Natsume's Book of Friends: Ephemeral Bond

7.3

The movie of Natsume's Book of Friends series. Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also became acquainted with Yorie Tsumura, a woman in the memories of a Yokai whose name he had returned. Yorie knew much about Reiko, but now lived a peaceful life with her only son, Mukuo. Being with this family was comforting for Natsume, but apparently a mysterious Yokai has been lurking in their town. On the way back from investigating, a "Yokai seed" that had latched itself to Nyanko Sensei drops into the Fujiwaras' garden and grows overnight into a fruit tree. When Nyanko Sensei eats a fruit that is somehow shaped like himself, he suddenly splits into three!

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Hiroshi Kamiya

Takashi Natsume (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)

Kazuma Horie

Kaname Tanuma (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

Satoru Nishimura (voice)

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)

Rina Sato

Tooru Taki (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Hinoe (voice)

Akira Ishida

Shuichi Natori (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Reiko Natsume (voice)

Miki Ito

Touko Fujiwara (voice)

Eiji Itoh

Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

Jun Sasada (voice)

Satsuki Yukino

Hiiragi (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi

Sasago (voice)

Higuchi Akari

Urihime (voice)

Takaya Kuroda

Misuzu (voice)

Cho

Chobi-hige (voice)

Takashi Matsuyama

Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)

Hiroshi Shimozaki

Ushikao no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)

Kyoko Chikiri

Kappa (voice)

Kengo Kora

Mukuo Tsumura (voice)

Ayumu Murase

Daisuke Yuuki (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto

Yorie Tsumura (voice)

Mizuki Nishimura

Six-arm Youkai (voice)

Eiji Kotoge

Monmonbou (voice)

Ayako Mitani

Girl (voice)

Art

Miyuki Ooshiro

Storyboard Artist

Hiroyuki Hasegawa

Background Designer

Nanae Soji

Background Designer

Mie Kasai

Background Designer

Masaru Sotoya

Background Designer

Tomomi Masaki

Background Designer

Saka Ikeda

Prop Designer

Sato Takahara

Background Designer

Marie Murata

Background Designer

Yuki Nomura

Background Designer

Kyoko Shibuya

Background Designer

Mizuka Ueda

Background Designer

Ayumi Takasaki

Background Designer

Kaori Masaki

Background Designer

Kohei Kobayashi

Background Designer

Masayuki Kojima

Storyboard Artist

Tomoko Yanagishita

Background Designer

Yayoi Ogashiwa

Background Designer

Takahiro Omori

Storyboard Artist

Mao Miyake

Background Designer

Nobuhiro Otsuka

Background Designer

Hiroshi Kanno

Background Designer

Minami Usui

Background Designer

Fumie Nuibe

Background Designer

Izumi Ozawa

Background Designer

Hideki Ito

Storyboard Artist

Niki Higaki

Background Designer

Eriko Nakamura

Background Designer

Kimiyo Saito

Background Designer

Yukihiro Shibutani

Art Direction

Camera

Hitoshi Tamura

Director of Photography

Tetsuya Kawata

Director of Photography

Crew

Toshio Hasegawa

Special Effects

Directing

Miyuki Ooshiro

Second Unit Director

Takahiro Omori

Director

Hideki Ito

Second Unit Director

Tatsuo Yamada

Action Director

Hideki Ito

Director

Editing

Yuki Honda

Online Editor

Tetsuro Tsukada

Online Editor

Production

Noriko Iwasaki

Associate Producer

Sound

Makoto Yoshimori

Original Music Composer

Masafumi Watanabe

Foley Artist

Ryouji Kameda

Sound Mixer

Uru

Theme Song Performance

Noriko Izumo

Sound Effects

Writing

Yuki Midorikawa

Comic Book

Sadayuki Murai

Screenplay

Art

Miyuki Ooshiro

Storyboard Artist

Hiroyuki Hasegawa

Background Designer

Nanae Soji

Background Designer

Mie Kasai

Background Designer

Masaru Sotoya

Background Designer

Tomomi Masaki

Background Designer

Saka Ikeda

Prop Designer

Sato Takahara

Background Designer

Marie Murata

Background Designer

Yuki Nomura

Background Designer

Kyoko Shibuya

Background Designer

Mizuka Ueda

Background Designer

Ayumi Takasaki

Background Designer

Kaori Masaki

Background Designer

Kohei Kobayashi

Background Designer

Masayuki Kojima

Storyboard Artist

Tomoko Yanagishita

Background Designer

Yayoi Ogashiwa

Background Designer

Takahiro Omori

Storyboard Artist

Mao Miyake

Background Designer

Nobuhiro Otsuka

Background Designer

Hiroshi Kanno

Background Designer

Minami Usui

Background Designer

Fumie Nuibe

Background Designer

Izumi Ozawa

Background Designer

Hideki Ito

Storyboard Artist

Niki Higaki

Background Designer

Eriko Nakamura

Background Designer

Kimiyo Saito

Background Designer

Yukihiro Shibutani

Art Direction

Camera

Hitoshi Tamura

Director of Photography

Tetsuya Kawata

Director of Photography

Crew

Toshio Hasegawa

Special Effects

Directing

Miyuki Ooshiro

Second Unit Director

Takahiro Omori

Director

Hideki Ito

Second Unit Director

Tatsuo Yamada

Action Director

Hideki Ito

Director

Editing

Yuki Honda

Online Editor

Tetsuro Tsukada

Online Editor

Production

Noriko Iwasaki

Associate Producer

Sound

Makoto Yoshimori

Original Music Composer

Masafumi Watanabe

Foley Artist

Ryouji Kameda

Sound Mixer

Uru

Theme Song Performance

Noriko Izumo

Sound Effects

Writing

Yuki Midorikawa

Comic Book

Sadayuki Murai

Screenplay