Rating: 
Summary: sweet!
Review: another very good volume. u may ask y i rate it w/ a 4 instead of 5...it's just cause this one is a bit more mushier than some others, but if u like that stuff, you should buy this. cause InuYasha still ROCKS either way! don't get me wrong cause i do like it though. :)
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Summary: Kikyo's Wandering Soul
Review: Hey all you anime fans and otaku and all you regular people too. ^_^ Anyway... I am a huge fan of Inuyasha and have been since i saw the first episode that aired in the U.S. I am gonna make this brief b/c I have to go somewhere... Anyone who is a fan of Inuyasha should buy this DVD. I am sure most of you fans have already seen the episodes air on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network and know what to expect. Can't remember how many episodes are on it... Wasn't paying attention when I looked earlier. >_< And if any non-Inuyasha anime fan who comes across this I encourage you to start from DVD1:Down The Well. BUT that is if ya don't know the storyline...Anyhow have fun ppl...g2g... O yeah... For all you people that don't know Inuyasha is coming back on August 25, 2003 with the new epsodes...Yall people behind might wanna catch up if ya got behind.. ^_^ ...OK..NOW I am gone..lol...
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Summary: The Most important DVD in the series
Review: I first watched Inu Yasha (the first 52 eps) on adult swim. I am just now buying up the DVDs. To be honest, I was not impressed with this show much from the first 13 episodes. Kikyo's arrival in episodes 14 and 15 really pulled me into this anime. Her return in episode 22 represents one of the highest points in the first 3 seasons; because it escalates Inu Yasha's primary (and best) storyline arc. If there was any storyline arc I found nearly as compelling, It is Sango's. The way she parts from her father and brother is perhaps the most cruel and emotional I have seen in an anime to date. Her brothers eventual dependency on a sacred jewel fragment sets up interesting plot developements down the road as well. Episodes 22-24 cover the introduction and reintroduction of the animes 2 best story arcs, respectively.Conveniently, 3 of the best episodes in the entire series fell into one DVD. If you bought the first 7 volumes, then you would have to be crazy not to get this one. The voice acting is done by the reliable ocean group (Ranma 1/2, Escaflowne); If you don't like this dub you probably saw it subbed first or don't like dubs period. The casting in the sub version makes the anime feel darker, more cinematic, and frankly, better. I still prefer the dub though, I've recognized 9 voices from Escaflowne (a good dub) so far, and the dub of Inu Yasha is much funnier. Richard Cox (Ranma in Ranma 1/2) is well cast for Inu Yasha, probably an even better cast than he was in Ranma 1/2. His brash talking style is perfect. Kagome is completely different in the dub; more of a cheerleader. I still like her better in the dub because she makes Kagome seem nicer and a more attractive love interest for Inu Yasha, but some will find her annoying. Kirby Morrow (Van in Escaflowne) is perfect as Miroku. A big surprise was Kikyo's voice actress, who only had small roles (Hitomi's friend Yukari in Escaflowne and Kasumi Tendo Ranma 1/2) before this. I can hardly recognize her voice in this anime, its filled with so much emotion. Her voice works very well deep and understated, it has kind of a strange sexyness/mystery to it. At times she borders on overacting and sounding cheezy, but she rides that line well and the end result is very impressive. She's probably a very big reason why Inu Yasha is one of my favorite animes. Sango is perfectly cast as Kelly Sheridan (Hitomi from Esca, and the beloved Ukkyo from Ranma 1/2). Paul Dobson does great work once again as Naraku and Myoga (He is probably best known for playing Folken in Esca). I didn't catch his name, but the voice actor for Sesshomaru is very very good, perhaps the best male voice actor in the show. He shames the relatively goofy sounding Japanese voice by comparison. Kagura and Koga (when they come in) are excellent voices as well. There are some annoying voices too. Shippo is less entertaining and more annoying in the dub. Jaken (Sesshomaru's helper) is simply unbearable. The overall effect of the dub voice actors makes Inu Yasha seem more lighthearted; more fun. But be warned, it will probably take a while to enjoy the dub for what it is. If you are a fan of Rumiko Takahashi, Inu Yasha will not dissapoint, even if it is a little unconventional and little more action oriented (and darker). This is perhaps her best anime for characters and character development, and thats saying a lot. The dvd has some issues playing on some dvd players (like computer dvd drives). I too think that VIZ is a little insane for releasing these volumes 3 episodes at a time. The extra expense is fine, but the wait is becoming hard to bear.
