Yo-kai Watch: The Movie

To stop a villain from preventing humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Nate Adams must travel sixty years into the past. After his special watch is removed from time, Nate, Whisper, and Jibanyan seek help from Hovernyan to reach the era when the device was first created. There, Nate teams up with his grandfather as a boy to fight against Dame Dedtime and her Wicked Yo-Kai servants to protect the world.

This Japanese animated production was co-directed by Shigeharu Takahashi, Shinji Ushiro, and Mark Risley. It served as the first movie for both Takahashi and Ushiro, who later collaborated on a second film in 2015. Ushiro followed this with a third movie in 2016. The screenplay was written by Yoichi Kato and produced by Kiyofumi Kajiwara and Izumi Furusawa. The voice cast includes Haruka Tomatsu as Keita Amano, Tomokazu Seki as Whisper and Buchinyan, and Etsuko Kozakura as Jibanyan, Buchinyan, and Shogunyan. Other contributors include Romi Park as Keizo Amano, Yuki Kaji as Darknyan, Hovernyan, and Meganyan, and Ainosuke Kataoka as Tokio Ubaune.

The film earned 99 million USD at the worldwide box office. It holds a rating of 7.6/10 on TMDB based on 74 votes.