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Inu-Yasha - Down the Well (Vol. 1)

Inu-Yasha - Down the Well (Vol. 1)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The BEST!!
Review: I stumbled upon this series by complete accident, I couldn't sleep one night and happened to come across the show on the Cartoon Network at 11p and have been staying up to watch it faithfully every weekend since! I couldn't WAIT to get this DVD and it is the best! Halarious! It manages to have a touch of horror and a bit of humor and cuteness at the same time! It's the best! Even if you don't like anime, watch Inu-Yasha - it is so awesome!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: ~~I WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD!!~~
Review: This is one of the very best anime shows in the entire world!!(I know anime only comes from japan...^-^;) I saw one episode on cartoon network the first time it was on and i was immediatly hooked! (once I fell asleep and missed an episode, and I almost cried!... pathetic! *sigh*) Anyway, after I saw the first episode I couldn't live another week without it, so I bought the manga which was possibly even better!
The beginning theme is awesome!! It's in japanese but it gets stuck in you head!! (I want to change the world, yada yada yada yada-) Anyway, again, watch the show and read the manga, which at the moment is ahead of the show.
-... signing off! ^-^

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Inu Yasha is awesome!!
Review: Inu Yasha is probably one of my favorite stories of all time and has been for the last two or three years. I love the manga and the anime, which I've seen about 35 episodes of so far.

This first volume of Inu Yasha is great. It follows the manga good and the character designs are well done and doesn't do the comic any injustice. The animation is also very good with good use of color and whatnot.

The japanese cast does an excellent job and I absolutly adore it. The dub is TERRIBLE!! I really really HATE it. Everytime I hear it I want to cringe. Some people have said that it's above average but i totally disagree. I've heard too many good dubs (Cowboy Bebop, Tenchi) to think this dub is above average. Inu Yasha is bearable but Kagome's english voice actor sounds unenthusiastic, flat, lame, and just plain awkward, not to mention the fact that her voice just does not suite Kagome's character at all. The script is also what makes the dub seem so bad. I suppose I'd have trouble myself if I were a voice actor that had to say such lame lines, so I'm trying to be a little more understanding. When I say lame I mean really really corny stuff that doesn't even belong there. for example in the japanese version of episode two Kagome thinks something along the lines of

"why....why.......why.......is this happening"

In the english it is changed to (this isn't an exact quote)

"here I am...playing duck duck goose with this six foot monster
in this strange world..."

or something like that. Sorry, I don't remember exactly but you have to admit that aside from sounding dumb, it's an extremly inaccurate translation. Now imagine lame lines like that scattered all about ruining my favorite show of all time.

Sigh....anyway....despite my complaints and taking off a star thanx to the dub, this really is a great show. It's got action, romance, comedy and probably some other stuff I forgot to mention. You won't regret buying it (just avoid the dub).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: INUYASHA RULES!!!...
Review: Inuyasha would have to be one of the best T.V. shows on earth. Inuyasha is a half demon-dog with a sword(Tetsusaiga). Kagome is a 15 year old girl that used to live a normal life until one day she was pulled into the well (in her shrine *modern tokyo*)by a youkai (demon). There she meets Inuyasha and goes on an adventure with him. Other charactors do join the party (Miroku, Sango, and Shippou). Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyou, and she has inherited many of Kikyou's special powers. Kagome can see the Shikon no Tama fragments. The Shikon no Tama is a powerful jewel that raises anyones power. It is usually used for evil, but not always. I won't spoil the story for all of you peeps that want to see it. I HIGHLY recomend seeing this movie and the others that follow it. (Especially if you like Ranma or other anime).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "osuwari"
Review: I've collected up to episode 58 on VCD and I was always confident inuyasha was going to be popular. (Mind you I've never heard the English dubs.)
The Japaneseness of this anime is very high, the story is captivating and the characters are adorable. What more could you ask for. In all fairness I might only have given this DVD 4 stars but a couple of stupid 1/5 star reviews ruin the average so I've done my part to even it out^_^

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great dvd
Review: The other reviewers did a great job telling you about the plot of the show I just wanted to mention that you can watch the dvd in japanese and english. Last time I looked amazon didn't mention that under the dvd features, which almost kept me from buying it. It makes the dvd price seem a bit (but only a bit) more reasonable.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: SIT BOY!!! ...
Review: I have read most of the Inu-Yasha manga, and that is what first really got me into Inu-Yasha. After each vollume of the manga I had to pick up and read the next one. Well the anime seris of Inu-Yasha is just as compelling. If you are a fan of fantasy anime,or humor fantasy you will love this seris.

