Anime Like Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond

20 anime similar to Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond based on genre, format, studio, and popularity

Anime Like Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond

Looking for anime similar to Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond? Here are 10 anime recommendations that share similar themes, genres, or storytelling styles.

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We selected these anime based on shared genres (Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life), similar narrative structures, comparable art styles, and positive fan overlap. If you enjoyed Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond, these series should appeal to your taste.

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Weathering With You

1 eps⭐ 8.12019Score: 40.4

3 shared genres: Drama, Slice of Life, SupernaturalSame format (MOVIE)Similar era (2019)

DramaRomanceSlice of LifeSupernatural

High school student Hodaka leaves his home on an isolated island and moves to Tokyo, but he immediately becomes broke. He lives his days in isolation, but finally finds a job as a writer for a shady occult magazine. After he starts his job, the weather has been rainy day after day. In a corner of the crowded and busy city, Hodaka meets a young woman named Hina. Due to certain circumstances, Hina and her younger brother live together, but have a cheerful and sturdy life. Hina also has a certain power: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky. (Source: Anime News Network)

3/4 genres match

Violet Evergarden

13 eps⭐ 8.52018Score: 37.7

3 shared genres: Drama, Fantasy, Slice of LifeSimilar era (2018)

DramaFantasySlice of Life

A certain point in time, in the continent of Telesis. The great war which divided the continent into North and South has ended after four years, and the people are welcoming a new generation. Violet Evergarden, a young girl formerly known as “the weapon”, has left the battlefield to start a new life at CH Postal Service. There, she is deeply moved by the work of “Auto Memories Dolls”, who carry people's thoughts and convert them into words. Violet begins her journey as an Auto Memories Doll, and comes face to face with various people's emotions and differing shapes of love. There are words Violet heard on the battlefield, which she cannot forget. These words were given to her by someone she holds dear, more than anyone else. She does not yet know their meaning but she searches to find it. (Source: Anime News Network)

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Your Name.

1 eps⭐ 8.62016Score: 36.8

2 shared genres: Drama, SupernaturalSame format (MOVIE)Similar era (2016)

DramaRomanceSupernatural

Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school girl, yearns to live the life of a boy in the bustling city of Tokyo—a dream that stands in stark contrast to her present life in the countryside. Meanwhile in the city, Taki Tachibana lives a busy life as a high school student while juggling his part-time job and hopes for a future in architecture. One day, Mitsuha awakens in a room that is not her own and suddenly finds herself living the dream life in Tokyo—but in Taki's body! Elsewhere, Taki finds himself living Mitsuha's life in the humble countryside. In pursuit of an answer to this strange phenomenon, they begin to search for one another. Kimi no Na wa. revolves around Mitsuha and Taki's actions, which begin to have a dramatic impact on each other's lives, weaving them into a fabric held together by fate and circumstance. (Source: MAL Rewrite)

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A Silent Voice

1 eps⭐ 8.82016Score: 36.8

2 shared genres: Drama, Slice of LifeSame format (MOVIE)Similar era (2016)

DramaRomanceSlice of Life

After transferring into a new school, a deaf girl, Shouko Nishimiya, is bullied by the popular Shouya Ishida. As Shouya continues to bully Shouko, the class turns its back on him. Shouko transfers and Shouya grows up as an outcast. Alone and depressed, the regretful Shouya finds Shouko to make amends. (Source: Eleven Arts)

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Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

1 eps⭐ 8.42020Score: 35.7

3 shared genres: Drama, Fantasy, SupernaturalSame format (MOVIE)Similar era (2020)

ActionAdventureDramaFantasy

This Demon Slayer movie sees Tanjiro Kamado and friends from the Demon Slayer corps board the Infinity Train on a new mission to investigate a mysterious series of disappearances, perpetrated by a demon who has been tormenting people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it.

