Inuyasha - Season 1 Boxed Set (Limited Edition With Necklace from Japan)
by Hitoyuki Matsui, Naoya Aoki, Yasunao Aoki
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Actor: Kappei Yamaguchi, Moneca Stori, Paul Dobson, Richard Ian Cox, Satsuki YukinoDirector: Hitoyuki Matsui, Naoya Aoki, Yasunao Aoki
Editor: Tomoaki Tsurubuchi
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumizawa
Writer: Rumiko Takahashi
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Box set, NTSC, Subtitled
Running Time: 675 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-07
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Viz Media
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DVD Review: SIT, boy! and enjoy the first season of InuYasha
Summary: 5 Stars
Rumiko Takahashi's the queen of manga series that yield long-airing anime series. Ranma ½., Maison Ikkoku, and probably her most popular series, one that's already at least four seasons so far, InuYasha, on the adventures of a 15-year old junior high school girl and a half-demon and their quest to find the shards of the Shikon No Tama, or Jewel of the Four Souls. Season 1 comprises the first 27 episodes on 5 discs.
"Everything has origins," says Kagome Higurashi, such as the origins of historical artifacts owned by her grandfather-her family is a shrine family. Well, the origin to Kagome's adventures begin when she falls down a well inside her family's shrine and is transported to 16th century Japan during the Sengoku Jidai, or Warring States Period. She carries within her body the Shikon No Tama, or Jewel of the Four Souls, a fragment of which causes someone to become very powerful, and more often than not, for evil purposes. Kagome awakens InuYasha, a half-demon pinned to a sacred tree, in order to rescue her from a centipede woman. However, in trying to recover the jewel, Kagome accidentally causes the jewel to shatter into thousands of pieces. It's up to Kagome, who can detect the jewel, and InuYasha, whose strength is an asset.
To say InuYasha has an attitude is like saying the Titanic is a boat. His obnoxiousness, childish anger and pouting, and arrogance grates on Kagome's nerves. Fortunately, when he goes too far, all she has to do is say "Osuwari!" or "Sit!" and that causes him to crash to the ground, thanks to some beads of subjugation cast on him by Kaede, an old village priestess who befriends Kagome. Turns out that Kagome is the reincarnation of her older sister Kikyo, who after pinning InuYasha to the sacred tree 50 years ago, died from her wounds and ordered the Jewel burned with her. InuYasha does soften towards her sometimes,
However, when Kikyo is resurrected by the hag Urasue, something emerges. Kikyo was prepared to give InuYasha the Jewel so he could become human and they could live together. Kikyo claims InuYasha inflicted the wound that killed her. InuYasha claims Kikyo tried to kill him on the appointed day. Somehow, their stories don't match.
They are joined by a few companions. First off there is Myoga-jiji, the Old Flea-Man, who is full of knowledge but has the cowardly tendency to flee from the scene whenever danger is upon them. Shippo, a young fox-boy, joins them after his father is murdered by the Thunder Brothers, whom InuYasha triumphs over. He looks up to Kagome, but chastises InuYasha for his attitude and often gives some mischievous sass to the half-demon, which earns him a couple of bumps on the head.
They meet many villains and monsters, but the deadliest is Sesshomaru, InuYasha's older brother, a full-fledged demon who despises humans. Accompanied by the tiny impish goblin Jaken, he first faces InuYasha when they fight for the sword Tensaiga, carved out of the fang of their father, in a scene within their father's belly. InuYasha gets the sword and proceeds to cut off his brother's left arm. Sesshomaru's very popular with female fans of the series, a cool villain with a low, chilling voice.
With Miroku, a monk who makes his living going to nobles houses, claiming they need his exorcism services, and often absconding with their loot, they meet another person collecting fragments of the Shikon Jewel. Miroku has the ability to create a wind tunnel with his right hand, but that was a curse visited upon his grandfather by the demon Naraku, and passed down the generations.
Towards the end of the season, there's Sango, the survivor of a family of demon exterminators whose entire family is slaughtered by Naraku's machinations. She joins them, along with Kirara, a cat-demon with two tails that can turn gigantic and fly through the air.
A running gag involves Kagome's grandfather, who in order to cover Kagome's trips to the past, lies to her friends by saying she has all these ailments, such as gout, rheumatism, throwing her back out, and being tested for diabetes, result of which her friends are very concerned for her, much to Kagome's consternation.
It's part Japanese folklore and mythology, Alice In Wonderland (Kagome down the well), Lord of the Rings, and the concept of a jewel shard that corrupts reminds me of Stephen R. Donaldson's first Thomas Covenant trilogy and the Illearth Stone. The score during the gripping action scenes, some great demons, and good storytelling and cliffhangers make InuYasha one of the most popular anime series of all time.
Oh, and the beads of subjugation are included in this limited edition box set.
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