InuYasha

Kagome Higurashi's 15th birthday takes a sudden turn when she is forcefully pulled by a demon into the old well of her family's shrine. Brought to the past, when demons were a common sight in feudal Japan, Kagome finds herself persistently hunted by these vile creatures, all yearning for an item she unknowingly carries: the Shikon Jewel, a small sphere holding extraordinary power.

Amid such a predicament, Kagome encounters a half-demon boy named Inuyasha who mistakes her for Kikyou, a shrine maiden he seems to resent. Because of her resemblance to Kikyou, Inuyasha takes a violent dislike to Kagome. However, after realizing the dire circumstances they are both in, he sets aside his hostility and lends her a hand.

Unfortunately, during a fight for the Shikon Jewel, the miraculous object ends up shattered into pieces and scattered across the land. Fearing the disastrous consequences of this accident, Kagome and Inuyasha set out on a challenging quest to recover the shards before they fall into the wrong hands.

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Inuyasha Main

Yamaguchi, Kappei Japanese

Higurashi, Kagome Main

Yukino, Satsuki Japanese

Sango Main

Kuwashima, Houko Japanese

Miroku Main

Tsujitani, Kouji Japanese

Shippou Main

Watanabe, Kumiko Japanese

Sesshoumaru Supporting

Narita, Ken Japanese

Kikyou Supporting

Hidaka, Noriko Japanese

Kouga Supporting

Matsuno, Taiki Japanese

Kagura Supporting

Oogami, Izumi Japanese

Naraku Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Suwa, Michihiko Producer, Planning

Kitada, Shuuichi Assistant Producer

Saitou, Tomoyuki Assistant Producer

Ikeda, Masashi Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard

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Jul 28, 2008

hanyou-chan

Recommended

Overall, Inuyasha is very enjoyable. The art is brilliant although in the movies the art does slip because Rumiko Takahashi (the mangaka) helps with the drawings.

The storyline is basic and very easy to follow, however the story does seem to drag on, so if you have patience with animes this could be for you.

The characters are pure genius, each with their own running joke. Each character (with the exception of Kagome) has a dark and kind of upsetting past often including the death of a loved one. My favourite is Miroku by far. He is a perverted womanising monk who flirts with pretty much any ... girl. However, some characters, like Shippo (an adorable fox demon), have a minor role with little or no fight scenes. (Then again that's a small part of his jokes).

The fights are good, lots of blood in some places. However the fights are short and it seems to always be Inuyasha doing most of the work. (As he has stated a few times). The others seem to be back up and use the same moves. For example, Sango, a demon slayer, uses her Hirakotsu (a giant boomerang often used hitting Miroku when he flirts with other girls or touches her butt) but she has a sword which rarely gets used. I think I've seen it 3 times and then I can only remember when she is about to use it on Kohaku (her little brother who has no memory of killing their whole village because he's being controlled by the main bad guy).

The romance is my favourite part in all of the series. It's more sweet than it is romantic. But it's the sort that makes you feel all warm inside. I'm sad to say that the romance barely progresses. (Apart from Miroku and Sango). And there is a really big love net. But like I said, it sweet in a LOT of places.(Oh, for you fan girls, I know Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's brother, is a favourite. Oh, I'm not a fan girl.)

All in all, Inuyasha is a good anime (and my favourite). Watch it if you have patience and love a good laugh, fight sometimes full of blood and sweet romantic bits in an anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 2, 2014

AshleyBorden

Mixed Feelings

Mod Edit: This review may contain spoilers.

I debated writing a review for Inuyasha since I believe for the most part the majority of people already know what they think of it but after forcing myself to re-watch the series I felt compelled to write this.

Story:
The story is designed to never end and gives you roughly 4 filler episodes in-between anything that actually progresses the story. Is it a spoiler to tell you that at the end of 167 episodes they still have to complete the jewel and defeat the villain? Well I wish someone would have spoiled it for me. However despite ... saying that the anime clearly isn't trying in any way to have an interesting or meaningful story so some of you maybe able to over look that. This is a anime that is trying to relie on fights and characters to be entertaining.

