Kodoani.com – The main website of the anime franchise based on the manga Natsume’s Book of Friends (Natsume Yūjin-Chō) by Yuki Midorikawa revealed on Saturday that the anime will get a seventh season. The brand’s YouTube channel also posted a video celebrating its 15th anniversary.
The video confirms that Takahiro Ōmori will be returning as an executive at Shuka and that Hideki Ito will be returning from the last two films to direct the new season. Sadayuki Murai will return to oversee the series’ scripts. Akira Takata will return as the character designer and Makoto Yoshimori will return to compose the music.
The anime also revealed the 15th anniversary image and logo for the seventh season.
Midorikawa posted a celebratory picture on Twitter.
Yuki Midorikawa’s Natsume ‘s Book of Friends (Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga launched in Hakusensha’s LaLa DX magazine in June 2003, but has been serialized in LaLa since 2007.
Midorikawa’s story revolves around Natsume, a boy who has been able to see youkai since childhood. Unfortunately, humans shun him, and don’t have much affection for Natsume and youkai either. One day, he inherited a Yūjin-Chō (“Book of Friends”) from his grandmother. The book is actually filled with contracts his grandmother made to trap youkai. As youkai after youkai appear, Natsume tries to free them or help them — even as many of them seek revenge on him.
The anime’s sixth season premiered in April 2017. The series has 11 episodes and two OVAs.
The Natsume Yujin-cho the Movie: Ephemeral Bond movie premiered in September 2018.
Natsume’s Book of Friends: The Stone Waker and the Strange Visitor movie opened in Japan in January 2021.
