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.
Unfortunately the movie Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Hideki Ito | Director |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuo Yamada | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Hiromitsu Hagiwara | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Eri Yamazaki | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Orie Tanaka | Animation Director |
| Art | Yukihiro Shibutani | Art Direction |
| Editing | Kazuhiko Seki | Editor |
| Camera | Hitoshi Tamura | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Anly | Theme Song Performance |
| Writing | Yuki Midorikawa | Comic Book |
| Sound | Makoto Yoshimori | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Hiromi Miyawaki | Color Designer |
| Writing | Sadayuki Murai | Screenplay |
| Writing | Takahiro Omori | Screenplay |
| Art | Hideki Ito | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Miyuki Ooshiro | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Shinji Sugiyama | Art Designer |
| Directing | Miyuki Ooshiro | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Masafumi Watanabe | Foley Artist |
| Visual Effects | Emi Ikebuchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ena Nishikawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fumiyo Kimura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kayo Daibou | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazune Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masakazu Kawazoe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Megumi Miyagawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mikio Ikezawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Miyako Kano | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Miyuki Ooshiro | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Orie Tanaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sachiko Todaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Saka Ikeda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shintaro Doge | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Soichiro Kubo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takeru Uchida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Terumi Muto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomomi Ishii | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomomi Shimazaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshie Kawamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshinari Yamashita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuhiro Saiki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshihiro Yoshioka | Key Animation |