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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

1 eps⭐ 8.42018Score: 35.5

2 shared genres: Drama, Slice of LifeSame format (MOVIE)Similar era (2018)

DramaRomanceSlice of Life

Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." He soon discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular and genuinely cheerful classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, who reveals to him that she is secretly suffering from a pancreatic illness and only has a limited time left. It is at this moment that she gains just one more person to share her secret. Trying to maintain a normal life as much as possible, Sakura is determined to live her life to the fullest until the very last day. As her free spirit and unpredictable actions throw him for a loop, his heart begins to gradually change. (Source: Aniplex USA)

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The Ancient Magus' Bride

24 eps⭐ 7.82017Score: 35.4

4 shared genres: Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life, SupernaturalSimilar era (2017)

DramaFantasyRomanceSlice of Life

Chise Hatori has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

4/4 genres match

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

26 eps⭐ 8.32019Score: 33.5

3 shared genres: Drama, Fantasy, SupernaturalSimilar era (2019)

ActionAdventureDramaFantasy

It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family. (Source: Crunchyroll)

3/4 genres match

Spirited Away

1 eps⭐ 8.62001Score: 32.6

3 shared genres: Drama, Fantasy, SupernaturalSame format (MOVIE)

AdventureDramaFantasySupernatural

On the way to their new home, 10-year-old Chihiro Ogino's family stumbles upon a deserted theme park. Intrigued, the family investigates the park, though unbeknownst to them, it is secretly inhabited by spirits who sleep by day and appear at night. When Chihiro's mother and father eat food from a restaurant in the street, angry spirits turn them into pigs. Furthermore, a wide sea has appeared between the spirit world and the human one, trapping Chihiro, the sole human, in a land of spirits. Luckily for her though, a mysterious boy named Haku appears, claiming to know her from the past. Under his instructions, Chihiro secures a job in the bathhouse where Haku works. With only her courage and some new found friends to aid her, Chihiro embarks on a journey to turn her parents back to their original forms and return home.

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Beyond the Boundary

12 eps⭐ 7.42013Score: 31.7

4 shared genres: Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life, Supernatural

ActionDramaFantasySlice of Life

They should never have met. They shouldn't even exist. But when they come together, the entire world will change. The last surviving member of her clan, Mirai Kuriyama is cursed with the terrifying ability to control and manipulate blood, a power so heretical that she is shunned even by those with the ability to understand her "gift". Akihito Kanbara is only half human, but while the monstrous other half of his lineage seems to have doomed him to a life alone, it has also given him near invulnerability in the form of rapid healing. Alone, their futures seem bleak, but when a chance encounter brings them together, it becomes clear that they share more than just an unexpected bond. Together they share a destiny and a mission that only the two of them together may be strong enough to survive. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)

4/4 genres match

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

1 eps⭐ 8.42019Score: 31.5

2 shared genres: Drama, SupernaturalSame format (MOVIE)Similar era (2019)

DramaPsychologicalRomanceSupernatural

In Fujisawa, where the skies are bright and the seas glisten, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. His blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted with the appearance of his first crush, Shouko Makinohara. For reasons unknown, he encounters two Shouko's: one in middle school and another who has become an adult. As Sakuta finds himself helplessly living with the Shouko's, the adult Shouko leads him around by the nose, causing a huge rift in his relationship with Mai. In the midst of all of this, he discovers that the middle school Shouko is suffering from a grave illness and his scar begins to throb... (Source: Aniplex USA)

2/4 genres match

My Neighbor Totoro

1 eps⭐ 8.11988Score: 30.7

3 shared genres: Fantasy, Slice of Life, SupernaturalSame format (MOVIE)

AdventureFantasySlice of LifeSupernatural

Follow the adventures of Satsuki and her four-year-old sister Mei when they move into a new home in the countryside. To their delight they discover that their new neighbor is a mysterious forest spirit called Totoro who can be seen only through the eyes of a child. Totoro introduces them to extraordinary characters, including a cat that doubles as a bus, takes them on a journey through the wonders of nature. (Source: Disney)

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JUJUTSU KAISEN

24 eps⭐ 8.42020Score: 29.2

2 shared genres: Drama, SupernaturalSimilar era (2020)

ActionDramaSupernatural

A boy fights... for "the right death." Hardship, regret, shame: the negative feelings that humans feel become Curses that lurk in our everyday lives. The Curses run rampant throughout the world, capable of leading people to terrible misfortune and even death. What's more, the Curses can only be exorcised by another Curse. Itadori Yuji is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a friend who has been attacked by Curses, he eats the finger of the Double-Faced Specter, taking the Curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with the Double-Faced Specter. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Gojou Satoru, Itadori is admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Technical High School of Sorcery, an organization that fights the Curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a Curse to exorcise a Curse, a life from which he could never turn back. (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: The first episode received an early web premiere on September 19th, 2020. The regular TV broadcast started on October 3rd, 2020.