Rating:
Summary: The Most important DVD in the series
Review: I first watched Inu Yasha (the first 52 eps) on adult swim. I am just now buying up the DVDs. To be honest, I was not impressed with this show much from the first 13 episodes. Kikyo's arrival in episodes 14 and 15 really pulled me into this anime. Her return in episode 22 represents one of the highest points in the first 3 seasons; because it escalates Inu Yasha's primary (and best) storyline arc. If there was any storyline arc I found nearly as compelling, It is Sango's. The way she parts from her father and brother is perhaps the most cruel and emotional I have seen in an anime to date. Her brothers eventual dependency on a sacred jewel fragment sets up interesting plot developements down the road as well. Episodes 22-24 cover the introduction and reintroduction of the animes 2 best story arcs, respectively. Conveniently, 3 of the best episodes in the entire series fell into one DVD. If you bought the first 7 volumes, then you would have to be crazy not to get this one. The voice acting is done by the reliable ocean group (Ranma 1/2, Escaflowne); If you don't like this dub you probably saw it subbed first or don't like dubs period. The casting in the sub version makes the anime feel darker, more cinematic, and frankly, better. I still prefer the dub though, I've recognized 9 voices from Escaflowne (a good dub) so far, and the dub of Inu Yasha is much funnier. Richard Cox (Ranma in Ranma 1/2) is well cast for Inu Yasha, probably an even better cast than he was in Ranma 1/2. His brash talking style is perfect. Kagome is completely different in the dub; more of a cheerleader. I still like her better in the dub because she makes Kagome seem nicer and a more attractive love interest for Inu Yasha, but some will find her annoying. Kirby Morrow (Van in Escaflowne) is perfect as Miroku. A big surprise was Kikyo's voice actress, who only had small roles (Hitomi's friend Yukari in Escaflowne and Kasumi Tendo Ranma 1/2) before this. I can hardly recognize her voice in this anime, its filled with so much emotion. Her voice works very well deep and understated, it has kind of a strange sexyness/mystery to it. At times she borders on overacting and sounding cheezy, but she rides that line well and the end result is very impressive. She's probably a very big reason why Inu Yasha is one of my favorite animes. Sango is perfectly cast as Kelly Sheridan (Hitomi from Esca, and the beloved Ukkyo from Ranma 1/2). Paul Dobson does great work once again as Naraku and Myoga (He is probably best known for playing Folken in Esca). I didn't catch his name, but the voice actor for Sesshomaru is very very good, perhaps the best male voice actor in the show. He shames the relatively goofy sounding Japanese voice by comparison. Kagura and Koga (when they come in) are excellent voices as well. There are some annoying voices too. Shippo is less entertaining and more annoying in the dub. Jaken (Sesshomaru's helper) is simply unbearable. The overall effect of the dub voice actors makes Inu Yasha seem more lighthearted; more fun. But be warned, it will probably take a while to enjoy the dub for what it is. If you are a fan of Rumiko Takahashi, Inu Yasha will not dissapoint, even if it is a little unconventional and little more action oriented (and darker). This is perhaps her best anime for characters and character development, and thats saying a lot. The dvd has some issues playing on some dvd players (like computer dvd drives). I too think that VIZ is a little insane for releasing these volumes 3 episodes at a time. The extra expense is fine, but the wait is becoming hard to bear.
Rating:
Summary: Good ,but......
Review: I had seen episodes 1-21 on all Japanese subtitled videos and let me tell you, the voice actors were fantaboulus!!! Japanese voice actors always are awesome!It`a a known fact.Keppei yamaguchi as Inu Yasha is totally cool so is Noriko what`s -her-face as Kikyo and the woman who does Kagome, Yeah they`re all really cool. BUT!!! big BUT!!!!!! the American or Canadian or whatever they are voice actors SUCK.(with three underlines under suck)I mean royally. They are the mightiest of all SUCKY voice actors. When I first heard Richard Cox`s voice saying something like "Kikyo did`nt go away to save herself"I was blown away, I fell of my chair,I died,I was brokenhearted. The other actors did the same thing to me ,
It`s sad but Kikyo sounded like she was impersonating someones voice under waster with poisen vapors all around her whlie sucking in air and digesting testosterone. while Kagome`s voice was alot better then Kikyo`s (at least she sounded like a girl)but she just did`nt match the charactor description AT ALL,and Miroku well he just gave a new and more extreme meaning to the word "LAME".Shippou was bad, even though he managed to get his voice to sound like a little demon boy`s.And the others like Kaede ( who sounded like she was 20, but with strep throat)The princess Sayo and the monk were all decent but they only had about 6lines each. But let`s say we watched it with engilsh subtitles in Japanese,this dvd is very good. With the first two episodes all about meeting Kikyo without her tring to kill Inu Yasha.It was true to the comic which is good ,but I have heard that they start to drift away from the comic and go off to do their own thing after episode 30.If you liked the comic version you will like this ,and if you havent read the comic and you are looking at the store ,go out and get a life.
The second part is when Sango comes into the scene.Wich stays true to the comic too.
The thing is ,that these dvds are very expensive for only 75min,worth of fun,Isuggest you sped you dollars on gas money looking for a place were you can rent these dvds. Plus you can only watch them a few times before they get boring.
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Summary: I Feel Violated.
