Yo-kai Watch is a Japanese children's anime series produced by OLM and based on the video game of the same name developed by Level-5. The anime was broadcast from January 8, 2014, to March 30, 2018, on TXN and related stations. An English dub, produced by Dentsu Entertainment USA, started airing on the Disney XD channel in the United States on October 5, 2015, Canada's Teletoon and Disney XD Canada on October 10, 2015, and 9Go! in Australia on December 14, 2015. Episodes are split into multiple parts. In Indonesia, this anime also aired on Indosiar in 2016, and on RTV starting March 18, 2021.
Its first opening theme through episode 36 was performed by , with lyrics written by m.o.v.e's vocalist motsu. An English version of the song was used for the dub, written by Mark Risley & David H. Steinberg, and performed by Peter Michail & Kathryn Lynn, but was replaced by "Yo-Kai Watch featuring Swampy Marsh" by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh & Dan Povenmire. The ending theme up through episode 24 (episode 35 in the English dub) is performed by Dream5 (Melissa Hutchison and Alicyn Packard perform the English version). Beginning with episode 25 (episode 36 in the English dub), the ending theme changed to performed by Dream5 and Bully-taichō (Hutchinson, Packard, & Brent Pendergrass for the English version). Episode 37's opening theme was and episode 38's was , both by King Cream Soda, and have alternated until they were replaced. Episodes 48 and 49 used a unique ending theme by , both King Cream Soda and Dream5 along with Lucky Ikeda. In episode 51, the ending theme changed to performed by an AKB48 subgroup named NyaKB with Pandanoko. The opening theme changed again in episode 63 to King Cream Soda's . The ending theme changed in episode 68 to by Dream5.
Both the opening and ending themes were changed in episode 77, to mark the beginning of the "second season." The opening theme became by King Cream Soda and the ending theme became by (Gabriel Brown, Michelle Creber, & Rebecca Soichet for the English version). In episode 102, the opening theme became by King Cream Soda and the ending theme became by Kotori with Stitchbird. In episode 130, the opening theme became "You Got a Otomodachi" by King Cream Soda and the ending theme became "Furusato Japon" (ふるさとジャポン) by the idol group LinQ.
To mark the start of the "third season," the opening theme became "Banzai! Aizenkai!" (ばんざい!愛全開!) by King Cream Soda (the English version is "Cheers! Full of Love!" performed by Brown, Kendall Wooding, and Creber) and ending theme became "Torejā" (トレジャー, "Treasure") by LinQ (Creber for the English version). Starting with episode 179, the opening became "Gold...Nanchatte!" (ゴールド...なんちゃって!) by King Cream Soda, and the ending became "HaloChri Dance" (ハロ・クリダンス Haro・Kuri Dansu) by Youbekkusu Rengō-gun. With episode 202, the opening became "Time Machine wo Choudai" (タイムマシーンをちょうだい "Give Me a Time Machine") by King Cream Soda, and the ending became "Aa Jounetsu no Banbaraya" (ああ情熱のバンバラヤー) by LinQ.
In February 2018, it was announced that the anime would end on March 31, 2018, at 214 episodes and was replaced with Yo-kai Watch Shadowside to continue the storyline that began in Oni-ō no Fukkatsu.The anime of Yo-Kai Watch Shadowside gets announced https://anitay.kinja.com/the-anime-of-yo-kai-watch-shadowside-gets-announced-1823028857
In February 2019, it was announced that a revival of the series, now known as Yo-kai Watch! would air on April 5, 2019, replacing Yo-kai Watch Shadowside as direct sequel.
