou Sasaki as Tsukihigui (ep 1)
Sōichiro Hoshi as Gomochi (ep 7)
Suzune Okabe as
Male High School Student (ep 6)
Youkai with Face (ep 7)
Takanori Ohyama as Satoru Nishimura's Older Brother (ep 6)
Takashi Matsuyama as One-Eyed Middle Class Youkai (eps 1-2, 12)
Takaya Kuroda as Misuzu (eps 2, 12)
Takayuki Nakatsukasa as Schoolboy (ep 9)
Tomohiro Yamaguchi as Student (eps 9, 11)
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Mask Youkai (ep 9)
Yuina Yamada as
City Women (ep 10)
High School Student (ep 3)
Yukiko Morishita as
Benihimo (eps 4-5)
Female Audience (ep 4)
Small Youkai (eps 10, 12)
Youkai in Forest of Nanba (ep 7)
Youkai Outside the Window (ep 1)
Yukimasa Natori as Nanamaki (ep 2)
Yukiyo Fujii as Kibune (ep 7)
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