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Rumiko Takahashi is one of the, if not the, most distinguished female manga artist in the world. With titles such as “Ranma” and “Maison Ikokku” in her resume, she has established a worldwide following and has garnered a reputation as the Queen of Romantic Comedy. Her latest undertaking, “Inu-Yasha”, has already gained a cult following in the US and, like her other manga series, has been made into a successful anime series that has unprejudiced a strong following in America. American publisher Viz, having already published twelve volumes in the US, now brings us the anime.
At first behold, “Inu-Yasha” seems like a typical anime series. Kagome, a Japanese high school girl, is transported to the feudal age of Japan through a magical well, where she unwittingly awakens a cocky, imprisoned half-demon called Inu-Yasha. You stare, Inu-Yasha was after the Shikon no Tama, a mighty jewel that could grant him his wish to become paunchy demon, but a village priestess called Kikyo stopped him with a mystical arrow. Suffering from untreatable wounds, Kikyo decides to die and engage with her to her grave the Shikon no Tama. But fetch this: Kagome is apparently Kikyo’s reincarnation, and she unprejudiced so happens to have the Shikon no Tama with her! Then, through a bizarre residence of circumstances, the jewel ends up shattering and scattering all over Japan, and now Inu-Yasha and Kagome have to team up and accept these pieces.
Typical, huh?
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Not quite.
You study, “Inu-Yasha” is a lot deeper than the first residence of episodes will have you acquire. Positive, it looks like something you’d earn in fair about every other fantasy anime series out there, but truthfully, the meat of the series is found in later episodes, when Takahashi demonstrates her right (if not bizarre) genius. But even with this in mind, the first three episodes found on this DVD do a really beneficial job of starting the series and drawing you in. The characters are likable and three-dimensional, and the station is executed at a reasonable amble. And with Takahashi’s recent sense of humor spread all over, you know this series is over-the-top as well as black and animated. Overall, the first three episodes are well done and should give the viewer a general concept of what to recognize forward to, even though Takahashi’s place twists are completely unexpected.
Visually, “Inu-Yasha” is one of the cleanest series around. The artwork isn’t as neat as, say, that of “X: TV”, but it’s definately fascinating and crisp enough to do an average viewer go “wow!”. Character models display valid representations of their manga counterparts, backgrounds are vibrant and fully detailed, and movement is collected and fluid. In short, “Inu-Yasha” is a aesthetic series that does justice to its source material.
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Sound wise, the music is a handsome compliment to the visuals. It’s not the most memorable of soundtracks, but Kaoru Wada’s melodies are handsome and wistful and can score emotional when they need to be. The one complaint I have, however, is that the songs tend to declare themselves quite often and some songs are often nothing more than variations of other songs. But overall, the series’ soundtrack has no precise complaints. And the opening and ending…well, the ending song is really haunting and ends each episode on a perfect ticket, but who’s thought was it to spend a Korean boy-band song as the opening?
As for the English dub…to place it simply, the dub is above average. It does have its problems, but overall it’s delectable. Richard Cox does a qualified job as the half-demon Inu-Yasha, bringing the cocky anti-hero to life wonderfully. Monica Stori, unfortunately, stumbles at the beginning as the heroine Kagome. Many complain about her sounding too young, but I feel her biggest predicament was that at first she didn’t feel comfortable with her role. In later episodes she improves remarkably, but starting out she sounds somewhat broken-down and flat. Pam Hyatt does a righteous job as Kaede, but she can sometimes sound unenthusiastic and it’s somewhat unusual that she speaks in Traditional English and no one else does…
…which brings me to the dub’s biggest problem: the script, written by Trish Ledoux, who also wrote the script for “Ranma”. Trish has an annoying habit of using “Trishisms,” which are cliches and catchphrases, in her scripts and it’s these Trishisms that bring the dub down. Adding in her contain “touches” such as the phrase, “Toto, I don’t consider we’re in Tokyo anymore” makes the script feel dumbed down. Granted, the script doesn’t drastically alter the chronicle in any intention, but these Trishisms are the biggest thing holding the quality of the English track wait on.
So in general, for die-hard fans of the explain, the dub will be debatable because they associate the characters so worthy with the recent Japanese voices and thus anything that doesn’t fit will render the dub a travesty; nitpicking and complaints such as “they philosophize names differently” or “this issue sounds off” or “Kagome says, ‘Sit, boy!’” will definately be popping up in many reviews to advance. But for casual anime fans who won’t have to go into the point to with this kind of baggage for an incredibly well-liked series, the dub should satisfy.
