24 minSeason 2 • Episode 26
LatestWhen the last person to obtain the Shikon Jewel makes the one correct wish, the jewel will be purified and disappear entirely from this world. The long journey of Inuyasha and his companions comes to end and thus concludes this Feudal Fairy Tale.
Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.
Score
Kaoru Wada's orchestral bangers still slap decades later.
Practical Effects
Rumiko Takahashi's character designs are instantly iconic.
Acting
Yamaguchi and Yukino voice 193 episodes of exquisite screaming.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rumiko Takahashi allegedly drew Inuyasha's ears fluffy because she thought it'd be cute to touch—this became a defining character trait.
Inuyasha helped mainstream isekai in the West before the genre became oversaturated; the well-travel device directly influenced countless later series.
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