# Yo-Kai Watch Watch Order

Also known as: Youkai Watch, Yokai Watch
Source: https://www.animechrono.com/franchise/yo-kai-watch
Last updated: 2026-09-16
Maintained by the AnimeChrono community. 17 entries in chronological viewing order.

The Yo-Kai Watch watch order threads five movies through hundreds of episodes across the original series and Shadowside, and getting the placement right matters. This list opens, perhaps surprisingly, with Movie 5: Forever Friends, then moves into Episodes 1-49. From there watch Movie 1: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow!, continue the first season, and reach Episodes 77-98 before Movie 2: Five Tales From Beyond, Meow!. Next come Episodes 99-150, then Movie 3: A Whale of Two Worlds, followed by Episodes 151-214. The run finishes with Yo-Kai Watch Shadowside the Movie: The Return of the Oni King and the Shadowside series' Episodes 1-49. Following this chronological order keeps each film aligned with where it falls in the timeline rather than by release date. If you only want the TV episodes, the numbered blocks stand on their own, but for the full experience including all movies, the sequence above is the correct order from the very first film to the Shadowside continuation.

## The order

1. Yo Kai Watch Movie 5: Forever Friends (movie)
2. Season 1: Episodes 1-49
3. Yo Kai Watch Movie 1: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow! (movie)
4. Season 1 cont.
5. Season 2: Episodes 77-98
6. Yo Kai Watch Movie 2: Five Tales  From Beyond, Meow!: Yo Kai Watch Movie 2: Five Tales From Beyond, Meow! (movie)
7. Season 2 cont.: Episodes 99-150
8. Yo Kai Watch Movie 3: A Whale of Two Worlds (movie)
9. Season 3: Episodes 151-214
10. Yo Kai Watch Shadowside the Movie: The Return of the Oni King (movie)
11. Yo Kai Watch Shadowside Series: Episodes 1-49
12. Youkai Watch: Youkai Gakuen Y - Neko wa HERO ni Nareru ka (movie)
13. Youkai Watch Jam: Youkai Gakuen Y - N to no Souguu: Episodes 1–63
14. Youkai Watch ♪: Episodes 1–98
15. Youkai Watch ♪: Keita to Orecchi no Deai Hen da Nyan ♪ Wa, Watakushi mo ♪♪ (movie)
16. dTV Original Anime: Youkai Watch ♪ (ONA)
17. Youkai Watch ♪: Jibanyan VS Komasan Monge Daikessen da Nyan (movie)

## FAQ

**What is the correct order to watch Yo-Kai Watch?**

Start with Yo Kai Watch Movie 5: Forever Friends, then continue with Episodes 1-49 (Season 1), Yo Kai Watch Movie 1: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow!, Season 1 cont., Episodes 77-98 (Season 2), and Yo Kai Watch Movie 2: Five Tales From Beyond, Meow! (Yo Kai Watch Movie 2: Five Tales  From Beyond, Meow!), followed by 11 more entries. The full Yo-Kai Watch watch order on this page has 17 entries across 17 series, listed in chronological viewing order.

**How many episodes is Yo-Kai Watch?**

Yo-Kai Watch has 397 TV episodes in this order, plus 8 movies and 1 ONA.

**Where do the Yo-Kai Watch movies fit in the watch order?**

Yo Kai Watch Movie 5: Forever Friends comes first, Yo Kai Watch Movie 1: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow! comes right after Episodes 1-49 (Season 1), Yo Kai Watch Movie 2: Five Tales From Beyond, Meow! comes right after Episodes 77-98 (Season 2), Yo Kai Watch Movie 3: A Whale of Two Worlds comes right after Episodes 99-150 (Season 2 cont.), and Yo Kai Watch Shadowside the Movie: The Return of the Oni King comes right after Episodes 151-214 (Season 3), and 3 more are placed in the list above.

**Is Yo-Kai Watch finished?**

Yes. Yo-Kai Watch has finished airing, and this order covers everything released so far in chronological viewing order.

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