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Natsume yûjinchô

  • TV Series
  • 2008–2024
  • 24m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
3K
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Natsume yûjinchô (2008)
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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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 ret... Read allWhen 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.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.

  • Stars
    • Hiroshi Kamiya
    • Kazuhiko Inoue
    • Matthew Elkins
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    3K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,877
    430
    • Stars
      • Hiroshi Kamiya
      • Kazuhiko Inoue
      • Matthew Elkins
    • 17User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 12 wins & 19 nominations total

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    Hiroshi Kamiya
    Hiroshi Kamiya
    • Takashi Natsume…
    • 2008–2024
    Kazuhiko Inoue
    Kazuhiko Inoue
    • Nyanko-sensei…
    • 2008–2024
    Matthew Elkins
    Matthew Elkins
    • Satoru Nishimura
    • 2008–2024
    Christopher Wehkamp
    Christopher Wehkamp
    • Madara
    • 2008–2024
    Marisa Duran
    Marisa Duran
    • Jun Sasada…
    • 2008–2024
    Miki Itô
    Miki Itô
    • Touko Fujiwara…
    • 2009–2024
    Adam Gibbs
    • Takashi Natsume…
    • 2008–2024
    Ryohei Kimura
    • Satoru Nishimura…
    • 2009–2024
    Hisayoshi Suganuma
    • Atsushi Kitamoto…
    • 2009–2024
    Hiroshi Shimozaki
    • Ox-Faced Middle Class Yokai…
    • 2009–2024
    Kazuma Horie
    • Kaname Tanuma…
    • 2009–2024
    Takashi Matsuyama
    • One-Eyed Middle Class Yokai…
    • 2009–2024
    Jennifer AuBuchon
    • Toko Fujiwara…
    • 2008–2024
    Miyuki Sawashiro
    Miyuki Sawashiro
    • Jun Sasada
    • 2009–2024
    Eiji Itô
    • Shigeru Fujiwara
    • 2009–2024
    Tyson Rinehart
    • Kaname Tanuma
    • 2012–2024
    Akira Ishida
    Akira Ishida
    • Shuichi Natori…
    • 2009–2024
    Rina Satô
    • Toru Taki
    • 2009–2024
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    User reviews17

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    10Wina_

    One of my favourite

    I was so surprised about the episode rating. It's not even that bad and top-rated episode is 5.5 like a joke. What happened? Btw it's a good healing anime.
    10kumarakash-60656

    A wonderfull anime

    It was a good anime love to watch more. It lighten my heart. And it does'nt bored me for a second and i m waiting for next season
    9nhimonvn

    So Heartwarming! Even the newest episode have the good plot!

    (My english not so good sorry guys TT)

    For the newbie, just try to watch some random episode in every season ececpt ss1 (It's kinda bored thought,) I mean the plot so good all the time later season 2 and rewatch season 1 will be fine

    Natsume and Nyanko sensei so cuteee, the monster and the people they've meet really nice, the plot about how Natsume survived all his childhood really make me sad. No family, no friends, the yokai always want to eat him, teasing him, also older people just don't want to adopt him make his heart closed. But that's not what this anime about, this is a story that make me really comfortable, I mean the plot take everything you thinks might be hard to gentle be solved and make it's way more reasonable - It's a Natsume way!!!

    For someone have a broken heart and want to healing your soul, just watch Natsume Yuujinchou.
    9sambson

    I love this series - why such low episode ratings?

    I love this series, but then, this kind of anime is my thing. Mushi-shi, Mo No No Ke, Paranoia Agent - definitely my fave themes. The show overall has a nice solid rating, but the episodes are ranked horribly! The five highest ranked episodes out of this entire series rate only 4 stars? Some are 2 stars?? What The?!? That makes no sense. The entire series would rate 3.5/10 stars if these episode rankings were true. Something doesn't tabulate here. IMDB Staff have any ideas?
    10carrotstick-04592

    This show is so heartwarming

    Perhaps not ideal for those who like action and a faster pace. However despite being Simple and rather slow paced, for me at least, I cannot recommend this show enough , this show has so much heart. I recommend trying to see it through until a few episodes into season 2 if it feels too slow, the warmth and characters of this show more than make up for the slower pace. It is a personal favourite of mine and it's a shame it doesn't have more fans. It gets more exciting in later seasons and is also very sad at times. I've never felt as protective of an anime character as i do the main character of this one, even though it took me a while to warm up to, this show really captured my heart.

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    • Release date
      • July 7, 2008 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Natsume's Book of Friends
    • Production companies
      • Brains Base
      • Shuka
      • Nihon Ad Systems (NAS)
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      • 24m
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