Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001) Inuyasha - Jidai wo koeru omoi (original title)

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

Directed by
Toshiya Shinohara

Writing credits
Rumiko Takahashi		(comic book)
Katsuyuki Sumizawa		(screenplay)

Produced by
Kinuyo Nozaki	....	assistant producer
Tomoyuki Saito	....	assistant producer
Michihiko Suwa	....	producer: Yomiuri TV

Original Music by
Kaoru Wada

Cinematography by
Hisao Shirai

Film Editing by
Tomoaki Tsurubuchi

Art Direction by
Tsutomu Ishigaki

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tatsuyuki Nagai	....	assistant director

Art Department
Takeshi Satou	....	color designation
Emiko Shimanuki	....	color designation
Masahiko Tamaru	....	color designation
Ritsuko Utagawa	....	color setting

Sound Department
Yota Tsuruoka	....	sound director

Special Effects by
Toshio Hasegawa	....	special effects
Yutaka Hoshiba	....	special effects

Animation Department
Yoshihito Hishinuma	....	character designer
Hideyuki Motohashi	....	animation director
Hideyuki Motohashi	....	character designer

Other crew
Minoru Noguchi	....	color designation

Production Companies

• Sunrise

Distributors

• Toho Company (2001) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Cartoon Network (2005) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

"Inuyasha - Jidai wo koeru omoi" - Japan (original title)
"InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time" - International (English title)

Runtime:

Canada:100 min (Ontario - DVD)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:12 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)

Company:

Sunrise

Quotes:

Kagome Higurashi:[thinking as a spell controls her body] Inuyasha! No!
[she draws back an arrow]
Kagome Higurashi:No! No!
[tears begin to leak from her eyes. The arrow is released]
Kagome Higurashi:NO!
Inuyasha:Kagome...
[the arrow hits him and his vision goes black]
Kagome Higurashi:[Her eyes change back to normal. She is breaking through the spell] Inuyasha! INUYASHA!
[tears fall from her eyes, and the jewel shard that was controlling her pops out of her forehead. The bow and arrow disappear, and Inuyasha slumps to the ground at the base of the tree. Kagome runs to him]
Kagome Higurashi:Inuyasha! Inuyasha! Inuyasha, say something, open your eyes!
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "Mezon Ikkoku" (1986)

Soundtrack:

No More Words

Not much of a new plot but still a fine anime movie!

Inuyasha is an action fantasy tale written by the famous writer, Takahashi Rumiko, who has previous world's popular titles like Ranma1/2 and Urusei Yatsura. The Inuyasha TV anime came out in 2000 as a production of an acclaimed company, "Sunrise". The TV anime's got high-ratings and also won some awards. Following the success of the TV series, the first movie, "Inuyasha - Toki O Koeru Omoi" was released in Japan in December 2001.

Memoumaru, the movie-only character, was a decendant of one great foreign demon that invaded Japan 200 years ago. His anchester's power was sealed by Inuyasha's father. With the help of a piece of Shikon no Tama (that Kagome accidently broke), Memoumaru returned his life. He wanted Inuyasha's sword "Tessaiga" to break the sealed power so he could have an absolute power. And that's how it all began...

The story plays around the weakest points of the main characters; Kagome who always felt sad that Inuyasha was still in love with Kikyou and Inuyasha who kept on having a nightmare about how his beloved woman killed him. The overall movie is not much of a new plot since the climax is similar to Takahashi's manga works. But that doesn't mean it's not a good movie.

Toki O Koeu Omoi is actually a high-qualitied animation with the carefully-done scenery (forest, trees, & sky), exciting action scene and nice background music that fits the story perfectly. I especially admire the 'make-up theme' which is used everytime Inuyasha tries to make up with Kagome. The movie also uses a 3D technique on the growing-up forest which became more "living", (nicely done!).

The outstanding scene is when Kagome tried hard to refuse the spell of Menoumaru who tried to make her kill Inuyasha. You can actually feel her pain! Other must-see scenes are those romantic installments 'cause this is the first time you will ever hear Inuyasha confess his feeling toward Kagome!!

Though not the best Inuyasha, but there're still a lot that Inuyasha's die-hard fans shouldn't miss!