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

First aired on Jan 16, 2021

Runtime: 52mins

70%

Genres: Animation, Drama, Fantasy

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
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)
Featured Crew
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Makoto Yoshimori | Original Music Composer
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Hiromi Miyawaki | Color Designer
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Sadayuki Murai | Screenplay
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Takahiro Omori | Screenplay
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Shinji Sugiyama | Art Designer
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Miyuki Ooshiro | Second Unit Director