Yo-kai Watch: Friends Forever

Yo-kai Watch: Friends Forever

2018 · 100 min · ★ 8.3 · Animation, Fantasy, Adventure

The film tells the story of interweaving friendships between three children and yo-kai. The film is set in 1960s Tokyo, in Sakura Motomachi. A boy named Shin lives a poor but happy life. When his mother — his only family member — dies, Shin's unhappiness hits rock bottom. That is when another boy named Itsuki saves Shin. Itsuki has also lost his older sister. Shin, Itsuki, and a young girl named Tae who can see yo-kai all become friends. Shin's guardian spirit Suu-san, a "Nekomata" cat, and other new yo-kai join their group, and this group is able to regain what it means to have a precious family. This new family must now face a mysterious incident, and a shocking reality awaits them.

Directed by Shigeharu Takahashi · Written by Akihiro Hino

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Ryohei Kimura 高城イツキ /エンマ大王 / 夜叉エンマ (voice)
Atsumi Tanezaki 下町シン (voice)
Nao Toyama 有星タエ (voice)
Etsuko Kozakura 猫又 (voice)
Takehito Koyasu ぬらりひょん (voice)
Tomokazu Seki 执事･臼田さん (voice)
Nobuyuki Hiyama スーさん (voice)
Shun Oguri 紫炎 (voice)

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