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

Name: Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2021-01-16
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue, Kazuma Horie, Takaya Kuroda, Akemi Okamura

Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor (2021), directed by Hideki Ito, starring Hiroshi Kamiya and Kazuhiko Inoue.

01/16/2021 BR Animation, Drama and Fantasy 52m

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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.

田村仁Cinematography
Hideki ItoDirector
関一彦Editing
吉森信Original music

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About the film

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.

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Plot

This short 2021 movie is composed of two new (23 minute) standalone stories that could have been added to season six, but instead, were combined into one film: The first story: "Ishi Okoshi /The Stone Waker": Natsume searches for Madara, his missing Bodyguard, and runs into "Mitsumi", a diminutive youkai who is on a mission as the "Ishi Okoshi," the waker of "Gantetsu", a powerful water spirit. Natsume helps the little yoki repay his debt of kindness to his master by helping him awaken the Ayashiki from his deep slumber.

The second story; "Ayashiki Raihousha/The Strange Visitor)" is about Natsume's friend Tanuma who has strong spiritual power but it only allows him to see the echoes of the past at the temple where he and his father live. Tanuma begins acting distant and his behavior has Natsume worried about a strange new friend of Tanuma, is this stranger connected to the concerning malaise affecting Tanuma? Hints of the past answer long standing questions and involves a water horse-like spirit whose name in Natsume's incredibly powerful and dangerous Book of Friends.

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Production

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

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. Funimation streamed the film as two OVA episodes.

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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

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Trivia

It premiered on January 16, 2021, a Saturday.
It runs 0h52 — short for a feature film.
Its original title is "夏目友人帳石起こしと怪しき来訪者".
It is film 2 of 2 in the 夏目友人帳 franchise.
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosShuka
CountriesJapan
LanguagesJapanese
StatusReleased

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田村仁 Cinematography
Hideki Ito Director
関一彦 Editing
吉森信 Original music
Takahiro Omori Screenplay
Sadayuki Murai Screenplay

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What is Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor about?

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

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

Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor was directed by Hideki Ito in 2021.

Who stars in Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor?

The cast of Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor includes Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue, Kazuma Horie, Takaya Kuroda and Akemi Okamura.

How long is Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor?

Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor runs for 52 minutes, or 0h52.

What is Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor based on?

Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor is based on Natsume's Book of Friends.

What is the correct order of the 夏目友人帳 films?

The 夏目友人帳 franchise has 2 films in the catalogue. In release order: Natsume Yuujinchou Movie: Utsusemi ni Musubu; Natsume Yuujinchou: Ishi Okoshi to Ayashiki Raihousha.