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InuYasha (犬夜叉), also known as InuYasha, a Feudal Fairy Tale (戦国御伽草子 犬夜叉Sengoku Otogizōshi InuYasha), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated byRumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008. The series follows the half demon, InuYasha, and a teenager from Tokyo, Kagome Higurashi, who is transported to the Sengoku period, where she meets him. When a monster from that era tries to take the magical Jewel of Four Souls embodied in Kagome, she accidentally splits the Jewel into various shards, which are dispersed across Japan. InuYasha and Kagome start travelling to recover it, gaining allies and enemies throughout the journey. In contrast to the typically comedic nature of many of her previous works, InuYasha deals with darker subject matter, using the setting of the Sengoku period to easily display the violent content. Earlier works by Takahashi with more dramatic and serious themes include her work, Mermaid Saga - though it is considerably darker in nature than Inuyasha - and many of her short stories.
The manga was published in North America by Viz Media with all of its 56 tankōbonvolumes having already been released. The manga was adapted into two anime television series produced by Sunrise. The first, broadcast for 167 episodes on Yomiuri TV in Japan from October 16, 2000 until September 13, 2004, was directed by Masashi Ikeda for the first forty-four episodes and by Yasunao Aoki for the remainder. The second series, calledInuYasha: The Final Act (犬夜叉 完結編, InuYasha Kanketsu-hen), began airing October 3, 2009 to cover the rest of the manga series and ended on March 29, 2010. Viz Media licensed the two anime series, having released the former in DVD volumes and aired most of its episodes. A total of four feature films and an original video animation have also been released. Other merchandise include video games and a light novel.
PLOT
The story begins in Tokyo, Japan, with a fifteen-year-old middle school girl named Kagome Higurashi, who lives on the grounds of her family's hereditary Shinto shrine. When she goes into the well house to retrieve her cat, Buyo, a centipede demon bursts out of the enshrined Bone Eater's Well and pulls her through it. As she leaves the well, Kagome appears in the ancient Sengoku period of Japan. During the demon's previous attack, a magical jewel known as the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls (Shikon no tama) was embodied from Kagome. She then becomes the demon's target and it tries to consume the Jewel and kill Kagome. In desperation, Kagome unseals the half-dog demon, half-human InuYasha who was placed on a tree fifty years ago by Kagome's incarnation Kikyo, the young miko of the village in charge of the Sacred Jewel who had, upon her death, requested that the Jewel be burned in her funeral pyre so no one could ever abuse its tremendous power. Although InuYasha destroys the centipede, the Sacred Jewel is later shattered into numerous shards that disperse across Japan. Even the individual shards are capable of granting great power of the whole entire Jewel, and are eagerly sought by humans and demons alike. InuYasha and Kagome set out to collect the shards to avoid disasters caused by the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls.
Along the way, they join forces with Shippo, a small fox demon who is orphaned, Miroku, a monk who suffers from a curse his ancestors were given by a powerful demon, Sango, a demon-slayer whose clan was killed by a group of demons. They are mainly opposed byNaraku, a devious and powerful collective, shape-shifting half-demon who manipulated the initial conflict between Kikyo and InuYasha, Sango's clan's destruction and was responsible for Miroku's curse. Naraku collects the shards for himself and continues setting up traps on InuYasha and his companions to take Kagome's fragments of the Sacred Shikon Jewel. Other people they find are InuYasha's older half-brotherSesshomaru, who wishes to kill Naraku after he tried to manipulate him, Kikyo, now partially resurrected with a fragment of Kagome's reincarnated soul/spirit, and a wolf demon named Koga, most of whose comrades were killed by Naraku's forces.
Eventually, Naraku collects all of the shards and reassembles the Jewel of Four Souls into its original and complete form. Although Inuyasha and his allies defeat him, Naraku uses his immeasurable strength and power as the Shikon Jewel's owner to wish for Kagome's spirit to be trapped inside it with his own, which would allow Naraku to survive within it in eternal conflict with her. With Inuyasha by her side, Kagome wishes for the jewel to disappear, erasing Naraku from existence and breaking the cycle of conflict. She and Inuyasha are then thrown back to their own time periods and the Well becomes sealed, causing them to lose contact for the next three years. In that time, the Sengoku period has undergone changes: Sango and Miroku are married with three children together; Kohaku resumes his journey to become a strong demon slayer (with Kirara); Koga becomes leader of the Wolf Demon tribe and marries Ayame; and Shippo attains the seventh rank as a fox demon. Back in the present, eighteen-year-old Kagome graduates from high school and comes to a realization which allows the Bone-Eater's Well to work again. With approval from her mother, Kagome returns to the Sengoku period, where she stays with InuYasha.
Films
The series spawned four anime films which feature original plot, rather than being based specifically on the manga, written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa who wrote the anime episodes.[29] The films have also been released with English subtitles and dubbed audio tracks toRegion 1 DVD by Viz Media. Toshiya Shinohara directed the film series. The first film, InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time, was released in Japan on December 16, 2001. In the film, InuYasha, Kagome, Shippo, Sango, and Miroku must face Menomaru, a demonic enemy brought to life by a jewel shard, as they continue their quest for the Shikon Jewel shards. In the second film,InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass, released on December 21, 2002, the group defeats Naraku and returns to their normal lives only to have to deal with a new enemy named Kaguya. The third film, InuYasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler, was released on December 20, 2003. In it, a third sword of InuYasha's father called So'unga is unleashed from its centuries-old seal and seeks to destroy the Earth forcing InuYasha and Sesshomaru to work together to stop it. The fourth film, InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island, was released on December 23, 2004, and depicts InuYasha and his friends attempting to rescue children trapped on the mysterious island Houraijima by the wrath of powerful demons known as "The Four War Gods".
