Yuki Midorikawa’s Natsume’s Book of Friends manga is getting itself its own anime film. Titled Gekijouban Natsume Yuujin-Chou: Utsusemi ni Musubu (Natsume’s Book of Friends the Movie: Tied to the Temporal World), the film’s staff finally revealed its very first trailer:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6gtloh

As the trailer reveals, the Natsume’s Book of Friends film will premiere on 29 September 2018 in Japan. The anime’s cast is also returning from the TV anime, and they include:

  • Hiroshi Kamiya as Takashi Natsume
  • Kazuhiko Inoue as Nyanko-sensei
  • Sanae Kobayashi as Reiko Natsume
  • Akira Ishida as Shuuichi Natori
  • Kazuma Horie as Kaname Tanuma
  • Ryohei Kimura as Satoru Nishimura
  • Hisayoshi Suganuma as Atsushi Kitamoto
  • Miyuki Sawashiro as Jun Sasada
  • Rina Satou as Tooru Taki
  • Miki Itou as Touko Fujiwara
  • Eiji Itou as Shigeru Fujiwara
  • Satsuki Yukino as Hiiragi
  • Akemi Okamura as Hinoe
  • Takaya Kuroda as Misuzu
  • Chou as Chobihige
  • Takashi Matsuyama as One-Eyed Middle Class Youkai
  • Hiroshi Shimozaki as Ox-Faced Middle Class Youkai
  • Kyouko Chikiri as Kappa

As for its animation, studio Shuka will once again be animating the project, much like the previous TV anime seasons. Meanwhile, Takahiro Oomori is serving as chief director, and Hideki Ito is serving as the new director. The film will have an original story, with Yuki Midorikawa-sensei also acting as its supervisor.