妖怪ウォッチ
Yo-kai Watch
🚪 Often abandoned
Animated adaptation of Level-5's Nintendo 3DS video game. While going deeper into the woods one day, primary school student Keita Amano ('Nate' in the English localisation) notices a bizarre capsule toy machine who tells him to insert money which he obeyingly does. But after opening the capsule that came out, a ghostly creature named Whisper materialises. Whisper, who was sealed inside the capsule, rewards his liberator Keita by becoming his Yo-kai butler and gives him a Yo-kai Watch. Whoever wears the watch gains the ability to see supernatural creatures called Yo-kai, each type possessing different kinds of magical abilities, and which are normally invisible to humans. The Yo-kai Watch also allows the wearer to summon any Yo-kai they have befriended, enabling the wearer to make use of the Yo-kai's powers. Using it, Keita and Whisper encounter many mischievous Yo-kai around town, resolving the trouble they're causing and befriending many at the same time.
Names
| Original | 妖怪ウォッチ (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Youkai Watch |
| English | Yo-kai Watch |
| Chinese | 妖怪手表 (unknown · via wikidata) |
| Also known as | Yokai Watch |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 214 ep · 24 min · 86h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2014-01-08 → 2018-03-30 (Winter 2014) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | OLM |
| Source | Video game |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Demographic | Kids |
| Genres | ComedySupernatural |
| Themes | YoukaiKidsProxy Battle |
| Streaming | Netflix · Hoopla |
Reception
| Community score | 6.70 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 6.94 / 10 |
| Composite | 46.7 |
| On lists | 10,961 |
| Favourited | 313 (2.9%) |
| Completion | 53.0% |
| Drop rate | 20.3% |
| In backlog | 22.6% |
| Score spread σ | 1.97 |
| MyAnimeList | 6.80 / 10 |
Score distribution
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Winter 2014 | D | 52 of 99 |
| Length | Epic-run | E | 57 of 70 |
| Studio | OLM | D | 99 of 181 |
| Year | 2014 | D | 220 of 389 |
| Demographic | Kids | D | 261 of 363 |
| Source material | Video game | D | 270 of 530 |
| Genre | Supernatural | D | 853 of 1,234 |
| Era | Early 2010s | D | 920 of 1,627 |
| Season (all years) | Winter | D | 938 of 1,557 |
| Format | TV series | D | 2,158 of 3,322 |
| Genre | Comedy | D | 2,184 of 3,488 |
| Origin | Japan | D | 4,439 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Shinji Ushiro, Masafumi Mima |
|---|---|
| Character design | Miho Tanaka, Takuzou Nagano, Masami Suda |
| Original creator | Miho Tanaka, Takuzou Nagano |
Franchise — 妖怪ウォッチ
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Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| side story | 2014 | Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie |
| side story | 2015 | Youkai Watch: Enma Daiou to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! |
| spin off | 2019 | Youkai Watch: Youkai Gakuen Y - Neko wa HERO ni Nareru ka |
| side story | 2016 | Youkai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double Sekai no Daibouken da Nyan! |
| summary | 2021 | Youkai Watch ♪: Keita to Orecchi no Deai Hen da Nyan ♪ Wa, Watakushi mo ♪♪ |
| sequel | 2019 | Youkai Watch! |
| prequel | 2018 | Youkai Watch: FOREVER FRIENDS |
AniList id 19157 · MAL id 19157 · record updated 2026-08-27

