Akamaru was his pet name given by his owner Emi when he was still alive.

As a Yo-Kai, he resorts to possessing people to fight on-coming trucks after numerous failed attempts to do so by himself. Luckily, he is stopped and befriended by Nathan and Whisper and decided to move into their house. He initially shows a mischievous and carefree side, easily breaking the rules and ultimately, nearly, being exorcised and having to be saved by Nathan. However, he quickly makes amends shortly thereafter.

Jibanyan has an affinity for chocolate bars and anything related to his favorite music group MeowKB. Jibanyan is also eager to fight over other Yo-Kai when needed, as shown in Signibble's assault at Nathan's sleepover. Also, he is quick to take action in dire moments, such as trying to force summoning when Nathan is possessed by Babblong and trying to prove superior to Robonyan, his robotic counterpart.

Animated adaptation of Level-5's Nintendo 3DS video game. 
 
While going deeper into the woods one day, primary school student Keita Amano ('Nate' in the English localisation) notices a bizarre capsule toy machine who tells him to insert money which he obeyingly does. But after opening the capsule that came out, a ghostly creature named Whisper materialises. Whisper, who was sealed inside the capsule, rewards his liberator Keita by becoming his Yo-kai butler and gives him a Yo-kai Watch. Whoever wears the watch gains the ability to see supernatural creatures called Yo-kai, each type possessing different kinds of magical abilities, and which are normally invisible to humans. The Yo-kai Watch also allows the wearer to summon any Yo-kai they have befriended, enabling the wearer to make use of the Yo-kai's powers. Using it, Keita and Whisper encounter many mischievous Yo-kai around town, resolving the trouble they're causing and befriending many at the same time.

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**Jorunn Torsheim** is a Norwegian voice actor and singer.

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Notable Appearances in Video Games:
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair – Hiyoko Saionji
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony – Kirumi Tojo
- Nier: Automata – 2B
- Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Lyria

Alicyn Packard is an award-winning voice actress, comedian, musician, and writer.

Alicyn's voice can be heard on popular animated television series including NBC & Spouts' Poppy Cat (Alma), Space Racers (Robyn), and Cartoon Networks' The Tom and Jerry Show (Toodles). Packard also starred in Cartoon Networks' The Mr. Men Show (2008-2009) as Little Miss Sunshine, Little Miss Naughty and Little Miss Whoops. She voiced roles for Disney's Pixie Hollow Games (Zepher), Nickelodeon's Olivia (Connor & Caitlyn), and the animated short film An Okay Place to Eat.

In 2014, Alicyn was recognized for her promo work with a Voice Arts Award nomination. Additional promo and commercial credits include McDonalds, Target, ABC, Dunkin Donuts, CVS, Disney, Nick Jr., Vongo, Starz, WB, Sara Lee, HealthNet, and Taco Bell. Alicyn has also voiced various Books on Tape including the bestseller Lucky Us by Amy Bloom.

Perhaps most recognizable to video game enthusiasts for her role as the Female Blood Elf in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. Additionally, Alicyn lends her voice to Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, Star Ocean and Vandal Hearts. As a stand-up comedian, Alicyn has graced the stages of The World Famous Improv, The Comedy Store, The Purple Onion, and has been featured on videos on Funny or Die.

On screen, she has starred in the award-winning indie comedy feature Alondra Smiles, the psychological thriller, World Full of Nothing, as well as originating the role of Jenn in the world-premiere of cosmic rock musical Earth Sucks. Alicyn's abilities have allowed for her to smoothly transition into the world of writing. Her original video shorts, featured on her YouTube Channel are written, produced and directed by Alicyn. In addition Alicyn also penned the "Snowflake Lake" episode for Poppy Cat.

Alicyn was born and raised in Hanson, Massachusetts and received her degree at Emerson College, where her talent was discovered as a DJ on local radio station WERS. Packard resides in Los Angeles with her husband and two cats, Monkee and Foley.

- IMDB

A new season of Youkai Watch focusing on elementary schooler Keita Amano again. The events take place right after the original season; but still chronologically occur before the now complete Shadow Side events as they take place 30 years in the future.

The movie will feature special guests such as popular familiar characters from the TV anime series and the latest Youkai from the upcoming Youkai Watch 2 sequel games.

Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch. Now he can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and forms!
 
(Source: Viz Media)

The new show will feature unique and returning Yo-kai. The comedy will also center on the original series' main characters: fifth-grader Keita (Nate in the English version), ghost butler Whisper, and popular Yo-kai like Jibanyan and Komasan. The original cast members for these four characters are returning for this new series.

The second Youkai watch movie 
 
When Keita frees Whisper, a ghost-like yōkai, from 190 years of imprisonment, Whisper pledges to protect Keita from supernatural dangers. Whisper also gives Keita a watch that allows Keita to see other yōkai. Together with the twin-tailed cat spirit Jibanyan, they encounter lots of yōkai-related problems and solve them.

The story begins when Jibanyan's favorite sweets store Chocobo and Komasan's favorite soft serve ice cream parlor suddenly vanish from the town due to the actions of a mysterious yo-kai creature. The yo-kai says that Jibanyan and Komasan must face off to determine which of the two shops will return. 
(Source: Anime News Network, edited)

A feature film summarizing major events from Youkai Watch including footage from episodes 1 and 25 of the original series, as well as 4-Koma-san segments from Youkai Watch♪ and some original content.

The Yokai Watch series has caught on in Japan - this is the girls comic following Fumika (aka Fumi-chan) the female protagonist from the games.
 
The stories are original and sometimes show new origin stories for Yokai versus what was shown in the Shonen comic, but all draw on the pun-tacular characters and settings of the games, anime, and other manga.

One night, Nate's Yo-kai Watch mysteriously disappears due to the effects of a time paradox, which causes Nate, Jibanyan, and Whisper to travel back 60 years into the past, with the help of Hovernyan and Nathaniel.

dTV-exclusive special short anime of Youkai Watch ♪.