Yo-kai Watch: The Movie

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie Event

Japanese poster for the movie
Japanese 映画　妖怪ウォッチ　誕生の秘密だニャン!
Hepburn Eiga Yōkai Wotchi Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan!
Directed by Shigeharu Takahashi
Shinji Ushiro
Produced by Kiyofumi Kajiwara
Makoto Wada
Izumi Furusawa
Yukari Hayakawa
Junichi Yanagihara
Screenplay by Yoichi Kato
Based on Yo-kai Watch
by Level-5
Starring Haruka Tomatsu
Tomokazu Seki
Etsuko Kozakura
Romi Park
Yuki Kaji
Music by Kenichiro Saigo
Cinematography Tatsumi Yukiwaki
Edited by Emi Onodera
Production
company
Distributed by Toho[1]
Release dates
  • JP: December 20, 2014
  • US: October 15, 2016
Running time
 97 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office ¥7.8 billion (US$65 million) (Japan)[2]
₩1.98 billion (South Korea)

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie, released in Japan under the name 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! Eiga Yōkai Wotchi Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan!, Yo-kai Watch the Movie: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow!) is a 2014 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film directed by Shigeharu Takahashi and Shinji Ushiro as part of the Yo-kai Watch franchise.[3][4] The film was released on December 20, 2014 in Japan.[3] It was followed by Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!, released on December 19, 2015.[5]

Plot

When the evil Yo-kai Kin, Gin, and Bronzlow steal the Yo-kai Watch from Nate one night to help their master Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-kai from being friends, Nate finds help in the Yo-kai Hovernyan, who takes Nate, Whisper, and Jibanyan back in time 60 years to when the Yo-kai Watch was first invented by Nate's own grandfather Nathaniel while he was a kid. Together, the two boys fight Dame Dedtime and her evil Wicked Yo-kai minions to save the world from her evil plans.

Voice cast

Character Japanese voice actor English voice actor
Nathan "Nate" Adams (Keita Amano) Haruka Tomatsu Johnny Yong Bosch
Whisper Tomokazu Seki Joey D'Auria
Jibanyan Etsuko Kozakura Alicyn Packard
Nathaniel Adams (Keizō Amano) Romi Park Meyer DeLeeuw
Hovernyan (Fuyunyan) Yūki Kaji Johnny Yong Bosch
Darknyan Brent Pendergrass
Meganyan (Dekanyan) Johnny Yong Bosch
Buchinyan Etsuko Kozakura
Tomokazu Seki		 Alicyn Packard
Joey D'Auria
Dame Dedtime (Tokio Ubaune) Kataoka Ainosuke IV Alicyn Packard
Kin and Gin Vanilla Yamazaki
Mika Kanai		 Melissa Hutchison
Jenn Wong
Lucy Loo Adams (Yukiko "Yukippe" Amano) Hisako Kyōda (old)
Haruka Shimazaki[6] (young)		 Jenn Wong
Robonyan Naoki Bandō Joey D'Auria
Shogunyan (Bushinyan) Etsuko Kozakura Alicyn Packard
Komasan Aya Endō Melissa Hutchison
Walkappa (Nogappa) Masahito Yabe
Kyubi Ryoko Nagata
Tattletell (Bakuroba) Chie Sato
Blazion (Melamelion) Yuko Sasamoto Brent Pendergrass
Roughraff (Gurerurin) Naoki Bandō
Noway (Murikabe) Toru Nara
Manjimutt (Jinmenken) Naoki Bandō Paul Greenberg
Happierre (Honobono) Masahito Yabe
Dandoodle (Ikemenken)
Aaron Adams Toru Nara Brent Pendergrass
Lily Adams Ryoko Nagata Alicyn Packard
Katie Forester (Fumika "Fumi-chan" Kodama) Aya Endō Melissa Hutchison
Edward "Eddie" Archer (Kanchi Imada) Chie Sato Brent Pendergrass
Barnaby "Bear" Bernstein (Gorota "Kuma" Kumashima) Toru Nara Paul Greenberg
Master Nyada Ken Shimura Joey D'Auria
Bronzlow (Do) Naoki Bandō Paul Greenberg

Production

Music

The film's score was written Kenichiro Saigo.


