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Yo-kai Watch: Forever Friends
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Wikipedia article
'Yo-Kai Watch: Forever Friends' is a 2018 supernatural anime film produced by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho. It is the fifth film in the 'Yo-kai Watch' film series, following the 2017 film 'Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni- no Fukkatsu', and is the second film set in the 1960s before the series' storyline, featuring a boy named Shin who adventures into the Yo-kai World with his Yo-kai friend Nekomata. It was directed by Shigeru Takahashi, and was released on Japanese theaters on December 14, 2018 alongside the first 'Dragon Ball Super' movie, 'Dragon Ball Super: Broly', and the Japanese dub of 'The Grinch'.
Plot
"Sakura Motomachi, Tokyo in the 1960s. Shin, a boy who lived happily, despite being poor, loses his mother, his only family member, and falls into deep misfortune. Itsuki, a boy who saves Shin. He also lost his older sister. Those two boys are joined by Tae, a girl who can see Yo-kai, and together with Shin's guardian spirit S-san, and new Yo-kai such as Nekomata, they take on a mysterious incident in order to retrieve the souls of their precious family! And what is the shocking truth that awaits them...!? This is a story about the friendship formed between three children and Yo-kai"
The film also tells the origin of how Lord Enma became the ruler of the Yo-kai.
Characters
* Atsumi Tanezaki as , a wielder of the Yo-kai Watch. Despite his poverty, he lived happily until his mother died, after which he fell into great despair. He then met his fellow Yo-kai friends and was joined by two children named Itsuki and Tae, with the three planning to return the souls of the citizens of Japan from the soul-devouring fox Yo-kai Tamamo no Mae.
* Etsuko Kozakura as , a classic black-cat Yo-kai who meets Shin, who lost his mother, and becomes good friends with him, later adventuring alongside him and a group of children in the Yo-kai World. He has both a Shadowside form and a Godside form, the latter of which is known as .
* Ryhei Kimura as , a boy who saved Shin and owns the "Yo-kai Watch Elder God". Like Shin, his older sister was gone due to her soul being devoured by Tamamo no Mae.
* Nao Tyama as , a female sorcerer from the Arihoshi Clan who is likely related to Akinori from the previous movie. She is one of the Three Children who adventures in the Yo-kai World during the events of the film.
* Shun Oguri as . He's one of the candidates for becoming the next great ruler of the Yo-Kai World and is the main antagonist of the movie.
* Chiemi Blouson as , a humanoid fox Yo-kai who devours the souls of the citizens of Japan and works alongside Shien. She's also known as in her Shadowside form.
* Ryhei Kimura as , one of the candidates for becoming the next ruler of the Yo-kai World and the son of the Great King Enma. As was first teased in Corocoro, Enma has three new forms that were introduced in the movie: Yasha Enma, Yasha Enma Rasetsu, & Yasha Enma Benibana.
* Takehito Koyasu as , a servant and apprentice of the current Great King Enma and later to Lord Enma.
* Shintaro Asanuma as , a guardian spirit focuses on pursuing his beauty. Like Nekomata, he has a Godside form based on a Tengu.
Release
The film released on December 14, 2018, and opened at #4 at the Japanese box office. Early pre-orders of the movie tickets allows viewers to obtain a Yo-kai Ark of Nekomata's Lightside form. This ark can be scanned through the Nintendo Switch to obtain Nekomata in 'Yo-kai Watch 4.'
References
Soundtrack
, sung by Tohoshinki was an ending song of this movie.
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