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Yo-kai Watch: Friends Forever

Yo-kai Watch: Friends Forever (2018)

December 14, 2018 (JP) • Animation, Fantasy, Adventure • 100m

Overview

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.

Writer

Akihiro Hino

Top Billed

Ryohei Kimura

Keywords

supernatural based on video game youkai 1960s anime
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Top Billed Cast

Ryohei Kimura
Ryohei Kimura

高城イツキ /エンマ大王 / 夜叉エンマ (voice)

Atsumi Tanezaki
Atsumi Tanezaki

下町シン (voice)

Nao Toyama
Nao Toyama

有星タエ (voice)

Etsuko Kozakura
Etsuko Kozakura

猫又 (voice)

Takehito Koyasu
Takehito Koyasu

ぬらりひょん (voice)

Tomokazu Seki
Tomokazu Seki

执事･臼田さん (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama
Nobuyuki Hiyama

スーさん (voice)

Shun Oguri
Shun Oguri

紫炎 (voice)

Crew
Rei Ishikura
Rei Ishikura

Key Animation

Shunya Yamada
Shunya Yamada

Supervising Animation Director

Akira Takeuchi
Akira Takeuchi

Supervising Animation Director

Shinsuke Terasawa
Shinsuke Terasawa

Supervising Animation Director

Yuki Tamori
Yuki Tamori

Key Animation

Kayoko Kumagai
Kayoko Kumagai

Key Animation

Chihiro Saito
Chihiro Saito

Key Animation

Chiharu Fuse
Chiharu Fuse

Key Animation

Miyako Higashi
Miyako Higashi

Key Animation

Hanako Kikuchi
Hanako Kikuchi

Key Animation

Toshiya Washida
Toshiya Washida

Key Animation

Atsushi Nakagawa
Atsushi Nakagawa

Key Animation

Ruriko Watanabe
Ruriko Watanabe

Key Animation

Yukiko Watabe
Yukiko Watabe

Key Animation

Shinichi Yoshikawa
Shinichi Yoshikawa

Key Animation

Masashi Yamada
Masashi Yamada

Key Animation

Aki Yamauchi
Aki Yamauchi

Key Animation

Mamiko Matsumoto
Mamiko Matsumoto

Key Animation

Norihiro Matsubara
Norihiro Matsubara

Key Animation

Yuko Matsuo
Yuko Matsuo

Key Animation

Masahiro Furihata
Masahiro Furihata

Key Animation

Toshihito Hirooka
Toshihito Hirooka

Key Animation

Miki Nomura
Miki Nomura

Key Animation

Tetsuro Nireki
Tetsuro Nireki

Key Animation

Hiromi Niioka
Hiromi Niioka

Key Animation

Mamiko Nakanishi
Mamiko Nakanishi

Key Animation

Yuichi Nakazawa
Yuichi Nakazawa

Key Animation

Yoshiyuki Tomita
Yoshiyuki Tomita

Key Animation

Mizuka Takahashi
Mizuka Takahashi

Key Animation

Yoko Sugita
Yoko Sugita

Key Animation

Toru Shigeta
Toru Shigeta

Key Animation

Kazuhiro Sasaki
Kazuhiro Sasaki

Key Animation

Rui Kondou
Rui Kondou

Key Animation

Yukari Furumura
Yukari Furumura

Key Animation

Mitsuteru Kubo
Mitsuteru Kubo

Key Animation

Emi Kouno
Emi Kouno

Key Animation

Hiromi Ono
Hiromi Ono

Key Animation

Nao Otsu
Nao Otsu

Key Animation

Kazuhiro Ohmame
Kazuhiro Ohmame

Key Animation

Yukihiro Urata
Yukihiro Urata

Key Animation

Satoru Iriyoshi
Satoru Iriyoshi

Key Animation

Reiko Arai
Reiko Arai

Key Animation

Misao Abe
Misao Abe

Key Animation

Yoshinori Wakana
Yoshinori Wakana

Key Animation

Koki Yanagihara
Koki Yanagihara

Key Animation

Tsutomu Yabuki
Tsutomu Yabuki

Key Animation

