The May issue of Hakusensha's Monthly LaLa magazine is revealing on Thursday that Yuki Midorikawa's Natsume's Book of Friends (Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga is inspiring a fifth television anime season, Natsume Yūjin-Chō Go, this fall. The issue also features a 46-page chapter of the manga with a color opening page.

All of the anime's main staff members are returning from previous anime titles in the franchise. Takahiro Omori (Samurai Flamenco, Princess Jellyfish, Durarara!!), director of all the previous television anime seasons, will return as the chief director at the studio Shuka (Durarara!! ×2 The Third Arc). Kotomi Deai (Silver Spoon, The Rolling Girls), episode director of the fourth season and director of the Natsume Yūjin-Chō: Nyanko-sensei to Hajimete no Otsukai original video anime, will serve as director. Sadayuki Murai (Knights of Sidonia, Boogiepop Phantom) will return from the anime's third and fourth seasons to handle series composition. Akira Takata (Hotarubi no Mori e, Haibane Renmei) will design the characters, and Tatsuo Yamada (Samurai Flamenco, Durarara!!) will design the monsters.

Yukihiro Shibutani (RIN-NE, Case Closed) will be in charge of art, and Hiromi Miyawaki (Gintama, Kamichu!) will handle color setting. Hitoshi Tamura (Penguindrum, Fantasista Doll) will be in charge of photography, and Kazuhiko Seki (Samurai Flamenco, Princess Jellyfish) will handle editing. Makoto Yoshimori (Hamatora, Baccano!) will compose the music. NAS (Kuroko's Basketball, Yu-Gi-Oh!) will again be in charge of production.

source: AnimeNewsNetwork