The anime will premiere on October 4 on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido, and TVQ Broadcasting Kyushu.
Takahiro Omori (Samurai Flamenco, Princess Jellyfish, Durarara!!), director of all the previous television anime seasons, is returning as the chief director at the studio Shuka (Durarara!!
The anime seasons and Midorikawa’s original manga revolve around Natsume, a boy who has been able to see ghosts since he was little.
The official website for Natsume Yūjin-Chō Go, the fifth television anime season inspired by Yuki Midorikawa’s Natsume’s Book of Friends (Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga, began streaming a commercial for the anime on Wednesday.