Yo-kai Watch
| Yo-kai Watch | ||||
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| Original title | 妖怪 ウ ォ ッ チ | |||
| transcription | Yōkai Wotchi | |||
| genre | Fantasy | |||
| Manga | ||||
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Noriyuki Konishi | |||
| publishing company | Shogakukan | |||
| magazine | CoroCoro Comic | |||
| First publication | December 15, 2012 - ... | |||
| expenditure | 16 | |||
| Computer / video game | ||||
| Studio | Level-5 | |||
| Publisher | Level-5 , Nintendo | |||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
July 11, 2013 November 6, 2015 December 5, 2015 April 29, 2016   |
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| platform | Nintendo 3DS , Nintendo 2DS | |||
| genre | role playing game | |||
| control | Handheld buttons, touch screen | |||
| medium | Game module, download | |||
| language | German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese | |||
| Current version | 1.0.0 | |||
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| Anime television series | ||||
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese | |||
| Year (s) | 2014− | |||
| Studio | OLM | |||
| length | 25 minutes | |||
| Episodes | 140+ in 2 seasons | |||
| Director | Shinji Ushiro | |||
| production | Kiyofumi Kajiwara , Yoshikazu Beniya | |||
| music | Ken'ichirō Saigō | |||
| First broadcast | January 8, 2014 on TV Tokyo | |||
| German-language first broadcast |
May 9, 2016 on Nickelodeon | |||
| Manga | ||||
| country |
Japan
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| author | Chikako Mori | |||
| publishing company | Shogakukan | |||
| magazine | Ciao | |||
| First publication | February 2014 - … | |||
| expenditure | 3 | |||
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Yo-kai Watch ( Japanese 妖怪 ウ ォ ッ チ , Yōkai Wotchi, dt. "Ghost / monster watch") is a series of role-playing games that is developed and published by Level-5 . The first game in the series was released in Japan on July 11, 2013, in North America on November 6, 2015, and in Europe on April 29, 2016. With Yo-kai Watch 2 , the first successor appeared in Japan on July 10, 2014 , and was released in three versions, Ganso, Honke and Shinuchi (on December 13, 2014). The European release date was April 7th 2017, the German versions are called Yo-kai Watch2 Knochige Gespenster / Strong Souls. This was followed by a spin-off with Yo-kai Watch Busters on July 11, 2015 . Yo-kai Watch 3 was released in Japan on July 16, 2016 and in Europe on December 7, 2018. On June 20, 2019, Yo-kai Watch 4 was launched in Japan. The game series was also adapted in the form of several manga series and an anime television series.
action
One day Nathan (in Japan Keita) finds a suspicious looking machine while looking for beetles in the forest and throws in some money. Whisper slips out of the capsule he receives from the machine and gives him the Yo-kai Watch, a wristwatch with the ability to visualize and summon spirits known as Yo-Kai .
From now on, Nathan can see the yo-kai around him, who make life difficult for his fellow human beings.
Nathan and Whisper begin to befriend all kinds of yo-kai, thereby collecting their yo-kai medals . With the medals, Nathan is able to use the Yo-kai Watch to summon his friendly Yo-kai and use them in the fight against evil Yo-kai.
Gameplay
Yo-kai Watch is a role-playing game in which the player slips into Nathan's role and searches for Yo-kai in his hometown Lenzhausen .
A radar and the lens of the Yo-kai watch are available to him. With the radar, the whereabouts can be roughly determined, while the actual detection requires the lens, which must be held over the moving Yo-kai for a predetermined time using either the sliding pad or the Nintendo 3DS touchscreen .
If a yo-kai is uncovered, it is visible without a lens. This is usually followed by a cut scene in which both the name of the yo-kai and his ability as well as the reason for his actions are mentioned. As a rule, the revealed Yo-kai must then be defeated by the player in combat.
