CinemaOSMovie · 2018 · 1h 44m

Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond

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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!

Directed byTakahiro Omori, Hideki Ito

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 44m
Language
JA
Released
September 29, 2018
Revenue
$17,473,797
Studios
ShukaAniplexHakusensha

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Trailers & teasers

2 videos
Natsume Yujin-cho the Movie: Ephemeral Bond Coming to Blu-ray Nov.26!

Natsume Yujin-cho the Movie: Ephemeral Bond Coming to Blu-ray Nov.26!

Natsume Yujin-cho the Movie: Ephemeral Bond Trailer 1

Natsume Yujin-cho the Movie: Ephemeral Bond Trailer 1

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Takashi Natsume (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)

Kazuma Horie

Kazuma Horie

Kaname Tanuma (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

Ryohei Kimura

Satoru Nishimura (voice)

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)

Rina Sato

Rina Sato

Tooru Taki (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Akemi Okamura

Hinoe (voice)

Akira Ishida

Akira Ishida

Shuichi Natori (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

Reiko Natsume (voice)

Miki Ito

Miki Ito

Touko Fujiwara (voice)

Creative team
Directed by
Takahiro Omori
Hideki Ito
Written by
Sadayuki Murai
Sadayuki Murai
Produced by
Fumi Yazaki
Shuko Yokoyama
Shuko Yokoyama

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