Natsume's Book of Friends Seasons 1 & 2 Standard Edition

Most titles involving the paranormal involve quite a bit of combat because they are dramatic and they sell pallets of stuff. Natusme's Book of Friends approach is thoughtful and empathetic. The title also deals with the problems of "sensitives" where the ends of the spectrum are 1) turn the gift into the family business or 2) live in the closet because of Japanese social attitudes. It has metaphor written all over it. Aside from this, the release is subtitled only.

One of my top favorite anime of all time, "Natsume Yuujinchou" or "Natsume's Book of Friends" is a bittersweet slice of life story of a high school boy, Takashi Natsume (first name, last name) who has the ability to see "youkai" or "demons," and has been passed from relative to relative (sometimes not even a relative) throughout his life and shunned by his peers, teachers, and guardians alike because of this ability. At the start of this anime, Natsume has been living with his current guardians for about a month and has, by this point, learned to hide his supernatural ability from the people around him. This story follows his various encounters with youkai - both peaceful and power-hungry - and other humans, and his gradually growing trust and happiness in his current situation.This specific DVD set contains the seasons 1 & 2 of the series. The Natsume Yuujinchou anime has a total of 4 seasons. This DVD set has 26 episodes total, each season taking up 2 DVDs - for a total of 4 DVDs in this set. Audio is Japanese ONLY. THIS IS NOT A DUB. Subtitles are in English. All four DVDs come in a single DVD case, stacked one-on-top-of-the-other (as opposed to other American DVD cases designed like a book with one DVD per "page"; not fanned out like "The Lord of the Rings" Extended Edition DVD set). The case is sturdy and holds all 4 DVDs with no issue. The green pamphlet shown in the product picture is a folded sheet of paper listing the episodes with short summaries, and is found on the inside of the DVD case (where you would normally find promotion codes, advertisements, etc.).These DVDs are set for Region 1 format - meaning U.S.A. region format. Japan's region format is Region 2.Overall, a very good addition to my collection. I highly recommend it.

The best anime I have ever seen. I was happy to see it was released in the US and I was happier to buy it. The anime has a relaxing atmosphere I’ve never seen captured in another show. It’s gorgeously animated and the voice acting is good. Watch Natsume grow as a person as he interacts with people and yokai. Subtitles were fine, picture quality fine as well.

This is an excellent anime show, and I would give this show a 5 star rating, and I'm shocked not many anime fans like myself, have not heard of this series. As for the seller, I got what I wanted, which was a new "Natsume's Book of Friends" season 1 and 2, at a good price. So I would give the seller a 5 star rating also.

This DVD looks like it was done by an amateur. The subtitle font is also bad. Seasons 3 and 4 on blue ray was expertly done and is great, buy those. You can watch seasons 1 and 2 on the internet in 720p with subtitles done by fans that are of amazing quality. Skip this DVD until they come out with a blue ray. This will be on my shelf untill a blue ray comes out only because of my love of this show. Unbelievable.

This is a series I can watch again & again. I'm so glad I was able to get the first 2 season so cheap. I hope I'll be able to complete the collection soon enough.

Awesome story and art. The only drawback is that the DVDs come stacker on each other instead of having individual slots on the case

daughter loved it