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Elex Media Licenses Yo-kai Watch Manga

Indonesian publisher Elex Media announced on Monday that it has licensed Noriyuki Konishi's Yo-kai Watch manga. The publisher will release the manga's first compiled book volume on Wednesday.

Toonami Asia is airing the Yo-kai Watch anime in Indonesia, and it describes the story:

Keita Amano is just a regular boy living in a regular place called Sakura New Town. One summer's day, he encounters a strange white Yo-kai called Whisper, who starts following him around. Whisper gives Keita a strange timepiece known as the Yōkai Watch, and with it, he starts finding Yo-kai all over his hometown!

Keita soon learns that most everyday troubles are caused by Yo-kai, and that by persuading and sometimes battling with them, he can solve people's problems, and make new Yo-kai friends in the process!

Konishi launched the manga in Shogakukan's Coro Coro Comics magazine in January 2013 as part of game developer Level-5's multimedia Yo-kai Watch franchise. Shogakukan published the manga's eighth compiled book volume on September 28. Shogakukan Asia is publishing the manga in English in Singapore and the Philippines. Toonami Asia began airing the television anime series in June.