"Inuyasha" (2000) TV series 2000-2004

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Creator:

Rumiko Takahashi

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

31 August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

The evolution of Naraku!

Plot:

A teenage girl periodically travels back in time to feudal Japan to help a young half demon recover the shards of a orb of great power.

Plot Keywords:

Jewel | Demon | Reincarnation | Priestess | Japan

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 19	5:00 AM	TOON
Sun. July 19	5:30 AM	TOON

Cast

Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Inuyasha / ... (67 episodes, 2000-2004)
Satsuki Yukino	...	Higurashi Kagome / ... (67 episodes, 2000-2004)
Moneca Stori	...	Kagome Higurashi (64 episodes, 2000-2004)
Richard Ian Cox	...	Inuyasha / ... (62 episodes, 2000-2004)
Kumiko Watanabe	...	Shippou / ... (56 episodes, 2000-2004)
Jillian Michaels	...	Shippou / ... (55 episodes, 2000-2004)
Kôji Tsujitani	...	Miroku (52 episodes, 2001-2004)
Houko Kuwashima	...	Sango (49 episodes, 2001-2004)
Kirby Morrow	...	Miroku (49 episodes, 2001-2004)
Kelly Sheridan	...	Sango (48 episodes, 2001-2004)
Paul Dobson	...	Myoga / ... (43 episodes, 2000-2004)
Dominik Auer	...	Inuyasha (40 episodes, 2000-2004)
Tadahisa Saizen	...	Villager a / ... (35 episodes, 2000-2004)
Kenichi Ogata	...	Myoga (28 episodes, 2000-2004)

Runtime:

24 min (167 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (video rating) | Canada:14+ (Quebec) (video rating) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) (video rating) | USA:TV-14 | Australia:M (some episodes) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Singapore:Unrated | Spain:13 | USA:TV-PG (some episodes) | Australia:MA

Company:

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV)

Trivia:

The kanji for Sango's name means coral, while her brother Kohaku's means amber.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Inuyasha was fighting Kohaku, he says that he's covered in blood, but Kohaku has no blood on him at all.

Quotes:

Kagome: Oh, wow! He proposed to her!
Inuyasha: He poses a what?

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: But Not in That Way (#4.9)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Shinjitsu no Uta

Pretty Darn Cool

With Pokemon, Beyblade and Yu-Gi-Oh gracing the small screen, it has become difficult to take Japanese Anime seriously. Thankfully, Cartoon Network has put a block of Japan's finest in their red-eye time slot, spearheaded by Inuyasha.

The general gist of the plot is Kagome, a modern schoolgirl, winds up in feudal times and must help a half-demon(Inyasha) recover the shards of a jewel of ultimate power.

One might say that Inuyasha combines the best of both Shonen and Shojo stylings. The world of feudal Japan is laced with ghosts, demons and other critters who roar, slash, dash, slice, splat and snarl, and at least one of these beasts duke it out with the title character per episode. On the other hand, there is romance, guilt, past betrayals and secrets to be discovered, not to mention sight gags and running jokes.

The visual quality is a step above pocket monsters and moon princesses as well. The show is thankfully devoid of giant sweat-drops, fountain tears and misplaced mouths.

It takes patience to watch the series, with 100+ episodes and long-running character development, it would take a fortune of DVD purchases or steadfast loyalty to the television at 1:00 am (as of this writing)to get the entire story down.

But even so, I highly recommend this show to anybody yearning for more than just flaming mesomorphs and pocket monsters.