Inuyasha: How American Girls Got Into Anime - Anime Alphabet

[@maka_scythe]

This show had oddly some of the most palpable infinite feedback loop of anything I've ever consumed. This was in part to its unique time slot on Adult Swim where it often would start as you're going to sleep, & repeat in the dead of the night, say 3:00 - 4:00am. A time you wouldn't regularly wake up at, but the random days you did made it feel fever dream-esque. Combined with the slow & iconic ending themes almost gave the impression that Inuyasha had lulled you in a spell, believing that the show was on the entire time & that late night Adult swim was in of itself "Inuyasha".

[@Disisdabeast]

I think this perfectly summed up my thoughts on Inuyasha at a young age. For me, it was the final hour of the toonami block before CN started, which was about 5-6AM. So there would be times where I would wake up early just to watch it; I would get disappointed and mad if I overslept and missed it that week. And with it honestly being the only feasible anime for me to watch during the toonami block due to how early in the morning it was, it always stuck with me until I watched it online years later. Especially the ending theme like you said

[@trailduster6bt]

As someone who was not interested in Inuyasha at the time it was airing, my entire impression of it back then till today was “that weird show that was on at 3am”. The few times I happened to see it in the middle of the night were very off putting to me as a kid and I really should go back and actually watch the series at some point.

[@Kilie_Morton._.OrangeCat_Roo]

Please tell me im not the only one who liked the whole show, manga, movies and almost all the characters 💀🤚

[@philippehenri740]

I wouldn't say I liked every chapter, episode and movie, but the serie did have something for everyone. When I was a teenager, loving anime such as Dragonball Z, Bleach, NGE and 1997's Berserk, InuYasha had a few very relatable themes that got me and a few male friends hooked. Sesshomaru's vicious strength and pride, the cool factor from the Tetsuaiga, or the sentiment of making one's Father proud, which made the 3rd movie by far my favorite installement of the entire franchise.

[@elijahwhipple8031]

I loved it all too homie! One of my all time favorites!

[@genohall2235]

One of my 3 favorites of all time…

[@user-cz2nq6nm2rj]

Your not alone

[@yggdrasil8705]

You aren't trust me on that

[@APink176]

Inuyasha was my first anime. It’s no longer my absolute favorite anime, but I still cherish it to this day and will rewatch my favorite arcs when I feel nostalgic. I remember learning how to timer record my TV to VHS so I could record the late Adult Swim showings and then watch first thing in the morning and then rewatch over and over again until the next episode aired. lol, I probably still have at least the first 3 seasons on VHS somewhere. The soundtrack will forever live rent-free in my heart. ❤️

[@lindadesposito3771]

Kagura's fierce yet doomed fight for freedom made her one of the most compelling characters in Inuyasha.

[@dagasmundhelland6931]

Agree! Tragic!

[@AntiNihilist]

51:48 I think he got the chicken and the egg mixed here. Sesshomaru kept Rin BECAUSE he wanted to learn more about humans after seeing Inuyasha, and formerly his father, do so much for humans and get so powerful because of it. But of course he won’t ask any direct questions or think to himself because he’s too noble for that

[@sonny12681]

And when Rin grows up, Sasshomaru marries her, and He becomes a father to two half demon girls. Watch the anime called Yashahime.

[@TheRealAnimeMangaKing]

Ok I had to say something. Yes this show had its flaws but I actually loved Naraku as a villain and the band of seven was one of my favorite arcs. In fact on of my favorite charters from the show is Bonkotsu. I wish they did more with him though I loved his personality.

[@tarabletv]

Considering Inuyasha was the first anime I ever watched, this title is very accurate

[@LeeLee007]

I started watching because Inuyasha intrigued me. But I stayed once they introduced Sesshomaru. He was honestly my first crush as a kid. Is it weird to say that? 😬

[@thatanswergirl-lucy8033]

Honey.... we ALL STAYED BECAUSE IF SESSHOMARU... THATS WHY Yashahime the sequel to Inuyasha after almost 20 years it's about Seshomaru and his daughters.... everyone stayed because of SESSHOMARU and everyone knew that. Even Rumiko Takahashi herself and the producers..... 😂😆😆😂

[@legoshirocha]

Love all the characters and the women there are ones of the best well written anime women out there.

[@VladdViever]

36:00 I will never forget how hilarious it was when one of Naraku's spawn betray him in the final act and confront the main cast, only for everyone to collectively realize that the poison insects weren't around and Miroku to instantly wind tunnel him away. It was like even the bad guys forgot how busted that ability was.

[@jordantaylor4390]

Bulma's first anime appearance was in Urusei Yatsura

[@menjivarTv]

Hey, I know another brand change is hard, but you should consider changing the channel name to Trixie /The golden witch. It’s more appealing than Ygg studio, which sounds like a channel that only uploads like top 10s once a week

[@fari9422]

this 100%

[@blackleon1708]

I hope that this doesn't sound harsh for Trixie, but yeah, I agreee

[@ertorian3187]

I agree, Golden Witch all the way

[@swiggydswirl330]

It's her KZbin channel, idk why she would do that if that isn't what she is trying to go for

[@bunnybabeofficial]

big agree

[@jeremiahperryman948]

I hadn't even thought about the age difference between seshomaru and rin as far as it being possibly creepy that he raised her and later on married and had kids with her but I find the lack of obvious emotional bond between them somehow leading to them starting a family together later quite hard to swallow so to speak!!!

