With six seasons of the anime adaptation of Yuki Midorikawa’s manga series Natsume’s Book of Friends out there, that’s a lot of good material to enjoy. We got word earlier in the week that more was coming as what looked like a theatrical film but rather it’s a pair of OVAs that are getting a theatrical showing, being interpreted as a film accidentally. The project is set for a spring 2021 bow where it’ll bring back the staff and cast from the last series as it works on the stories The Waking Rock and The Strange Visitor.
The cast includes Hiroshi Kamiya as Takashi Natsume, Kazuhiko Inoue as Nyanko-sensei/Madara, Akira Ishida as Shūichi Natori, Eiji Itô as Shigeru Fujiwara, Hisayoshi Suganuma as Atsushi Kitamoto, Junichi Suwabe as Seiji Matoba, Kazuma Horie as Kaname Tanuma, Miki Itou as Tōko Fujiwara, Miyuki Sawashiro as Jun Sasada, Rina Satou as Tōru Taki, Ryohei Kimura as Satoru Nishimura and Sanae Kobayashi as Reiko Natsume.
Viz Media is currently releasing the manga and is caught up to the Japanese releases.
Despite the theatrical screenings, the new "Natsume's Book of Friends" anime is not labelled as a film.
The new episodes are "Ishi-Okoshi" and "Ayashiki Raihousha"
There's also an announcement commercial but it is restricted to Japan: https://t.co/O5HBt4OTIr
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Property concept: Natsume’s Book of Friends follows the story of high school student Takashi Natsume, who possesses a strong ability to see spirits. He inherited this strange ability from his grandmother and has had it as long as he can remember, which has made him introverted and shy. His life changes one day when he receives a mysterious book that belonged to his now deceased grandmother—the Book of Friends. Takashi soon discovers that the book is filled with the names of countless spirits that were sealed away by his grandmother. Not only that—the spirits who have their names written in the book must obey any order given by its owner. As a result, the book becomes a prime target for all roaming spirits trying to gain control of the spirit world.
