Yo-kai Watch Shadowside

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Yo-kai Watch Shadowside
妖怪ウォッチ シャドウサイド (Yōkai Wotchi Shadōsaido)
Genre	Action, supernatural
Anime television series
Directed by	Fumiya Hōjō
Written by	Yōichi Katō
Music by	Kenichiro Saigo
Studio	OLM Team Inoue
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo, TV Osaka)
English network	SEA: Animax
Original run	April 13, 2018 – March 29, 2019
Episodes	49

Yo-kai Watch Shadowside (Japanese: 妖怪ウォッチ シャドウサイド, Hepburn: Yōkai Wotchi Shadōsaido) is a supernatural anime series produced by OLM. It is a sequel to the 2017 film Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu as well as the original Yo-kai Watch anime series, originally based on the games created by Level-5. Yōichi Katō returned to officially direct and write the anime alongside new staff. It aired on all TXN Stations in Japan from April 13, 2018 ^[1][2] to March 29, 2019. It was replaced by the 2019 Yo-kai Watch! series in its timeslot.

Just like the movie before it, the series takes a darker and more mature approach to the franchise, focusing on story-driven drama and conflict, unlike the original series' comedic and segmented approach.^[3]