Kagome comes across a sleeping boy pinned by a sacred arrow to a tree, learning he is Inuyasha, a half-human, half-demon ( yōkai) whom Kikyo pinned to the tree as her final act when he attempted to steal the jewel. The Shikon Jewel was burned along with Kikyo's body to cast it out of this world entirely, in order to keep it safe from the hands of those who would use its power for evil. Kagome is revealed to be the reincarnation of the now-dead Kikyo. "The Jewel of Four Souls"), a powerfully magical artifact created from the sacrifice of the priestess Midoriko, which grants its holder any wish their heart desires.
The demon was originally defeated fifty years prior by Kikyo, a warrior priestess who was the previous keeper of the Shikon Jewel ( 四魂の玉, Shikon no Tama, lit. But rather than hit the bottom, Kagome finds herself in another universe which is parallel to her universe - but in the past, during Japan's Sengoku period. On her fifteenth birthday, while searching for her cat, Kagome is dragged into the enshrined Bone Eater's Well ( 骨喰いの井戸, Honekui no Ido) by a centipede demon that emerges from it. In modern-day Tokyo, Kagome Higurashi lives on the grounds of her family's Shinto shrine with her mother, grandfather, and younger brother. See also: List of Inuyasha characters § Inuyasha main characters In 2002, the manga won the 47th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.
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The manga series had over 50 million copies in circulation as of September 2020. Both Inuyasha and Inuyasha: The Final Act aired in the United States on Adult Swim (and later on its revived Toonami block) from 2002 to 2015. Viz Media licensed the manga, the two anime series, and movies for North America. A sequel anime television series titled Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon premiered in October 2020. Other merchandise includes video games and a light novel. Four feature films and an original video animation have also been released. The second series, Inuyasha: The Final Act, ran for 26 episodes from October 2009 to March 2010, covering the rest of the manga series.
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The first was broadcast for 167 episodes on Yomiuri TV from October 2000 to September 2004. The manga was adapted into two anime television series produced by Sunrise. In contrast to the typically comedic nature of much of Takahashi's previous work, Inuyasha deals with a darker and more serious subject matter, using the setting of the Sengoku period to easily display the violent content while still retaining some comedic elements. Inuyasha was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from November 1996 to June 2008, with its chapters collected into 56 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan.
Together, they journey to restore the Shikon Jewel before it falls into the hands of the evil half-demon Naraku. Inuyasha and Kagome set to recover the Jewel's fragments, and through their quest they are joined by the lecherous monk Miroku, the demon slayer Sango, and the fox demon Shippo. After the sacred Shikon Jewel re-emerges from deep inside Kagome's body, she accidentally shatters it into dozens of fragments that scatter across Japan. The series begins with Kagome Higurashi, a fifteen-year-old middle school girl from modern-day Tokyo who is transported to the Sengoku period after falling into a well in her family shrine, where she meets the half-dog demon, half-human Inuyasha. "Dog Yaksha") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island (2004).Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003).Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002).Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001).