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Yo-kai Watch: Friends Forever

2018 · 100 min

A gentle, bittersweet animated adventure about loss and friendship, blending warm nostalgia with supernatural mystery and moments of genuine sadness.

Overview
The film tells the story of interweaving friendships between three children and yo-kai. The film is set in 1960s Tokyo, in Sakura Motomachi. A boy named Shin lives a poor but happy life. When his mother — his only family member — dies, Shin's unhappiness hits rock bottom. That is when another boy named Itsuki saves Shin. Itsuki has also lost his older sister. Shin, Itsuki, and a young girl named Tae who can see yo-kai all become friends. Shin's guardian spirit Suu-san, a "Nekomata" cat, and other new yo-kai join their group, and this group is able to regain what it means to have a precious family. This new family must now face a mysterious incident, and a shocking reality awaits them.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • friendship
  • found family
  • death
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour4
Realism3
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
animation, fantasy, adventure
Directed by
Shigeharu Takahashi
Written by
Akihiro Hino
Starring
Ryohei Kimura, Atsumi Tanezaki, Nao Toyama, Etsuko Kozakura, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Seki, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Shun Oguri
Cinematography
Tatsumi Yukiwaki
Runtime
100 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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