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Natsume's Book of Friends (TV 3)

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Alternative title:
Natsume Yūjin-Chō San (Japanese)
夏目友人帳 参 (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: youkai
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Takashi Natsume sees spirits, and with the help of his lazy and sake-guzzling bodyguard Nyanko-sensei he returns to spirits their names that were stolen by his grandmother Reiko Natsume. Not all of the spirits are peaceful though, and he often fights to keep himself and his family and friends safe while at the same time fighting the loneliness that plagued him before he found his home.
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Ratings: 718 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 137 votes (sub:132, raw:3, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 282 votes (sub:260, dub:9, raw:3, others:10
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Very good: 186 votes (sub:168, dub:12, ?:1, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
)
 Good: 75 votes (sub:68, raw:2, dub:1, others:4
1 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Decent: 26 votes (sub:24, dub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:8, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1210 s, rank: #1000 (of 9996)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.540 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.148, rank: #160 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 8.473 (Very good+), rank: #169 (of 10154) (seen all: 8.48 / seen some: 8.65 / won't finish: 4.05)
Bayesian estimate: 8.455 (Very good+), rank: #72 (of 7635)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2011-07-04 to 2011-09-26
Opening Theme:
"Boku ni Dekiru Koto" by HOW MERRY MARRY
Ending Theme:
"Kimi no Kakera feat. Miyamoto Emiri" by Kōsuke Atari
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 3 (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-12-01 (from $64.99)
    Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 3 [ Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2013-03-05 (from $80.00)
    Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 3 [Standard Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2015-08-04 (from $49.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Series Composition: Sadayuki Murai
Script:
Sadayuki Murai (eps 1-2, 8, 13)
Storyboard:
Toshiya Shinohara (ep 1)
Episode Director:
Takahiro Ōmori (ep 1)
Unit Director: Takahiro Ōmori (OP, ED)
Original creator: Yuki Midorikawa
Character Design: Akira Takata
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani
Chief Animation Director:
Tatsuo Yamada (eps 2-13)
Animation Director:
Tatsuo Yamada (OP; ep 1)
Sound Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Tamura
Producer:
Tomomi Kyōtani (TV Tokyo)

2nd Key Animation:
Chie Tanaka (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 10
)

Manami Itō (4 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10, 13
)

Yūko Fujita (ep 12)
Animation: Takahiro Kishida (all for ED)
Animation Director Cooperation: Natsuko Kondou (ep 8)
Animation producer: Yumi Satō
Assistant Animation Director: Fumio Matsumoto (ep 11)
Background Art:
Fumie Nuibe (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 7 episodes
eps 3, 6-7, 9, 11-13
)

Hiroyuki Hasegawa (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 11 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-13
)

Kyoko Shibuya (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production; 5 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11
)

Mayumi Okawa (Studio Kanon; 8 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 8-12
)

Yūta Sekigawa (Studio Wyeth; ep 4)
Color Check:
Yuka Nakamura
Color Check Cooperation: Jinko Suzuki (ep 11)
Color Coordination:
Yasue Mizoguchi (ep 12)
Color design: Hiromi Miyawaki
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Finish Animation:
Ayako Saitō (Office fu-u; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 13
)

Emi Hayakawa (Office fu-u; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 13
)

Kaori Shimuta (Office fu-u; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 13
)

Rie Iijima (Office fu-u; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 13
)

Yuka Nakamura (Studio Gash; ep 12)
Finish Check:
Yukiko Yamaguchi (ep 12)
In-Between Animation:
Noriyuki Imaoka (ep 12)
In-Between Check:
Oikawa (7 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 13
)

Key Animation:
Asahi Takeuchi (OP; 4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 10, 13
)

Emiko Matsuno (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 10, 13
)

Yuri Naminoue (ep 8)
Monster Design: Tatsuo Yamada
Music Performance:
Tomomi Tokunaga (Violin)
Photography:
Yuichiro Tozawa (Graphanica; eps 1-13)
Planning:
Masanori Miyake
Production Advancement:
Yutaka Kawasaki (eps 3, 6, 9)
Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa (eps 1-13)
Theme Song Performance:
Kousuke Atari (ED)
Hiroshi Kamiya as Takashi Natsume
Kazuhiko Inoue as Nyanko-sensei

Akira Ishida as Shūichi Natori
Eiji Itō as Shigeru Fujiwara
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Atsushi Kitamoto
Kazuma Horie as Kaname Tanuma
Miki Itō as Tōko Fujiwara
Miyuki Sawashiro as Jun Sasada
Rina Satō as Tohru Taki
Ryōhei Kimura as Satoru Nishimura
Sanae Kobayashi as Reiko Natsume

Akemi Okamura as Hinoe (eps 8-9, 13)
Aki Kanada as
Blizzard Yōkai (ep 11)
Child (ep 3)
Female Student (ep 4)
Akiko Yajima as Little Kitsune (ep 8)
Akimitsu Takase as Natsume's Uncle (ep 12)
Atsushi Kousaka as Tsuji (ep 9)
Ayumi Fujimura as Takashi Natsume (young)
Chie Nakamura as Winged Yōkai (eps 6-7)
Chō as Chobihige (Yōkai with Small Mustache; eps 8-9, 13)
Fumiko Orikasa as Murasaki (ep 3)
Fuyuka Oura as Yōkai on the Tree (ep 4)
Hiroshi Shimozaki as
Horse-Headed Yōkai (ep 6)
Ox-Faced Middle Class Yōkai (5 episodes
eps 2, 8-9, 11, 13
)