In combat, the player has six Yo-Kai with whom he has made friends before. They automatically attack the opponent (s) with weak attacks. However, in order to win a fight, the player must use Ultiseel Strikes , which are a kind of special attack . To do this, the Ultiseelschlag must be activated and then various actions carried out on the touchscreen. These range from tapping (sometimes quickly) moving coins to tracing symbols that are displayed.
In addition to the main story, there are side quests in which special items and experience can be gained.
In Yo-kai Watch 2 , the location of the action is expanded to include the entire Kemamoto region and past where other Yo-kai can be encountered.
Wibble wobble
There are several smartphone apps for Yo-Kai Watch, the most successful is Yo-Kai Watch Puni Puni (Japanese), (American / European: Wibble Wobble ). Wibble Wobble is a puzzle game with weekly updates, so-called "events". This smartphone game went out of service in the western regions outside of Japan on May 31, 2018.
Manga
In addition to the video games, six manga adaptations have been produced so far . A shōnen manga has been published regularly since December 15, 2012 (issue 1/2013) CoroCoro Comic by Shogakukan . So far 16 anthologies have been published, which Shogakukan is also bringing out in Singapore. A German translation of twelve volumes has been published by Kazé Deutschland since November 2016 . Viz Media publishes the series in the USA. A shōjo manga of the same name has been published in Ciao magazine by the same publisher since December 27, 2013 . It is also published in Spain by Norma Editorial .
In addition to these two longer series, two Yonkoma series are being released: 4-panel Yo-kai Watch: Geragera Manga Theater by Coconas Rumba can be read in special editions of CoroCoro Comic since October 2014 and Yo-kai Watch: 4-panel Pun-Club by Santa Harukaze has been published in CoroCoro Ichiban magazine since April 2015 ! An anthology has been published for the first series and two volumes for the second. Two shorter stories were also published. Komasan 〜A Time for Fireworks and Miracles〜 by Shō Shibamoto was published in HiBaNa from April to September 2015 and Yo-kai Watch Busters by Atsushi Ohba was published in CoroCoro Comics. Both also appeared in an anthology each.
Anime
An anime series for the game has been produced by the OLM studio since 2014 . Shinji Ushiro is directing and the lead author is Yoichi Kato . The character design comes from Masami Suda and Toshiya Yamada , the artistic directors are Aya Kuginuki and Toshihiro Kohama . It has been broadcasting on Japanese television since January 8, 2014 and came to North America on October 5, 2015. The broadcaster Nickelodeon broadcast the first season of the series in Germany on May 9, 2016. It has also been shown on television in France, Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, the Philippines and Latin America.
In addition, four cartoons related to the game and the series were released in cinemas in Japan:
- Yo-kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan! ( 映 画 妖怪 ウ ォ ッ チ 誕生 の 秘密 だ ニ ャ ン！ ) on December 14, 2014
- Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daioh to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! ( 映 画 妖怪 ウ ォ ッ チ エ ン マ 大王 と 5 つ の 物語 だ ニ ャ ン！ ) on December 6, 2015
- Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! ( 映 画 妖怪 ウ ォ ッ チ 空 飛 ぶ ク ジ ラ と ダ ブ ル 世界 の 大 冒 険 だ ニ ャ ン！ ) on December 17, 2016
- Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu ( 映 画 妖怪 ウ ォ ッ チ シ ャ ド ウ サ イ ド 鬼王 の 復活 ) on December 16, 2017
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
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| Narrator | Hisako Kyouda | Ulrike Hoetzel |
| Jibanyan | Etsuko Kozakura | Marco Sven Reinbold |
