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

Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor
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
Directed by	Takahiro Omori (Chief); Hideki Itō;
Written by	Sadayuki Murai
Based on	Natsume's Book of Friends; by Yuki Midorikawa
Starring	Hiroshi Kamiya; Kazuhiko Inoue; Kazuma Horie; Akemi Okamura; Takaya Kuroda; Chō; Takashi Matsuyama; Hiroshi Shimozaki; Hisako Kanemoto;
Edited by	Kazuhiko Seki
Music by	Makoto Yoshimori
Production; company	Shuka
Distributed by	Aniplex
Release date	January 16, 2021;
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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]

Plot[]

Voice cast[]

Character	Japanese voice
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]

Production[]

The cast of the television series also returned to reprise their roles. Anly perform song Star Wink ~ Star Wink ~.^[3]

Release[]

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]

References[]

^ Inc., Aniplex. "「劇場版夏目友人帳～うつせみに結ぶ～」2021年1月16日（土）全国ロードショー。". natsume-movie.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor". March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Anime News Network". March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Blu-ray&DVD". aniplex.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^ Friedman, Nicholas (June 18, 2021). "Natsume's Book of Friends OVAs Come to Funimation". Funimation. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

External links[]

Official website (in Japanese)
Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] Inc., Aniplex. "「劇場版夏目友人帳～うつせみに結ぶ～」2021年1月16日（土）全国ロードショー。". natsume-movie.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.

[natsume-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor". March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.

[3] "Anime News Network". March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.

[4] "Blu-ray&DVD". aniplex.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 12, 2021.

[5] Friedman, Nicholas (June 18, 2021). "Natsume's Book of Friends OVAs Come to Funimation". Funimation. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

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Television series	Durarara!!x2 (2015–2016) 91 Days (2016) Natsume's Book of Friends (2016–2017, #53–74) The Case Files of Jeweler Richard (2020)
OVA/ONAs	Durarara!!×2 (2015–2016) Natsume's Book of Friends (2017) 91 Days (2017)
Films	Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Tied to the Temporal World (2018) Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor (2021)