Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor (Japanese: 夏目友人帳 石起こしと怪しき来訪者, Hepburn: Natsume Yūjin-Chō: Ishi Okoshi to Ayashiki Raihōsha) is a 2021 Japanese animated film based on the Yuki Midorikawa's manga and anime Natsume's Book of Friends. The film is produced by Shuka and directed by Hideki Itō under the chief direction of Takahiro Omori. It was released in Japan on January 16, 2021.[1]
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Japanese | 夏目友人帳 石起こしと怪しき来訪者 |
Hepburn | Natsume Yūjin-Chō: Ishi Okoshi to Ayashiki Raihōsha |
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Written by | Sadayuki Murai |
Based on | Natsume's Book of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa |
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Edited by | Kazuhiko Seki |
Music by | Makoto Yoshimori |
Production company | Shuka |
Distributed by | Aniplex |
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Running time | 51 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
This article needs a plot summary. (March 2021) |
Character | Japanese voice |
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Takashi Natsume | Hiroshi Kamiya[2] |
Madara/"Nyanko-sensei" | Kazuhiko Inoue[2] |
Kaname Tanuma | Kazuma Horie[2] |
Hinoe | Akemi Okamura[2] |
Misuzu | Takaya Kuroda[2] |
Chobihige | Chō[2] |
One-Eyed Middle Class Yokai | Takashi Matsuyama[2] |
Ox-Faced Middle Class Yokai | Hiroshi Shimozaki[2] |
Mitsumi | Hisako Kanemoto[2] |
Iron Rock | Tetsuo Kanao |
Horned Yōkai | Hiroki Matsukawa |
Little Jizō-Faced Yōkai | Sōshirō Hori |
Little Demon-Faced Yōkai | Manami Hanawa |
Ancestral Stone Yōkai's | Yūichi Hose Mitsuki Nakamura Daiki Yamazaki Takeyoshi Hayakawa |
Sasame | Kohsuke Toriumi |
Satoru Nishimura | Ryōhei Kimura |
Atsushi Kitamoto | Hisayoshi Suganuma |
Tanuma's Father | Yasunori Matsumoto |
The cast of the television series also returned to reprise their roles. Anly perform song Star Wink ~ Star Wink ~.[3]
The film was released in Japan on January 16, 2021. In Japan, the film will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 26, 2021.[4] Funimation streamed the film as two OVA episodes.[5]
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