Inuyasha - Jidai wo koeru omoi (2001)

Director:

Toshiya Shinohara

Writers:

Rumiko Takahashi (comic book)
Katsuyuki Sumizawa (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 July 2005 (Israel)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy

Plot:

InuYasha is a half-demon who was trapped in the Legendary Tree and was set free by Kagome, a girl who traveled 500 years through time...

Plot Keywords:

Demon | Kitsune | Time Travel | Quest | Magic

Cast

Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Inuyasha (voice)
Satsuki Yukino	...	Higurashi Kagome (voice)
Kumiko Watanabe	...	Shippou (voice)
Kôji Tsujitani	...	Miroku (voice)
Houko Kuwashima	...	Sango (voice)
Noriko Hidaka	...	Kikyou (voice)
Ken Narita	...	Sesshômaru (voice)
Kenichi Ogata	...	Myoga (voice)
Hisako Kyôda	...	Kaede (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa	...	Naraku (voice)
Yûichi Nagashima	...	Jaken (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Brown	...	Jaken (voice: English version)
Richard Ian Cox	...	Inuyasha (voice: English version)
Paul Dobson	...	Myoga (voice: English version)
Asako Dodo	...	Kagome's mother (voice: Japanese version)
Vincent Gale	...	Menomaru (voice: English version)
Saffron Henderson	...	Sota Higurashi
Pam Hyatt	...	Kaede (voice: English version)
Willow Johnson	...	Kikyo (voice: English version)
Tomoko Kawakami	...	Hari
David Kaye	...	Sesshômaru (voice: English version)
Terry Klassen	...	Hatchi
Lalainia Lindbjerg	...	Hari (voice: English version)
Jillian Michaels	...	Shippo (voice: English version)
Kirby Morrow	...	Miroku (voice: English version)
Akiko Nakagawa	...	Souta Higurashi (voice: Japanese version)
Toshihiko Nakajima	...	Hatchi (voice: Japanese version)
Mamiko Noto	...	Rin (voice: Japanese version)
Brenna O'Brien	...	Rin
Tomokazu Seki	...	Menoumaru
Kelly Sheridan	...	Sango (voice: English version)
Hekiru Shiina	...	Ruri
Moneca Stori	...	Kagome Higurashi (voice: English version)
Katsumi Suzuki	...	Kagome's grandfather (voice: Japanese version)
Venus Terzo	...	Ruri (voice: English version)
French Tickner	...	Grandpa Higurashi
Cathy Weseluck	...	Kagome's Mother

Also Known As:

Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (USA)
Inuyasha: The Love That Transcends Time

Runtime:

Canada:100 min (Ontario - DVD)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)

Company:

Sunrise

Quotes:

Kagome Higurashi: [after Menomaru transforms into Hyoga] InuYasha! He's Huge!
Inuyasha: [reaching for Tetsusaiga] Size ain't everything, Kagome!

Movie Connections:

Followed by Inuyasha - Kagami no naka no mugenjou (2002)

Soundtrack:

No More Words

Time To Kick Some Ass-Half Demon Style!

InuYasha, a story about a 15 year old who ended up being transported through time to the Fuedal Era in Japan, (sort of) befriends a Half-Demon to search for Jewel shards and joining them are a perverted monk, a small fox demon and a Demon Slayer team up as well only on the way, they have to go after a villain who goes by the name of Naraku.

That simple story has gained a lot of fans including myself around the world. To this day, the show and the manga is still popular. I mean it has various kinds of merchandise and even people dress up as the characters for various Anime conventions. Due to the popularity, there was no doubt they had to make a movie, let alone four movies.

The first in the series of movies called Affections Across Time involves our heroes going up against a new villain only this time, it's not Naraku. It's Menomaru, the son of a demon InuYasha's father killed years ago. And he doesn't intend on taking over the world, instead, well, from what I've seen, he intends on committing genocide in a very badass way believe me.

Now, first time viewers if they watch the film first, they might lost but there is a sequence where it does tell the basic story, although rather condensed but it helps. Even if you're not an Anime fan, the film has plenty to offer. It has great action, great animation, great voice acting from both the Japanese and English voice actors, funny humor, awesome violence and gore, and great music to accompany the film especially at the end credits.

Any nitpicks? Well, barely actually.

Overall, the film gets a 10 out of 10 from me.