InuYasha

This article is about the series InuYasha. For the character Inuyasha from the series see: List of InuYasha characters.

Inuyasha is a manga and anime series created by Rumiko Takahashi.

Inuyasha
Inuyasha written in kanji
戦国お伽草子–犬夜叉 (<span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Sengoku Otogizōshi Inuyasha)
Genre	Adventure, fantasy, romance
Manga
Written by	Rumiko Takahashi
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA/UK Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	November 13, 1996 – June 18, 2008
Volumes	56
Anime television series
Directed by	Masashi Ikeda (1-44) Yasunao Aoki (45-167)
Produced by	Michihiko Suwa Hideyuki Tomioka
Written by	Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by	Kaoru Wada
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Viz Media
Original network	NNS (ytv)
English network	AUS Adult Swim CA YTV IE RTÉ2 NA Neon Alley SA Animax Asia US Adult Swim (Toonami), Starz ZA Animax
Original run	October 16, 2000 – September 13, 2004
Episodes	167
Anime television series
Inuyasha: The Final Act
Directed by	Yasunao Aoki
Produced by	Tomoyuki Saito Mitomu Asai Naohiro Ogata
Written by	Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by	Kaoru Wada
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	NA Viz Media
Original network	NNS (ytv)
English network	NA Neon Alley SA Animax Asia US Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run	October 3, 2009 – March 29, 2010
Episodes	26
Feature films
InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island

Plot

Fifty years ago, a priestess named Kikyo had a relationship with a half–demon named Inuyasha. When they oppose each other, Inuyasha becomes unconscious and Kikyo dies from her injury while keeping the Shikon Jewel (Shikon no Tama), she leaves her sister (Kaede) alive. Kagome is a teenage student, who discovers a well in her house and ends up traveling to the past. She meets and rescues Inuyasha, who slept in a sacred tree for fifty years. Kagome learns that she is Kikyo's reincarnation and had the jewel inside her body, which the demon extracted it. The magical necklace allows Inuyasha to control his behaviour. Kagome inadvertently shatters the jewel into pieces, which Naraku uses one of them to summon the army of incarnations. Inuyasha recruits a few allies on his journey. As Kikyo dies again, Inuyasha defeats Naraku, making the jewel vanished from the world and Kagome is sent back to the present day. Three years later, Miroku and Sango have three children, Rin lives with Kaede, and Kagome returns to the feudal era after graduating from high school.