Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu (2024)

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Synonyms: Gekijouban Natsume Yuujinchou, Natsume Yujin-cho the Movie: Ephemeral Bond

Japanese: 劇場版 夏目友人帳 ～うつせみに結ぶ～

English: Natsume's Book of Friends Movie: Ephemeral Bond

German: Natsume Yujin-cho The Movie: Ephemeral Bond

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Sep 29, 2018

Producers: Aniplex

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: Shuka

Source: Manga

Genres: Slice of Life, Supernatural

Themes: Iyashikei, Mythology

Demographic: Shoujo

Duration: 1 hr. 44 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older


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Ranked: #1822

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Popularity: #2569

Members: 76,785

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Takashi Natsume and his spirit companion Madara, nicknamed "Nyanko," continue returning the names of spirits from the Book of Friends given by his late grandmother Reiko Natsume.

On his way back from school one day, Takashi encounters a lurking spirit named Monmonbou, who recalls memories of Takashi's grandmother after hearing his name. Takashi's natural curiosity leads him to explore a mysterious town where his grandmother used to live. Befriending her old acquaintance Yorie Tsumura and Yorie's son Mukuo, Takashi unveils more of his grandmother's past.

In the meantime, Nyanko detours for food and stumbles upon a suspicious "Spirit Seed," which miraculously sprouts into a fruit tree overnight. Giving in to temptation, Nyanko consumes the fruit, splitting him into three. Seeking a solution to Nyanko's predicament, Takashi and his friends lend a hand, unexpectedly uncovering more secrets the town holds in the process.

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Prequel (TV)

Natsume Yuujinchou Roku

Sequel (TV)

Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi

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Characters & Voice Actors

Natsume, Takashi

Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi
Japanese

Madara

Main

Inoue, Kazuhiko
Japanese

Natsume, Reiko

Supporting

Kobayashi, Sanae
Japanese

Tanuma, Kaname

Supporting

Horie, Kazuma
Japanese

Natori, Shuuichi

Supporting

Ishida, Akira
Japanese

Taki, Tooru

Supporting

Satou, Rina
Japanese

Hinoe

Supporting

Okamura, Akemi
Japanese

Fujiwara, Touko

Supporting

Itou, Miki
Japanese

Hiiragi

Supporting

Yukino, Satsuki
Japanese

Misuzu

Supporting

Kuroda, Takaya
Japanese


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 Satou, Yumi

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Muramatsu, Sayako

Producer

Yokoyama, Shuko

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Yazaki, Fumi

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1 Mixed Feelings

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Jan 19, 2022

lamaraptor

Recommended

A really great story that follows typical trends set by the series so far. The movie is a slow start for long time fans as it spends a good 20 minutes re-establishing the setting as though you aren't already familiar with it. With that out of the way, though it goes into a unique story that blends a lot of different elements together. At first I thought the movie was trying to do too much and it was just throwing a bunch of new plot ideas at you for no reason but it actually did a decent job of tying it all back together in ...

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Mar 21, 2020

WdaCdaShdaDid

Recommended

Basically it's a regular series episode that's a bit longer, with even better drawn environments, which is awesome.

The story is pretty great, although I can't help but feel teased into thinking maybe we'd learn more about Natsume's grandfather in this - not by marketing materials, but by the plot. It's still lovely without it, but it's annoying that they keep doing that. It does the usual OVA thing where it has basically the entire cast show up and they aren't that important to the story at first, but it actually uses all of them in important story ways, which is unique. It also has the ...

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Feb 7, 2021

ShrinePriest

Mixed Feelings

I'm going to go against the grain and rate this move poorly compared to other people as well as compared to how I would rate the Natsume series overall.

Spoilers below.

This movie would have been a lot more effective if it had been reduced to one or two ~23 minute episodes. It was only about an hour into the film when the film finally decides to tell you what the film is actually about: Mukuo and Yorie.

It's not super difficult to find ways to shorten this film. For instance, a putative episode could have opened up with Natsume's mom asking him to go to Gochou (sp?), ...

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