WATCH TIME
How long does it take to watch Natsume's Book of Friends?
Watching the Natsume's Book of Friends main story takes at least 35 h 56 min (88 episodes and the films). At 2 hours a day that is 18 days. Adding every released special, OVA and side story brings it to at least 36 h 47 min.
- Main story
- at least 35 h 56 min
- Episodes
- 88
- 1 h a day
- 36 days
- 2 h a day
- 18 days
- 4 h a day
- 9 days
- Non-stop
- 1.5 days
Binge calculator
You will finish Natsume's Book of Friends in 18 days (about 3 weeks).
BREAKDOWN
Watch order Time per season and film
- Natsume's Book of Friends · TV series · 2008 · 13 ep.5 h 12 min
- Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2 · TV series · 2009 · 13 ep.5 h 12 min
- Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 · TV series · 2011 · 13 ep.5 h 12 min
- Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4 · TV series · 2012 · 13 ep.5 h 12 min
- Natsume's Book of Friends: Sometime on a Snowy Day · OVA · 2014 · 1 ep.22 min
- Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 · TV series · 2016 · 11 ep.4 h 13 min
- Natsume's Book of Friends Season 6 · TV series · 2017 · 11 ep.4 h 13 min
- Natsume's Book of Friends Movie: Tied to the Temporal World · Movie · 20181 h 44 min
- Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 · TV series · 2024 · 12 ep.4 h 36 min
- Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi Special · Special · 2025 · 1 ep.runtime unknown
- Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou: 3D Nyanko-sensei Gekijou · Special · 2009 · 5 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- Natsume's Book of Friends: Nyanko-sensei & The First Errand · Special · 2013 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- Natsume's Book of Friends 5 Specials · Special · 2017 · 2 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- Natsume's Book of Friends 6 Specials · Special · 2017 · 2 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor · Movie · 2021 · extra51 min
- Ichiban Kuji Natsume Yuujinchou: Nyanko-sensei to Hana Shirabe · Web series · 2021 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
- Natsume Yuujinchou: A Day Out in Hitoyoshi Kuma · Web series · 2021 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
7 entries have no recorded runtime and are not counted, so the real total is a little longer.
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Totals multiply each entry's episode count by its average episode length from anime-offline-database (ODbL). Only released entries are counted; announced seasons are left out until they air. "Skip openings and endings" assumes about 3 minutes saved per 24-minute episode.