Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan!
Yo-Kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daiboken da Nyan![lower-alpha 1], also known as Yo-kai Watch the Movie: A Whale of Two Worlds,[1] is a 2016 Japanese animated/live action fantasy adventure film and the third film in the Yo-kai Watch film series, following the 2015 film Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!.[2][3] It was released in Japan by Toho on December 17, 2016.[4] It was followed by Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu, which released on December 16, 2017.
Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! | |
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Japanese | 映画 妖怪ウォッチ 空飛ぶクジラとダブル世界の大冒険だニャン! |
Hepburn | Eiga Yōkai Wotchi Soratobu Kujira to Daburu Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! |
Directed by | Shigeharu Takahashi Shinji Ushiro Takeshi Yokoi (live action) |
Based on | Yo-kai Watch by Level-5 |
Starring | Haruka Tomatsu/Ryōka Minamide Kento Yamazaki Takumi Saito |
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Distributed by | Toho |
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Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥3.26 billion ($29.97 million)[1] |
Plot
A whale flies over Springdale and makes a whale noise that engulfs the city in a rainbow light, suddenly turning everything, including Nate and his Yo-kai, live-action. While trying to solve this weird mystery, it is later revealed to be the work of a Yo-kai Nate decides to call "koala-nyan".
Cast
- Haruka Tomatsu/Ryōka Minamide as Nate Adams[3]
- Tomokazu Seki as Whisper
- Etsuko Kozakura as Jibanyan and Shogunyan
- Minami Hamabe as Kanami Minami
- Yūki Kaji as Hovernyan
- Kotori Shigemoto as USApyon
- Aya Endō as Komasan and Komajiro
- Naoki Bandō as Robonyan F and Ultimate Robonyan
- Yuko Sasamoto as Venoct and Illuminoct
- Ryoko Nagata as Kyubi and Darkyubi
- Kento Yamazaki as Lord Enma[5]
- Takumi Saito as Nurarihyon[5]
- Emi Takei as Sae Kinoshita
- Yuna Watanabe as Katie Forester
- Masami Nagasawa as Amy
- Yū Sawabe as Bear Bernstein
- Raza Fukuda as Eddie Archer
- Yoko Mitsuya as Lily Adams
- Shigeyuki Totsugi as Aaron Adams
- Kenichi Endō as Manjimutt
- Kokoa Ishii as Inaho Misora
Reception
On its opening weekend in Japan, the film was number-one in admissions, with 545,211,[6] and number-two in gross, with ¥608 million (US$5.2 million ).[7][8] By January 11, the film earned ¥2 billion (US$17.43 million ) and tops on number-one from the previous number-five.[9]
References
- "2017". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- "映画 妖怪ウォッチ 空飛ぶクジラとダブル世界の大冒険だニャン!(2016)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- "Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan Anime & Live-Action Film Opens on December 17". Anime News Network. June 18, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- "映画 妖怪ウォッチ 空飛ぶクジラとダブル世界の大冒険だニャン!". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- "3rd Yo-kai Watch Film Unveils Kento Yamazaki, Takumi Saitou in Costume". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- "3rd Yo-kai Watch Film Tops Japanese Box Office, Beats Rogue One". Anime News Network. December 19, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- Schilling, Mark (December 19, 2016). "Japan Box Office: Third 'Yokai Watch' and 'Rogue One' Dispute Top Spot". Variety. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- "Japan Box Office Report – 12/17~12/18". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- "3rd Yo-kai Watch Film Climbs to #1, Resident Evil Falls to #2". Anime News Network. January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! (映画 妖怪ウォッチ 空飛ぶクジラとダブル世界の大冒険だニャン!, Eiga Yōkai Wotchi Soratobu Kujira to Daburu Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan!, lit. "Yo-kai Watch the Movie: The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale and the Double World, Meow!")