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JR West runs 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) displays a train sporting the images of characters of "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit video game and animation for children, at a railroad yard in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

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JR West shows interior of 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) shows in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014, the interior of a "Yokai Watch" train featuring the popular role-playing game. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

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'Yokai Watch' bullet train in Kyushu

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co.'s Shinkansen bullet train featuring images of characters from "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit game and animation, leaves JR Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014, while popular character Jibanyan sees it off. The special train is on operation until March 1 between Hakata and Kagoshimachuo stations in Kyushu.

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Yokai Watch character acts as stationmaster

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Jibanyan (R), a mascot character for the popular role-playing video game Yokai Watch, becomes "stationmaster" for one day of "Kemamoto Station," an imaginary railway station in the game, together with another character, Emeralnyan, (L) at Kyushu Railway Co.'s Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014.

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Yokai Watch character swarmed by kids in western Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Jibanyan, a mascot character for the popular role-playing video game Yokai Watch, is surrounded by children in front of Kyushu Railway Co.'s Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014, during an event in which it acted as "stationmaster" for one day of "Kemamoto Station," an imaginary station that appears in the game.

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Children wave at 'Yokai Watch' train in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Children wave at Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co.'s train sporting images of characters of "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit game and animation for children, at Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2014.

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'Yokai Watch' train starts running in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co.'s train featuring images of characters of "Yokai Watch," a popular game animation for children, leaves Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2014. The train continues running until April 2015.

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McDonald's Japan to sell items featuring 'Yokai Watch' game

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Japan announces on Oct. 29, 2014, the release of a calendar and other items featuring "Yokai Watch," a popular role-playing video game, for sale from Nov. 7.

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McDonald's opens look-alike of 'Yokai Watch' burger shop

TOKYO, Japan - A girl eats a hamburger at a McDonald's restaurant made to look like a hamburger shop in the popular "Yokai Watch" video game in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014.

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Universal Studios Japan to start "Yokai Watch" attraction in summer

Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, western Japan, unveils its new attraction featuring "Yokai Watch," a hugely popular TV animation and game series, to media on July 1, 2015, ahead of its public opening on July 3. It will continue until Sept. 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visitors enjoy USJ's "Yokai Watch" attraction before opening

A boy wears a "Yokai Watch" wristwatch as his mother holds a "Yokai Pad" tablet while visiting Universal Studios Japan's new attraction featuring the hugely popular "Yokai Watch" TV animation and game series at an event opened to a limited number of visitors on July 1, 2015, ahead of its official start on July 3. It will continue until Sept. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Yokai Watch" ready to go global

Akihiro Hino, president of video game software producer Level-5 Inc., holds a sample of the new Yokai Watch, featured in a popular animation series with the same title in Tokyo on April 7, 2015. He said the "Yokai Watch" series will make its U.S. debut in the spring of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Yokai Watch" ready to go global

Photo taken April 7, 2015, shows an event in Tokyo, held by Level-5 Inc., to promote its popular animation series "Yokai Watch." Akihiro Hino, president of the video game software producer, said "Yokai Watch" will make its U.S. debut in the spring of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China announcement contestants dance to animation theme tune

Participants in a Japan-China announcement contest dance to the tune of a theme song from the "Yokai Watch" Japanese monster animation game for children at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Limited express featuring 'Yokai Watch' video game unveiled in Osaka

Nankai Electric Railway Co. opens to the public a limited express train featuring the popular "Yokai (specter) Watch" video game series at a depot in Osaka, western Japan, on April 28, 2015, with two workers saluting. With film sheet images of Yokai Watch characters such as Jibanyan and Whisper pasted on the exterior, the train is running between Osaka's Namba Station and two stations in Wakayama Prefecture until June 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Yokai Watch' bullet train in Kyushu

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co.'s Shinkansen bullet train featuring images of characters from "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit game and animation, leaves JR Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014, while popular character Jibanyan sees it off. The special train is on operation until March 1 between Hakata and Kagoshimachuo stations in Kyushu. (Kyodo)

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JR West shows interior of 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) shows in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014, the interior of a "Yokai Watch" train featuring the popular role-playing game. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Yokai Watch character swarmed by kids in western Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Jibanyan, a mascot character for the popular role-playing video game Yokai Watch, is surrounded by children in front of Kyushu Railway Co.'s Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014, during an event in which it acted as "stationmaster" for one day of "Kemamoto Station," an imaginary station that appears in the game. (Kyodo)

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McDonald's Japan to sell items featuring 'Yokai Watch' game

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Japan announces on Oct. 29, 2014, the release of a calendar and other items featuring "Yokai Watch," a popular role-playing video game, for sale from Nov. 7. (Kyodo)

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McDonald's opens look-alike of 'Yokai Watch' burger shop

TOKYO, Japan - A girl eats a hamburger at a McDonald's restaurant made to look like a hamburger shop in the popular "Yokai Watch" video game in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014. (Kyodo)