| Yo-kai Watch | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Yo-kai_Watch_manga.jpeg) North American English cover art of the series' first volume, showing Whisper (left) and Nate Adams (right) | |
| 妖怪ウォッチ (Yōkai Wotchi) | |
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| Genre | Comedy, Fantasy name="VizMedia">"Yo-kai Watch". Viz Media. Retrieved March 22, 2021.</ref> |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Noriyuki Konishi |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | CoroCoro Comic |
| Demographic | Children |
| Original run | December 15, 2012 – April 21, 2023 |
| Volumes | 23 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shinji Ushiro |
| Produced by | Yoshikazu Beniya (TV Tokyo), Kiyofumi Kajiwara |
| Written by | Yoichi Kato |
| Music by | Kenichiro Saigo |
| Studio | OLM Team Inoue |
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| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo), BS Japan, AT-X, Kids Station |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 8, 2014 – March 30, 2018 |
| Episodes | 214 |
| Anime television series | |
| Yo-kai Watch Shadowside | |
| Directed by | Fumiya Hōjō |
| Written by | Yōichi Katō |
| Music by | Kenichiro Saigo |
| Studio | OLM Team Inoue |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo, TV Osaka) |
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| Original run | April 13, 2018 – March 29, 2019 |
| Episodes | 49 |
| Anime television series | |
| Yo-kai Watch! | |
| Directed by | Ryousuke Senbo |
| Written by | Yoichi Kato |
| Music by | Kenichiro Saigo |
| Studio | |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo), BS Japan, AT-X, Kids Station |
| Original run | April 5, 2019 – December 20, 2019 |
| Episodes | 36 |
| Anime television series | |
| Yo-kai Watch Jam - Yo-kai Academy Y: Close Encounters of the N Kind | |
| Directed by | Fumiya Hojo |
| Written by | Akihiro Hino |
| Music by | Kenichiro Saigo |
| Studio | OLM Team Inoue |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo), BS Japan, AT-X, Kids Station |
| English network | |
| Original run | December 27, 2019 – April 2, 2021 |
| Episodes | 64 |
| Anime television series | |
| Yo-kai Watch ♪ | |
| Studio | OLM Team Inoue |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo), BS Japan, AT-X, Kids Station |
| Original run | April 9, 2021 – March 31, 2023 |
| Episodes | 98 |
| Manga | |
| Yo-kai Watch: Exciting Nyanderful Days | |
| Written by | Chikako Mori |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine |
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| Demographic | Children (girls), shōjo |
| Original run | December 27, 2013 – present |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| 4-Panel Yo-kai Watch: Geragera Manga Theater | |
| Written by | Coconas Rumba |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | CoroCoro ComicCoroCoro Comic SPECIAL |
| Demographic | Children (boys) |
| Original run | August 30, 2014 – June 30, 2018 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| Yo-kai Watch: 4-Panel Pun-Club | |
| Written by | Santa Harukaze |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | CoroCoro Ichiban! |
| Demographic | Children (boys) |
| Original run | April 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| Komasan 〜A Time for Fireworks and Miracles〜 | |
| Written by | Shō Shibamoto |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Hibana |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | April 10, 2015 – September 10, 2015 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Yo-kai Watch Busters | |
| Written by | Atsushi Ohba |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | CoroCoro Comic |
| Demographic | Children (boys) |
| Original run | June 2015 – October 2015 |
| Volumes | 1 |
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| Anime films | |
Yo-kai Watch (妖怪ウォッチ, Yōkai Wotchi) is a manga series written and illustrated by Noriyuki Konishi, based on Level-5's franchise with the same name. The series primarily follows Nate Adams (Keita Amano in the Japanese and Singapore English versions), who gets the titular Yo-kai Watch, which allows him to see Yo-kai, who are otherwise invisible to the human eye. The series was serialized by Shogakukan in their CoroCoro Comic magazine in Japan from December 2012 to April 2023. Viz Media publishes the series in North America under their Perfect Square imprint, whereas Shogakukan Asia publishes the series in Singapore and Kazé publishes it in Spain and France.
Multiple other manga series also based on the Yo-kai Watch franchise have been released, such as one focusing on Nate's love interest, Katie Forester,[6] one based on the Yo-kai Watch Blasters video game,[7] and one based on the Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y: Encounter with N TV-series.[8]
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- ^ "YO-KAI WATCH « Medialink". Medialink Animation International Ltd. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "YO-KAI WATCH TO LAUNCH 5th DECEMBER IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND". Nintendo Australia. 2 October 2015. Archived from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ @ANIMAXAsiaTV (May 21, 2022). "June is packed with new anime shows you should be excited about! Mark your calendars, set your alarms, and keep the excitement going only here on Animax!" (Tweet). Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "妖怪ウォッチ～わくわく☆にゃんだふるデイズ～ １" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. December 25, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 27, 2017). "Elex Media Licenses Ōji Gentei, Yo-kai Watch Nyanderful Days Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ Sahdev, Ishaan (May 14, 2015). "Yo-kai Watch Busters Game Gets A Manga Adaptation". Siliconera. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (November 27, 2020). "Yo-kai Gakuen Y Manga Ends With 3rd Volume". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 22, 2021.