Release

Marketing

The film was announced in July 2014 on CoroCoro Comic.[4] The first trailer was released in August[7] and another trailer was released in October.[8] A second film was announced in November.[9] A story tie-in to the film was included in the video game Yo-kai Watch 2: Shinuchi, released on December 13.[10] A manga of the film, illustrated by Noriyuki Konishi, was released in December, reaching the 30th place on the weekly chart with 32,561 copies sold on its first week,[11] and selling 261,145 copies by its fifth week.[12]

Home media

The Blu-ray and DVD were released on July 8, 2015, with both reaching the number-one place on the animation rankings, with 14,090 and 84,932 copies sold, respectively.[13][14] By its 13th week, the DVD had sold 128,810 copies.[15]

Western Release

In September 2016, it was revealed via the Fathom Events website that the movie would be screened one time only on October 15, 2016, in select cinemas across the United States. Attendees received an exclusive Hovernyan medal at the screening.[16] It made its premiere on American television on Disney XD on Saturday, November 12, 2016 after the premiere of the "Yo-kai Watch" anime episode "Whisper's Secret Past", with further showings on Sunday, November 13, 2016 and Monday, November 14, 2016. It was released on Netflix on December 1, 2016 in the United States.[17]

Reception

Box office

The film set a new record for Toho for advance ticket sales, with 721,422 sold by October 26,[9] reaching 840,000 by late November[18] and more than 1 million by mid-December.[19]

The film was number-one on its opening weekend, with ¥1.629 billion,[20] a record for a Japanese film, previously held by Howl's Moving Castle.[21] It reached ¥5 billion by its third weekend,[21] ¥6.54 billion by the fourth weekend[22] and ¥7 billion by the sixth weekend.[23] The film was the highest-grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2015, with ¥7.8 billion (US$65 million).[2]

The film grossed ₩1.98 billion on its opening in South Korea.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "映画　妖怪ウォッチ　誕生の秘密だニャン！". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Top 10 Grossing Domestic Japanese Films of 2015 Listed". Anime News Network. January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "映画 妖怪ウォッチ　誕生の秘密だニャン！(2014)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Level-5's Yo-kai Watch Games Get Film in December". Anime News Network. June 10, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ "2nd Yo-kai Watch Film Opens in Japan on December 19". Anime News Network. June 14, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ "AKB48's Haruka Shimazaki Guest Stars in Yo-kai Watch Film". Anime News Network. October 8, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Yo-kai Watch Film's Trailer Teases Origin of Magical Watch". Anime News Network. August 28, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Yo-kai Watch Anime Film's Trailer Reveals Time-Traveling Story". Anime News Network. October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Yo-kai Watch Gets 2nd Film Next Winter". Anime News Network. November 2, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Yo-kai Watch 2 Game Gets 3rd Version on December 13". Anime News Network. October 10, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 15–21". Anime News Network. December 24, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 12–18". Anime News Network. January 21, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 6–12". Anime News Network. July 14, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, July 5–12". Anime News Network. July 14, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, September 28-October 4". Anime News Network. October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  16. ↑ "YO-KAI WATCH: THE MOVIE EVENT | Fathom Events". Fathom Events. September 4, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  17. ↑ Whritenour, Jacob. "Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie Now Streaming on Netflix". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Yokai Watch Film Sets Toho Record with 840,000 Advance Tickets Sold". Anime News Network. November 27, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Yokai Watch Film Sets New Toho Record with 1 Million Advance Tickets". Anime News Network. December 14, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Yo-kai Watch Film Beats Out Disney's Big Hero 6 at Japanese Box Office". Anime News Network. December 22, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  21. 1 2 "Yo-kai Watch Film Tops 5 Billion Yen, But Big Hero 6 Rises to #1". Anime News Network. January 5, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Yo-kai Watch Film Tops 6.5 Billion Yen, Psycho-Pass Earns 248 Million". Anime News Network. January 13, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Big Hero 6 Tops Yo-kai Watch for 4th Straight Weekend". Anime News Network. January 26, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  24. ↑ Kevin Ma (July 27, 2015). "Assassination slays competition in South Korea". Film Business Asia. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
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