# Youkai Watch
*Also known as: Yo-kai Watch / 妖怪ウォッチ*

## Facts
- Format: TV
- Status: concluded
- Year: 2014
- Season: WINTER

## Renewal Score
**Youkai Watch** has a **45% renewal probability** on Courcast (confidence: 90%) as of 2026-06-03.

## Synopsis
Animated adaptation of Level-5's Nintendo 3DS video game.
While going deeper into the woods one day, primary school student Keita Amano ('Nate' in the English localisation) notices a bizarre capsule toy machine who tells him to insert money which he obeyingly does. But after opening the capsule that came out, a ghostly creature named Whisper materialises. Whisper, who was sealed inside the capsule, rewards his liberator Keita by becoming his Yo-kai butler and gives him a Yo-kai Watch. Whoever we

## About Courcast
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*Last updated: 2026-06-03*