The spinoff Yo-kai Watch Blasters series got a single volume exclusive to Japan, which is loosely based around the first Yo-kai Watch Blasters game. All six of them are known to be released which can vary in plot compared to the movie. The Yo-kai Watch Movies have been adapted into manga volumes, exclusively in Japan.
In the second and third volumes of the manga series, it is mainly focused alongside Yo-kai Watch 3's storyline, which can also relate to two Sukiyaki side missions that involves the same kind of plot as the manga series. At first, she got a little scared of the two Yo-kai, but along the way, she soon realizes they are not so evil. The series starts in Volume 1 like the second Yo-kai Watch game, the story begins with Katie seeing a new antique shop, where she meets Jibanyan and Whisper. In the Nyanderful Days manga series, the story based on the alternate storyline of the Yo-kai Watch video game, where instead of Nate Adams as the main protagonist, Katie Forester is the main character. Other Adaptations Wakuwaku Nyanderful Days Main article: Yo-kai Watch: Wakuwaku Nyanderful Days In Mexico it was published by the Italian publisher Panini, dividing each volume into two volumes, with the volumes being inconsistent with the original covers and the pairs with covers perhaps created by a Panini artist. The manga in Italy and Latin America are ordered differently. In France and Spain, the manga is published by KAZE.
Volumes 16, 17 and 18, despite being under "Yo-kai Watch!" branding in Japan, are still only called "Yo-kai Watch" The first ten volumes were published by the Perfect Square division before the credit was changed to simply Viz Media. Volumes 16, 17 and 18 would later be carried under the Yo-kai Watch! branding to keep it in line with the 2019 anime series, as well as borrowing some of its elements from Yo-kai Watch 4.Īn English-language adaptation was released on Novemin North America and Novemin Europe, published by Viz Media. Some of the design aesthetics and liberties were kept after the video game and anime was released in Japan. It is illustrated by Noriyuki Konishi, who is known for other manga adaptations of popular Japanese anime franchises.Ĭompared to the anime and video games, there are noticeable differences such as several characters having different personalities and earlier designs. The Yo-kai Watch manga adaptation began in Corocoro Comic on DecemIn Japan, before the video game released in July 2013 and the anime series in early 2014.