Natsume Yuujinchou ( Jap. 夏 目 帳 帳 Natsume Yu: dzintyo:, literally. “ Natsume 's Notebook of Friendship ”) is the manga of Yuki Midorikawa . Hakusensha began to be published in LaLa DX magazine in 2005, and in 2008 moved to LaLa . She became the finalist of the first in 2008 [1] . Brain's Base Studio anime adaptation consists of four seasons; they were broadcast on TV Tokyo in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012. Starting from the fifth season, Shuka Studio began to engage in anime adaptation, the series premiered on October 5, 2016 [2] [3] . On September 29, 2018, Shuka released the full-length film Natsume Friendship Notebook, which was later licensed in Russia [4] .
| Natsume yuujinchou | |||
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| 夏 目 友人 帳 (Natsume Yu: Jinto :) Natsume Friendship Notebook | |||
| Genre / Theme | drama , mysticism , comedy , daily routine | ||
| Manga | |||
| Author | Midorikawa Yuuki | ||
| Publisher |  Hakusensha | ||
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| Published in | LaLa DX , LaLa | ||
| Lecture hall | shojo | ||
| Publication | 2005 - present | ||
| Tomov | 24 | ||
| Anime series "Natsume Yuujinchou" 夏 目 友人 帳 | |||
| Producer | Takahiro Omori | ||
| Studio | Brain's base | ||
| TV network | Tv tokyo | ||
| Premiere screening | July 8, 2008 - September 30, 2008 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
| Series | 13 | ||
| Anime series "Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou" 続 夏 目 友人 帳 | |||
| Producer | Takahiro Omori | ||
| Studio | Brain's base | ||
| TV network | Tv tokyo | ||
| Premiere screening | January 6, 2009 - March 31, 2009 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
| Series | 13 | ||
| Anime series "Natsume Yuujinchou San" 夏 目 友人 帳 参 | |||
| Producer | Takahiro Omori | ||
| Studio | Brain's base | ||
| TV network | Tv tokyo | ||
| Premiere screening | July 5, 2011 - September 27, 2011 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
| Series | 13 | ||
| Anime series "Natsume Yuujinchou Shi" 夏 目 友人 帳 肆 | |||
| Producer | Takahiro Omori | ||
| Studio | Brain's base | ||
| TV network | Tv tokyo | ||
| Premiere screening | January 3, 2012 - March 27, 2012 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
| Series | 13 | ||
| OVA "Natsume Yuujinchou: Nyanko-sensei to Hajimete no Otsukai" 夏 目 友人 帳 ニ ャ ン コ 先生 と は じ め て の お つ か い | |||
| Producer | Takahiro Omori | ||
| Studio | Brain's base | ||
| Date of issue | December 24, 2013 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
| Series | one | ||
| OVA "Natsume Yuujinchou: Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni" 夏 目 友人 帳 い つ か ゆ き の ひ に | |||
| Producer | Takahiro Omori | ||
| Studio | Brain's base | ||
| Date of issue | February 5, 2014 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
| Series | one | ||
| Anime series "Natsume Yuujinchou Go" 夏 目 友人 帳 伍 | |||
| Producer | Takahiro Omori | ||
| Studio | Shuka | ||
| TV network | TV Tokyo , TVO , TV Aichi , TSC , TVh , TVQ | ||
| Premiere screening | October 5, 2016 - December 21, 2016 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
| Series | eleven | ||
| Anime series "Natsume Yuujinchou Roku" 夏 目 友人 帳 陸 | |||
| Producer | Takahiro Omori | ||
| Studio | Shuka | ||
| TV network | TV Tokyo , TVO , TV Aichi , TSC , TVh , TVQ | ||
| Premiere screening | April 11, 2017 - June 20, 2017 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
| Series | eleven | ||
Content
Story
Takashi Natsume is a Japanese student, a high school student with unusual abilities. He is able to see the other world: youkai (demons), spirits, ghosts, kami, and other supernatural beings. Since childhood, this ability was hated by him, because of it, others considered him “strange”, preferring to stay at a distance from a child who can either talk with emptiness or stare with horror at an empty place.
