Autumn anime “Natsume’s Book of Friends Urushi” Natsume and Nyanko-sensei visited at Natori’s invitation…Episode 9 advance cut
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The synopsis and preliminary scene cuts of the fall anime “Natsume’s Book of Friends Urushi”, which will be broadcast on December 2, 2024 (Monday), episode 9, “The One Who Obstructs the Ceremony,” have been released.
“Natsume’s Book of Friends” is an Ayakashi contract story based on the manga currently being serialized in Hakusensha’s “LaLa” by Yuki Midorikawa, whose cumulative domestic circulation has exceeded 17 million copies. Takashi Natsume, a boy who has been able to see monsters since he was a child, inherits his grandmother Reiko’s legacy, the Book of Friends, and spends his days working with his self-proclaimed bodyguard, Nyanko-sensei, to give back to the monsters whose names were tied to the book.
Natsume begins to explore the path he should take through interactions with demons and the people involved, and with the help of friends who share his feelings, he tries to find a way to protect his precious days. “Natsume’s Book of Friends Urushi” is the latest TV anime series in its seventh season.
Episode 9 “Those Who Obstruct the Ceremony” Synopsis
Natsume and Nyanko-sensei visit the former Yojima residence at Natori’s invitation, and follow the flying cloth until they arrive at the Miharu residence, one house away.
There, the Matoba family is preparing for a ceremony to welcome the Sanhashira, the guardian deities of the Miharu family.
Natsume and his friends accidentally get in their way, so they decide to help them as an apology.
However, there seems to be someone in the mansion who is disrupting the ritual.
The 9th episode of the TV anime “Natsume’s Book of Friends Urushi”, “The One Who Obstructs the Ceremony”, will be broadcast on the TV Tokyo network from December 2nd (Monday).
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TV anime “Natsume’s Book of Friends Urushi”
■Broadcast & distribution information
・Broadcast information
TV Tokyo: Broadcast every Monday from 24:00 starting October 7th (Monday)
AT-X: Broadcast every Tuesday from 23:30 starting October 8th (Tuesday)
*Repeat broadcast every Thursday from 11:30am/every Monday from 5:30pm
*Broadcast date and time may change without notice.
・Distribution information
Netflix: Fastest delivery every Monday from 24:30 starting October 7th (Monday)
d Anime Store/U-NEXT: Advance distribution every Thursday from 24:00 starting October 10th (Thursday)
■Staff
Original work: Yuki Midorikawa “Natsume Yujincho” (serialized in Hakusensha “LaLa”)
General director: Takahiro Omori
Director: Hideki Ito
Series composition: Sadayuki Murai
Character design: Akira Takada (Takashi means “Hashigodaka”, the same hereinafter)
Yokai design/action director: Kisei Yamada
Chief animation director: Akira Takada, Orie Tanaka
Art: Yukihiro Shibuya, Mao Miyake
Color design: Hiromi Miyawaki
Graphic design: Hitoshi Tamura
Photography: Eiko Hiramoto
Edit: Kazuhiko Seki
Music: Shin Yoshimori
Animation production: Shuka
Produced by: NAS
Production: “Natsume’s Book of Friends” Production Committee
■Cast
Takashi Natsume: Hiroshi Kamiya
Nyanko Sensei/Spot: Kazuhiko Inoue
Reiko Natsume: Sanae Kobayashi
Shuichi Natori: Akira Ishida
Kaname Tanuma: Kazuma Horie
Satoru Nishimura: Ryohei Kimura
Atsushi Kitamoto: Hisayoshi Suganuma
Jun Sasada: Miyuki Sawashiro
Multi-track penetration: Rina Sato
Fujiwara Tako: Ito Miki
Shigeru Fujiwara: Eiji Ito
Seiji Matoba: Junichi Suwabe
■Theme song information
・Opening theme: Hinata Kashiwagi “Alca” (Sony Music Labels Inc.)
・Ending theme: Toshiki Kondo “Komawarai” (Sony Music Labels Inc.)
(C) Yuki Midorikawa/Hakusensha/“Natsume’s Book of Friends” Production Committee