Yo-kai Watch is a children's anime series based on the video game of the same name developed by Level-5. The anime was broadcast from January 8, 2014 to March 30, 2018 on TXN and related stations. An English dub, produced by Dentsu Entertainment USA, started airing on the Disney XD channel on October 5, 2015 in the United States, Canada's Teletoon on October 10, 2015, and 9Go! in Australia on December 14, 2015. Episodes are split into multiple parts. Its first opening theme through episode 36 was "Geragerapō no Uta" performed by King Cream Soda, with lyrics written by m.o.v.e's vocalist motsu. An English version of the song was used for the dub, written by Mark Risley & David H. Steinberg, and performed by Peter Michail & Kathryn Lynn, but was replaced by "Yo-Kai Watch featuring Swampy Marsh" by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh & Dan Povenmire. The ending theme up through episode 24 is performed by Dream5. Beginning with episode 25, the ending theme changed to performed by Dream5 and Bully-taichō. Episode 37's opening theme was and episode 38's was, both by King Cream Soda, and have alternated until they were replaced. Episodes 48 and 49 used a unique ending theme by, both King Cream Soda and Dream5 along with Lucky Ikeda. In episode 51, the ending theme changed to performed by an AKB48 subgroup named NyaKB with Pandanoko. The opening theme changed again in episode 63 to King Cream Soda's. The ending theme changed in episode 68 to by Dream5. Both the opening and ending themes were changed in episode 77, to mark the beginning of the "second season." The opening theme became by King Cream Soda and the ending theme became by . In episode 102, the opening theme became by King Cream Soda and the ending theme became by Kotori with Stitchbird. In episode 130, the opening theme became "You Got a Otomodachi" by King Cream Soda and the ending theme became "Furusato Japon" by the idol groupLinQ. To mark the start of the "third season," the opening theme became "Banzai! Aizenkai!" by King Cream Soda and ending theme became "Torejā" by LinQ. Starting with episode 179, the opening became "Gold...Nanchatte!" by King Cream Soda, and the ending became "HaloChri Dance" by Youbekkusu Rengō-gun. With episode 202, the opening became "Time Machine wo Choudai" by King Cream Soda, and the ending became "Aa Jounetsu no Banbaraya" by LinQ. In February 2018, it was announced that the anime would end on March 30, 2018 at 214 episodes and was replaced with Yo-kai Watch Shadowside to continue the storyline that began in. In February 2019, it was announced that a revival of the series, now known as Yo-kai Watch! would air on April 5, 2019, replacing Yo-kai Watch Shadowside.
