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InuYasha
Cover of the first tankōbon volume of Inuyasha, as published by Shogakukan on May 18, 1997.
戦国お伽草子–犬夜叉 (Sengoku Otogizōshi InuYasha)
Genre	Adventure, Comedy-drama,Sengoku era, Romance,Supernatural
Manga
Written by	Rumiko Takahashi
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	Viz Media (Canada, United Kingdom, United States)
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	November 13, 1996 –June 18, 2008
Volumes	56 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Masashi Ikeda Yasunao Aoki
Written by	Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	Madman Entertainment (Australia, New Zealand) Viz Media (Canada, United States)
Network	NNS (ytv)
English network	ABC, Seven Network, Cartoon Network (Australia) YTV (Canada) Animax Asia (Southeast and South Asia) Cartoon Network, Adult Swim(Toonami) (United States) Neon Alley (Canada, United States) Animax South Africa (South Africa)
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	Kioa Ahsayuni
Written by	Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	Viz Media (Canada, United States)
Network	NTV, ytv, TSB, FCT
English network	Animax Asia (Southeast and South Asia) Neon Alley (Canada, United States)
Original run	October 3, 2009 –March 29, 2010
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Feature films
InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass InuYasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island
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InuYasha (犬夜叉^?), also known as InuYasha, a Feudal Fairy Tale (戦国御伽草子 犬夜叉Sengoku Otogizōshi InuYasha^?), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated byRumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008, and was collected into 56 tankōbon volumes. The series follows the half demon, InuYasha, and a 15-year-old girl from Tokyo, Kagome Higurashi, who is transported to the Sengoku period after falling into a well in her family shrine, where she meets InuYasha. When a monster from that era tries to take the magical Jewel of Four Souls embodied in Kagome, she accidentally shatters the Jewel into many pieces that are dispersed across Japan. InuYasha and Kagome start traveling to recover it before the powerful demon Naraku finds all the shards. InuYasha and Kagome gain several allies during their journey namely Shippo, Miroku, and Sango. In contrast to the typically comedic nature of many of Takahashi's previous work, InuYasha deals with darker subject matter, using the setting of the Sengoku period to easily display the violent content.
It was adapted into two anime television series produced by Sunrise. The first was broadcast for 167 episodes on Yomiuri TV in Japan from October 16, 2000 until September 13, 2004 and was directed by Masashi Ikeda for the first forty-four episodes and by Yasunao Aoki for the remainder. The second series, called InuYasha: The Final Act, began airing October 3, 2009 to cover the rest of the manga series and ended on March 29, 2010. Four feature films and five original video animations have also been released. Other merchandise include video games and a light novel. Viz Media licensed the manga, the two anime series, and movies for North America.