Inu Yasha
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| 犬夜叉 (Inu Yasha) | |
| Genre | Adventure, Shounen, Fantasy, Historical, Supernatural, Comedy, Romance |
| Manga: Inu Yasha, Feudal Fairy Tale | |
| Written by | Ritsuko Kawai |
| Publisher | - |
| Original run | - – Ongoing |
| Volumes | Currently 33(?) |
| Anime : Inu Yasha | |
| Directed by | Masashi Ikeda Yasunao Aoki |
| Animation by | {{{animator}}} |
| Music by | {{{composer}}} |
| Script by | {{{writer}}} |
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| Network | NTV Yomiuri TV Cartoon Network YTV Canada |
| Original run | October 16, 2000 – September 13, 2004 |
| No. of episodes | 167 TV episodes, 1 OVA and 4 movies. |
Inu Yasha (犬夜叉) is an anime series created by Rumiko Takahashi. The manga, Inu Yasha, Feudal Fairy Tale (犬夜叉 戦国お伽草紙), which has been serialized in the magazine Shonen Sunday. The anime was broadcasted on Japanese TV in October 16, 2000 until the anime's end in September 13, 2004. The anime ended abruptly and left many fans of the anime in a cliffhanger. The manga however still continues to be published in new volumes.
There are many rumors that there will be an Inu Yasha anime sequel to continue where it had left off, although none of the rumors were confirmed to be true. Eventually rumors of the anime returning stopped coming. However on a radio talk show, the Producer hinted that they only ended the first series of the show. However since then, there has been no word of a second series.
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Overview
The story begins in feudal Japan with Inu Yasha, a hanyō stealing the Jewel of Four Souls (四魂の玉 Shikon no Tama), a jewel that can increase anyone's powers enormously, from a village. He doesn't get far before Kikyo, the young miko of the village shoots Inu Yasha with a sacred arrow, sealing him forever to the Sacred Tree (Goshinboku). Before dying from mortal wounds, Kikyo tells her younger sister, Kaede, to burn the jewel with her remains to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.
What really happened was that orginally in the past, Inu Yasha wanted to steal the jewel to become a full fledge demon. He kept failing every time. Himself and Kikyo eventually became a couple, despite their differences, and felt like they could trust each other. There is another demon named Naraku who wants the jewel for himself. And in an attempt to get it, tricked Inu Yasha and Kikyo into thinking that they betrayed each other. In a rage, that's when Inu Yasha attacks the village before sealed by the arrow.
In modern Tokyo, a junior high-school girl named Higurashi Kagome is on her way to school. She stops in the well house of her family Shinto shrine to retrieve her cat, Buyo, and a centipede demon bursts forth and pulls her into the well. Kagome miraculously fends off the demon and emerges from the well in the Sengoku period of Japan. She eventually finds Inu Yasha who is still pinned down to the tree by the arrow, in some sort of eternal sleep. The centipede demon eventually returns and in a panic to be saved, Kagome frees Inu Yasha from the tree who destroys the demon. When the centipede demon bit into Kagome's stomach the Jewel of Four Souls was revealed to be inside of her.
Determined to return home but yet also given the task to project the Jewel, Kagome protects the whole Jewel from Inu Yasha without fail. It wasn't until a crow demon found its way to the jewel and ate it, gaining supernatural powers. In pursuit to retrieve it, Kagome shoots an arrow at the flying crow with amazing accuracy. The tip of the arrow shatters the Jewel and the flying shards scatter all over Japan.
Kagome and Inu Yasha set out to collect the shards of the Jewel of Four Souls and restore it. Along the way they befriend Shippo, a fox demon, Miroku, a monk, and Sango, a demon-slayer. The group often encounter Inu Yasha's brother Sesshomaru, Naraku, who tricked Kikyo and Inu Yasha into turning against each other, and Koga, a wolf demon who's in love with Kagome.
Primary Characters
Trivia Facts
- In the Mexican dub of Inu Yasha, Higurashi Kagome is called "Aome". This is because the name Kagome sounds like an offensive pun in Spanish. Especially Latin Spanish.
- In episode 90, there is some Cat Noodles for sale in a grocery shop. The Cat Noodles are a reference to Ranma ½'s Shampoo who owns a noodle restruant.
