Yo-Kai Watch Forever Friends

Five years of Yo-Kai Watch... Throughout the history of Level 5's hit supernatural video game franchise, we laughed at the misadventures of Keita, Jibanyan, Whisper, and the rest of our favorite Yo-Kai characters of the original Yo-Kai Watch series, then we jumped through the future and team up with Natsume, Touma, Akinori, Keisuke, and their Yo-Kai allies to fight against shadow threats in Yo-Kai Watch Shadowside. Five years, numerous video games, two anime shows, four films, iconic theme songs, and countless roster of Yo-Kais we come across, that's five years of Yo-Kai Watch to you and in celebration of Yo-Kai Watch's 5th anniversary, we will return back to the past for a brand new adventure in the history of Yo-Kai Watch. Word of advice, this film deserves a box of tissues because this Yo-Kai Watch film will make us emotionally driven to tears.

Yo-Kai Watch Forever Friends

Honoring Yo-Kai Watch's 5th anniversary, Yo-Kai Watch Forever Friends features an all-original storyline which sounds different but there are possible links between this film and the rest of the franchise because they might be popping up in next year's Yo-Kai Watch 4 video game coming next year to the Nintendo Switch.

The film is all about Shin Shimomachi, an orphaned boy who lost his mother, Itsuki Takashiro, a young boy who lost his sister, and Tae Arihoshi, a young girl with spiritual powers descended from the Arihoshi clan (which rings a bell to us), as they joined alongside our new favorite Yo-Kai kitty Nekomata, Su-san, and their new Yo-Kai friends as they venture to the spirit world and discover what it means to be a family. Although this film will make viewers crying in the isles, Forever Friends uncovers the origin of Lord Enma and how his rise will forever change the spirit world forever.

Guest celebrities Shun Oguri and Chiemi Blouson lend their voices as villains Shien and Tamamonomae.

As stated with all of the tissues you packed up for the film, Forever Friends really is a family film that makes viewers cry at the start but in typical Yo-Kai Watch fashion, there are scenes that make us laugh just like the good old days, scare, disgust, and angry. Hey, that's all of the feels the viewers felt upon watching this film and such expressions really made Forever Friends a must-watch family anime film for the holiday season. Nekomata really approves it and so does every single family watching this film.

Five years of Yo-Kai Watch lead us to this and with the upcoming Yo-Kai Watch 4 video game for the Nintendo Switch coming really fast, the past (Forever Friends), the present (original), and the future (Shadowside) come full circle and that's something we should look forward for the next five years of Yo-Kai Watch.

My rating: 3.9 out of 5.