Review: I have all the Inu-Yasha DVD's up to this one, and they are all excellent. I preordered this one and have the next 2 on preorder as well. Inu-Yasha is one of the most entertaining series I have seen in a while. Here comes the but. BUT the quality off this DVD was terrible. At full screen on my pc all kinds of terrible lines show up in the picture. It looks much worse than any VHS picture. I tried it in my player attached to my TV and it has the copy protection fade that none of the others have had. I have an old TV so I have to run the DVD player through the VCR. Furthermore the first thing that happens when you put in the disc is it plays a minute long commercial for Ranma1/2 This is also a first for the series. I think I'm paying enough for these without having to put up with commercials. I am going to contact the publisher, VIZ entertainment, and complain about the plummeting quality. If I don't get satisfaction from the company I will probably cancel my order.
Rating:
Summary: Good, but not the best.
Review: I just started ordering the Inuyasha series not too long ago because I heard that it was a good show. After ordering the first seven dvds, I had to wait a whole month before this one came out. When it did I was a little disappointed with the episodes. They still are entertaining, but the first two episodes on the disk are just boring. I guess, though, that all series have their downsides. This dvd is still a great dvd.
Rating:
Summary: Three Great Episodes!
Review: I wrote a review for this DVD already, but Amazon has not posted it! I don't know why - maybe it was too long or they thought it had "spoiler" information.
So I won't say a lot, just that of the episodes I've seen, and own on DVD, I really like these three!
Episode 22: "A Wicked Smile: Kikyo's Wandering Soul" and Episode 23: "Kagome's Voice and Kikyo's Kiss". Sort of a two-part episode, though they are not called that. Wow, great music, the eerie Kikyo (aka "the angry dead ex-girlfriend from hell!") and the Kagome-Inu Yasha-Kikyo love triangle, come on, it don't get any better than this! Seriously, the combination of the supernatural, the spiritual, and love lost, is very powerful. I recommend you check out Kikyo's facial expressions throughout these episodes, they are so varied and complex, they really took care to show her inner turmoil. She's not at all like your standard anime character.
Episode 24 "Enter Sango, the Demon Slayer" is certainly bloody but Sango is probably my favorite *human* character (Sesshomaru and Kikyo are more interesting, but the one's a full demon and the other's sort of like your living dead). Sango is a strong female protagonist, older (18-20?) and neither as hyper, emotional or clumsy as Kagome. All of which makes sense, given that she is from a pre-industrial era and trained in physical combat (skills that are useful for fending off the advances of a certain "bad boy" Monk!).
All three episodes are top notch. If you buy this one I suspect you will want to buy more!
Rating:
Summary: Three Great Episodes!
Review: I wrote a review for this DVD already, but Amazon has not posted it! I don't know why - maybe it was too long or they thought it had "spoiler" information. So I won't say a lot, just that of the episodes I've seen, and own on DVD, I really like these three! Episode 22: "A Wicked Smile: Kikyo's Wandering Soul" and Episode 23: "Kagome's Voice and Kikyo's Kiss". Sort of a two-part episode, though they are not called that. Wow, great music, the eerie Kikyo (aka "the angry dead ex-girlfriend from hell!) and the Kagome-Inu Yasha-Kikyo love triangle, come on, it don't get any better than this! Seriously, the combination of the supernatural, the spiritual, and love lost, it's very powerful and I recommend you check out Kikyo's facial expressions, they are so varied and complex, they really took care to show her inner turmoil. She's not at all like your standard anime character. And episode 24 "Enter Sango, the Demon Slayer" is certainly bloodly but Sango is just my favorite, er, *living* character, er, living *human* character on the show (Sesshomaru is the most interesting but he's not in these episodes and it's not clear who if anyone he will side with yet). If you buy this one I suspect you will want to buy more!
Rating:
Summary: Three Great Episodes!
Review: I wrote a review for this DVD already, but Amazon has not posted it! I don't know why - maybe it was too long or they thought it had "spoiler" information. So I won't say a lot, just that of the episodes I've seen, and own on DVD, I really like these three! Episode 22: "A Wicked Smile: Kikyo's Wandering Soul" and Episode 23: "Kagome's Voice and Kikyo's Kiss". Sort of a two-part episode, though they are not called that. Wow, great music, the eerie Kikyo (aka "the angry dead ex-girlfriend from hell!) and the Kagome-Inu Yasha-Kikyo love triangle, come on, it don't get any better than this! Seriously, the combination of the supernatural, the spiritual, and love lost, it's very powerful and I recommend you check out Kikyo's facial expressions, they are so varied and complex, they really took care to show her inner turmoil. She's not at all like your standard anime character. And episode 24 "Enter Sango, the Demon Slayer" is certainly bloodly but Sango is just my favorite, er, *living* character, er, living *human* character on the show (Sesshomaru is the most interesting but he's not in these episodes and it's not clear who if anyone he will side with yet). If you buy this one I suspect you will want to buy more!
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