Natsume has always been an outcast because he inherited his grandmother's ability to see yokai. After moving to his grandmother's hometown and accidentally releasing a yokai imprisoned in a Lucky Cat statue, he learns about his grandmother's "Book of Friends," which contains the names of the yokai she defeated, and allows its wielder to command the yokai named within. Since then, yokai now visit him on a daily basis, seeking to either get their names back or take possession of the Book of Friends.

(Source: NIS America)

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Studios

• NAS
• TV Tokyo Music
• Aniplex
• Sony Music Entertainment
• NIS America Inc.
• Trilogy Future Studio
• Brain's Base

Staff

• Hideyuki Motohashi — Animation Director (eps 3, 6, 10)
• Akira Takata — Animation Director (OP, ep 1), Character Design, Chief Animation Director (eps 2-13), Key Animation (OP, ep 1)
• Hiroshi Tomioka — Key Animation (eps 2, 13)
• Noboru Takagi — Script (eps 4, 8)
• Kenichi Kanemaki — Script (eps 1, 2, 5, 13), Series Composition
• Makoto Yoshimori — Music
• Takahiro Oomori — Director, Episode Director (OP, ep 1), Sound Director, Storyboard (OP, ep 1)
• Kazuhiko Seki — Editing
• Harume Kosaka — Episode Director (eps 6, 10)
• Hidehito Ueda — Episode Director (ep 7), Storyboard (eps 2, 7, 11)
• Yukihiro Shibutani — Art Director
• Kazuhiro Arai — Background Art (eps 9, 13)
• Kenji Hayama — Key Animation (OP)
• Shuhei Kita — Theme Song Performance (OP)