[Katie Forester]

<p style=”margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”><i><b>Yo-kai Watch</b></i> (<span lang=”ja”>妖怪ウォッチ</span> <i>Yōkai Wotchi</i>)<sup id=”cite_ref-7″ class=”reference” style=”line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;”>[a]</sup> is a mixed-media franchise of role-playing video games and toys, created and developed by Level-5. The first game in the series was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013.<sup id=”cite_ref-releasedate_8-0″ class=”reference” style=”line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;”>[7]</sup> 3 main sequels and several spinoffs, on both Nintendo and mobile platforms, have been released.</p>
<p style=”margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>Six manga adaptations have also been produced; one, a shōnen manga series that began serialization in Shogakukan‘s <i>CoroCoro Comic</i> from December 2012, became an award winner. An anime television series produced by OLM, Inc. began airing in Japan from January 2014 and was a ratings success, boosting the franchise in popularity,<sup id=”cite_ref-9″ class=”reference” style=”line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;”>[8]</sup> and began airing in North America from October 2015.<sup id=”cite_ref-10″ class=”reference” style=”line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;”>[9]</sup><sup id=”cite_ref-11″ class=”reference” style=”line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;”>[10]</sup> An animated film was released in December 2014; with three more films being produced. As of 2016, the game series had shipped 13 million copies worldwide.<sup id=”cite_ref-12″ class=”reference” style=”line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;”>[11]</sup></p>

[Kyouko Kasodani]

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