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[[File:Yo-kai_Watch_logo.PNG|250px|thumb|International logo of the ''Yo-kai Watch'' franchise.]]
{{translation|'''Yo-kai Watch'''|妖怪ウォッチ|Yōkai Wotchi|literally meaning; "Spirit Watch"}}, sometimes misspelled as ''Yo-Kai Watch'' or ''Youkai Watch'', is a {{w|Cross-media marketing|cross-media}} franchise created and developed by the Japanese company [[Level-5]]. The series focuses on [[Yo-kai]] that are causing mischief in the realm of living, where Level-5 called their project "daily life with ghosts". Ones who have the [[Yo-kai Watch (item)|Yo-kai Watch]] are able to see Yo-kai.
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== Media ==
=== Manga ===
There are six manga adaptions that are based on the series that has been published by the Japanese company {{w|Shogakukan}}. The first manga is a shōnen manga series by Noriyuki Konishi that began serialization in CoroCoro Comic from December 15, 2012 which then has been licensed by {{w|Viz Media}} under its Perfect Square imprint. Yo-kai Watch: Exciting Nyanderful Days is a shōjo manga series by Chikako Mori and began serialization in the Japanese magazine {{w|Ciao}} from December 27, 2013. 4-Panel Yo-kai Watch: Geragera Manga Theater is a 4-Panel manga yonkoma series by Coconas Rumba and began serialization in CoroCoro Comic SPECIAL from October 2014. Yo-kai Watch 4-Panel Pun Club is a second yonkoma series by Santa Harukaze and began serialization in CoroCoro Ichiban! from April 2015. A shōnen and seinen manga series by Shō Shibamoto, titled Komasan 〜A Time for Fireworks and Miracles〜 began serialization in HiBaNa on April 10, 2015 and ended on September 10 of that year. A manga series that is based on the ''[[Yo-kai Watch Busters]]''
=== Video games ===
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=== Movies ===
Six movies has been released of the ''Yo-kai Watch'' franchise with the first one, ''[[Yo-kai Watch: The Movie]]'' released in Japan on December 20, 2014. The movies has been produced by [[OLM, Inc.]] and distributed by [[Toho]]. So far, only the first movie has been released to a worldwide audience, with the first movie being in selected cinema's in the United States on October 15, 2016. Attendees of the first movie would obtain a special [[Hovernyan]] media while stock lasted. The first film eventually premiered on {{w|Disney XD}} on November 12, 2016 in the United States with further showings on November 13, 2016 and November 14, 2016. It was also released on {{w|Netflix}} on December 1, 2016 in the United States and was removed from it on March 3, 2021. Four years after the debut of the first movie in cinema's, the DVD of the first movie was released on May 19, 2020. The first film was distributed by Wild Bunch in France, 01 Distribution In Italy, Buena Vista International in Turkey, Selecta Vision in Spain and Universal Pictures in some countries.
The other movies ''[[Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!]]'' released in Japan on December 19, 2015, with the third movie ''[[Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan!]]'' which is different due to it being both an live action and anime movie, released in Japan on December 17, 2016, with the fourth movie ''[[Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu]]'' released in Japan on December 16, 2017, with it serving as a reboot of the franchise during it's decline in popularity. The fifth movie ''[[Yo-kai Watch: Forever Friends]]'' released in Japan on December 14, 2018 with it's sixth film ''[[Yo-kai Watch Jam the Movie: Yo-Kai Academy Y - Can a Cat be a Hero?]]'' being released in Japan on December 13, 2019.
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