| Kēta Amano / Nathan Adams | Haruka Tomatsu | Tabea Hilbert |
| Whisper | Tomokazu Seki |
Oliver Krietsch-Matzura (episodes 1–13) Martin Bross (from episode 14) |
| Alfred 'Freddy' Neumeier | Chie Sato | Dennis Saemann |
| Amnesimony | Naoki Bandou | Marco Sven Reinbold |
| Benjamin Adams | Toru Nara | Nils Kreutinger |
| Bernhard 'Bear' Grabowski | David M. Schulze | |
| Elisabeth | Ryoko Nagata | Gabriele Wienand |
| Frohland | Masahito Yabe | Oliver Krietsch-Matzura |
| Jamming | Aya Endou | Birte Baumgardt |
| Katie Forester | Rieke Werner | |
| Komajiro | Marco Sven Reinbold | |
| Kyubi | Ryoko Nagata | Benjamin pride |
| Leodrio | Yuuko Sasamoto | Marco Sven Reinbold |
| Möter | Naoki Bandou | Hans Bayer |
| Grandpa Gusto | Tadashi Miyazawa | Oliver Krietsch-Matzura |
| Petzmeralda | Chie Sato | Rieke Werner |
music
The music for the series was composed by Ken'ichirō Saigō . The preludes are:
- Geragerapō no Uta from King Cream Soda
- Matsuri Hayashi de Geragerapō (祭 り 囃 子 で ゲ ラ ゲ ラ ポ ー) from King Cream Soda
- Hatsukoi-tōge de Geragerapō (初恋 峠 で ゲ ラ ゲ ラ ポ ー) from King Cream Soda
- Gerappo Dance Train (ゲ ラ ッ ポ ・ ダ ン ス ト レ イ ン) by King Cream Soda
- Jinsei Dramatic (人生 ド ラ マ テ ィ ッ ク) from King Cream Soda
- Terukunijinsha no Kumade (照 国 神社 の 熊 手) from King Cream Soda
The first two received a new text for the English dubbed version. The following songs were used for the end credits:
- Yōkai Taisō Daiichi (よ う か い 体操 第一) by Dream5
- Dan Dan Dubi Zubā! (ダ ン ・ ダ ン ド ゥ ビ ・ ズ バ ー!) By Dream5
- Idol wa Ūnyanya no Kudan (ア イ ド ル は ウ ー ニ ャ ニ ャ の 件) by Nyā KB with Tsuchinoko Panda
- Yōkai Taisō Daini (よ う か い 体操 第二) by Dream5
- Uchu dance! (♪ 宇宙 ダ ン ス!) By Kotori With Stitch Bird
- Chikyūjin (地球 人; Earthling) from Kotori With Stitch Bird
- Furusato Japan (ふ る さ と ジ ャ ポ ン) by LinQ
reception
The first game of the Yo-Kai-Watch series, like Yo-kai Watch 2, received a very good rating from Famitsu with 36/40. Yo-kai Watch 2 has sold over 5 million copies.
In 2014, the Shōnen-Manga won the 38th Kōdansha Manga Prize in the Kodomo category . The following year he was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Prize in the same category. The anthologies sold up to 50,000 times in the first few weeks, individual volumes also up to 240,000 times. The volumes of the Shōjo-Manga sell around 30,000 copies each.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Entry on Shōnen-Manga , Shōjo-Manga and Anime Series on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yo-kai Watch. Nintendo, accessed June 21, 2016 .
- ↑ By Mitch Dyer: E3 2015: Yo-Kai Watch's Release Window Revealed. In: IGN. Retrieved April 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Can you uncover the secrets of the Yo-kai and save Lenzhausen? In: Nintendo of Europe GmbH. Retrieved April 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Ghosts / Powerful Souls . In: Yo-kai Watch Wikia . ( wikia.com [accessed June 15, 2017]).
- ↑ kevingifford: Japan Review Check: Yokai Watch, New Super Luigi U. In: Polygon. July 3, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2016 (American English).
- ↑ Yokai Watch 2 sales top five million. In: Gematsu. Retrieved April 11, 2016 (American English).
- ↑ Yo-kai Watch, Baby Steps Win 38th Kodansha Manga Awards. In: Anime News Network. Retrieved April 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Yo-kai Watch, Be Blues Win 60th Shogakukan Awards. In: Anime News Network. Retrieved April 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, March 30-April 5. Anime News Network, April 8, 2015, accessed August 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, February 29-March 6. Anime News Network, March 9, 2016, accessed August 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, June 27-July 3. Anime News Network, July 6, 2016, accessed August 12, 2016 .