Overall, the first volume of “Inu-Yasha” is a solid release. The only complaint I have about the expose is that the bid of the series was toned down from the manga to meet television standards (no fat frontal nudity, not as distinguished violence, etc.), but that’s only a minor complaint. Many will complain about the episode count per DVD, but impartial remember that the Japanese got only two episodes on the first disc and you may feel better (maybe) . But if you’re level-headed unsure as to whether you’ll like this series or not, you can acquire it on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block in a very, very lightly edited format. And since the explain gets better as the series progresses over its 90+ episodes (it’s unexcited running in Japan, by the draw), there will be plenty more “Inu-Yasha” to regain angry about in the future.
The celebrated Rumiko Takahashi’s — known for her very favorite series like Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, and Urusei Yatsura — most modern masterpiece is the myth that encompasses many different genres, a sample being: appreciate, action, suspense, and comedy. You wonder how narrative the sage is? Inu Yasha level-headed has yet to execute in Japan. Accurate now, it is currently at episode 86 with no signs that it’s ready to accomplish anytime soon. The second Inu Yasha movie is scheduled for this winter in Japan.
The series is named after a half-human, half-demon called Inu Yasha. One day on her fifteenth birthday, Kagome entered a well that was inside her family’s shrine. Diminutive did she know that she would be transported to the past in a time where many youkai (demons) dwell. There she realizes that she is the reincarnation of a past priestess named Kikyo who had the destiny to purify and protect the Shikon no Tama, a jewel that manifests and increases the sinister desires and power of youkai and sinister humans. Kagome wandered throughout the unusual location where she had arrived and found Inu Yasha, a dog-like half-youkai that Kikyo had sealed before her untimely death. Kagome had discovered the Shikon no Tama hidden within her while an encounter with a youkai. However, the Shikon no Tama had been shattered and dispersed after battling a different youkai. After learning more about this time, Kagome eventually favorite her destiny to pick up and protect the Shikon no Tama (while aloof juggling school work) as well with the wait on of a likeable cast of strong warriors.
As the legend progresses, it branches out a lot and becomes deeper and more complicated. Novel enemies, fresh friends, and unusual loves are all revealed. The only plight with this anime that I had was the addition of filler episodes. I can engage a few but they fair seemed to have a series of them or at the worst times. They ruined the progression of the legend especially when it fair started to rob up. Even though they are there to aid the character development, when the series has reached a length of like eighty episodes, viewers feel they know the characters well enough already.
The music is very well done. Some background tracks are very nice and calm that aid impart the mood. The battle, action, and suspense scenes do relieve increase tension. The vocal songs have a nice variety of mood settings with the lyrics expressing the tone of the series at that obvious point of the series. All the songs are avextrax done by Avex, a celebrated Japanese music company with noted artists and groups like Ayumi Hamasaki, Namie Amuro, and Do As Infinity. The opening song is called, “I want to change the world,” performed by V6, which has a nice mellow tune to it that fits the inaugurate of a fable and adventure. The ending song is called, “My Will,” by Dream that is a very nice song. It expresses feelings through an upbeat version of a uninteresting song. It has an upbeat tempo but is slowed down and performed with a nice, calm issue.
Viz brings a reasonable dub to Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha is now being shown on Cartoon Network’s unhurried block of more stale anime, Adult Swim. Currently Adult Swim features other anime like Cowboy Bebop and Yu Yu Hakusho. The voices fit with the characters. I had a few problems with some translations and pronunciations. They translated the phrase, “Osuwari (‘Sit’ as a philosophize) ” as “Sit Boy.” I can understand the need to enjoy in the syllables but it honest sounds curious to me. They pronounced a name very oddly. They pronounced Kaede (emphasis on the Ka) Ka-EE-deh with a VERY strong emphasis on the ‘e.’ But I do commend them on trying to retain the musty Japanese feel to it by having terms like Shikon no Tama remain in Japanese.
Final Note: I believe Viz will pull out a very solid release and with the myth being solid as well, many will continue to acquire up this series in the future. The only dilemma I have is the three episode per DVD release. It’s a noble thing that the stamp has been dropped five dollars however, with such a long series, I don’t believe three episodes per DVD will gash it. I hope that maybe later, Viz will pull it up to four or five episodes per each DVD.