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Natsume's Book of Friends S5E7 — Distant Festival Lights

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Natsume's Book of Friends•Season 5•Episode 7

Distant Festival Lights

6.4/10 · 101 votesNov 23, 201624 min

Ranked #9 of 11 in Season 5•−0.2 vs season avg

Natsume and his friends go to a distant hot springs to help with the renovations. When he arrives, he meets an old friend of Tanumas, but he quickly gets caught up in local youkai trouble. Tanuma's old friend is actually a youkai, and she threatens

Directed byAkira Toba

Written byAya Yoshinaga

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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)

Kazuma Horie

Kazuma Horie

Kaname Tanuma (voice)

Hiroshi Shimozaki

Hiroshi Shimozaki

Ushikao no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)

Crew7

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Masakazu Kawazoe

Animation Director

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Madoka Katto

Animation Director

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Masami Gouda

Animation Director

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Aya Yoshinaga

Writer

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Akira Toba

Director

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Katsumi Terahigashi

Storyboard Artist

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Toshiyuki Anzai

Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"Distant Festival Lights" is episode 7 of Natsume's Book of Friends season 5. It scored 6.4/10 from 101 votes, ranking #9 of 11 episodes this season (season average 6.6). Directed by Akira Toba and written by Aya Yoshinaga, it aired on November 23, 2016.

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