Movies Like Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow! (2016)

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow! is a 2016 adventure, animation, comedy, fantasy film from Shinji Ushiro with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Yo-kai Watch: The Movie and Yo-kai Watch The Movie 2: Lord Enma and the Stories, Nyan!.

Adventure Animation Comedy Fantasy

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie

2014

When the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin and Bronzlow makes the Yo-Kai Watch disappear from time so they can help Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Nate Adams finds help in the Yo-Kai Hovernyan, who takes Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan 60 years to the past, when the Yo-Kai Watch was first invented by Nate's grandfather, Nathaniel Adams, while he was a boy. Together, the 2 boys fight Dame Dedtime and her evil Wicked Yo-Kai minions to save the world from her evil plans.

7.5

MagicScore

Yo-kai Watch The Movie 2: Lord Enma and the Stories, Nyan!

2015

When Keita frees Whisper, a ghost-like yōkai, from 190 years of imprisonment, Whisper pledges to protect Keita from supernatural dangers. Whisper also gives Keita a watch that allows Keita to see other yōkai. Together with the twin-tailed cat spirit Jibanyan, they encounter lots of yōkai-related problems and solve them.

7.8

MagicScore

A Minecraft Movie

2025

Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve.

6.2

MagicScore

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

2022

After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.

7.4

MagicScore

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

2019

In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.

6.9

MagicScore

Warcraft

2016

The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

6.4

MagicScore

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

2024

Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

7.6

MagicScore

Sonic the Hedgehog

2020

Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until Sonic sparks the attention of super-uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik. Now it’s super-villain vs. super-sonic in an all-out race across the globe to stop Robotnik from using Sonic’s unique power for world domination.

7.3

MagicScore

Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler

2003

Inuyasha and his brother, Sesshomaru, each inherited a sword from their father after his death. However, their father had a third sword, named Sounga, that he sealed away. Seven hundreds years after his death, Sounga awakens and threatens mankind's very existence. How will the children of the Great Dog Demon stop this unimaginable power?

7.7

MagicScore

#10

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

2002

With their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another adversary emerges: Kaguya, the self-proclaimed princess from the Moon of Legend, hatches a plot to plunge the world into an eternal night of the full moon. Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippou must reunite to confront the new menace.

7.7

MagicScore

#11

Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island

2004

The mysterious island of Houraijima has reappeared after 50 years, and with its reappearance has brought the attack of four gods, the Shitoushin, who have their eyes set on the powers that protect and sustain the island. Now it's up to Inuyasha and his friends, along with Sesshoumaru, to find a way to defeat the powerful Shitoushin.

7.5

MagicScore

#12

Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time

2001

InuYasha is a half-demon who was trapped in the Legendary Tree and was set free by Kagome, a girl who traveled 500 years through time. This time, both of them will have to face Menomaru, a Chinese demon whose father, known as Hyoga, came 300 years ago to invade Japan, but was stopped by InuYasha's Father. InuYasha and Kagome, along with Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kaede and Myoga, will try to stop Menomaru in his becoming the most powerful demon ever.

7.5

MagicScore

#13

A Letter to Momo

2012

A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

2023

1955. Kitaro's father, Medama Oyaji, comes to Yagura Village in search of his missing wife. The village was ruled by the Ryuga clan, which controls Japan's political and business circles behind the scenes. Mizuki, who works at a blood bank, visits the village with a secret mission to mourn the death of the head of his family, and meets Kitaro's father. While an ugly fight unfolds over the succession of the head of the family, a member of the family is brutally murdered at the village shrine. It was the beginning of a terrifying chain of events.

7.3

MagicScore

#15

Spirited Away

2001

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

8.5

MagicScore

#16

Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond

2018

Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also became acquainted with Yorie Tsumura, a woman in the memories of a Yokai whose name he had returned. Yorie knew much about Reiko, but now lived a peaceful life with her only son, Mukuo. Being with this family was comforting for Natsume, but apparently a mysterious Yokai has been lurking in their town. On the way back from investigating, a “Yokai seed” that had latched itself to Nyanko Sensei drops into the Fujiwaras’ garden and grows overnight into a fruit tree. When Nyanko Sensei eats a fruit that is somehow shaped like himself, he suddenly splits into three!

7.3

MagicScore

#17

The Great Yokai War

2005

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

1968

A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing cleansing ritual, opening the door for the Yokai Monsters to punish the wicked.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

The Lego Movie

2014

An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.

7.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!?

The top films similar to Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow! by MovieMagicScore are Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (7.5), Yo-kai Watch The Movie 2: Lord Enma and the Stories, Nyan! (7.8), A Minecraft Movie (6.2). Each shares adventure/animation/comedy/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow! worth watching?

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow! holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 42 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!?

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow! (2016) is a adventure, animation, comedy, fantasy film directed by Shinji Ushiro, starring Haruka Tomatsu, Tomokazu Seki, Etsuko Kozakura.

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This ranked list pairs Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow! (2016), a adventure and animation and comedy and fantasy film from Shinji Ushiro, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Haruka Tomatsu take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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