Natsume, who lost his parents as a child, settles in the house of the Fujiwara family, in the same area where his grandmother Reiko, who was also a confessor, had long lived. And then the surrounding demons begin to regularly attack Natsume, and he has to escape in a Shinto shrine. The demons take Natsume for his grandmother (they have a bad sense of time and gender discrimination) and demand that they give them the Notebook of Friendship.
With the help of a youkai Madara accidentally freed from imprisonment, who looks like a fat cat, Natsume understands what is happening: it turns out that Reiko’s grandmother fought many demons in her youth, defeated them and made up the “Notebook of Friendship” from sheets on which the vanquished wrote their own names. Enclosing the names of the demons in a notebook, she made the demons themselves their servants. Now the one who takes possession of the notebook will become the master of many demons and spirits. The notebook was preserved in a chest with grandmother's things. Madara demands to give the notebook to him, but Natsume decides in his own way: he is not going to either give power over the demons to one of them, or use this power himself, and just wants to return their names to the demons. To do this, asks Nyanko-sensei (which is exactly what Takashi calls his companion) to share demonic power, promising the demon that he can take a notebook when Natsume dies. An unexpected decision becomes the beginning of a new life: the farther, the more Takashi communicates with the supernatural and the more he realizes that there is no insurmountable gap between people and demons.
Characters
Takashi Natsume ( Japanese 夏 目 貴志 Natsume Takashi ) is a high school student, of medium height, thin, fair-haired, with amber eyes (in the manga Midorikawa draws him with a platinum blonde (gray-haired) with green eyes), for which he often got from classmates. Has the ability to see spirits (ayakashi, youkai). As a child, he tried to tell others about what he saw, but eventually became convinced that he was still not believed and was considered either “strange” or a liar, and ceased to mention his abilities. For this reason, closed and unsociable. After the death of his parents, Natsume moved from one relative to another, but never took root. Just before the start of the series and the manga, the childless couple of Fujiwara sheltered him, and, as was later noted, the adoption initiative came from the side of the Fujiwara couple. At the same time, he began to get along with classmates, in general, life began to improve. In order not to shock relatives and friends, he especially carefully hides his abilities from them. Takashi is very kind and caring, at the beginning of the story he refuses to help the spirits in every way so that there are no problems, but later he becomes convinced that this is useless. Later he climbs himself to help, not listening to Madara's sensible indignation. Although he does not like ghosts and demons, with time and among them he makes friends. Only with ayakashi is he really frank, but with people, Natsume keeps his distance. He seeks not to harm anyone or problems, he is not seduced by the power over demons that the Notebook gives. Having learned to return the demons their names, with every such action he learns some episodes from the past, from the life of the young grandmother Reiko and the creatures with whom she spoke, and this teaches him to never draw hasty conclusions about people, demons and the reasons for their behavior. Over time, he shows the ability to see the past of those with whom he met. Basically, this is the moment or reason for the appearance of any problem that one who came to Natsume for help faced. Athletic, runs fast, since the ayakashi who want to get a Notebook of friends often chase after him. The manga notes that he goes to the kendo club, but wants to drop it, because the form is expensive. Afraid to be a burden to others. Very worried about Notebook, because responsible.
- Seiyu : Hiroshi Kamiya
Madara ( 斑 斑 ) - Youkai, one of the few who refused to fight Reiko, was accidentally released by Natsume from imprisonment in a Shinto shrine where the guy was hiding from the haunting ghosts. The true appearance is okami , a giant white wolf with a long fluffy tail, capable of flying, a very strong demon. But usually he prefers to take the form of a maneki-neko , a fat, clumsy cat, because over the years of imprisonment in the statue he got used to this form. In this guise, all people see him. It also knows how to take a human appearance (prefers to transform into a girl similar to Reiko), but uses it only occasionally when you need to communicate with people who do not know about spirits. Lazy, but at the same time curious, at times bears complete nonsense (in which there is still logic and meaning, though very deeply), but only if this does not apply to spirits, Notebooks and the life of others. Clumsy, likes to mock others (Natsume sometimes beats him for this). He pretends to be a burnt cynic, constantly reminds that he stayed with Natsume only in order not to miss the Notebook, he threatens to eat it at an opportunity. Constantly criticizes Natsume for excessive kindness and gullibility, swears with him when he calls him a "cat", claims that Natsume is his servant. Often fights with Natsume, especially in the second and subsequent seasons. In reality, he is simply afraid to become attached to people, because their life, by the standards of demons, is too short. With Natsume, he simply kills time, although he becomes attached to him slowly (and does not recognize it in any way), constantly helps him, often saving him in hassles with demons that Takashi himself cannot do. Loves to eat, abuses sake . It can turn into people who are "well considered." So in one of the episodes of the 4th season reincarnates in Natsume Takashi.
