Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!
Yo-kai Watch: King Enma Is Here For The Five Stories And Meow Event 2 | |
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Starring | Haruka Tomatsu Tomokazu Seki Etsuko Kozakura Aoi Yūki Kotori Shigemoto |
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Distributed by | Toho |
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Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥5.2 billion (US$45.4 million)[1] |
Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! (映画 妖怪ウォッチ エンマ大王と5つの物語だニャン!, Eiga Yōkai Wotchi Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!, "Yo-kai Watch the Movie: The Great King Enma and the Five Tales, Meow!") is a 2015 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film directed by Shigeharu Takahashi and Shinji Ushiro . It is the second film in the Yo-kai Watch film series, following the 2014 film Yo-kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan!. It was released on December 19, 2015.[2][3] It will be followed by Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan!, scheduled for release on December 17, 2016.[4]
Plot
Keita, Whisper, Jibanyan, Inaho, Usapyon, and all of their Yo-kai friends embark on five unique adventures that all end up tied together in the end.
- Episode 1: Keita Turned Into a Yo-kai (エピソード1:妖怪になったケータ, Episōdo 1: Yōkai ni Natta Kēta)
- On his way to school, Keita unexpectedly and mysteriously falls into a manhole, dies, and becomes the Yo-kai Fū2, so Jibanyan and the others help him adjust to life as a Yo-kai while also trying to figure out how to bring him back to life.
- Episode 2: Jibanyan's Brilliant Strategy (エピソード2:ジバニャンの華麗なる作戦, Episōdo 2: Jibanyan no Kareinaru Sakusen)
- Jibanyan, Bushinyan, and Robonyan F-Type are flung 8 years into the future, where Jibanyan helps Emi-chan (his former owner) at her new job.
- Episode 3: Komasan Returns Home (エピソード3:コマさん 家に帰る, Episōdo 3: Komasan Ie ni Kaeru)
- Komasan and Komajiro return home and discover that their mother has had a third child named Komasaburō, except Komasaburō is a human baby.
- Episode 4: Usapyon's Merry Christmas (エピソード4:USAピョンのメリークリスマス, Episōdo 4: Usapyon no Merī Kurisumasu)
- Usapyon is chosen to be Santa Claus this year by the Yo-kai Committee, so he and Inaho go throughout town to hand out gifts, but they come across a boy who does not want one.
- Episode 5: Let's Go to the Yo-kai World (エピソード5:妖怪ワールドへ行こう, Episōdo 5: Yōkai Wārudo e Ikō)
- Whisper, Jibanyan, Usapyon, Komasan, and Fuyunyan 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 Nurarihyon.
Voice cast
- Haruka Tomatsu as Keita Amano[3]
- Tomokazu Seki as Whisper[3]
- Etsuko Kozakura as Jibanyan[3]
- Aoi Yūki as Inaho Misora[3]
- Kotori Shigemoto as Usapyon[3]
- Aya Endō as Komasan and Komajiro
- Yūki Kaji as Fuyunyan
- Ryōhei Kimura as King Enma
- Masami Nagasawa as Emi-chan
- Chiemi Hori as Chiaki-senpai
- Hakata Hanamaru as Nekokiyo
- Hakata Daikichi as Inumaro
- Tetsuya Takeda as Giant Santa
- Yuka Terasaki as Yuto Arima
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Demon Okure
- Takehito Koyasu as Nurarihyon
Reception
Box office
Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! notably finished ahead of Star Wars: The Force Awakens 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 19 and 20 December.[5] The film was number-one in admissions again on its second weekend, with 450,000, and grossed ¥513 million (US$4.1 million).[6]
References
- ^ "Yo-Kai Watch: Enma Daio to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- ^ "2nd Yo-kai Watch Film Opens in Japan on December 19". Anime News Network. June 14, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "映画 妖怪ウォッチ エンマ大王と5つの物語だニャン!(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
- ^ "Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan Anime & Live-Action Film Opens on December 17". Anime News Network. June 18, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- ^ "Japan Box Office: 'Yo-Kai Watch' Beats 'Star Wars' Ticket Sales". Variety. PMC. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ Schilling, Mark (December 29, 2015). "Japan Box Office: 'Yo-Kai Watch 2' Wins Second Weekend". Variety. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
External links
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