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.

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.

Voice cast Character Japanese voice Takashi Natsume Hiroshi Kamiya Madara/"Nyanko-sensei" Kazuhiko Inoue Kaname Tanuma Kazuma Horie Hinoe Akemi Okamura Misuzu Takaya Kuroda Chobihige Chō One-Eyed Middle Class Yokai Takashi Matsuyama Ox-Faced Middle Class Yokai Hiroshi ShimozakiMitsumiHisako KanemotoIron RockTetsuo KanaoHorned YōkaiHiroki MatsukawaLittle Jizō-Faced YōkaiSōshirō HoriLittle Demon-Faced YōkaiManami HanawaAncestral Stone Yōkai'sYūichi HoseMitsuki NakamuraDaiki YamazakiTakeyoshi HayakawaSasameKohsuke ToriumiSatoru NishimuraRyōhei KimuraAtsushi KitamotoHisayoshi SuganumaTanuma's FatherYasunori Matsumoto

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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