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In April 2014, {{w|Dentsu Entertainment USA}} announced that they were seeking broadcast and merchandising partners in North America for the anime. The anime began its broadcast on {{w|Disney XD}} on October 5, 2015 as a 26-episode season in North America. The official Yo-kai Watch YouTube channel posted episodes a month later with the episodes performing well in that continent. A second season that is not on pair with the second season that aired in Japan was broadcasted on August 1, 2016 as a 50-episode season. The first two season of the animation series contained an American cast, but they were replaced in the third season due to budget cost. In Latin America, {{w|MarVista Entertainment}} has licensed the season in that region. {{w|Netflix}} is currently streaming the first season of the animation on their platform.
In Europe, Russia, and Africa, the animation series has licensed by {{w|Viz Media Europe}}. The animation was premiered in the United Kingdom and Ireland on {{w|Cartoon Network}} which was broadcasted on April 23, 2016. In France, the animation was shown on three different stations which was {{w|Boing}} which started broadcasting the animation series on April, 2016, {{w|Gulli}} in September 2016, and Cartoon Network France in March 2017. In Germany and Austria they were aired on {{w|Nickelodeon}} and in Spain and Africa on Boing. In the Netherlands and Belgium the animation series was broadcasted on Nickelodeon and in Isreal on Noga. In Portugal, Turkey, Poland and the Nordic, Central and Eastern Europe are aired on Cartoon Network which the broadcast started in Sprin 2016. Known is that Viz Media hired Bulldog licensing and German brand-management company {{w|m4e}} to represent the brand in the UK and German-speaking territories. The European broadcast were splitted with different broadcasting, which some episode first premiered in May 2016.
In other Asian countries, an alternative English dub began airing on Cartoon Network and {{w|Toonami Asia}} from June 27, 2015. The alternative dub uses original Japanese names instead of localized names. Shogakukan Asia also licensed the series in the Philippines. In Australia and New Zealand, the Fusion Agency acquired the licensing and merchandising rights for the series. It was aired in Australia on {{w|9Go!}} on December 14, 2015.
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