Yo-kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan!

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Yo-Kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan!
File:Yo-Kai Watch Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan! poster.jpeg
Poster
映画　妖怪ウォッチ　誕生の秘密だニャン!
Directed by ja (Shigeharu Takahashi)
ja (Shinji Ushiro)
Screenplay by Yoichi Kato
Based on Yo-Kai Watch
by Level-5
Starring Haruka Tomatsu
Tomokazu Seki
Etsuko Kozakura
Yuuki Kaji
Music by Ken'ichirō Saigō
Production
company
Distributed by Toho[1]
Release dates
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  • December 20, 2014 (2014-12-20)
Running time
 97 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office ¥7.8 billion (US$65 million) (Japan)[2]
₩1.98 billion (South Korea)

Yo-Kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan! (映画　妖怪ウォッチ　誕生の秘密だニャン!?, Yo-kai Watch the Movie: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow!) is a 2014 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film directed by ja (Shigeharu Takahashi) and ja (Shinji Ushiro) and part of the Yo-Kai Watch franchise.[3][4] The film was released on December 20, 2014.[3] It was followed by Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!, released on December 19, 2015.[5]

Plot

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. When the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin, and Do steal the Yo-Kai Watch from Keita one night so they can help their master Tokio Ubaune prevent humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Keita finds help in the Yo-Kai Fuyunyan, who takes Keita, Whisper, and Jibanyan back in time 60 years to when the Yo-Kai Watch was first invented by Keita's own grandfather Keizo while he was a boy. Together, the two boys fight Tokio Ubaune and her evil Kaima Yo-Kai minions to save the world from her evil plans.

Voice cast

Guest Appearance

Production

Music

The music of the film is by Ken'ichirō Saigō.[6] The movie's theme song is the same as that of the television series, "Geragerapō no Uta" by King Cream Soda, while its ending theme is the special "Geragerapō Sōkyoku" (ゲラゲラポー走曲, "Geragerapo Medley") by Yo-Kai King Dream Soda (a band made up of King Cream Soda, Dream5, and Lucky Ikeda).

Release

Marketing

The film was announced in July 2014 on CoroCoro Comic.[4] The first trailer was released in August[6] and another trailer was released in October.[8] A second film was announced in November.[9] A story tie-in to the film was included in the video game Yo-kai Watch 2: Shinuchi, released on December 13.[10] A manga of the film, illustrated by Noriyuki Konishi, was released in December, reaching the 30th place on the weekly chart with 32,561 copies sold on its first week,[11] and selling 261,145 copies by its fifth week.[12]

Home media

The Blu-ray and DVD were released on July 8, 2015, with both reaching the number-one place on the animation rankings, with 14,090 and 84,932 copies sold, respectively.[13][14] By its 13th week, the DVD had sold 128,810 copies.[15]

Reception

Box office

The film set a new record for Toho for advance ticket sales, with 721,422 sold by October 26,[9] reaching 840,000 by late November[16] and more than 1 million by mid-December.[17]

The film was number-one on its opening weekend, with ¥1.629 billion,[18] a record for a Japanese film, previously held by Howl's Moving Castle.[19] It reached ¥5 billion by its third weekend,[19] ¥6.54 billion by the fourth weekend[20] and ¥7 billion by the sixth weekend.[21] The film was the highest-grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2015, with ¥7.8 billion (US$65 million).[2]

The film grossed ₩1.98 billion on its opening in South Korea.[22]

References

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External links

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