The episodes of the Japanese anime television series Inuyasha are based on the first 36 volumes for Rumiko Takahashi's manga series.[1] It follows an eponymous half-demon and a high school girl Kagome Higurashi on a journey, alongside their friends, a young fox demon, Shippo; a lecherous monk, Miroku; a demon slayer, Sango; and a demon cat, Kirara, to obtain the fragments of the shattered Jewel of Four Souls, a powerful jewel hidden from Kagome, and keep the shards from being used for evil, including by the half-demon Naraku.
Produced by Sunrise, the series aired in Japan on Yomiuri TV from October 16, 2000, to September 13, 2004. It also aired on Animax's English-language networks in South Asia and East Asia. The English dub of the series aired on Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim from August 31, 2002, to October 27, 2006. In Canada, the series aired on YTV.
A sequel anime television series, titled Inuyasha: The Final Act, aired from October 4, 2009, to March 30, 2010. The sequel series adapted the final volumes of the manga.[2][3][4]
Note: The seasons that comprise the episode list for the original television series correspond to a retroactive sorting established by Yomiuri TV as far back as 2019.[5] It was later recertified by 4 Blu-ray box sets released in Japan between December 24, 2021, and May 27, 2022, in which they were briefly referred to as individual phases, which are season equivalents.[6]
"The Girl Who Overcame Time... and the Boy Who Was Just Overcome" Transliteration: "Toki o Koeta Shōjo to Fūinsareta Shōnen" (Japanese: 時代を越えた少女と封印された少年)
Masashi Ikeda
Masashi Ikeda
Masashi Ikeda
October 16, 2000 (2000-10-16)
August 31, 2002
2
2
"Seekers of the Sacred Jewel" Transliteration: "Shikon no Tama o Nerau Monotachi" (Japanese: 四魂の玉を狙う者たち)
Takashi Ikehata
Masashi Ikeda
Masashi Ikeda
October 23, 2000 (2000-10-23)
September 7, 2002
3
3
"Down the Rabbit Hole and Back Again" Transliteration: "Honekui no Ido kara Tadaima!" (Japanese: 骨喰いの井戸からただいまっ！)
Tatsuya Ishihara
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Tatsuya Ishihara
October 30, 2000 (2000-10-30)
September 14, 2002
4
4
"Yura of the Demon-Hair" Transliteration: "Sakasagami no Yōma Yūra" (Japanese: 逆髪の妖魔 結羅)
"The Three Sprites of the Monkey God" Transliteration: "Sarugamisama no San Seirei" (Japanese: 猿神さまの三精霊)
Tatsuya Ishihara
Katsuhiko Chiba
Tatsuya Ishihara
October 14, 2002 (2002-10-14)
January 31, 2005
89
2
"Nursing Battle of the Rival Lovers" Transliteration: "Aitsu to Kare Omimai Taiketsu" (Japanese: アイツと彼のお見舞い対決)
Megumi Yamamoto
Katsuhiko Chiba
Megumi Yamamoto
October 21, 2002 (2002-10-21)
February 1, 2005
90
3
"Sota's Brave Confession of Love" Transliteration: "Omoikitta Sōta no Kokuhaku" (Japanese: 思いきった草太の告白)
Satoshi Toba
Akatsuki Yamatoya
Hitoyuki Matsui
October 28, 2002 (2002-10-28)
February 2, 2005
91
4
"The Suspicious Faith Healer and the Black Kirara" Transliteration: "Ayashii Kitōshi to Kuroi Kirara" (Japanese: 怪しい祈祷師と黒い雲母)
Teruo Sato
Junki Takegami
Teruo Sato
November 4, 2002 (2002-11-04)
February 7, 2005
92
5
"Plot of the Walking Dead" Transliteration: "Fukkatsu Shita Monotachi no Yabō" (Japanese: 復活した者たちの野望)
Masakazu Amiya
Tetsuko Takahashi
Masami Hata
November 18, 2002 (2002-11-18)
February 8, 2005
93
6
"The Mysterious, Lecherous Monk" Transliteration: "Shutsubotsu Suru Nazo no Sukebe Hōshi" (Japanese: 出没する謎の助平法師)
Tatsuya Ishihara
Akatsuki Yamatoya
Tatsuya Ishihara
November 25, 2002 (2002-11-25)
February 9, 2005
94
7
"The Sacred Jewel Maker Part I" Transliteration: "Shikon no Tama o Tsukuru Mono (Zenpen)" (Japanese: 四魂の玉を造る者 前編)
Satoshi Toba
Katsuhiko Chiba