Yoshie Matsumoto
Yoshie Matsumoto

Key Animation

Yoshiaki Matsuda
Yoshiaki Matsuda

Key Animation

Nobuyuki Matsuo
Nobuyuki Matsuo

Key Animation

Ren Fujimaki
Ren Fujimaki

Key Animation

Junichi Higuchi
Junichi Higuchi

Key Animation

Haruyoshi Nomura
Haruyoshi Nomura

Key Animation

Takeshi Nishino
Takeshi Nishino

Key Animation

Yasuhiro Namatame
Yasuhiro Namatame

Key Animation

Yuri Nakajima
Yuri Nakajima

Key Animation

Deng Jiamei
Deng Jiamei

Key Animation

Hiroaki Tomita
Hiroaki Tomita

Key Animation

Mizuho Tajima
Mizuho Tajima

Key Animation

Hatsumi Takahashi
Hatsumi Takahashi

Key Animation

Eiji Suganuma
Eiji Suganuma

Key Animation

Masahito Sawada
Masahito Sawada

Key Animation

Sunao Komiya
Sunao Komiya

Key Animation

Toshiya Kouno
Toshiya Kouno

Key Animation

Tomoyuki Kitamura
Tomoyuki Kitamura

Key Animation

Ayaka Kawai
Ayaka Kawai

Key Animation

Tomohisa Onoue
Tomohisa Onoue

Key Animation

Mihoko Ogawa
Mihoko Ogawa

Key Animation

Masao Okubo
Masao Okubo

Key Animation

Hitomi Urata
Hitomi Urata

Key Animation

Fuminori Ishimaru
Fuminori Ishimaru

Key Animation

Hiroki Ikeshita
Hiroki Ikeshita

Key Animation

Yutaka Araki
Yutaka Araki

Key Animation

Mamoru Abiko
Mamoru Abiko

Key Animation

Masayasu Yoshida
Masayasu Yoshida

Key Animation

Ayaka Yamamoto
Ayaka Yamamoto

Key Animation

Reina Yamauchi
Reina Yamauchi

Key Animation

Takeshi Morita
Takeshi Morita

Key Animation

Katsuji Matsumoto
Katsuji Matsumoto

Key Animation

Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka

Key Animation

Mitsuki Kosaka
Mitsuki Kosaka

Key Animation

Junichi Fukunaga
Junichi Fukunaga

Key Animation

Asami Hayakawa
Asami Hayakawa

Key Animation

Kiyoshi Nohji
Kiyoshi Nohji

Key Animation

Hirotaka Nii
Hirotaka Nii

Key Animation

Mayumi Nakamura
Mayumi Nakamura

Key Animation

Chuji Nakajima
Chuji Nakajima

Key Animation

Mao Torii
Mao Torii

Key Animation

Takenori Tsukuma
Takenori Tsukuma

Key Animation

Hiroki Takiguchi
Hiroki Takiguchi

Key Animation

Yuri Takasaki
Yuri Takasaki

Key Animation

Ken Shintani
Ken Shintani

Key Animation

Kazumi Sato
Kazumi Sato

Key Animation

Atsuko Saitou
Atsuko Saitou

Key Animation

Yoshiteru Kobayashi
Yoshiteru Kobayashi

Key Animation

Ryosuke Kuwahara
Ryosuke Kuwahara

Key Animation

Noboru Kawamori
Noboru Kawamori

Key Animation

Ayako Karatani
Ayako Karatani

Key Animation

Naohito Takahashi
Naohito Takahashi

Key Animation

Tadayoshi Okimura
Tadayoshi Okimura

Key Animation

Akane Ogawa
Akane Ogawa

Key Animation

Eiichi Endo
Eiichi Endo

Key Animation

Ayasa Ueda
Ayasa Ueda

Key Animation

Ayako Ishihara
Ayako Ishihara

Key Animation

Hiroyoshi Iida
Hiroyoshi Iida

Key Animation

Hiroki Abe
Hiroki Abe

Key Animation

Shigemi Aoyagi
Shigemi Aoyagi

Key Animation

Tsuyoshi Motodate
Tsuyoshi Motodate

Key Animation

Yuji Kaneko
Yuji Kaneko

Compositing Artist

Akihiro Hino
Akihiro Hino

Screenplay

Shigeharu Takahashi
Shigeharu Takahashi

Director

Kenichiro Saigo