- Seiyu : Kazuhiko Inoue
Reiko Natsume ( 夏 目 レ イ コ Natsume Reiko ) - the main character's grandmother is Takashi, the creator of the Friendship Notebook. In the anime and manga, we see Reiko in the memories of the demons who were defeated by her. Madara spoke of her as "an incredibly beautiful person, but lonely and unsociable." The reason for her loneliness was the same as that of Takashi - the ability to see spirits. Reiko also tried to be frank with people and told them about her gift, but no one believed her. Therefore, in the city where she lived, among her peers, she was considered crazy, but even Natsume does not always understand the logic of her actions. She was often told, even in person, that she was a “werewolf fox”. The brutality of classmates taught her to defend herself, but Reiko used brute force only against demons who, losing to her in battle, gave their names. So the Notebook of Friendship was created. Died young.
- Seiyu : Sanae Kobayashi
Kaname Tanuma ( 田 沼 要 Tanuma Kaname ) - Tanuma arrived in the village almost immediately after Natsume. At first he looks alienated and unfriendly, but in reality he is a kind guy and always tries to help. His father is a rector in a Shinto temple and prays a lot. In one of the episodes, it is noted that Tanuma’s father possesses the power of Buddha and is able to cleanse spirits from the area, which worries them very much, since he does not know either his strengths or measures. Tanuma, on the other hand, can sense the presence of strong spirits and see their shadows, but cannot see them or manifestations of their vital functions (traces, for example). He, like Natsume, had problems communicating with people, since he is strange to others, although not as much as Natsume, which is why communication with friends is new to him. He tries to help Natsume with the spirits, but because of his weak abilities, he worries that he is of little use and that he often suffers from youkai auras.
- Seiyu : Kazuma Horie
Suitei Natori ( 名 取 周 Natori Suite ) - Natori is another person who has been able to see spirits since childhood. He is a very famous actor, but also an exorcist. From birth, he has a mole "lizard", which moves throughout his body, but for no known reason, never crawls on his right leg. Constantly lying to everyone around. Even Natsume. Natori hates spirits. As a child, he did not see anything bad in spirits, he helped and even made friends with them, but all his relatives said that he brings misfortune. Natori saw the guilt of spirits in this and became an exorcist. Uses perfume for work, but treats them quite gently. However, other spirits are quite cruel, which Natsume does not approve of. After they became friends, Natori became a little softer in relation to the spirits and began to worry about Natsume.
- Seiyu : Akira Ishida
Tooru Taki ( Jap. 多軌 То Taki Tooru ) is a quiet woman who did not communicate with anyone. As it turned out later, because of the curse that the youkai placed on her. Natsume helped her remove this curse, thanks to which they became friends, and Taki, as it turned out, was a terrible talker! She cannot see spirits, but is a native of the side branch of the ommyoji family, thanks to which she knows several spells and how to draw a magic circle that enhances the spiritual strength of anyone standing in it, which makes even a very weak ayakashi visible to people. He loves soft, fluffy and cute things, which is why Gyako-sensei constantly squeezes.
- Seiyu : Sato Rina
Seiji Matoba ( 的 的 静 司 Matoba Seiji ) is the head of the Matoba clan. An exorcist who sacrifices innocent spirits to achieve his goals. Despite the fact that he destroys spirits for the sake of protecting people, he does not hesitate to harm any spirit in his path. He does not touch people. At least physically. Most often appears armed with a bow and arrow, which he uses to eliminate the youkai. Many generations ago, his ancestor signed a contract with a strong youkai, promising in return to give his eye, but did not fulfill his part of the deal. Because of this, all his descendants, including Seiji, wear a blindfold on their eyes with a spell that makes this eye imperceptible for that youkai. During his first meeting with Natsume, Seiji says his eye is already damaged. After the first meeting with Natsume, he shows great interest in him, and later asks him to join the Matoba clan.
