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Natsume's Book of Friends S3E8 — The Fox Child's Watch

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Natsume's Book of Friends•Season 3•Episode 8

The Fox Child's Watch

6.3/10 · 104 votesAug 23, 201124 min

Ranked #6 of 13 in Season 3•−0.2 vs season avg

Natsume is invited to go to a pottery classroom with Shigeru. It's being held in an inn where he once stayed. When he goes there, he meets an old friend: the young fox child he once saved.

Written bySadayuki Murai

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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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M

Masakazu Kawazoe

Animation Director

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Risako Yoshida

Key Animation

Masayuki Kojima

Masayuki Kojima

Storyboard Artist

Sadayuki Murai

Sadayuki Murai

Writer

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Episode Summary

"The Fox Child's Watch" is episode 8 of Natsume's Book of Friends season 3. It scored 6.3/10 from 104 votes, ranking #6 of 13 episodes this season (season average 6.5). Written by Sadayuki Murai, it aired on August 23, 2011.

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