Small Yōkai (ep 5)
Three Eyed Yōkai (ep 12)
Hiroshi Shirokuma as Large Black Yōkai (ep 1)
Hisako Kyōda as Aokuchinashi (ep 1)
Hitomi Nabatame as Yōkai Possessing Tanuma (eps 10-11)
Junichi Suwabe as Seiji Matoba
Kanehira Yamamoto as
Natsume's Uncle (ep 4)
Teacher (ep 10)
Kenji Nakano as Yōkai with the Hammer (eps 10-11)
Kousuke Atari as Yasui (ep 8)
Kyouko Chikiri as
Child (ep 8)
Innkeeper (ep 7)
Kappa (eps 6, 13)
Natsume's Aunt (ep 12)
Masaru Nishio as Sealed-away Yōkai (ep 7)
Mayumi Tsuchiya as
Child (ep 8)
Female Student (ep 9)
Mika Doi as Nanase (eps 6-7)
Mika Ishibashi as Male Student (ep 4)
Mina Kobayashi as Sagume (ep 2)
Misa Watanabe as Benio (ep 13)
Naomi Matamura as Old Yōkai (ep 11)
Rei Mochizuki as
Female Student who Handed over the Stone (ep 9)
Girlfriend (ep 4)
Saori Seto as Woman / Female Witch Doctor (eps 6-7)
Satsuki Yukino as Hiiragi (eps 6-7)
Seizō Katō as Saigami (ep 8)
Shōko Negoro as
Blizzard Yōkai (ep 11)
Female Yōkai in Kimono (ep 6)
Male Student (ep 4)
Susumu Akagi as Thin Male Yōkai (ep 5)
Suzune Okabe as
Lion-faced Yōkai (ep 12)
Male Student (eps 9-10)
Taishi Murata as
Boyfriend (ep 4)
Male Student (ep 9)
Takahiro Sakurai as Natsume's Adoptive Brother (ep 12)
Takanori Hoshino as Kanawa (ep 2)
Takashi Matsuyama as
One-Eyed Middle Class Yōkai (5 episodes
eps 2, 8-9, 11, 13
)

Uncle (ep 4)
Takaya Kuroda as Misuzu (eps 2, 13)
Takayuki Sugō as Bruised Forehead Yōkai (ep 5)
Tarusuke Shingaki as Sick Yōkai (ep 11)
Tetsuharu Ōta as Bellows' Yōkai (ep 5)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Tanuma's Father (ep 10)
Yōko Soumi as Long Haired One-Eyed Yōkai (ep 12)
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Katsumi Shibata (ep 3)
Yoshimi Komiyama as Female Student (ep 10)
Yui Hatano as
Possessed Female Student (ep 9)
Shin'ichirō (young; ep 5)
Yuriko Fuchizaki as Eyeless Yōkai (ep 5)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
White Line (ep 6)
Animation Production: Brain's Base
Background Art:
Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production (eps 1-4, 6-13)
Finish Animation:
Hanjin Animation (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 13
)

Jinbun (8 episodes
eps 4-5, 7, 9-13
)

office fuu (7 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 13
)

Orange (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 13
)

R.I.C (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10
)

Xing Yue Animation (eps 3, 6, 9, 11)
In-Between Animation:
Hanjin Animation (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 13
)

Jinbun (8 episodes
eps 4-5, 7, 9-13
)

Orange (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 13
)

R.I.C (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 13
)

Xing Yue Animation (eps 3, 6, 9, 11)
Key Animation:
Sung San Production (eps 3, 6, 9, 11)
Music Production: Aniplex
Photography: Graphinica (eps 1-13)
Photography Cooperation: Studio BACU (eps 3-13)
Production:
NAS
Production Cooperation:
Sakura Create (ep 12)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jad Saxton

ADR Engineer:
Rickey Watkins
ADR Prep: Jennifer Alyx
Assistant ADR Director:
Sara Ragsdale
Adam Gibbs as Takashi Natsume
Christopher Wehkamp as Nyanko-sensei

Aaron Roberts as Shuichi Natori
Alexis Tipton as Reiko Natsume
Jennifer AuBuchon as Toko Fujiwara
Marisa Duran as Jun Sasada
Matthew Elkins as Satoru Nishimura
Megan Shipman as Toru Taki
Seth Magill as Shigeru Fujiwara
Tyson Rinehart as Kaname Tanuma

Barry Yandell as Chobihige
Brittney Karbowski as Murasaki (ep 3)
Chris Ryan as Misuzu (eps 2, 13)
Clifford Chapin as One-Eyed Yokai (ep 5)
Corey Pettit as Sagume (ep 2)
Jan Aponte as Yokai with the Hammer (eps 10-11)
Jill Harris as Hiiragi (eps 6-7)
Justin Briner as Shibata (ep 3)
Kiba Walker as Fox Yokai (ep 27)
Kieran Flitton as Tsuji
Kristen McGuire as Little Fox
Laurie Steele as Nanase (eps 6-7)
Leo Matthews as Bully Kid A (ep 4)
Lisette Monique Diaz as Forest Youkai (ep 1)
Molly Searcy as Hinoe (eps 8-9, 13)
Natalie Van Sistine as Kagami (eps 10-11)
Reagan Murdock as Seiji Matoba

English companies
Internet Streaming:
FUNimation Entertainment (via NIS America)
Licensed by: NIS America
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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