Release OrderRecommended
0 / 13 watchedThe order everything came out. First-timers should start here.
Original era
- 1 Yo-kai Watch 214 episodes. Nate and Whisper's original run.
- 2 Yo-kai Watch: The Movie First film, set during the series.
- 3 Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiou to Itsutsu no Monogatari Second film, five linked stories.
- 4 Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai Third film, mixes animation and live action.
- 7 Yo-kai Watch: Forever Friends Prequel set in the 1960s. Works anywhere after the original series.
- 8 Yo-kai Watch! 36 episodes. Revival set before the Shadowside film.
Shadowside era
- 5 Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ou no Fukkatsu Set 30 years later with Nate's children. Leads into the Shadowside series.
- 6 Yo-kai Watch Shadowside 49 episodes. Darker sequel series.
Y Academy
- 9 Yo-kai Watch Jam: Can a Cat Be a Hero? School spinoff film in a separate setting.
- 10 Yo-kai Academy Y: Close Encounters of the N Kind 63 episodes. Follows the spinoff film.
Reborn era
- 11 Yo-kai Watch♪: How Nate and I Met Compilation film with new segments.
- 12 Yo-kai Watch♪ Remake-style revival of the original run.
- 13 Yo-kai Watch♪: Jibanyan vs Komasan Two-part series finale.
Chronological Order
0 / 11 watchedStory order, best saved for a second watch. The 1960s prequel moves to the front.
- 1 Yo-kai Watch: Forever Friends Set in the 1960s, before everything else.
- 2 Yo-kai Watch 214 episodes. The main Nate run.
- 3 Yo-kai Watch: The Movie First film, set during the series.
- 4 Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiou to Itsutsu no Monogatari Second film, five linked stories.
- 5 Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai Third film, mixes animation and live action.
- 6 Yo-kai Watch! 36 episodes. Bridges the original and Shadowside.
- 7 Yo-kai Watch♪ Revival of the original run, set before Shadowside.
- 8 Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ou no Fukkatsu Set 30 years after the original.
- 9 Yo-kai Watch Shadowside 49 episodes. Continues the film.
Separate continuity
- 10 Yo-kai Watch Jam: Can a Cat Be a Hero? School spinoff, watch as its own story.
- 11 Yo-kai Academy Y: Close Encounters of the N Kind 63 episodes. Follows the spinoff film.
About Yo-kai Watch
Nate Adams frees the ghost Whisper and gets a watch that reveals the Yo-kai behind everyday mishaps. Later entries jump decades forward and sideways, so the guide below keeps the Nate era, the Shadowside future and the Y Academy spinoff clearly separated.
Good to know
No new Yo-kai Watch anime has aired since the 2023 finale film, and the successor project Holy Horror Mansion has no confirmed anime. Treat the Y Academy entries as a standalone spinoff in a separate school setting.