Art:
Honest opinion? I've seen better and I won't be watching anything worst I hope. Mediocrity's definition really. Normally art is one of the last things I base a anime on. Sure it's important but to me so long as everything looks okay I don't care. However in the case of Inuyasha the fighting animations were really disappointing. If you don't wanna have a story that is fine, but in this case with nothing else going for it I feel like going beyond normal really would have made a huge difference in term of enjoyability.

Sound:
Meh.

Characters:
They are all so shallow. One personality trait was handed to each of them and trust me they only get one. If you don't think mary-sue after meeting kagome read a fan-fiction with an oc. Actually never mind, it would probably be better.

Enjoyment:
Inuyasha may have been more enjoyable if it hadn't of been so long. Also since I didn't find it funny (I don't like slapstick humor) that to could contribute to it's lack of enjoyability.

Overall:
It get's a 5. Inuyasha easily could have gotten a seven if it had done one of two things, either developed nicer fights or developed it's characters at all. It's a long anime with nothing going for it. If you like pointless filler episodes there are animes that cater to that much better, If you like action then there are animes that also cater to that much better.

At the end of the day it's hard to find something outstanding or great about Inuyasha. It is an anime I can not recommend to anyone.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jan 29, 2015

metafalica

Not Recommended

Inuyasha was one of the earlier anime that I had watched and is one of the few anime that are over 100 episodes that I have stuck with. However, this is also one of the series that I am seriously conflicted with.

The story of Inuyasha is one that I feel drags on for a bit too long. It starts with the simple story of Kagome who is transported to another world and accidentally breaks apart a crystal called the Shikon no Tama that she has to put back together. Along the way she meets people who become her friends and enemies. However, Inuyasha is one ... series that I feel the story that goes on for longer than necessary. The main enemy nearly always makes clean escapes and comes back stronger. The heroes then receive an upgrade to fight the new empowered villain and this goes on for a while. While this is typical of a lot of anime, the pacing is what ultimately hurts it. The earlier episodes have great pacing, but towards the middle and later episodes, it feels like it was beginning to drag out to the point where it became a formula. The earlier parts of the series even had more interesting Youkais that existed in Kagome's world as well. The one episode that keeps coming back to my mind is the one where one of the main characters is walking through a sacred mountain and has to avoid thinking perverted thoughts and staring at the butt of a female character. I felt like that was not necessary.

I really like the art style of this series for some reason. The effects used for special abilities felt like they were something that did not belong and ultimately, I felt that it was a good thing because it emphasized how Miroku's Kazaana could be supernatural and otherworldly in nature. The thing that I dislike is the fact that a lot of character faces look too similar to one another. I did not notice it at first, but it became problematic in the latter part of the series as they introduced more characters. However, it seemed like they gave up entirely with generic villagers and I sometimes felt like they were just running into the same few people who always got into trouble.

The sounds of the series definitely contributed to the feel of the series. One thing I liked is that they were very consistent with the usage of their music, such as that one song they play whenever a fight is coming up. The opening songs were kind of strange to me for some reason and felt awkward and out of place. Then again, I do remember the first one very well so maybe it did its job after all.

The characters that I liked in this series were the ones that received only some character development, such as Sango. She had a strong reason for fighting and the way she was introduced set her up as a tragic heroine. This was done well, but there are other times when characters like Inuyasha spend too much time thinking about which girl he feels closer to when one is an undead clone that will fade away and Kagome trying to figure out whether she loves a minor character boy from her own time or Inuyasha.

Overall, the series was mediocre at best. It has a strong beginning, a very weak middle, but improves again towards the end. It gets much better with the sequel series that is also the conclusion. However, this one felt disappointing as it went on.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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