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InuYasha

Inuyasha
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Cover of the first tankōbon volume of Inuyasha, as published by Shogakukan on May 18, 1997.
戦国お伽草子–犬夜叉
(Sengoku Otogizōshi Inuyasha)
Genre Action, Romantic comedy, Sengoku-jidai geki, Supernatural
Manga
Written by Rumiko Takahashi
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run November 13, 1996June 18, 2008
Volumes 56 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Masashi Ikeda (1-54)
Yasunao Aoki (55-167)
Produced by Michihiko Suwa
Hideyuki Tomioka
Written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by Kaoru Wada
Studio Sunrise
Licensed by
Original network NNS (ytv)
English network
Original run October 16, 2000September 13, 2004
Episodes 167 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Inuyasha: The Final Act
Directed by Yasunao Aoki
Produced by Tomoyuki Saito
Mitomu Asai
Naohiro Ogata
Written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by Kaoru Wada
Studio Sunrise
Licensed by
Original network NNS (ytv)
English network
Original run October 3, 2009March 29, 2010
Episodes 26 (List of episodes)
Feature films
  1. Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
  2. Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
  3. Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
  4. Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island
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Inuyasha (犬夜叉?), also known as Inuyasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale (Japanese: 戦国御伽草子 犬夜叉 Hepburn: Sengoku Otogizōshi Inuyasha?), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008, with the chapters collected into 56 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan.

The series follows Kagome Higurashi, a 15-year-old girl from Tokyo who is transported to the Sengoku period after falling into a well in her family shrine, where she meets the half-demon dog Inuyasha. When a monster from that era tries to take the magical Shikon Jewel embodied in Kagome, she accidentally shatters the Jewel into many pieces that are dispersed across Japan. Inuyasha and Kagome start traveling to recover it before the powerful demon Naraku finds all the shards. Inuyasha and Kagome gain several allies during their journey, including Shippo, Miroku, Sango and Kirara. In contrast to the typically comedic nature of much of Takahashi's previous work, Inuyasha deals with darker subject matter, using the setting of the Sengoku period to easily display the violent content.

It was adapted into two anime television series produced by Sunrise. The first was broadcast for 167 episodes on Yomiuri TV in Japan from October 16, 2000 until September 13, 2004. The second series, called Inuyasha: The Final Act, began airing five years later on October 3, 2009 to cover the rest of the manga series and ended on March 29, 2010 after 26 episodes. Four feature films and an original video animation have also been released. Other merchandise include video games and a light novel. Viz Media licensed the manga, the two anime series, and movies for North America. Both Inuyasha and Inuyasha: The Final Act aired in the United States on Adult Swim (and later on its revived Toonami block) from 2002 until 2015.


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