TOKYO: Move over Pokemon, a legion of new cutesy monsters is haunting Japan and set to break out all over the world after trampling the competition at home.
“YO-Kai Watch” is a nexus of manga comics, anime cartoons and computer games that revolve around the life of a school boy and the monsters – “Yokai” – that he summons with his wrist strap.While the name is unfamiliar in the West, it’s already very big business in Japan.
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