The episodes of the Japanese anime television series Inuyasha are based on the first 36 volumes for Rumiko Takahashi's manga series.[1] 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 in Japan on Yomiuri TV 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 Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim from August 31, 2002, to October 27, 2006. In Canada, the series aired on YTV.
A sequel anime television series, titled , aired from October 4, 2009, to March 30, 2010. The sequel series adapted the final volumes of the manga.[2] [3] [4]
See main article: Inuyasha season 1.
See main article: Inuyasha season 2.
See main article: Inuyasha season 3.
See main article: Inuyasha season 4.
See main article: Inuyasha: The Final Act.
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.
| Season | Episodes | Discs | Features | DVD release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–27 | 5 |
| 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 |
| Name | Date | Discs | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | July 14, 2020 | 4 | 1–27 |
| Set 2 | August 11, 2020 | 28–55 | |
| Set 3 | November 10, 2020 | 56–83 | |
| Set 4 | March 2, 2021 | 84–111 | |
| Set 5 | May 18, 2021 | 112–139 | |
| Set 6 | August 10, 2021 | 140–167 |
Fourteen pieces of theme music were used for the original series; six opening themes and eight ending themes.
| "Change the World" | 1 | 34 | ||
| "I Am" | 35 | 64 | ||
| Nanase Aikawa | 65 | 95 | ||
| "Grip!" | 96 | 127 | ||
| "One Day, One Dream" | 128 | 153 | ||
| "Angelus" | 154 | 167 |
| "My Will" | 1 | 20, 166–167 (one-hour special episode) | ||
| "Fukai Mori" | 21 | 41 | ||
| "Dearest" | 42 | 60 | ||
| "Every Heart (Minna no Kimochi)" | 61 | 85 | ||
| "Shinjitsu no Uta (Song of Truth)" | Do As Infinity | 86 | 108 | |
| 109 | 127 | |||
| "Come" | 128 | 146 | ||
| "Change the World" | 147–148 (one-hour special episode) | |||
| "Brand-New World" | V6 | 149 | 165 |