Series overview Season EpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired 1 76 January 5, 2014 June 30, 2015 2 74 July 10, 2015 December 23, 2016 3 64 January 4, 2017 March 31, 2018
List of episodes
Season 1 (2014–15) No. English dub title/Original translated titleOriginal Japanese title Written by Original airdate English airdate
Season 2 (2015–16) No. English dub title/Original translated titleOriginal Japanese title Written by Original airdate English airdate
Season 3 (2017–18) No. Title Written by Original air date English air date
DVD releases
+ Kadokawa Media Factory (Japan, Region 2 DVD) Volume Episodes Release date Yo-kai Watch (妖怪ウォッチ) Volume 1 1–5 May 28, 2014 Volume 2 6–9 June 25, 2014 Volume 3 10–13 July 30, 2014 Volume 4 14–17 January 27, 2016 Volume 5 18–21 September 24, 2014 Volume 6 22–25 October 29, 2014 Volume 7 26–29 November 26, 2014 Volume 8 30–33 December 19, 2014 Volume 9 34–37 January 28, 2015 Volume 10 38–41 February 25, 2015 Volume 11 42–45 March 25, 2015 Volume 12 46–49 April 29, 2015 Volume 13 50–53 May 27, 2015 Volume 14 54–57 July 24, 2015 Volume 15 58–62 August 26, 2015 Volume 16 63–66 September 25, 2015 Volume 17 67–70 October 28, 2015 Volume 18 71–74 November 25, 2015 Volume 19 75–78 December 18, 2015 Volume 20 79–82 December 18, 2015 Volume 21 83–86 January 27, 2016 Volume 22 87–90 February 24, 2016 Volume 23 91–94 February 24, 2016 Yo-kai Watch 2016 (妖怪ウォッチ 2016) Volume 1 95–98 April 27, 2016 Volume 2 99–102 May 25, 2016 Volume 3 103–106 July 27, 2016 Volume 4 107–110 August 24, 2016 Volume 5 111–113 September 28, 2016 Volume 6 114–117 October 26, 2016 Volume 7 118–121 November 25, 2016 Volume 8 122–125 November 25, 2016 Volume 9 126–129 January 25, 2017 Volume 10 130–133 February 24, 2017 Volume 11 134–137 March 24, 2017 Volume 12 138–141 March 24, 2017 Yo-kai Watch 2017 (妖怪ウォッチ 2017) Volume 1 142–145 April 26, 2017 Volume 2 146–149 May 26, 2017 Volume 3 150–153 July 26, 2017 Volume 4 154–157 July 26, 2017 Volume 5 158–161 August 23, 2017 Volume 6 162–164 September 27, 2017 Volume 7 165–168 October 25, 2017 Volume 8 169–172 November 29, 2017 Volume 9 173–176 November 29, 2017 Volume 10 177–180 January 24, 2018 Volume 11 181–184 January 24, 2018 Volume 12 185–188 February 23, 2018 Volume 13 189–192 February 23, 2018 Yo-kai Watch 2018 (妖怪ウォッチ 2018) Volume 1 193–196 April 25, 2018 Volume 2 197–200 April 25, 2018 Volume 3 201–204 May 25, 2018 Volume 4 205–208 May 25, 2018 Volume 5 209–211 July 25, 2018 Volume 6 212–214 July 25, 2018 Yo-kai Watch DVD BOX (妖怪ウォッチ DVD BOX) Volume 1 1–21 October 29, 2014 Volume 2 22–41 March 25, 2015 Volume 3 42–62 September 25, 2015 Volume 4 63–82 December 18, 2015 Volume 5 83–102 October 26, 2016 Volume 6 103–121 November 25, 2016 Volume 7 122–141 March 24, 2017 Volume 8 142–161 October 25, 2017
+ Roadshow Entertainment (Australia, Region 4 DVD) Volume Episodes Release date Yo-kai Are Real! 1–7 March 2, 2016Komasan In The City8-13June 1, 2016Movin' On Up!14-20February 1, 2017Complete Series 1May 1, 2019 + NCircle Entertainment (USA, Region 1 DVD) Volume Episodes Release date Yo-kai Watch: Season 1, Volume 1 1–13 February 26, 2019Yo-kai Watch: Season 1, Volume 214-26September 3, 2019
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