The episodes of the Japanese anime television series Inuyasha are based on the first 36 volumes for Rumiko Takahashi's manga series. It follows an eponymous half-demon and a high school girl Kagome Higurashi on a journey, alongside their friends, a young fox demon, Shippo; a lecherous monk, Miroku; a demon slayer, Sango; and a demon cat, Kirara, to obtain the fragments of the shattered Jewel of Four Souls, a powerful jewel hidden from Kagome, and keep the shards from being used for evil, including by the half-demon Naraku.
Produced by Sunrise, the series aired on Yomiuri TV, Nippon Television and their affiliates in Japan, from October 16, 2000 to September 13, 2004. It also aired on Animax's English-language networks in South Asia and East Asia. The English dub of the series aired on Adult Swim for Cartoon Network, from August 31, 2002 to October 27, 2006. In Canada, the series aired on YTV.
A sequel anime television series, titled Inuyasha: The Final Act, aired from October 4, 2009 to March 30, 2010. It adapted the final volumes of the manga.
Series overview
Episode list
Season 1 (2000–01)
Season 2 (2001–02)
Season 3 (2002–03)
Season 4 (2003–04)
The Final Act (2009–10)
Home media DVD releases On April 16, 2007, the first twelve Inuyasha episodes were released on DVD in the United Kingdom. In the United States, all of the seasons have been released as individual discs and, as of April 2009, season box sets.
+ Viz Media (Region 1)Season Episodes Discs Features DVD release date 1 1–27 5 Japanese and English audio options English subtitles September 7, 2004 2 28–54 5 November 8, 2005 3 55–81 5 September 12, 2006 4 82–99 4 September 4, 2007 5 100–126 5 July 29, 2008 6 127–146 4 December 2, 2008 7 147–167 4 April 28, 2009
+ Fabulous Films/FremantleMedia Home Entertainment (Region 2)Season Episodes Discs Features DVD release date 1a 1–12 2 Japanese and English audio options English subtitles April 16, 2007
Blu-ray releases + Viz Media (Region A)NameDateDiscsEpisodesSet 1July 14, 202041–27Set 2August 11, 202028–55Set 3November 10, 202056–83Set 4March 2, 202184–111Set 5May 18, 2021112–139Set 6August 10, 2021140–167
Music listing Fourteen pieces of theme music were used for the original series; six opening themes and eight ending themes.
+ Opening themes Title Artist First Episode Last Episode "Change the World" V6 1 34 "I Am" hitomi 35 64 Nanase Aikawa 65 95 "Grip!" Every Little Thing 96 127 "One Day, One Dream" Tackey & Tsubasa 128 153 "Angelus" Hitomi Shimatani 154 167
+ Closing themes Title Artist First Episode Last Episode "My Will" Dream 1 20, 166–167 (one-hour special episode) "Fukai Mori" Do As Infinity 21 41 "Dearest" Ayumi Hamasaki 42 60 "Every Heart (Minna no Kimochi)" BoA 61 85 "Shinjitsu no Uta (Song of Truth)" Do As Infinity 86 108 Day After Tomorrow 109 127 "Come" Namie Amuro 128 146 "Change the World" V6 147–148 (one-hour special episode) "Brand-New World" V6 149 165
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