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Summary: The Begging of The 116 episode masterpiece.
Review: From Rumiko Takahashi's "Inu-yasha" manga,comes the story of a half-demon who meets and goes on a epic journey with a girl from the future named Kagome.Inu-yasha is the best anime of all time.It does what so little storys accomplish:mixing everything you want into this one 116 episode anime.Drama,action,adventure,
romance,comedy-everything.And thats a rare find.The script is rock-solid,the animation seems to flow in the many action sceanes.The music will have you searching for a soundtrack too.
The action fits right in with the differant moods of the story,making sure it doesnt get out of place.And best of all, not only does it capture the magnifacince of the manga series, but it makes it better.I also appreciate how it cuts out some of the graphic content from the book,allowing young teens to enjoy the series without having to sneak behind there parent's back.While the manga has explosions of blood and has full nudity,the series tones it done a little bit,and (no offense to Rumiko Takahashi)I think it makes it better.Theres only breif nudity and it doesnt just splatter blood all over the camera.
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At first glance Inu-Yasha may seem as a halfway-decent anime with its good points,but its not.I know I thought so.It started off as I saw a game advertisment in a magazine.One night as I was flipping through channels,bored,I notice that the show was coming on in a half-hour.Curious,I wacthed the show.A week or two later,I found my-self buying the game,along with the Dvds.
This show makes even the greats such as Trigun and Bebop look like Reign:The Conqueror(which,in case you dont know,is quite possibly the worst anime EVER)compared to its amazing story-line.This anime will have you laughing,crying,cheering, and have you wacthing the episodes over and over.Now to me,that makes a good anime.
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Summary: Excelent anime, terrible price
Review: It's ninth grader Kagome's birthday, and it's just an ordinary day. As she's going to school, she stops at her dry well to look for her cat. All of a sudden, a demon grabs her and pulls her down the well to fudial Japan where she meets the dog-like half demon by the name of Inuyasha. The music is fantastic and is in my CD player very often. Time warping, half demons, plenty of action, and memorable characters will give you a pleasurable ride in this one-of-a-kind anime! There's no reason why you shouldn't buy this DVD!'...Is what I would say if the price was as good as the anime. Don't get me wrong, I rate the story 5+ stars and meant everything I just said, but with only 3 episodes per disk, you will be spending a lot of your money trying to get this whole series. There's not even any worthwihile extras. Just line drawings and Japanese 'commercials' for each episode on the disk (which is just the episode preview, but with Inuyasha saying it instead of Kagome in Japanese, with no subtitles). The only good extras on this disk are the opening and ending songs with no text. But think about the price again for a second. It would take 5 disks to get only the first 15 episodes. You just spent $125 and all you got was 15 episodes. If that's not bad enough, the series lasts 110+ episodes and is still currently running in Japan. $25 per disk doesn't seem like too good of a price anymore, does it? If you want to buy this series without wasting your life savings, do what I do. Buy the Japanese subtitled imported DVDs. You will only end up watching the Japanese version anyway when you realize how terrible the English version is. You can get them on a lot of anime stores or Ebay. On Ebay they're only around $30 per set, and on the first set there's 25 episodes. Big difference, isn't it? There's currently 7 box sets out right now. And if you absolutely MUST have the English version too, you can get the bilungual imports, which are in anime stores and Ebay as well. There's only one out right now (it's new), but there's 18 episodes on it for about the same price as the Japanese ones. The price for these DVDs is what turns off a lot of people to this great anime. I am only trying to stop it from happening by giving you a better way to get the Inuyasha series. I stupidly wasted $... on the first 5 of these DVDs. Don't be a fool and make the same mistakes that I did.
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Summary: Disappointing value for a terrific series
Review: There are only 3 episodes on this DVD (and each suceeding one). And this series runs for 120+ episodes. Do the math. The value of this is questionable, even if the subtitles are accurate, the DVD transfer clear and the dub acceptable. I highly suggest you buy it used, if you can. However, VIZ's greed does not diminish the charm of this series. Inu-Yasha is filled with plenty of action, romance, drama, light horror and humor. Everything you'd expect from Rumiko Takahashi without the excesses of bawdy humor you find in Lum or Ranma 1/2. No bra-stealing or blatant fanservice. And this one actually has an overall plot and character progression! Inu-Yasha the surly hanyou (half-demon) and Kagome the high-school miko (priestess) make a very good team, even if they do bicker quite a bit. The band of friends they collect during the course of their quest are fun and intriguing and loveable, their enemies credible as a threat and deadly, but don't think about the pseudo-historical situation too much or your head will hurt. It's supposed to be escapist fun, and at that it resoundingly suceeds. And the myriad of different youkai (demons) they run into along the way give a very interesting glimpse into another culture's mythology - as well as glimpses of the melting-pot that is popular culture with a few more Western themes popping up occasionally. I like this show quite a bit, even if VIZ's release is frustrating for it's lack of value.
