Viz Media publishes the main Yo-kai Watch manga in North America. The English edition was released through Viz’s Perfect Square imprint, which handled several manga aimed at younger readers and licensed properties.
The series is written and illustrated by Noriyuki Konishi and follows Nathan “Nate” Adams, the boy who gains a Yo-kai Watch and begins encountering supernatural creatures around Springdale. In Japan, the manga was serialized by Shogakukan in CoroCoro Comic, beginning before the first video game launched.
Readers sometimes confuse the North American publisher with the original Japanese publisher. Shogakukan published the Japanese series, while Viz Media handled the North American English edition. Other regional publishers also exist: Kazé released the manga in Spain and France, and Shogakukan Asia published an English edition in Singapore.