1st full-color 32-page issue arrives in April

IDW Publishing announced on Wednesday that it will start publishing a Yo-kai Watch comic book series in April.

The first issue will have 32 full-color pages and will retail for US$3.99. Eric M. Esquivel ( Bravest Warriors ) is writing the comic series, Tina Franscisco ( Strawberry Shortcake ) is illustrating, and Dono Sanchez Almara ( Turbo Defiant , colorist for Marvel) is coloring the comic. IDW describes the comic:

The hit anime, manga and toy sensation from Japan comes to North American comics! Join Nate and his Yo-Kai, Whisper, as they battle against ill-intentioned Yo-Kai causing terrible trouble in their hometown!

Viz Media licensed Noriyuki Konishi's Yo-kai Watch manga under its Perfect Square imprint. The company published the sixth compiled volume in July, and will publish the seventh volume in March.

The Yo-kai Watch television anime premiered on Disney XD in November 2015, and the second season premiered on August 1. Eleven Arts and Fathom Events held a one-day screening of Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie, the first Yo-Kai Watch anime film, in the United States on October 15.

Thanks to Mark Alv for the news tip.

Source: Comic Book Resources via Mt. Wildwood