>>56776665This is the reason YKW failed internationally - it was competing against Pokemon XYZ in the anime media department.
The ashnime had this cool dramatic adventure action movie thing sitcom with borderline ecchi going on from the first episode
I WATCHED the YKW anime for 15 ish episodes and it's very... uneventful in comparison.
There's this guy Nate or Keita or whatever localization nickname he's got and all he does is... talk to ghosts but in a very casual way. There's no tension.
It doesn't live up to previous standards for yokai themed shows like Bleach, Shaman King, Inuyasha so you end up wondering like what is this and why is this popular?
It's not an intense anime and it doesn't particularly appeal to what I assume American audiences like in anime related media (cool supernatural action, pseudo intellectual imagery, hot chicks and contrived romance drama to the maximum). The ashnime delivers on that, YKW didn't because it's just a very different type of story
I guess Japan appreciated YKW way more due to the shounen oversaturation