Yo-kai Watch

The Yo-kai Watch anime (Japanese: 妖怪ウォッチ アニメ Yōkai Wotchi Anime) is a Japanese comedy-action-adventure animated series based on the Yo-kai Watch franchise. It ran from January 8, 2014 to March 30, 2018 in Japan, for 214 episodes and 3 seasons.

The anime primarily focuses on Nathan Adams, who meets Whisper after he was sealed away in a capsule for 200 years. Along the way, he meets Jibanyan and goes on to find other Yo-kai that are known behind various daily occurrences. This adaptation is very loosely based on the video game and manga, and is known to take place in separate continuities.

The anime series has gained significant popularity in Japan, especially at the time when Yo-kai Watch 2 started to gain traction. It has also managed to capture the attention of all age groups, with it's comedic slice-of-life humor and creative writing.

The series would see a western release on October 5, 2015 in Disney XD, in the United States and eventually in other countries later on.

Overview
The Yo-kai Watch anime is based on the video games, and the manga to a lesser extent. Throughout the run, almost all of the Yo-kai and characters were present with some of them getting an episode focusing on a specific Yo-kai or separate segments focused on other Yo-kai, most notably revolving around Komasan.

Episodes are split into multiple parts which is similar to that of Western children cartoons; however, the parts are usually in uneven times with each other, some even played as "cold opens" before the opening theme.

The anime is directed by Shinji Ushiro, and produced by Yoshikazu Kuretani and Kiyofumi Kajiwara. The story is written by Yoichi Kato and the music is arranged by Ken'ichirō Saigō. The episodes were produced at OLM.

Throughout the original Japanese series run, it has managed to run for three seasons in the span of almost four years. New episodes were regularly aired every week on Fridays on the Japanese television TV Tokyo. However, some episodes air at different dates.

International Adaptions
"Main Article: Yo-kai Watch around the world"Between 2014 and 2017, Yo-kai Watch series has been aired in over 100 countries around the world.

International Premieres

 * South Korea - October 28, 2014
 * United States - October 5, 2015
 * Canada - October 10, 2015
 * Australia - December 14, 2015
 * Italy - April 2016
 * Germany & Austria - Spring 2016
 * United Kingdom & Ireland - Spring 2016
 * Spain - May 2016
 * Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg - May 21, 2016
 * Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland - Spring-Summer 2016
 * Israel - Summer 2016
 * United Arab Emirates - Summer 2016
 * Russia, Ukraine and Belarus - Fall 2016