(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – As the ‘Yo-Kai Watch’series celebrates its 10th anniversary, a remake of the‘Yo-Kai Exercise Number One’dance video, which lead to manaco’s breakthrough, has been released today(13).
The dancer manaco became a breakout start 9 years ago followingher dancing in a sailor uniform in the dancevideo to ‘Yo-Kai TaisouDai-ichi’, the ending theme for the anime ‘Yo-Kai Watch’.
After its release,the video attracted more than 5 million total views on YouTube, was No. 1 on Nico NicoDouga (in the dance cover category) and among other activities,manaco made numerous appearances on TV at the time. Owing to this success, she received comments such as, “That young woman in the sailor uniform is so cute!” and became famous as a mysterious young beauty. Now, 9 years later, a dance cover remake of the video that made her famous, ‘Yo-Kai Exercise Number One’, has been released.
On July 11th, leveraging the timing of the 10th anniversary of the ‘Yo-Kai Watch’ series, this video was released as the ‘2023 ver.’ of the popular dance routine.
The images used in the original video have been recreated in their entirety, the uniform worn is the same, and the filming sites and angles are also exact replicas. At the time of filming, manaco offered the following comment, “It’s the 10th anniversary of the initial release of Yo-Kai Watch so we took the opportunity to do the dance again. It really made me think about how I have become an adult and reflect on the passage of time (Lol). It also took me back to the time of the original recording. I poured a lot of different emotions into this video so please be sure to check it out”.
In addition to the new release, the original ‘Yo-Kai Exercise Number One’ video from almost 9 years ago today has been posted to YouTube once again, so why not compare the new version to the original?
The Dance Cover of ‘Yo-Kai Exercise Number One’ 2023 ver.: https://youtu.be/cNIGNB4-ovs
