InuYasha, a Feudal Fairy Tale

Japanese schoolgirl Kagome is pulled into a well by a centipede monster and through a 500-year time tunnel to Japan's civil-war era. She escapes from the well to discover Inu Yasha, a half-dog demon, pinned to a nearby tree by the priestess Kikyo. The local villagers believe Kagome to be the reincarnation of Kikyo, and she must reluctantly team up with her predecessor's enemy to hunt down the many shards of the "Jewel of Four Souls," which Inu Yasha originally came to steal.

In the unsure economic climate that began the 21st century, with the Pokémon tide ebbing and their Brave Saga on hiatus, Sunrise bought into the success of a long-running, best-selling creator, optioning this recent manga from Ranma 1/2's Rumiko Takahashi. A buddy-story in the tradition of Ushio and Tora, with a time-traveling element that bears a close relationship to the creator's earlier Fire Tripper. Movie editions followed, including IY: Love Across Time (Jidao o Koeru Omoi, 2001), IY: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (Kagami no Naka no Mugenjo, 2002), IY: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (Tenka Hado no Ken, 2003), and IY: Fire on the Mystic Island (Guren no Horaijima, 2004). The TV special IY: The Love Song Before We Met is a prequel, detailing the reasons why Inu Yasha and Kikyo hate each other at the start of the series.

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Season/Ep#	Name		Airdate
1 - 167	The Bond between Two - Use The Shard of Shikon!	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/26/2006
1 - 166	The Bond between Two - Use The Shard of Shikon!	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 165	The Best Clue to Defeat Naraku	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 164	The Most Powerful Enemy, Parasite-Pupa Shippo!	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 163	Sango, Kirara, Kohaku and the Secret Garden	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 162	Together With Master Sesshomaru Eternally	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 161	Monk Miroku's Old Mistake	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 160	The Two-timing Aggressive Bastard who brings Happiness	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 159	Kohaku's Resolution and Sango's Heart	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 158	Innumerable Runaway Demon Mice	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 157	Cleave Naraku, Kongousouha!	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 156	The Battle Before The Tomb! Sesshoumaru vs InuYasha	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 155	The Devil That Guards A Shard of Shikon Jewel	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 154	The Demon Linking to The Next World	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 153	The Destiny is A Cruel Reunion	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 152	Protect and Rob!	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 151	Kagome's Instinctive choice	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 150	Mysterious Light Leading The Saint	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 149	An Arrow Brewing up A Disturbance	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 148	A Fateful Love Song Before We Met (Part 2)	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

	Person Name	Episode Count
	Rumiko Takahashi	8
	Terumi Nishii	1
	Kaoru Suzuki	7

Name	InuYasha, a Feudal Fairy Tale
Name:	犬夜叉
Romaji:	Inuyasha
Publisher	Sunrise Inc.
Start Year	2000
Genres	Add a new genre Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy
Themes	Add a new theme Time Travel Period Romance Monsters Magic Martial Arts Swords
Aliases	Inu Yasha Inu-Yasha

InuYasha first in The Girl Who Overcame Time... and the Boy Who Was Just Overcome	119
Kagome Higurashi first in The Girl Who Overcame Time... and the Boy Who Was Just Overcome	100
Miroku first in Air Void in the Right Hand! The Deliquent Monk, Miroku	85
Sango first in The Demon Exterminator Sango Appears	83
Shippo first in Shippo Appears! The Thunder Brothers, Hiten and Manten	72
Sesshomaru first in Terrifying Noble, Sesshoumaru	67
Kohaku first in The Demon Exterminator Sango Appears	51
Kagura first in The Deadly Trap of Kagura the Wind Sorceress!	39
Naraku first in Air Void in the Right Hand! The Deliquent Monk, Miroku	26
Kikyou first in The Girl Who Overcame Time... and the Boy Who Was Just Overcome	17

InuYasha, a Feudal Fairy Tale

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