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Yo-kai Watch: Friends Forever

20186.9 / 10100 min

Animation, Fantasy, Adventure

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.

Cast

Ryohei Kimura

高城イツキ /エンマ大王 / 夜叉エンマ (voice)

Atsumi Tanezaki

下町シン (voice)

Nao Toyama

有星タエ (voice)

Etsuko Kozakura

猫又 (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

ぬらりひょん (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

执事･臼田さん (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama

スーさん (voice)

Shun Oguri

紫炎 (voice)

Crew

Rei Ishikura

Key Animation

Shinichi Yoshikawa

Key Animation

Mamiko Matsumoto

Key Animation

Chihiro Saito

Key Animation

Hiromi Niioka

Key Animation

Mamiko Nakanishi

Key Animation

Yuki Tamori

Key Animation

Ruriko Watanabe

Key Animation

Aki Yamauchi

Key Animation

Yuko Matsuo

Key Animation

Masahiro Furihata

Key Animation

Junichi Higuchi

Key Animation

Shinsuke Terasawa

Supervising Animation Director

Chiharu Fuse

Key Animation

Tetsuro Nireki

Key Animation

Nobuyuki Matsuo

Key Animation

Masashi Yamada

Key Animation

Hiromi Ono

Key Animation

Yukihiro Urata

Key Animation

Misao Abe

Key Animation

Ren Fujimaki

Key Animation

Kazuhiro Sasaki

Key Animation

Mitsuteru Kubo

Key Animation

Yukiko Watabe

Key Animation

Tomoyuki Kitamura

Key Animation

Ayaka Kawai

Key Animation

Atsushi Nakagawa

Key Animation

Nao Otsu

Key Animation

Haruyoshi Nomura

Key Animation

Miyako Higashi

Key Animation

Norihiro Matsubara

Key Animation

Yuri Nakajima

Key Animation

Akira Takeuchi

Supervising Animation Director

Hanako Kikuchi

Key Animation

Miki Nomura

Key Animation

Reiko Arai

Key Animation

Masahito Sawada

Key Animation

Toshiya Washida

Key Animation

Koki Yanagihara

Key Animation

Yoshiaki Matsuda

Key Animation

Hiroaki Tomita

Key Animation

Hatsumi Takahashi

Key Animation

Shunya Yamada

Supervising Animation Director

Yoshiyuki Tomita

Key Animation

Rui Kondou

Key Animation

Yukari Furumura

Key Animation

Kazuhiro Ohmame

Key Animation

Masao Okubo

Key Animation

Kayoko Kumagai

Key Animation

Yoko Sugita

Key Animation

Toru Shigeta

Key Animation

Satoru Iriyoshi

Key Animation

Tsutomu Yabuki

Key Animation

Yoshie Matsumoto

Key Animation

Tomohisa Onoue

Key Animation

Toshihito Hirooka

Key Animation

Yoshinori Wakana

Key Animation

Deng Jiamei

Key Animation

Mizuho Tajima

Key Animation

Yuri Takasaki

Key Animation

Takeshi Nishino

Key Animation

Sunao Komiya

Key Animation

Hiroyoshi Iida

Key Animation

Yuichi Nakazawa

Key Animation

Hirotaka Nii

Key Animation

Mayumi Nakamura

Key Animation

Katsuji Matsumoto

Key Animation

Fuminori Ishimaru

Key Animation

Chuji Nakajima

Key Animation

Mao Torii

Key Animation

Takenori Tsukuma

Key Animation

Hiroki Takiguchi

Key Animation

Yutaka Araki

Key Animation

Noboru Kawamori

Key Animation

Ayako Karatani

Key Animation

Tadayoshi Okimura

Key Animation

Ayasa Ueda

Key Animation

Mizuka Takahashi

Key Animation

Emi Kouno

Key Animation

Yasuhiro Namatame

Key Animation

Toshiya Kouno

Key Animation

Mihoko Ogawa

Key Animation

Takeshi Morita

Key Animation

Junichi Fukunaga

Key Animation

Asami Hayakawa

Key Animation

Kiyoshi Nohji

Key Animation

Yoshiteru Kobayashi

Key Animation

Eiji Suganuma

Key Animation

Atsuko Saitou

Key Animation

Akane Ogawa

Key Animation

Hiroki Ikeshita

Key Animation

Masayasu Yoshida

Key Animation

Ayaka Yamamoto

Key Animation

Reina Yamauchi

Key Animation

Sadatoshi Matsuzaka

Key Animation

Ryosuke Kuwahara

Key Animation

Kazumi Sato

Key Animation

Ayako Ishihara

Key Animation

Hitomi Urata

Key Animation

Mamoru Abiko

Key Animation

Ken Shintani

Key Animation

Naohito Takahashi

Key Animation

Shigemi Aoyagi

Key Animation

Mitsuki Kosaka

Key Animation

Eiichi Endo

Key Animation

Hiroki Abe

Key Animation

Tsuyoshi Motodate

Key Animation

Akihiro Hino

Screenplay

Yuji Kaneko

Compositing Artist

Shigeharu Takahashi

Director

Kenichiro Saigo

Music

Shoji Hata

Sound Director

Shunya Yamada

Character Designer

Shinsuke Terasawa

Character Designer

Lee Sang-jin

Producer

Toshiaki Okuno

Associate Producer

Yuichi Oshida

Associate Producer

Nobumasa Sawabe

Associate Producer

Kiyofumi Kajiwara

Associate Producer

Tomokazu Mii

Sound Effects

Naoko Abe

Sound Recordist

Junichi Masunaga

Online Editor

Yoshihiro Toriyama

Online Editor

Mayumi Komori

Editor

Tatsumi Yukiwaki

Director of Photography

Ryouka Kinoshita

Art Direction

Aya Kuginuki

Art Direction

Kaoru Aoki

Art Designer

Toshiki Amata

Art Designer

Noriyuki Ohta

Special Effects

Emi Kadono

Color Designer

Misao Abe

Animation Director

Hiro Ohki

Animation Director

Kazuhiro Ohmame

Animation Director

Tadayoshi Okimura

Animation Director

Ryosuke Kuwahara

Animation Director

Atsuko Saitou

Animation Director

Masahito Sawada

Animation Director

Mitsuru Sōma

Animation Director

Mizuho Tajima

Animation Director

Yumenosuke Tokuda

Animation Director

Hiromi Niioka

Animation Director

Koichi Morishima

Animation Director

Toshihito Hirooka

Animation Director

Mayumi Hidaka

Animation Director

Shinichi Yoshikawa

Animation Director

Kosuke Yoshida

Animation Director

Toshiya Washida

Animation Director

Reina Yamauchi

Animation Director

Sadatoshi Matsuzaka

Animation Director

Kohei Yanagida

Animation Director

Masahiko Komino

Animation Director

Shuhei Fukuda

Animation Director

Haruka Watanabe

Animation Director

Yoshikatsu Matsuzaki

Animation Director

Shinichi Miyazaki

Conceptual Design