Youkai Watch: FOREVER FRIENDS is an anime film that premiered in fall 2018.

About the production: the story comes from a video game, the film runs about 100 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are comedy and supernatural, with themes such as Youkai and Kids.

On AniList, Youkai Watch: FOREVER FRIENDS has an average score of 64%, an average score, and appears on 986 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Youkai Watch.

The film tells the story of interweaving friendships between three children and yo-kai. The film is set in 1960s Tokyo, in Sakura Motomachi. A boy named Shin lives a poor but happy life. When his mother — his only family member — dies, Shin's unhappiness hits rock bottom. That is when another boy named Itsuki saves Shin. Itsuki has also lost his older sister. Shin, Itsuki, and a young girl named Tae who can see yo-kai all become friends. Shin's guardian spirit Suu-san, a "Nekomata" cat, and other new yo-kai join their group, and this group is able to regain what it means to have a precious family. This new family must now face a mysterious incident, and a shocking reality awaits them. (Source: Anime News Network)

Official synopsis from AniList.