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Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King

Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King

20177.01h 34m

Overview

When a meteor is about to approach Earth, Summer Adams, Cole and Bruno meet up and work together to stop the Onimaro invasion with the power of a new Yo-kai Watch and Yo-kai that can change between Lightside and Shadowside forms.

Directed by Shinji Ushiro
Written by Akihiro Hino
Produced by Akihiro Hino
Box Office0Revenue: $18.4M

Top Cast

Mone Kamishiraishi

Mone Kamishiraishi

天野ナツメ

Yudai Chiba

Yudai Chiba

月浪トウマ

Mutsumi Tamura

Mutsumi Tamura

有星アキノリ

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Whisper (voice)

Takaya Kuroda

Takaya Kuroda

Daisuke Hirakawa

Daisuke Hirakawa

Ryohei Kimura

Ryohei Kimura

エンマ大王

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Themes & Keywords

supernaturalbased on video gameyoukaianime

About Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King

Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King is a animation, family, fantasy, adventure film released in 2017 exploring themes of supernatural, based on video game, youkai, anime. Directed by Shinji Ushiro, it stars Mone Kamishiraishi, Yudai Chiba, Mutsumi Tamura. When a meteor is about to approach Earth, Summer Adams, Cole and Bruno meet up and work together to stop the Onimaro invasion with the power of a new Yo-kai Watch and Yo-kai that can change between Lightside and Shadowside forms.

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