The first season of the anime television series Inuyasha aired on Yomiuri TV in Japan from October 16, 2000 to September 17, 2001. Based on Rumiko Takahashi's manga series, the episodes were produced by Sunrise and directed by Masashi Ikeda. The series follows a half dog demon Inuyasha, high school girl Kagome Higurashi, a fox demon Shippo, lecherous monk Miroku, and surviving demon slayer Sango, on a journey to obtain the fragments of the shattered Jewel of Four Souls, a powerful jewel hidden inside Kagome's body, and keep the shards from being used for evil.
The series was licensed by Viz Media in North America. The English dub of the first season was broadcast on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim programming block from August 31, 2002 to September 4, 2003, and reran on its Toonami block beginning on November 3, 2012.
In Japan, the first season was retroactively collected under the title .
Five pieces of theme music are used across this season; two opening themes and three ending themes. The opening themes are "Change the World" by V6 for episodes 1–34 and "I Am" by Hitomi for episodes 35–44. Streaming services in the United States typically use an instrumental opening theme for "Change the World" due to licensing issues. The three ending themes are "My Will" by Japanese girl group Dream for episodes 1–20, by Do As Infinity for episodes 20–41 and "Dearest" by Ayumi Hamasaki for episodes 42–44.
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