Toshiya Niidome
December 2, 2002 (2002-12-02)
February 14, 2005
95
8
"The Sacred Jewel Maker Part II" Transliteration: "Shikon no Tama o Tsukuru Mono (Kōhen)" (Japanese: 四魂の玉を造る者 後編)
Masakazu Amiya
Katsuhiko Chiba
Akira Nishimori
December 9, 2002 (2002-12-09)
February 15, 2005
96
9
"Jaken Falls Ill" Transliteration: "Byōki ni Natta Ano Jaken" (Japanese: 病気になったあの邪見)
Kiyoshi Fukumoto
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Kiyoshi Fukumoto
January 13, 2003 (2003-01-13)
February 16, 2005
97
10
"Kirara Come Home!" Transliteration: "Kaette Konai Kirara" (Japanese: 帰ってこない雲母)
Megumi Yamamoto
Akatsuki Yamatoya
Megumi Yamamoto
January 20, 2003 (2003-01-20)
February 21, 2005
98
11
"Kikyo and Kagome: Alone in the Cave" Transliteration: "Dōkutsu ni wa Kikyō to Kagome no Futari Dake" (Japanese: 洞窟には桔梗とかごめの二人だけ)
Tatsuya Ishihara
Akatsuki Yamatoya
Tatsuya Ishihara
January 27, 2003 (2003-01-27)
February 22, 2005
99
12
"Koga and Sesshomaru, A Dangerous Encounter" Transliteration: "Kōga to Sesshōmaru, Kiken Sōgū" (Japanese: 鋼牙と殺生丸 危険な遭遇)
Teruo Sato
Katsuhiko Chiba
Toshiya Niidome
February 3, 2003 (2003-02-03)
February 23, 2005
100
13
"The Truth Behind the Nightmare: Battle in the Forest of Sorrow" Transliteration: "Akumu no Shinjitsu: Nageki no Muri no Tatakai" (Japanese: 悪夢の真実 嘆きの森の戦い)
Megumi Yamamoto
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Megumi Yamamoto
February 10, 2003 (2003-02-10)
February 28, 2005
101
14
"The Snow from Seven Years Past" Transliteration: "Are Kara Shichinen Me no Nagori Yuki" (Japanese: あれから七年目のなごり雪)
Kiyoshi Fukumoto
Junki Takegami
Kiyoshi Fukumoto
February 17, 2003 (2003-02-17)
March 1, 2005
102
15
"Assault on the Wolf-Demon Tribe!" Transliteration: "Bōrei ni Ozowareta Yōrōzoku" (Japanese: 亡霊に襲われた妖狼族)
Satoshi Toba
Tetsuko Takahashi
Akira Nishimori
February 24, 2003 (2003-02-24)
May 28, 2005
103
16
"The Band of Seven, Resurrected!" Transliteration: "Yomigaetta Shichinintai" (Japanese: よみがえった七人隊)
"The Bond Between Them, Use the Sacred Jewel Shard! Part 1" Transliteration: "Futari no Kizuna - Shikon no Kakera o Tsukae! Zenpen" (Japanese: 二人の絆 四魂のかけらを使え! 前編)
Teruo Sato
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Mitsuko Kase, Teruo Sato, Yasunao Aoki
September 13, 2004 (2004-09-13)
October 26, 2006
167
40
"The Bond Between Them, Use the Sacred Jewel Shard! Part 2" Transliteration: "Futari no Kizuna - Shikon no Kakera o Tsukae! Kōhen" (Japanese: 二人の絆 四魂のかけらを使え! 後編)
On April 16, 2007, the first twelve Inuyasha episodes were released on DVD in the United Kingdom.[25] In the United States, all of the seasons have been released as individual discs and, as of April 2009, season box sets.
DVD releases for Region 1 (U.S. and Canada)
Season
Episodes
Discs
Features
DVD release date
1
1–27
5
Japanese and English audio options
English subtitles
September 7, 2004 November 13, 2012 (re-release)[26]
2
28–54
5
November 8, 2005 January 29, 2013 (re-release)[27]
3
55–81
5
September 12, 2006 January 29, 2013 (re-release)[28]
4
82–99
4
September 4, 2007 January 29, 2013 (re-release)[29]
^Episodes 21 and 22 originally aired together as a one-hour special on Japanese television titled 奈落の真実に迫る桔梗の魂 前編 / 後編 (Naraku's True Identity; Kikyō's Wandering Soul (Part 1 / Part 2)). The broadcast version of Episode 21 is 5 minutes longer than the standard version.
^Episodes 133 and 134 originally aired together as a one-hour special.
^Episodes 147 and 148 originally aired together as a one-hour special.
^Episodes 166 and 167 originally aired together as a one-hour special.
^犬夜叉 完結編 [InuYasha: The Final Act]. Media Art's Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2015.