Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond (2018)

Plot Summary

Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also became acquainted with Yorie Tsumura, a woman in the memories of a Yokai whose name he had returned. Yorie knew much about Reiko, but now lived a peaceful life with her only son, Mukuo. Being with this family was comforting for Natsume, but apparently a mysterious Yokai has been lurking in their town. On the way back from investigating, a “Yokai seed” that had latched itself to Nyanko Sensei drops into the Fujiwaras’ garden and grows overnight into a fruit tree. When Nyanko Sensei eats a fruit that is somehow shaped like himself, he suddenly splits into three!

Full Cast & Characters

Hiroshi Kamiya

Takashi Natsume (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)

Kazuma Horie

Kaname Tanuma (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

Satoru Nishimura (voice)

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)

Rina Sato

Tooru Taki (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Hinoe (voice)

Akira Ishida

Shuichi Natori (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Reiko Natsume (voice)

Miki Ito

Touko Fujiwara (voice)

Eiji Itoh

Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

Jun Sasada (voice)

Director & Crew

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