Natsume Yujin-cho - Season 4 Episode 1 Natsume Captured
Natsume encounters some strange, monkey-mask wearing demons while out in a forest. They want the book of friends, and start physically threatening him until Natsume is saved by Nyanko-Sensei. Later on, Natsume encounters the demons again and is captured by them, and brought to their forest. Meanwhile, Nyanko-sensei learns some interesting things about the forest the monkey mask demons live in. Running away from the demons, Natsume and Nyanko-sensei are unintentionally saved by an exorcist - Matoba! Not wanting to confront him, Natsume runs again but gets lost in the woods, and stumbles upon a house... belonging to the Matoba. Both he and Nyanko-sensei are captured, but manages to escape and find each other, though being lost in the house. The episode ends with Matoba finding Natsume saying, "It's been a long time, Natsume Takashi-kun.
- Genre: Animation, Comedy, Mystery
- Studio: TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TVh
- Keyword: human animal relationship, exorcism, friendship, supernatural, afterlife, high school, slice of life, curse, orphan, based on manga, spirit, demon, exorcist, folklore, school life, heart warming, youkai, shoujo, japanese mythology, shinto, anime, iyashikei
- Cast: Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue, Eiji Itoh, Miki Ito, Hisayoshi Suganuma, Akira Ishida