Well the story mainly revolves around the two protagonists, Inu-Yasha, and Kagome. Inu-Yasha is a half demon half human creature. It is his most intamite disiear. But to become a full fledged Demon, Inu-Yasha needs the power of the Shikkon no Tama (in english, Jewel of Four Souls). Yet to get to the Shikkon no Tama, he needs to get past a village preistess Kikyo who gaurds and proctects the Jewel. Inu-Yasha steals the Jewel but pays the price. After a battle with the skilled priestess Kikyo, Inu-Yasha is cursed. And with the curse he can never break a deep slumber he was imprisoned in.

Kikyo was also heavly effected by the battle with Inu-Yasha. She wounded so terrible, that she knew that there was no chance of recovery. Kikyo told her younger sister Keade to burn the Shikkon no Tama with her remains, so that the Jewel will never again fall into the hands of evil. And that marks the death of Kikyo, or dose it?

Enter Kagome, and ordinary 15-year-old teenager that lives in Tokyo with her family. Kagmoe's family owns a Shinto Shrine, and her grandfather is kind of crazy when it comes to anchient legends and curses. Well one day when Kagome is heading to school she gets pystracked, and falls down a magical well into the anchient world that Inu-Yasha is from.

When Kagome first enters this new world, she has her very first encounter with Inu-Yasha. Yet Inu-Yasha is still under the curse of Kikyo, so Kagome dose some rather funny things (i won't give it away). But then Kagome is caputred by the natives of a near by village, which is runned by the Priestess Keade, Kikyo's sister.

And soon another demon shows up, demandnig the Shikkon no Tama. Kagome is still totaly oblivious the the secret that hides in her body. The demon called Mistress Centipede chases Kagome into Inu-Yasha's forest, where the half dog demon has awakened from the curse put upon him. But he is not home free. When Kagome approcehes Inu-Yahsa, a button clicks in Inu-Yasha's head that Kagome is Kikyo's reiencarnation......

That is the basic plot for this DVD. I had to end it at that, because at the rate I was going I would end up spoiling the whole DVD for you.

When I first head that Inu-Yasha was going to be dubbed into English, I wasn't exactly thrilled. No offence to dubb fans, but the English version of most anime is not worth all that. Well the English on Inu-Yasha was surprisingly really good. Some of the better dubbing that I have seen.

With a hilliarous sence of humor, I was practicly crying because I was laughing my ... off. Kagome repetedly dose somthing to Inu-Yasha, and it is hillarious, I won't give it away, but here is a hint...

"SIT BOY!"

The reason just to get a DVD player or a DVD rom is this anime DVD. It is well worth the price

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This series kicks ...
Review: I have been watching the series on Cartoon Network and I have been watching fan subs that I managed to get off the internet. I recommend this to anyone who likes to watch anime. The story is excellent and is really easy to get in to. The story is very well done and every episode is perfectly linked to the last. If you like medieval fantasy/anime you see this series.

Watch the series and you WILL love it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Enter Takahashi's "Feutal Fairy Tale"
Review: Unlike many Japanese anime just going US Takahashi's Inu-yasha isn't even over in Japan. I have heard many say tthat manga is better than the anime. I have never seen it though. Anyway Welcome to Inuyasha. The stroy is simple. A fifteen year old girl falls into a dry well. I frgot to mention her grandfather is a nut blah blah blah. Then the well leads her to feutal Japan blah blah blah... And she then she meets a half demon half human Inu-yasha. Then it turns out that she is some sort of reincarnation of somebody from ancient medevil Japan. Blahdy Blahdy blah. Yeah well it's just a normal everyday Japanese fantasy tale, with a predictable story line, nothing new. Or is it?
???

Rumiko Takahashi definetly did an amazing job with Inu-Yasha. First of all it's hillarious. Second of all, this series begins all lighted hearted. The darkness probably won't start in the beginning but it gets darker and darker. It's also fun to see the interactions between Inu-Yasha and Kagome. The series is very popular also and Viz has published many Inu graphic novels. Now back to Inu-Yaha. The first few episodes are definetly not the best. Yeah well that's probably the case in most anime, no storys. Of course the episodes are for introducing the story and the chracters.

Inu-Yasha is definetly a brilliant, original anime. Two thumbs up.

Daniel

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A great story...
Review: Not being a hardcore fan of Anime, I will say that this story is done very well - deep and well thought out characters, and small little sideliners that keep the comedy going.
The only thing I'm worried about regarding the DVD release is that the series, in Japan, is already up to 89 episodes. With three episodes on the first DVD only... well, you do the math. That's the only reason I gave the DVD three stars.
Otherwise, absolutely great show..!


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