Inuyasha - The sacred jewel?

Inuyasha (犬夜叉, lit. "Dog Demon") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. The series begins with Kagome Higurashi, a fifteen-year-old middle school girl from modern-day Tokyo who is transported to the Sengoku period after falling into a well in her family shrine, where she meets the half-dog demon, half-human Inuyasha. After the sacred Shikon Jewel re-emerges from deep inside Kagome's body, she accidentally shatters it into dozens of fragments that scatter across Japan. Inuyasha and Kagome set to recover the Jewel's fragments, and through their quest they are joined by the lecherous monk Miroku, the demon slayer Sango, and the fox demon Shippo. Together, they journey to restore the Shikon Jewel before it falls into the hands of the evil half-demon Naraku.

Plot Summary: Kagome leads a fairly normal life, in spite of her weird family. Her house is a thousand-year-old Japanese temple, and her grandfather talks about the history of the house endlessly. Legend has it that the old well on the temple grounds keeps a vicious ancient monster at bay; Kagome never believed those legends, until now. The well opens up and sucked Kagome inside transporting her to an ancient time of enchanted forests and giant demons. Kagome is soon confronted by her odd resemblance to Kikyou, the girl who controlled the magical Shikon no Tama talisman and imprisoned the legendary half-demon InuYasha. Upon entering this fantasy world, Kagome is attacked by a demon hunting the Shikon no Tama; she unwittingly releases InuYasha from his imprisonment, only to find that he's no hero.

Written by
Rumiko Takahashi
Published by
Shogakukan
English publisher
NA
Viz Media
Imprint
Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine
Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic
Shōnen
Original run
November 13, 1996 – June 18, 2008
Volumes
56 (List of volumes)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Demons, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural

Anime television series
Directed by
Masashi Ikeda (#1–44)
Yasunao Aoki (#45–167)
Produced by
Michihiko Suwa
Hideyuki Tomioka
Written by
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by
Kaoru Wada
Studio
Sunrise
Licensed by
AUS
Madman Entertainment
BI
Anime Limited
NA
Viz Media
Original network
NNS (ytv)
English network
AUS
Adult Swim
CA
YTV
IE
RTÉ2
NA
Neon Alley
NZ
Four
SEA
Animax
US
Adult Swim (Toonami), Starz
ZA
Animax
Original run
October 16, 2000 – September 13, 2004
Episodes
167 (List of episodes)

Anime television series
Inuyasha: The Final Act
Directed by
Yasunao Aoki
Produced by
Tomoyuki Saito
Mitomu Asai
Naohiro Ogata
Written by
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by
Kaoru Wada
Studio
Sunrise
Licensed by
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Viz Media
Original network
NNS (ytv)
English network
NA
Neon Alley
SEA
Animax
US
Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run
October 3, 2009 – March 29, 2010
Episodes
26 (List of episodes)

Feature films
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001)
Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)
Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003)
Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island (2004)
Sequel
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (2020–)

Characters and Voice actor’s/Voice actresses

Inuyasha - Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese)/Richard Ian Cox (English)

Kagome Higurashi - Satsuki Yukino (Japanese)/Kira Tozer (English)

Miroku - Kōji Tsujitani (Japanese)/Ian James Corlett (English)

Sango - Houko Kuwashima (Japanese)/e); Kelly Sheridan (English)

Shippo - Kumiko Watanabe (Japanese)/Jillian Michaels (English)

Kirara - Tarako Isono (Japanese)

Kikyo - Noriko Hidaka (Japanese)/Willow Johnson (English)


Sesshomaru - Ken Narita (Japanese)/David Kaye (English)


Jaken - Yuichi Nagashima (Japanese)/Don Brown (English)

Rin - Mamiko Noto (Japanese)/Brenna O'Brien (English)

A-Un - N/A

Kohaku - Akiko Yajima (Japanese)/Danny McKinnon (English)

Koga - Taiki Matsuno (Japanese)/Scott McNeil (English)

Naraku - Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese)/Paul Dobson (English)

Demon of the Shikon Jewel - Takeshi Kusao (Japanese)/Michael Dobson (English)

Magatsuhi - Takeshi Kusao (Japanese)/Michael Dobson (English)

Naraku's incarnations - N/A

Kanna - Yukana (Japanese)/ Janyse Jaud (English)

Kagura - Izumi Ogami (Japanese)/Janyse Jaud (English)

Goshinki - Masaharu Satō (Japanese)/ Michael Kopsa (English)

Juromaru and Kageromaru - Takumi Yamazaki (Japanese)/Brian Drummond (English)

Muso/Onigumo - Hiroshi Yanaka (Japanese)/Brian Dobson (English)

Akago (the Infant) and Moryomaru - Ai Kobayashi (Japanese)/Chiara Zanni (English)

Akago - Masaki Terasoma (Japanese)/Douglas (English)


Hakudoshi - Ai Kobayashi (Japanese)/Chiara Zanni (English)

Byakuya - Mitsuaki Madono (Japanese)/Michael Adamthwaite (English)