A Japanese
anime series that was once dubbed as "the pokemon killer", produced by Level-5 (the same people that did Inazuma Eleven and Professor Layton). It takes the Japanese folklore creatures (aka. youkai) and makes them into a more cartoon-
ish look more suited to kids. (AND I CANNOT THINK HOW GOOD JIBANYAN IS. They make him like the
Pikachu of the series, imo.)
May also relate to the the most inferior thing the
US has ever seen, the US dub of the original
anime (which ran for 2 great seasons, and the embarrassing third one exclusive to Disney XD (US ONLY) with a new production company). This results in mass disappointment, which Japan is making them the laughing stock by having their third
game in the 3DS (
game is currently japan-only, but coming soon to international release) series by introducing "merican yo-
kai".
Also corresponds to the worst toy line by Hasbro (which btw, is still inferior to the japanese Bandai merch available), now selling in dollar stores for around $1-4.
guy 1: yo-
kai watch is a ripoff of
pokemon
guy 2: boi, how can you tell?
guy 1: take a look for yourself
guy 2: *after watching a couple of the us dub episodes* wtf is this shit? it almost looks so similar.
guy 1: told you. I just don't like their voices,
imo. It sounds so off...