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Natsume's Book of Friends Listed With Theatrical Anime in Early Spring 2021

posted on by Alex Mateo
Yuki Midorikawa's manga has inspired 6 TV anime seasons, OVAs, 2018 film

Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga is getting a theatrical anime with limited screenings in early spring 2021. The issue will ship on September 24.

Midorikawa's Natsume's Book of Friends manga debuted in Hakusensha's Viz Media is releasing the ongoing series in English. The manga has inspired six television anime seasons and several OVAs.

The anime seasons and Midorikawa's original manga revolve around Natsume, a boy who has been able to see yōkai since he was little. Unfortunately, humans shun him, and there is not much fondness between him and yōkai either. One day, he inherits a Yūjin-Chō ("Book of Friends") from his grandmother. The book is actually full of contracts that his grandmother made to trap yōkai. As one yōkai after another shows up, Natsume tries to release or help them — even while many of them seek vengeance on him.

The Anime NYC convention in November 2018. The anime tells an original story based on Yuki Midorikawa's Natsume's Book of Friends (Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga.

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