Youkai Watch

I consider any Yokai Watch review with clear Pokemon bias to be un-trustable.

There's a plenty of good things I find with the anime. Lots of the characters are very charming and have personality in them. The situations Nate gets in is pretty funny as well as the side stories with Yokai. Surprisingly there's lots of pop culture and references adults would get as you watch more episodes.

People of all ages can enjoy this. I have watched the anime and over 100 episodes now and I love it! Give it a watch with an open mind, and you will find something surprisingly good.

This shouldn't come as a surprise, given that this was worked on by OLM Inc. the exact same company that worked on the Pokemon anime. This wouldn't bug me, had it not been for the fact that this and Pokemon are quite similar to one another. Each centers around a male youth who could summon monsters, with said monsters being of the quirky, cute (and marketable) variety.

The reason Pokemon worked was because, along with beating Yo-Kai to the punch, they maintained an atmosphere with memorable characters, moments and better looking creatures. With Yo-Kai, none of the monsters look too interesting or memorable, the Japanese lore they include in this doesn't mean that much, and overall, it just doesn't work for anyone who is above the age of four.

I say that because the atmosphere looks like it panders to young viewers exclusively (hence those exercise videos that are posted on the Yo-Kai YouTube channel. You could watch the show, but you would just be wasting your time if you want to find something of interest.

Stick with Pokemon.

While there's some corny moments, but Youkai Watch have some episode are enjoyable and some chance funny moments. But, the series have suffer lack of story of each episode. Still, it's a series that make you have a feeling you're watching Pokemon or Digimon with a mix of Dorarmon. Youkai Watch is a show to suit for those are fans of monster collecting.