2/4 genres match

The Garden of Words

1 eps⭐ 7.52013Score: 27.4

2 shared genres: Drama, Slice of LifeSame format (MOVIE)

DramaPsychologicalRomanceSlice of Life

Some people revel and play in the rain; others dread it and hide at the first drop. For high school student Takao, a summer shower is a source of artistic inspiration… but when he skips school in order to sketch in a rainy garden, Takao finds an even greater muse in Yukino, an older woman who seems adrift in the world. Despite the difference in their ages and lives, they strike up a comfortable relationship that slowly evolves as they randomly meet in the same garden whenever it rains. But with the rainy season coming to a close, Takao wonders if there's enough time left to put his feelings into actions and words. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)

2/4 genres match

JUJUTSU KAISEN 0

1 eps⭐ 8.32021Score: 27.1

1 shared genre: SupernaturalSame format (MOVIE)Similar era (2021)

ActionSupernatural

Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him? (Source: VIZ Media)

1/4 genres match

Fruits Basket (2019)

25 eps⭐ 8.22019Score: 27.0

3 shared genres: Drama, Slice of Life, SupernaturalSimilar era (2019)

ComedyDramaRomanceSlice of Life

Tohru Honda thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home is discovered by the mysterious Soma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Zodiac! (Source: Crunchyroll)

3/4 genres match

Mob Psycho 100

12 eps⭐ 8.42016Score: 26.8

3 shared genres: Drama, Slice of Life, SupernaturalSimilar era (2016)

ActionComedyDramaPsychological

The story revolves around "Mob," a boy who will explode if his emotional capacity reaches 100%. This boy with psychic powers earned his nickname "Mob" because he does not stand out among other people. He keeps his psychic powers bottled up so he can live normally, but if his emotional level reaches 100, something will overwhelm his entire body. (Source: Anime News Network)

3/4 genres match

Attack on Titan Season 3

12 eps⭐ 8.62018Score: 26.5

2 shared genres: Drama, FantasySimilar era (2018)

ActionDramaFantasyMystery

Eren and his companions in the 104th are assigned to the newly-formed Levi Squad, whose assignment is to keep Eren and Historia safe given Eren's newly-discovered power and Historia's knowledge and pedigree. Levi and Erwin have good reason to be concerned, because the priest of the Church that Hanji had hidden away was found tortured to death, making it clear that the Military Police are involved with the cover-up. Things get more harrowing when the MPs make a move on Erwin and the Levi Squad narrowly avoids capture. Eren is also having problems with his Titan transformation, and a deadly killer has been hired to secure Eren and Historia, one Levi knows all too well from his youth. (Source: Anime News Network)

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Mob Psycho 100 II

13 eps⭐ 8.72019Score: 26.2

3 shared genres: Drama, Slice of Life, SupernaturalSimilar era (2019)

ActionComedyDramaPsychological

The second season of Mob Psycho 100. Kageyama is an ordinary 8th grader who just wants to live a normal life. Although he can disappear in the crowd in a flash, he was actually the most powerful psychic. The lives of those around Mob and his numerous feelings that softly piles up for the eventual explosion. The mysterious group "Claw" stands before him once again. In the midst of his youthful days, where will his roaring heart take him!? (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Attack on Titan Season 2

12 eps⭐ 8.52017Score: 26.0

2 shared genres: Drama, FantasySimilar era (2017)

ActionDramaFantasyMystery

Eren Jaeger swore to wipe out every last Titan, but in a battle for his life he wound up becoming the thing he hates most. With his new powers, he fights for humanity's freedom facing the monsters that threaten his home. After a bittersweet victory against the Female Titan, Eren finds no time to rest—a horde of Titans is approaching Wall Rose and the battle for humanity continues! (Source: Funimation)

2/4 genres match

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