'Natsume Yuujinchou' TV Anime Gets Seventh Season

The official website of the Natsume Yuujinchou (Natsume's Book of Friends) anime series announced on Saturday that a seventh season is in production. The website also revealed the staff, a visual (pictured above), and a promotional video to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the first season's broadcast.

Staff
Chief Director: Takahiro Oomori (Natsume Yuujinchou director)
Director: Hideki Itou (Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu)
Series Composition: Sadayuki Murai (Sabikui Bisco)
Character Design: Akira Takada (Hotarubi no Mori e)
Creature Design: Tatsuo Yamada (Bastard!! Ankoku no Hakaishin (ONA))
Layout Design: Hitoshi Tamura (Sayonara Watashi no Cramer)
Chief Animation Director: Akira Takada, Orie Tanaka (Enen no Shouboutai animation director) NEW
Action Animation Director: Tatsuo Yamada
Color Design: Hiromi Miyawaki (Durarara!!x2)
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki (Blue Period)
Music: Makoto Yoshimori (Hamatora The Animation)
Studio: Shuka

Note: The staff list includes members that have previously worked on previous entries in the franchise. The new members are denoted with legend NEW.

Brain's Base adapted the manga into four anime seasons in Summer 2008, Winter 2009, Summer 2011, and Winter 2012. The fifth and sixth seasons produced by animation studio Shuka aired in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017. The Natsume Yuujinchou: Ishi Okoshi to Ayashiki Raihousha (Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor) anime film opened in Japan in January 2021.

Natsume Yuujinchou adapts Yuki Midorikawa's supernatural slice of life manga which began in LaLa magazine in June 2003. Hakusensha shipped the 29th volume on January 4.

Viz Media licensed the manga in January 2010 in English under their Shojo Beat imprint and released the 28th volume on May 2.

15th Anniversary PV


Official site: http://www.natsume-anime.jp/
Official Twitter: @NatsumeYujincho

Source: Comic Natalie

Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi on MAL