[edit]Soundtrack CDs
Multiple soundtracks and character songs were released for series by Avex Mode. Three character single were released August 3, 2005, "Aoki Yasei o Daite" (蒼き野生を抱いて, Embrace the Untamed Wilderness) by InuYasha featuring Kagome, "Kaze no Naka e"(風のなかへ, Into the Wind) by Miroku featuring Sango and Shippo, and "Gō" (業, Fate) by Sesshomaru featuring Jaken and Rin. The singles charted at number 63, 76, and 79 respectively on the Oricon chart.[30][31][32] Three more character songs were released on January 25, 2006, "Rakujitsu" (落日, Setting Sun) by Naraku, "Tatta Hitotsu no Yakusoku" (たったひとつの約束, That's One Promise) by Kagome Higurashi, and "Abarero!!" (暴れろ!!, Go On A Rampage!!) by Bankotsu and Jakotsu. The singles charted at number 130, 131, and 112 respectively on the Oricon chart.[33][34][35]
On March 24, 2010, Avex released InuYasha Best Song History (犬夜叉 ベストソング ヒストリー Inuyasha Besuto Songu Hisutorī), abest album[disambiguation needed] that contains all the opening and ending theme songs used in the series.[7] The album peaked at number 20 on the Oricon album chart and charted for seven weeks.[36]
[edit]Video games
Three video games based on the series were released for the WonderSwan: InuYasha: Kagome no Sengoku Nikki (犬夜叉 〜かごめの戦国日記 InuYasha: Kagome's Warring States Diary), InuYasha: Fūun Emaki (犬夜叉 風雲絵巻) and InuYasha: Kagome no Yume Nikki (犬夜叉 かごめの夢日記 InuYasha: Kagome's Dream Diary). A single title, InuYasha: Naraku no Wana! Mayoi no Mori no Shōtaijō (犬夜叉〜奈落の罠!迷いの森の招待状 InuYasha: Naraku's Trap! Invitation to the Forest of Illusion), was released for theGame Boy Advance on January 23, 2002 in Japan.
InuYasha has been adapted into a mobile game released for Java and Brew handsets on June 21, 2005,[37] an English-language originalTrading card game created by Score Entertainment that was first released on October 20, 2004. Two titles were released for thePlayStation, InuYasha and InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale, with the latter being also released in North America. For the PlayStation 2the two released games were InuYasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask and InuYasha: Feudal Combat that also received an English version. An English only game, InuYasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel, was released for the Nintendo DS on January 23, 2007.[38]
Inuyasha have also appeared in the crossover video game Sunday VS Magazine: Shuuketsu! Choujou Daikessen! as playable character.[39]
Inuyasha's sword, Tetsaiga, has appeared in Monster Hunter, as a craftable weapon using items gained from a special event.
[edit]Original video animation
A 30 minute original video animation (OVA), Black Tetsusaiga (黒い鉄砕牙 Kuroi Tetsusaiga) was presented on July 30, 2008 at an "It's a Rumic World" exhibit at the Matsuya Ginza department store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. The episode uses the original voice cast from the anime series.[40] It was released in Japan on October 20, 2010 in both DVD and Blu-ray formats.[41][42]
[edit]Novel
A novel, written by Tomoko Komparu and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi, has been published by Shogakukan.[43]
[edit]Live action series
The Chinese TV series The Holy Pearl is loosely based on the manga. It stars Gillian Chung and Purba Rgyal in lead roles.[44][45]
[edit]Live action play
A Japanese, live action play titled Inuyasha was shown in the Akasaka ACT Theater in Tokyo around the time the anime was first in production. The play's script follows the general plot line of the original Inuyasha manga, with a few minor changes to save time.[46]
[edit]Reception
Manga volumes from InuYasha have been popular in Japan, taking high places in rankings listing sales.[47][48] In 2001, the manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen manga title of the year.[49] In North America, the manga volumes have appeared various times in the New York Times[50][51] and Diamond Distributions top selling lists.[52][53] Moreover, in 2005 InuYasha was one of the most researched series according to Lycos.[54]
The anime of InuYasha was ranked twenty by TV Asahi of the 100 best anime series in 2006 based on an online survey in Japan.[55] In ICv2's "Anime Awards" from both 2004 and 2005, the series was the winner in the category of "Property of the Year".[56][57] In theAnime Grand Prix polls by Animage, InuYasha has appeared various times in the category of "Best Anime", taking third place in 2003.[58][59] The four films have earned together over US$20 million in Japanese box offices.[60] In the American Anime Awards from 2007, InuYasha was a nominee in the categories of "Best Cast", "Best Anime Feature" and "Best Long Series".[61] The English DVDs from the series have sold over 1,000,000 copies ever since March 2003 with the first film's DVD topping the VideoScan anime bestseller list for three weeks.[62] By November 2004, Viz announced they had sold over one million InuYasha DVDs.[63] Mania Entertainment also listed the series seventh in an article ranking anime series that required a reboot, criticizing the series' repetitiveness.[64]
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