- Seiyu : Junichi Suwabe
Media Editions
Manga
The manga, written and illustrated by Yuki Midorikawa , began to be published twice a month in the shojo- magazine LaLa DX of the Hakusensha publishing house in 2005, and in 2008 it became the monthly LaLa [5] . As of February 2018, 22 volumes of manga have been published.
Volume List
| No. | Publication Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| one | October 5, 2005 [6] | ISBN 978-4-592-17158-4 |
| 2 | August 5, 2006 [7] | ISBN 978-4-592-17159-1 |
| 3 | February 5, 2007 [8] | ISBN 978-4-592-18446-1 |
| four | August 4, 2007 [9] | ISBN 978-4-592-18447-8 |
| five | March 5, 2008 [10] | ISBN 978-4-592-18448-5 |
| 6 | July 5, 2008 [11] | ISBN 978-4-592-18449-2 |
| 7 | January 5, 2009 [12] | ISBN 978-4-592-18667-0 |
| eight | July 3, 2009 [13] | ISBN 978-4-592-18668-7 |
| 9 | January 4, 2010 [14] | ISBN 978-4-592-18669-4 |
| ten | July 5, 2010 [15] | ISBN 978-4-592-18670-0 |
| eleven | March 4, 2011 [16] | ISBN 978-4-592-19361-6 |
| 12 | July 5, 2011 [17] | ISBN 978-4-592-19362-3 |
| 13 | January 4, 2012 [18] | ISBN 978-4-592-19363-0 |
| 14 | July 5, 2012 [19] | ISBN 978-4-592-19364-7 |
| 15 | January 4, 2013 [20] | ISBN 978-4-592-19365-4 |
| sixteen | July 5, 2013 [21] | ISBN 978-4-592-19366-1 |
| 17 | January 4, 2014 [22] | ISBN 978-4-592-19367-8 |
| 18 | September 5, 2014 [23] | ISBN 978-4-592-19368-5 |
| nineteen | May 1, 2015 [24] | ISBN 978-4-592-19369-2 |
| 20 | April 5, 2016 [25] | ISBN 978-4-592-19370-8 |
| 21 | October 10, 2016 [26] | ISBN 978-4-592-19371-5 |
Anime
Brain's Base Studios were engaged in animating anime adaptations, and Takahiro Omori became the director [27] . The first four seasons consist of 13 episodes. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo .
The first season came out from July 8, 2008 to September 30, 2008 [28] .
The second season came out with the word "Continuation" ( Japanese 続 Zoku ) at the beginning of the name and was broadcast from January 6, 2009 to March 31, 2009 [29] .
The third season came out with the word “Three” ( Japanese 参 san , the old form of recording) at the end and was broadcast from July 5, 2011 to September 27, 2011 [30] .
The fourth season came out with the word “Four” ( Japanese 肆 si , the old form of recording) at the end and was broadcast from January 3, 2012 to March 27, 2012 [31] .
In August, September and October 2013, readers of LaLa magazine were able to receive a special OVA called “Nyanco-sensei and the first assignment” ( ニ ャ ン コ 先生 と は じ め て の お つ か い Nyanko-sensei then Hajimete no Otsukai ) , on sale on December 24 year 2013. OVA titled “Once Upon a Winter Day” ( Japanese い つ か ゆ き の ひ に Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni ) was released on February 5, 2014 [32] .
The fifth season was announced in the May issue of LaLa magazine for 2016. Production of the series passed to the Shuka studio, and the original composition remained the same [2] [33] . The series consists of 11 episodes, and the word “Five” was added to the end of its name ( Japanese , old form of recording) . The broadcast lasted from October 5, 2016 to December 21, 2016 [34] .
The sixth season was announced at the end of the final episode of the fifth season. The word “Six” was added to the end of the season name ( Japanese 陸 roku , old form of recording) .
