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Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond (Japanese: 劇場版 夏目友人帳 ～うつせみに結ぶ～, Hepburn: Gekijōban Natsume Yūjin-Chō: Utsusemi ni Musubu) is a 2018 Japanese animated film based on the Yuki Midorikawa's manga and anime Natsume's Book of Friends. The film is produced by Shuka and directed by Hideki Itō under the chief direction of Takahiro Omori; with an original story written by Sadayuki Murai under Midorikawa's supervision. It was released in Japan on September 29, 2018.[2][3]

Natsume's Book of Friends The Movie: Ephemeral Bond
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Japanese	劇場版 夏目友人帳 ～うつせみに結ぶ～
Hepburn	Gekijōban Natsume Yūjin-Chō: Utsusemi ni Musubu
Directed by	Takahiro Omori (Chief) Hideki Itō
Screenplay by	Sadayuki Murai
Based on	Natsume's Book of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa
Produced by	Sayako Muramatsu Ayako Yokoyama Shirō Ishihara Fumi Yazaki
Starring	Hiroshi Kamiya Kazuhiko Inoue Sanae Kobayashi Akira Ishida Kazuma Horie Rina Satō Sumi Shimamoto Kengo Kora
Cinematography	Hitoshi Tamura Tetsuya Kawada
Edited by	Kazuhiko Seki
Music by	Makoto Yoshimori
Production company	Shuka
Distributed by	Aniplex
Release date	September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$17,473,797[1]

Plot

Natsume travels to a town where his grandmother Reiko stayed in for a bit, there he meets an acquaintance of hers. Meanwhile Nyanko-sensei follows some spirits into the woods and end up with a weird seed stuck on him that later becomes a spirit tree in Natsume's front yard.

Voice cast

Character	Japanese voice
Takashi Natsume	Hiroshi Kamiya[4] Ayumi Fujimura (Child)[4]
Madara/"Nyanko-sensei"	Kazuhiko Inoue[4]
Reiko Natsume	Sanae Kobayashi[4]
Shuuichi Natori	Akira Ishida[4]
Kaname Tanuma	Kazuma Horie[4]
Touru Taki	Rina Satō[4]
Jun Sasada	Miyuki Sawashiro[4]
Atsushi Kitamoto	Hisayoshi Suganuma[4]
Satoru Nishimura	Ryōhei Kimura[4]
Touko Fujiwara	Miki Itō[4]
Shigeru Fujiwara	Eiji Itō[4]
Hinoe	Akemi Okamura[4]
Misuzu	Takaya Kuroda[4]
Chobihige	Chō[4]
Hiiragi	Satsuki Yukino[4]
One-Eyed Middle Class Yokai	Takashi Matsuyama[4]
Ox-Faced Middle Class Yokai	Hiroshi Shimozaki[4]
Kappa	Kyouko Chikiri[4]
Sasago	Ayako Kawasumi[4]
Urihime	Akari Higuchi[4]
Daisuke Yūki	Ayumu Murase[4]
Monmonbō	Eiji Kotōge[4]
Roppon-ude	Mizuki Nishimura[4]
Yorie Tsumura	Sumi Shimamoto[4]
Mukuo Tsumura	Kengo Kora[4]
Mamoru	Binbin Takaoka
Habaki	Fukushi Ochiai
Hat Yōkai	Aki Kanada
Small Yōkai of Five Chome Town	Shin'ya Takahashi Hiroki Matsukawa Manami Hanawa
Elementary School Teacher	Kenya Tomatsu
Elementary School Girl	Arisa Kōri
Mother	Akane Odagiri
Girl	Ayako Mitani
Nomiya-Sensei	Hideyuki Hori

Production

The cast of the television series also returned to reprise their roles. Uru to perform the film's music "Remember".^{[citation needed]}[5]

Release

The film was released in Japan on September 29, 2018.[6] In Japan, the film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 29, 2019.[7]

Reception

Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie grossed $17,473,797 at the box office.[1]

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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