Facts about Natsume's Book of Friends
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Natsume's Book of Friends has received seven anime seasons total, with seasons seven and beyond produced after 2012 by different studios continuing the story into 2023.
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Madara Inro, a prestigious yokai artifact dealer character, represents one of the series' most morally complex figures through his neutral stance in supernatural conflicts spanning multiple seasons.
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Matoba, a powerful yokai exorcist introduced in later seasons, becomes a significant antagonist and love interest despite his initial role as an obstacle to Natsume's goals.
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Yuki, Natsume's white fox yokai companion, was adopted as a young kit after being abandoned by her previous master, serving as his devoted familiar throughout the series.
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Natsume's Book of Friends won the 2009 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year, recognizing the anime adaptation's artistic achievement during its first season.
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Over 15 million copies of Natsume's Book of Friends manga volumes have been sold worldwide as of 2023, making it one of the most commercially successful supernatural manga series in Japan.
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Studio Brain's Base produced 77 episodes across six seasons of the anime adaptation between 2008 and 2012, covering the first major arc of Natsume's supernatural journey.
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Natsume Takashi's supernatural abilities in the series manifest at age 15, when he inherits his grandmother Reiko's Book of Friends containing names of 100 yokai bound to her.
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The manga adaptation of Natsume's Book of Friends began serialization in LaLa magazine in 2008, four years after the original light novel series started in 2005.