Despite the fact that the 7th season of anime adaptation has not been officially released and announced only approximately (winter 2018/2019), the author of the original does not plan to complete the manga and is preparing for subsequent adaptations. [35]
Notes
- ↑ 12 Titles Nominated for 1st Ever Manga Taisho Awards . Anime News Network .
- ↑ 1 2 Natsume's Book of Friends TV Anime Gets Season 5 This Fall . Anime News Network .
- ↑ Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 Reveals October 4 Debut, Theme Song Artists . Anime News Network .
- ↑ Natsume Friendship Notebook, 2018 . Kinoafisha.ru .
- ↑ Catalog manga - MIDORIKAWA Yuki (Fr.) . Decourt.
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 1 Natsume Yuujinchou 1 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 2 Natsume Yuujinchou 2 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 3 Natsume Yuujinchou 3 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 4 Natsume Yuujinchou 4 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 5 Natsume Yuujinchou 5 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 6 Natsume Yuujinchou 6 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 7 Natsume Yuujinchou 7 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 8 Natsume Yuujinchou 8 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 9 Natsume Yuujinchou 9 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 10 Natsume Yuujinchou 10 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 11 Natsume Yuujinchou 11 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 12 Natsume Yuujinchou 12 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 13 Natsume Yuujinchou 13 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 14 Natsume Yuujinchou 14 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 15 Natsume Yuujinchou 15 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 16 Natsume Yuujinchou 16 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 17 Natsume Yuujinchou 17 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 18 Natsume Yuujinchou 18 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 19 Natsume Yuujinchou 19 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 20 Natsume Yuujinchou 20 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ 夏 目 友人 帳 21 Natsume Yuujinchou 21 (Japanese) . Hakusensha .
- ↑ Natsume Yujin-Cho Manga to be Animated for TV . Anime News Network .
- ↑ あ に て れ ： 夏 目 友人 帳 (Japanese) . TV Tokyo .
- ↑ あ に て れ ： 続 夏 目 友人 帳 (Japanese) . TV Tokyo .
- ↑ あ に て れ ： 夏 目 友人 帳 参 (Japanese) . TV Tokyo .
- ↑ あ に て れ ： 夏 目 友人 帳 肆 (Japanese) . TV Tokyo .
- ↑ Natsume's Book of Friends Gets New Original Video Anime . Anime News Network .
- ↑ Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 Unveils New Visual, October Premiere . Anime News Network .
- ↑ あ に て れ ： 夏 目 友人 帳 伍 (Japanese) . TV Tokyo .
- ↑ Natsume Yuujinchou / Natsume Friendship Notebook Season 7 - plot, release date, trailer . kogda.org. Date of treatment February 3, 2018.
Links
- The manga page (Japanese) on the Hakusensha website.
- Official Anime Website (Japanese)
- Manga
- Natsume's Notebook of Friendship Manga in the Anime News Network Encyclopedia
- The first season of anime
- Natsume Yuujinchou (Japanese) on the TV Tokyo website.
- Anime "Natsume Yuujinchou" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime "Natsume Yuujinchou" in the AniDB database
- The second season of anime
- Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou (Japanese) on the website of TV Tokyo .
- Anime "Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime "Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou" in the AniDB database
- The third season of anime
- Natsume Yuujinchou San (Japanese) on the website of TV Tokyo .
- Anime “Natsume Yuujinchou San” in the Anime News Network Encyclopedia
- Anime "Natsume Yuujinchou San" in the AniDB Database
- Fourth season of the anime
- Natsume Yuujinchou Shi (Japanese) on the TV Tokyo website.
- Anime "Natsume Yuujinchou Shi" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime "Natsume Yuujinchou Shi" in the AniDB Database
- Fifth season of anime
- Natsume Yuujinchou Go (Japanese) on the website of TV Tokyo .
- Anime "Natsume Yuujinchou Go" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime "Natsume Yuujinchou Go" in the AniDB Database
- Sixth season of anime
- Anime "Natsume Yuujinchou Roku" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime "Natsume Yuujinchou Roku" in the AniDB database
- Reviews
- Review of the fourth episode of the first season of anime on the Anime News Network website
- Review of the first manga volume on The Fandom Post website
- Review of the first season of anime on the THEM Anime website