Kenichiro Saigo

Music

Shoji Hata
Shoji Hata

Sound Director

Shunya Yamada
Shunya Yamada

Character Designer

Shinsuke Terasawa
Shinsuke Terasawa

Character Designer

Lee Sang-jin
Lee Sang-jin

Producer

Toshiaki Okuno
Toshiaki Okuno

Associate Producer

Yuichi Oshida
Yuichi Oshida

Associate Producer

Nobumasa Sawabe
Nobumasa Sawabe

Associate Producer

Kiyofumi Kajiwara
Kiyofumi Kajiwara

Associate Producer

Tomokazu Mii
Tomokazu Mii

Sound Effects

Naoko Abe
Naoko Abe

Sound Recordist

Junichi Masunaga
Junichi Masunaga

Online Editor

Yoshihiro Toriyama
Yoshihiro Toriyama

Online Editor

Mayumi Komori
Mayumi Komori

Editor

Tatsumi Yukiwaki
Tatsumi Yukiwaki

Director of Photography

Ryouka Kinoshita
Ryouka Kinoshita

Art Direction

Aya Kuginuki
Aya Kuginuki

Art Direction

Kaoru Aoki
Kaoru Aoki

Art Designer

Toshiki Amata
Toshiki Amata

Art Designer

Noriyuki Ohta
Noriyuki Ohta

Special Effects

Emi Kadono
Emi Kadono

Color Designer

Misao Abe
Misao Abe

Animation Director

Hiro Ohki
Hiro Ohki

Animation Director

Kazuhiro Ohmame
Kazuhiro Ohmame

Animation Director

Tadayoshi Okimura
Tadayoshi Okimura

Animation Director

Ryosuke Kuwahara
Ryosuke Kuwahara

Animation Director

Atsuko Saitou
Atsuko Saitou

Animation Director

Masahito Sawada
Masahito Sawada

Animation Director

Mitsuru Sōma
Mitsuru Sōma

Animation Director

Mizuho Tajima
Mizuho Tajima

Animation Director

Yumenosuke Tokuda
Yumenosuke Tokuda

Animation Director

Hiromi Niioka
Hiromi Niioka

Animation Director

Koichi Morishima
Koichi Morishima

Animation Director

Toshihito Hirooka
Toshihito Hirooka

Animation Director

Mayumi Hidaka
Mayumi Hidaka

Animation Director

Shinichi Yoshikawa
Shinichi Yoshikawa

Animation Director

Kosuke Yoshida
Kosuke Yoshida

Animation Director

Toshiya Washida
Toshiya Washida

Animation Director

Reina Yamauchi
Reina Yamauchi

Animation Director

Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka

Animation Director

Kohei Yanagida
Kohei Yanagida

Animation Director

Masahiko Komino
Masahiko Komino

Animation Director

Shuhei Fukuda
Shuhei Fukuda

Animation Director

Haruka Watanabe
Haruka Watanabe

Animation Director

Yoshikatsu Matsuzaki
Yoshikatsu Matsuzaki

Animation Director

Shinichi Miyazaki
Shinichi Miyazaki

Conceptual Design

Collection

Yo-kai Watch Collection

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie
Yo-kai Watch The Movie 2: Lord Enma and the Stories, Nyan!
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!
Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King
Yo-kai Watch: Friends Forever
Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y - Can a Cat Be a Hero?
Yo-kai Watch♪ the Movie: How Nate and I Met Nyan!♪ M-Me Too~♪♪
Yo-kai Watch♪ Movie 8: Jibanyan vs. Komasan - The Big Amazing Battle, Nyan


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Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Budget

—

Revenue

$10,336,365

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