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Natsume's Book of Friends S3E5 — The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom

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Natsume's Book of Friends•Season 3•Episode 5

The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom

6.3/10 · 106 votesAug 2, 201124 min

Ranked #5 of 13 in Season 3•−0.2 vs season avg

Natsume helps clean the stoeroom at Taki's house with Tanuma. He realizes that one of the kimonos that her grandfather, who researched youkai, used to ward off demons was missing, but decides not to tell them so they won't be scared. But that kimono was

Directed byHideya Takahashi

Written byHiroshi Onogi

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Cast18

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Takashi Natsume (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)

Eiji Itoh

Eiji Itoh

Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)

Miki Ito

Miki Ito

Touko Fujiwara (voice)

Takashi Matsuyama

Takashi Matsuyama

Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)

Akira Ishida

Akira Ishida

Shuuichi Natori (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

Reiko Natsume (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

Ryohei Kimura

Satoru Nishimura (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

Miyuki Sawashiro

Jun Sasada (voice)

Kyoko Chikiri

Kyoko Chikiri

Kappa (voice)

Kazuma Horie

Kazuma Horie

Kaname Tanuma (voice)

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Hideya Takahashi

Director

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Natsuko Kondou

Animation Director

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Shuji Takahara

Key Animation

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Hiroshi Onogi

Writer

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Kiyotaka Ohata

Storyboard Artist

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Tomoyuki Niho

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom" is episode 5 of Natsume's Book of Friends season 3. It scored 6.3/10 from 106 votes, ranking #5 of 13 episodes this season (season average 6.5). Directed by Hideya Takahashi and written by Hiroshi Onogi, it aired on August 2, 2011.

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