“Nyanko-sensei reluctantly protects two lost children from forest youkai while struggling with their playful curiosity.”
Natsume’s Book of Friends: Nyanko-Sensei and the First Errand
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Synopsis
Nyanko-sensei reluctantly protects two lost children from forest youkai while struggling with their playful curiosity.
Madara, nicknamed "Nyanko-sensei," runs into two young children when he gets separated from his temporary owner Takashi Natsume. Unequipped to handle kids, Nyanko-sensei tries to wriggle his way out; but fearing for their safety around the ravenous forest youkai, he decides to escort the siblings to safety. However, even for an all-powerful youkai such as Nyanko-sensei, dealing with the playful and overly curious nature of children can prove to be an exhausting challenge.
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Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.10 · split reception
4.2 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 3.3
↓ 3.00
Running avg · May 2015 → Jan 2023
- 8 “These two OVAs were cute, as they're like yin and yang: in one Natsume does something for a spirit, in the other Nyanko-sensei does something for human children... they even return with either one...”
- 7 “Based on a couple other reviews I saw I'm guess that MAL used to have 2 of the OVA's as one entry but split them up at some point. So to clarify, this is a review for Nyanko-sensei's first errand....”
- 3 “You can skip this one. Really. The kids are pretty annoying. They sound like they've been voiced by actual children which I guess is good for accuracy but also means they sound really bad. There's...”
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- Format 1 × 22′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 22m all episodes
- Aired Dec 2013 – ongoing
- Source Special media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-7948 catalog
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- Aniplex Producer
- Nihon Ad Systems Producer
- Ai Addiction Producer