CATDOLL: Victory of elementary school students "Yo-kai Watch" theatrical version grossed 870 million on the first day

From animation to games, from comics to toys, the second theatrical version of "Yo-kai Watch", a popular animation that has swept the youth group, was released in Japan yesterday. Today, the official news said that the box office revenue on the first day had reached 870 million yen.

"Yo-kai Watch" is a TV animation based on the Nintendo 3DS exclusive game software of the same name released by LEVEL-5. It is part of the cross-media project. The animation was produced by OLM TEAM INOUE and aired on TV Tokyo on January 8, 2014, becoming a popular animation. On January 11 of the same year, the toy "Yo-kai Medal" was launched to match the animation, which was very popular among elementary school students and became a popular product in society that was in short supply.