Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! explained

Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!
Native Name:
Kanji:映画 妖怪ウォッチ エンマ大王と5つの物語だニャン!
Revhep:Eiga Yōkai Wotchi Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!
Director:
Starring:Haruka Tomatsu
Tomokazu Seki
Etsuko Kozakura
Aoi Yūki
Kotori Shigemoto
Studio:OLM, Inc.
Distributor:Toho
Runtime:94 minutes
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! is a 2015 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film directed by and . It is the second film in the Yo-kai Watch film series, following the 2014 film . It was released on December 19, 2015.[1] [2] It was followed by , which released on December 17, 2016.[3]

Plot

Nate, Whisper, Jibanyan, Hailey, USApyon, and all of their Yo-kai friends embark on five unique adventures that all end up tied together in the end.

On his way to school, Nate unexpectedly and mysteriously falls into a manhole, dies and becomes the Yo-kai Fuu 2, so he becomes friends with a kid, who's the opposite of him, has trouble with his grades at school, and wishes to become a comic artist.
  • Jibanyan, Shogunyan, and Robonyan F-Type are flung 8 years into the future, where Jibanyan helps Amy (his former owner before becoming a Yo-kai) at her new job.
  • Komasan and Komajiro return home and discover that their mother has had a third child named Komasaburō, But much to their shock, Komasaburō is a human baby.
  • USApyon is chosen to be Santa Claus this year by the Yo-kai Committee, so he and Hailey go throughout town to hand out gifts, but they come across a boy who does not want one, and instead, he wants his mom cured at the hospital.
  • Whisper, Jibanyan, USApyon, Komasan, and Hovernyan go to the Yo-kai World to fight King Enma, who has suddenly declared that humans and Yo-kai should never be friends. But is it really King Enma or the head of the Yo-kai council Zazel? As the journey of Whisper, Jibanyan, USApyon, Hovernyan and Komasan in Yo-kai World continues, they discovered that Zazel has sealed King Enma making the citizens of the Yo-kai World believe that King Enma got his disease in the human world, and now with Nate and Hailey joining the team, they must defeat the power hungry Chairman Zazel and his servants to save the King, and Nate and Hailey will use the new Yo-kai Medal the mysterious boy gave him in the first episode to defeat him, which turned out to be...The Yo-kai Medal of King Enma!!
  • Cast

    Box office

    Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! notably finished ahead of on its opening weekend in terms of admissions, with 975,000 in its first two days. The Force Awakens grossed higher due to more expensive tickets, but only reached 800,000 tickets sold between December 19 and 20.[4] The film was number-one in admissions again on its second weekend, with 450,000, and grossed ., making it the fourth highest-grossing domestic film of 2016.[5] The film grossed a total of at the Japanese box office.[6]

    Overseas, the film grossed $7,967,212 in South Korea, France, and Spain,[7] $47,502 in the United Arab Emirates,[8] and $5,732 in Thailand.[9]

    Other Releases

    The film was localized into French on Summer 2019 as well as Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese on December 7, 2019.

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 2nd Yo-kai Watch Film Opens in Japan on December 19. June 14, 2015. November 3, 2014. Anime News Network.
    2. Web site: 映画 妖怪ウォッチ エンマ大王と5つの物語だニャン!(2015). November 3, 2014. allcinema. Stingray. ja.
    3. Web site: Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan Anime & Live-Action Film Opens on December 17. June 18, 2016. June 19, 2016. Anime News Network.
    4. Web site: Japan Box Office: 'Yo-Kai Watch' Beats 'Star Wars' Ticket Sales. Variety. 21 December 2015. PMC. 22 December 2015.
    5. Web site: Japan Box Office: 'Yo-Kai Watch 2' Wins Second Weekend. Mark . Schilling. December 29, 2015. December 30, 2015. Variety.
    6. Web site: 2016 . Eiren . . 28 February 2019.
    7. Web site: Yo-Kai watch the movie 2 - International . . 27 February 2019.
    8. Web site: United Arab Emirates Box Office, June 8–11, 2017 . . 28 February 2019.
    9. Web site: Thailand Box Office, October 6–9, 2016 . . 28 February 2019.