We have already announced that Natsume’s Book of Friends‘s new anime movie, titled Natsume Yuujin-chou: Utsusemi ni Musubu (lit. Natsume’s Book of Friends the Movie: Tied to the Temporal World) is slated to open in Japan on 29 September 2018.

Today, a short trailer has been released showing Nyanko-sensei splitting into three cute kitties!

Please note that the YouTube video is only viewable in Japan.

ニャンコ先生が、3体に分裂!?ニャンコ先生に何が起こったのか…3（トリプル）ニャンコが登場する特別CMを公開!!　#夏目友人帳 pic.twitter.com/O5OS7QcEa1

— アニメ夏目友人帳公式 (@NatsumeYujincho) May 23, 2018

I addition to the release of the teaser video, fans can download a Twitter icon of Nyanko-sensei (No.1 and No.2) as a little extra from the movie’s official website.

Natsume Yuujin-chou: Utsusemi ni Musubu

To open on 29 September 2018.

Staff

Original Work: Yuki Midorikawa Natsume’s Book of Friends (serialized in Hakusensha’s Monthly LaLa)
Director: Hideki Ito
Chief Director: Takahiro Omori
Series Composition: Sadayuki Murai
Youkai Design/ Action Director: Tatsuo Yamada
Music: Makoto Yoshimori
Sub Character Design: Hiromitsu Hagiwara
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani
Color Setting: Hiromi Miyawaki
Editing: Toshihiko Seki
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Tamura, Tetsuya Kawada
Animation Production: Shuka
Production: Natsume’s Book of Friends Project
Distribution: Aniplex

Cast

Hiroshi Kamiya as Takashi Natsume
Kazuhiko Inoue as Nyanko-sensei
Sanae Kobayashi as Reiko Natsume
Miki Ito as Toko Fujiwara
Eiji Ito as Shigeru Fujiwara
Akira Ishida as Shuichi Natori
Kazuma Horie as Kaname Tanuma
Rina Sato as Toru Taki
Ryohei Kimura as Satoru Nishimura
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Atsushi Kitamoto
Miyuki Sawashiro as Jun Sasada
Satsuki Yukino as Hiiragi
Akemi Okamura as Hinoe
Takaya Kuroda as Mitsuzu
Cho as Chobihige
Takashi Matsuyama as One-eyed Middle Class Youkai
Hiroshi Shimozaki as Ox-faced Middle Class Youkai
Kyoko Chikiri as Kappa

Web

Official Website:http://natsume-movie.com/
Official Twitter: @NatsumeYujincho