Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor (2021)

01/16/2021 (JP) • 52m

Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Overview

The film will be made up of two stories: "Ishi Okoshi" and "Ayashiki Raihousha." In "Ishi Okoshi," Natsume meets a small youkai called Mitsumi in a forest. Mitsumi is entrusted to wake up the divine youkai "Iwatetsu" from its deep slumber. Mitsumi weighs on Natsume's mind, so he sets out to help Mitsumi with his task. In "Ayashiki Raihousha," a mysterious visitor appears in front of Tanuma. Nearly every day, the visitor visits Tanuma, talks to him a little, and then leaves. Natsume, who knows the visitor is a youkai, worries for Tanuma, but Tanuma enjoys these exchanges with the youkai. The youkai means no harm, but Tanuma's health slowly starts to deteriorate.

Top Billed Cast

Hiroshi Kamiya

Takashi Natsume (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Nyanko-sensei, Madara (voice)

Kazuma Horie

Kaname Tanuma (voice)

Takaya Kuroda

Misuzu (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Hinoe (voice)

Cho

Chobihige (voice)

Hisako Kanemoto

Mitsumi (voice)


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Part of the Natsume's Book of Friends: Collection

Includes Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond, Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

friendship

supernatural

slice of life

based on manga

folklore

youkai

shoujo

anime

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