Media Factory Yo-kai Watch animated film titled Yo-kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan!. The premiere takes place on December 20th in Japan.
The film will star Haruka Tomatsu as Keita Amano, Tomokazu Seki as Whisper, Etsuko Kozakura as Jibanyan and Yuuki Kaji as Fuyunyan. Other cast members include Tohru Nara as Kuma, Aya Endo as Fumika Kodama, and Chie Satou as Kanchi Imada. Yoichi Kato will provide the scripts for the film, while Ken'ichirō Saigo will compose the soundtrack. Oriental Light and Magic is livening it up.
Game developer Level-5 announced the Yo-kai franchise in 2011, with a game, where an animation and manga were already in the plans. The first game in the franchise was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in July last year, and last month Yo-kai Watch 2 also arrived for the 3DS portable. The anime premiered in January last year. The manga has four volumes that have sold 1.5 million copies.
Dentsu Entertainment USA is offering the anime for streaming and merchandising among partners in the Americas. Other LEVEL-5 Inc. game franchises – Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven also gained animated versions.
Check out the trailer:
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