Creator: Rumiko Takahashi

No of Episodes/Volumes of Manga: ? episodes, ? volumes of the manga

Reviewer: Misao

Review for first 8 episodes only:

Rumiko Takahashi has again created another anime masterpiece following her works of Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku, and Inuyasha is, I think, guaranteed to please all of her fans.

Inuyasha follow the life of an ordinary school girl, Kagome who accidentally falls into a well at her Grandfather's shrine trying to save the family cat. Kagome is then transported into another time of conflict and war. She finds herself face to face with a half youkai (half monster), Inuyasha, a half human half demon, who is pinned to a tree by a magical arrow which keeps him asleep. Kagome finds herself in a lot of trouble, and therefore decides to take the arrow out of Inuyasha, breaking the seal which has kept him pinned to the tree in order to save her life. Inuyasha comes alive and the adventure starts.

Inuyasha's main aim, before he was sealed by the priestess Kikyou (and keeper of the Shikkon no Tama), was to get hold of the Shikkon no Tama (a glass ball full of power), in order to turn into a real demon, thus gaining powers which were far stronger than the powers that he already had. However, in his quest to get the Shikkon no Tama, Kikyou stops him with her arrow and seals him away. On the same day that Inuyasha is sealed, Kikyou loses her life and is cremated along with the Shikkon no Tama.

When Kagome enters the world, many people, especially Kaede (Kikyou's sister) believe that she is the reincarnation of Kikyou, as Kagome has the Shikkon no Tama within her body and possesses some powers. As soon as Kagome enters the world, many demons begin to try and get the Shikkon no Tama off her, and because of one demon, the Shikkon no Tama is broken into thousands of shards, each shard having a lot of magical powers. It is than Kagome's duty (she's the one who broke the Shikkon no Tama into the shards by her arrow), and Inuyasha's duty, to find all the shards of the Shikkon no Tama.

You may be wondering why Inuyasha is actually following Kagome, the answer is is that Kagome actually has a power over Inuyasha himself. The beads around his neck act in accordance to Kagome's utterance of "osuwari!" (lit. SIT!) causing Inuyasha to fall to the ground everytime she says it (it's really funny :P). Also, it's said that Inuyasha actually had feelings for Kikyou, and since Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyou, he protects her.

Anyway, this is a review just for the first 8 episodes of the series, however, the first episode left a lasting impression on me. I think it's a very good series so far, and if you're a Rumiko Takahashi fan, this is a must see, especially since the main voice actors are the same as Ranma's (Kagome and Akane share the same voice, as does Inuyasha and Ranma). There are many volumes of the manga, I'm not sure how many there are exactly, but at least, in this anime, the drawings are drawn to almost match Rumiko's style.

Animation is superb, and the opening and ending music rock, and the jokes are funny too. Check it out, I say!

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