Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003)
"Inuyasha - Tenka hadou no ken" (original title)

The legendary sword, Sou'unga, which belonged to the Great Dog Demon, has been unleashed. It seeks to cover the Earth in an eternal Hell and end all life on it. Inuyasha must join forces ... See full summary »

Director:

Toshiya Shinohara

Writers:

Kathleen Westlake (script: English adaptation), Katsuyuki Sumizawa (script),

Stars:

Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Inuyasha (voice)
Satsuki Yukino	...	Kagome Higurashi (voice)
Kôji Tsujitani	...	Miroku (voice)
Houko Kuwashima	...	Sango (voice) (as Hoko Kuwashima)
Kumiko Watanabe	...	Shippo (voice)
Ken Narita	...	Sesshomaru (voice)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Inuyasha's Father (voice)
Kikuko Inoue	...	Izayoi (voice)
Yasunori Matsumoto	...	Takemaru of Setsuna (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki	...	Sounga (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki	...	Saya (voice)
Kenichi Ogata	...	Myoga (voice)
Jôji Yanami	...	Totosai (voice)
Yûichi Nagashima	...	Jaken (voice)
Mamiko Noto	...	Rin (voice)

Storyline

The legendary sword, Sou'unga, which belonged to the Great Dog Demon, has been unleashed. It seeks to cover the Earth in an eternal Hell and end all life on it. Inuyasha must join forces with his hateful brother, Sesshoumaru, and put an end to the evil sword that once belonged to their father.

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Plot Keywords:

surrealism | based on tv show | anime

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Taglines:

The Three Swords of the Fang collide in an epic battle!

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Genres:

Animation | Fantasy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp] Official site [us]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

6 September 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Swords of an Honorable Ruler

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kyoto Animation, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), Shogakukan Production

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the beads shoot off of Inuyasha, Jaken originally gets hit in the chin with one. In the next shot, Jaken lays on the ground with the bead on his forehead instead.

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Quotes

Inuyasha: Well Tetsusaiga, looks like you and I are gonna be in a HUGE battle together.

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Crazy Credits

After the ending credits, Inuyasha and Kagome are lying down in a field when Kagome asked Inuyasha to close his eyes while she gives him something. Inuyasha did, but when he opens his eyes again, he discovers that Kagome had put the necklace back on him again; the two then have a hot argument which ends with Kagome ordering him to SIT.

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Connections

Spun-off from InuYasha (2000)

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Soundtracks

"Four Seasons"
Performed by Namie Amuro

User Reviews

Hit and Miss... but mostly Hit

This had to be the best of any Inuyasha movie released in English thus far. Even if you haven't been a geek sworn in to the series, you'll understand the basic storyline, very much unlike the previous two.

This is not for the lovebirds in the audience, it's more for the series' main genre, the action (battle of the brothers to be precise). The movie's OC villain, Takemaru, was surprisingly deep and had an exceptional storyline laced with Izayoi, Inuyasha's mother. The father of Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, however, was probably the highlight of this feature, he himself was worth seeing the entire movie for.

However, there were one or two things that troubled me about this story. There were many out-of-character moments that just irked me, but that's to be expected by the people who write the movies, and are not too familiar with the original manga.

Though, I'm happy to say that this movie's animation is much more consistent and mirrors both the manga and anime stylings very well. The music is amazing, I was happy to see some of the old stuff from the first season mixed in there. "Four Seasons" at the end was also a very nice treat.

All and all, I would say that this is one that needs to be seen by any fan, avid or not.