List of Yo-kai Watch (2014 TV series) episodes

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Yo-kai Watch is a children's anime series 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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 "Geragerapō no Uta" (ゲラゲラポーのうた, "The Hahaha Song") performed by King Cream Soda (キング・クリームソーダ, Kingu Kurīmusōda), 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 "Yōkai Taisō Dai-Ichi" (ようかい体操第一, "Yo-kai Exercise No. 1") 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 "Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!" (ダン・ダン ドゥビ・ズバー!, Dan Dan Dubi Zubā!) performed by Dream5 and Bully-taichō (Hutchinson, Packard, & Brent Pendergrass for the English version). Episode 37's opening theme was "Matsuribayashi de Geragerapō" (祭り囃子でゲラゲラポー, "Festival Music Laughter") and episode 38's was "Hatsukoitōge de Geragerapō" (初恋峠でゲラゲラポー, "First Love's Pass Laughter), both by King Cream Soda, and have alternated until they were replaced. Episodes 48 and 49 used a unique ending theme "Geragerapō Sōkyoku" (ゲラゲラポー走曲, "Geragerapō Medley") by Yo-kai King Dream Soda (ようかいキング・ドリームソーダ, Yōkai Kingu Dorīmusōda), both King Cream Soda and Dream5 along with Lucky Ikeda. In episode 51, the ending theme changed to "Idol wa Ooh-Nya-Nya no Ken" (アイドルはウーニャニャの件, Aidoru wa Ūnyanya no Ken, "Idols Are a Matter of Ooh-Nya-Nya") performed by an AKB48 subgroup named NyaKB with Pandanoko. The opening theme changed again in episode 63 to King Cream Soda's "Gerappo Dance Train" (ゲラッポ・ダンストレイン, Gerappo Dansu Torein). The ending theme changed in episode 68 to "Yōkai Taisō Dai-Ni" (ようかい体操第二, "Yo-kai Exercise Number Two") 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 "Jinsei Dramatic" (人生ドラマティック, Jinsei Doramatikku, "The Life Dramatic") by King Cream Soda and the ending theme became "Uchū Dance!" (宇宙ダンス!, Uchū Dansu!, "Space Dance!") by Kotori with Stitchbird (コトリ with ステッチバード, Kotori with Sutetchibādo) (Gabriel Brown, Michelle Creber, & Rebecca Soichet for the English version). In episode 102, the opening theme became "Terukuni Jinja no Kumade" (照國神社の熊手, "Rakes of Terukuni Jinja") by King Cream Soda and the ending theme became "Chikyu-jin" (地球人, Chikyūjin, "Earthling") 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 30, 2018, at 214 episodes and was replaced with Yo-kai Watch Shadowside to continue the storyline that began in Oni-ō no Fukkatsu.^[3]

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.^[4]