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Summary: Down The Well
Review: Down the Well is the first DVD of Inuyasha, containing the first three episodes. Kagome Higurashi, a normal girl of 15 falls into a magical well on her family's shrine and finds herself 400-500 years in the past. There, she meets a half-demon, half-human boy named Inuyasha, and from there the story begins. Though the first episodes I watched of Inuyasha were later on in the series, these three further pulled me in when I watched them for the first time. The series is very action-packed, and has at least one little snippet of humor in each episode. The music is fairly good, the artistic quality is excellent, and you instantly fall in love with the characters. I recommend this series for everyone but young children (some of the themes are frightening). I hope my review has helped ^^
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Summary: Takahashi's Other Masterpiece
Review: The other epic anime by which to measure epic anime. Like any long series, it has its share of plot holes, dodgy filler episodes and mush episodes, but with most anime you accept that as part of the deal. For the most part, the plot is actually intriguing and engaging, revealed in layers as the story progresses. Action abounds with a fight scene at least every episode (unlike *some* fight scenes I've watched - there are no 5 hour constipated grunt-fest powerups here). But you do have your expected dose of good old Japanese ... humour, and some good tension developing between Inu Yasha and Kagome. Memorable characters, a decent plot, cool monsters, pretty villains and kick-{ing} fight scenes are a staple of any good anime, and Inu Yasha certainly has plenty of these to spare. If you can stand dubbing, then buy the English version by all means. If you're a purist like me, I'd stick with the Japanese version or the fansub. I don't know who Inu-Yasha's Japanese voice-actor is, but I like him.
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Summary: I've been thinking
Review: To tell you the truth, the first time I saw this I wasn't too impressed. But time always reveals the better quality gems- and this is a VERY good and WELL DONE newer anime that's worth your time to look into. I believe it's the new series from the creator of Ranma 1/2. Much more down to earth than Ranma, more action oriented, but with the same Takahashi humor every now and then. good stuff, gets even better as the series goes on - stick with it
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Summary: InuYasha is God!
Review: Okay this is another great series by Rumiko Takahashi. If you seen Ranma 1/2 and loved it you should see this as well. This is the anime that got me into anime, that's how much I love it. Basically, Kagome Higurashi is pulled into a well on her family's shrine by a demon known as Mistress Centipede after the Shikon no Tama (Shikon Jewel/Four Souls Jewel) that somehow made it's way into her body. The Shikon Jewel has the ability to boost the power of whatever human/demon has it in their possession, thus making it a not so good thing in the wrong hands. Turns out the jewel was in Kagome's body because she's the reincarnation of an ancient preistess, Kikyou. Who also used to be in love with Inu Yasha. The well transports her back to fuedal Japan where she meets the half dog-demon Inu Yasha (Hence the name...Inu Yasha=dog demon). At first they don't get along too well but when Kagome shatters the jewel and hundreds of shard are scattered all over feudal Japan. So now Kagome and InuYasha are more or less forced to work together to regain the peices of the jewel. Along the way they become good friends (Maybe even more.) They also meet the young fox demon Shippou, a perverted monk Miroku, and the demon exterminator Sango. That's basically all I can say without adding any spoilers for the next DVD. The English dub and the sub-titled version are both great. I reccomend watching them both. And I actually prefer the english voice actor for Inu Yasha over the Japanese one. All I can say is check this out it's totally worth it.
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Summary: WOW!!!!
Review: My cousin got me hooked on this series! I had never seen animate before and was a little skeptical at first. I expected the plot to be lacking, and the charactors to be stereotypical and stupid. Boy, was I wrong! After I watched the first one, I begged my cousin to put the next one in! We ended up staying up untill 2:00 in the morning! This series makes you laugh, cry and laugh some more! I can't wait untill the next ones come out! I highly recommend this series to anyone!
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Summary: Inu Yasha Rules
Review: I love this series but I hate the american dub. The DVD seems like a rip off to me with the small amount of eps and that price tag.If you get a chance: WATCH IT WITH SUBTITLES!!! The jokes make a lot more sense when they are in their Japanese entirety and not badly translated for an American twist. Watching the dub on CN was awful.. the voices are terrible, the scripts don't always make sence, and they make everyone talk like they were from old england instead of Japan. I seriously suggest watching this great series in subtitles. I think they should re-release these DVDs with only Japanese audio and correctly translated English subtitles.. then it would be cheaper and more worth your money. 120 episodes and 3 movies ^.^V so far.
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Summary: I love InuYasha
Review: InuYasha is an action adventure. I all ready have a dvd but i want the rest. The plot is sweet (sowwie kid lingo for thoses adults) the charaters are super cool and there names are easy to say. each character is unique and i love that. the art work is spectaculer and so is the unique choise of wording. I say the best (well tied with best-others-trigun, cowboy bebop and blue gender) anime ever!!!!!
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