Why wasn't the Yo-kai Watch anime very popular? Well, that's what I'll be talking about in today's blog post! Yo-kai Watch, although originally just seen as a Pokemon rip-off, eventually became rather popular and managed to get a decently sized fanbase. The games sold well, and eventually the anime received an English dub and was released in America. Even though the English translation received mixed reviews, the anime actually did rather well. It gained many devoted fans, and people often looked forward to seeing the new episodes. The episodes were released a little slowly, and the first season was cut into two seasons. But the amazing voice acting and fun episodes made up for it. Even the movie was well-received. And then came the budget cuts. Disney decided Yo-kai Watch wasn't doing as well as Pokemon, so they decided to make it worse. They replaced all of the voice actors with much cheaper ones, and released episodes even slower than before. It was a sudden and unexpected change that immediately drove the fanbase away. Fans even started petitions and tried contacting the original voice actors about the change, but nothing could be done about it. With new worse voices and lowering quality, nobody was interested in the anime anymore. Eventually Yo-kai Watch faded into obscurity, and fans were forever left with a ruined and abandoned anime. Sure you can watch the English sub version, but that doesn't help if you were watching it for the voices or if you have trouble reading and watching at the same time. Part of me still hopes that this anime is given the respect it deserves someday, with the original voice actors. However, I doubt that will ever happen. But, those are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!