Yo-kai Watch! (妖怪ウォッチ！) is a 2019 animated television series. It is a reboot of the original Yo-kai Watch anime series co-produced by OLM and Magic Bus. It premiered on TXN on April 5, 2019.[1][2] This is the third series based on Level 5's Yo-kai Watch franchise, the successor to Yo-kai Watch Shadowside anime series and the sequel to the original anime series.
It was announced on November 15, 2019, that Yo-kai Watch! would end on December 20, 2019. It was replaced with the anime series Yo-kai Watch Jam - Yo-kai Academy Y: Close Encounters of the N Kind on December 27 to continue the story of the most recent film, Yo-kai Watch Jam the Movie: Yo-kai Academy Y - Can a Cat Become A Hero?.[3][4]
The series premiered on Animax Asia on April 24, 2019.[5]
Plot
The series is set after the events of the original anime series and before the events of the fourth film with Wazzat wiping Nathan "Nate" Adams's memories clean, Whisper and Jibanyan removes him to restorer his memories. New changes include Nate owning a Yo-kai Watch Arcane Model K and the use of Yo-kai Keystones from Whisper. The show also retains its gag comedy and humor from the original series. The new series, which is more comedy focused than the original, introduces a new form of Yo-Kai, Onechanside. Yo-kai are summoned by inserting a Yo-Kai Keystone into the Yo-Kai Watch Arcane Model K and turning it leftwards while Onechanside Yo-kai are summoned by turning it rightwards.
Anime
The opening theme is Kera Kera Ho Song (ケラケラホーのうた) by Hiroki Maekawa, and the ending theme is Yo-kai Exercise No.1 ~Continue~ (ようかい体操第一 ～つづき～) by Kaede☆ which is the remix of the first ending of the original anime series.
External links
- Official Yo-kai Watch! website at TV Tokyo (Japanese)
References
- 『妖怪ウォッチ』がリニューアル. 路線変更した新シリーズが開始 - ゲームよりどりサブカルみどりパーク ryokutya2089.com, 12 February 2019^
- Ressler, Karen. Yo-Kai Watch Anime Gets New Series in April With Returning Protagonist Keita Anime News Network, February 14, 2019, retrieved February 15, 2021^
- 本日11/15（金）発売の「月刊コロコロコミック」（小学館）にて、『妖怪ウォッチ4++』「映画 妖怪学園Y 猫はHEROになれるか」「妖怪学園Y ～Nとの遭遇～」の紹介記事が掲載されています！ぜひ、ご覧ください！レベルファイブ (@LEVEL5_times) https://twitter.com/LEVEL5_times/status/1195275281285578758 November 15, 2019^
- Pineda, Rafael Antonio. Yo-kai Watch Anime Gets New Series in 6th Movie's Academy Setting Anime News Network, November 14, 2019, retrieved February 15, 2021^
- Pineda, Rafael Antonio. Animax Asia Premieres Yo-kai Watch Anime on April 24 Anime News Network, April 3, 2019, retrieved February 15, 2021^
- Episodes Yo-kai Watch! Official Website, TV Tokyo^