Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King

is an upcoming Japanese supernatural anime film produced by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho. It is the fourth film in the Yo-kai Watch film series, following the 2016 film Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! and the first film set 30 years after the original anime. It is directed by Shinji Ushiro and written by Yoichi Kato, with Level-5 president Akihiro Hino overseeing the production, including the film's script. It is slated to be released on Japanese theaters on December 6, 2017.
==Plot==
There was once a boy who can control Yo-kai using a mysterious watch and did his duties maintaining the relationship between two races. His role did not last long as he cannot see Yo-kai when he grows up and the watch the boy once owned was burred within space and time. 30 years later, everyday life resumed and the whole world was peaceful until a strange comet draws near the Earth. An epidemic Yo-kai virus known as Onimaro started affecting people's malevolent intentions and is spreading indefinitely, causing chaos throughout the city. With the end near, only the one chosen by the new Yo-kai Watch can stand up against the upcoming threat and would save both Yo-Kai and humans from certain destruction.
==Production==
The film was first revealed in the July Issue of Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic magazine, briefly detailing about the next film and the new Lightside and Shadowside forms of the Yo-Kai featured in the film. The film's official plot and characters were revealed more in the official movie website alongside the staff working in the movie. Akihiro Hino stated the movie is a "completely new horror comedy" and that will be more scarier and funnier compared to the previous films. Aside from the elements, the characters that are revealed in the film will have darker backstories and each Yo-Kai debuting in the film has its own Lightside and Shadowside forms. Level-5 later announced in September that a crossover with the manga series GeGeGe no Kitarō, with veteran voice actor Masako Nozawa revisiting and reprising her role as Kitaro.http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2097151/full/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-13/yo-kai-watch-shadowside-film-adds-shigeru-mizuki-kitaro-characters/.121273
==Cast==
*T. J. Miller as Tōma
*Selena Gomez as Natsume
*Ryan Reynolds as Akinori
*Alicyn Packard as Jibanyan
*Johnny Yong Bosch as Nathan Adams 
*Meyer DeLeeuw as Nathaniel Adams (cameo)
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