VIZ Media launches hit anime franchise in more than 100 territories throughout Europe and Africa, including the U.K.
After its successful run in Japan and in the USA, the animated TV series YO-KAI WATCH will be available on popular kids’ channels, to be announced soon.
Created by Japanese video game company LEVEL-5, Inc. (LBX: Little Battlers eXperience, Inazuma Eleven, Professor Layton), the YO-KAI WATCH franchise currently boasts a NINTENDO 3DS video game series that has sold over 10 million units in Japan alone, a top-rated animated TV series jointly produced by LEVEL-5, Inc., Dentsu Inc., and TV TOKYO Corporation, manga and related books published by SHOGAKUKAN INC, as well as toys and other merchandise that have generated over 2 billion euro in retail sales in Japan. With an imaginative plot, great characters and hilarious comedy, YO-KAI WATCH has become one of the most popular franchises of all time in Japan, in just 2 years.
The animated TV series YO-KAI WATCH was successfully launched in the USA last year, along with video game, toys and merchandising.
The story of YO-KAI WATCH centers around a young boy, Nate, who gets a special watch empowering him to discover mysterious beings called “Yo-kai” that are everywhere and cause us little nuisances in our daily life. Nate’s role is to find out the reason for the Yo-kai’s mischievous behaviors and to talk them out of it, using his own creative wit and helped by his fellow Yo-kai that he befriends each time he solves a problem.
Source: VIZ Media Europe
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