[@thatanswergirl-lucy8033]

You must be blind and deaf if all you saw was LACK OF EMOTIONAL connection..... are you a man? Cause that would make sense that you're absolutely empty regarding emotional intelligence and couldn't pick their obvious feelings for each other. If you're a girl. I'd be doomed.

[@QuickThekidd]

Two things I totally agree Inuyasha is better to watch a night the dark atmosphere and vibe of the early episodes fit so well. Personally I feel the band of seven arc was when the show fell of/lost its magic. I still love the show it just dragged and as someone who likes seeing the cast just go around helping people it felt too bland. Also I also can’t vibe wit the rin/Sesshōmaru relationship

[@ActuallyAnanya]

I probably watched about a dozen Inuyasha episodes in my life when I'd catch reruns out of order on Animax Asia when I'd go visit my grandparents, so I really don't remember much about the plot - I did remember all the character names though. But god, those ending songs really embedded themselves in my brain like nothing else. I remember years after my exposure to Inuyasha, being on a plane and having a look at the music albums on the in-flight entertainment. I was dipping my toe into Japanese music outside of just anime at the time and I noticed an Ayumi Hamasaki album on there, so I hit shuffle. And then the first song to play was Dearest, and all this nostalgia came back for a show I hadn't even watched enough of to be nostalgic for. I didn't even listen to the rest of the album, just played Dearest on loop for this 8 hour flight until I fell asleep. It's a comfort song for me to this day. And then becoming a BoA fan through her career as a kpop idol only to find out that she was the one who sang Every Heart was another revelation.

[@shoomboom]

I grew up with this show and I love it to death, I can rewatch it forever. I'm insanely biased as someone who has always related to Inuyasha's trauma, anger issues and hard exterior and the possibility of someone loving someone through all of these flaws is what kept me sane growing up. but honestly to me the action/adventure is just a side dish to this show (I do absolutely adore it and it shaped my taste in action and fight scenes) but the characters and their dynamics interests me way more.

[@loyisad1211]

I think the most hilarious thing about Inuyasha is that Inuyasha constantly left Kikyou to die with zero guilt (at least 5 times in the manga; the last and final time was right before her final death when he deliberately abandoned her to her murderer) but this myth still goes around that he loved her. This ship failed at the most basic level of "I will protect my loved one from their murderer" despite Inuyasha getting countless chances. There were so many moments of him leaving Kikyou to die that some had to be cut out of the anime. 🙄 Not surprising since the Sunrise studio were Inukik shippers. They went out of their way to cut out Inukag scenes. Guess they couldn't cut out Inuyasha's final "bye bitch" to Kikyou because it was connected to her final death. Im sure they would have if they could have. They did make his bye bitch more palatable with having him apologize to her, when in the manga, he was so focused on Kagome and wanting to go to her instead of Koga, he left Kikyou with nary a word. Not even a final goodbye or a fire rat, considering her body was disintegrating.

[@andrewengelman3544]

I'm so glad you brought up the fact that the composer for the series was an apprentice to Akira Ifukube! I never researched it myself, but I have always been certain there was a large influence at play. In particularly the movie score for Affections Touching Across Time, there is a scene where the chorus chants "MAHARAAAA!" in a fashion uncannily similar to one of the Mothra songs. And I don't recall exactly the scene, but it is either in the Ryukotsei fight or also in the first movie where there is a musical cue that I always though was nearly identical to an intense scene from Godzilla vs Biollante where Biollante's vines are rising from the beneath the Earth. Thank you for looking into it in depth like you have!

[@samtheanthro]

Inuyasha was one of those series that I never actually watched all the way through but have probably seen the majority of. Through most of my childhood I remember it being on very late at night and so very often I'd fall asleep before an episode came on or half way through it. It also seemed like for whatever reason at the time toonami preferred to play the earlier eps so I would miss a week or two and come back to watch Inuyasha, only to see that toonami was replaying the first ep again. Even though I watched it completely out of order, it never felt like I was missing too much context. Sometimes Inuyasha would have a different powerup or Naraku would have a new underling but for the most part I could just watch that ep and get the majority of context from what was going on. I'm not sure if that's a point against or for the series as a whole. As a tween I absolutely loved the band of 7 arc and I remember my friend sneaking out of her room on Saturdays to record all the Band of 7 eps on vhs so we could watch them together as we worked on our fanart and fanfic. At the time most of my middle school friends had a crush on atleast one of the members of the band of 7. I personally was never much of a Kagome fan because I felt like she had this self righteous attitude where she always thought she was the morally right one in every scenario and would abuse her sit power any time Inuyasha even mildly annoyed her, even if he hadn't really done anything wrong. I could never really see them as a couple and I remember the show annoying me the more it focused on their relationship. Then again, these are all my memories on how I felt a decade ago, so who's to say if I would think the same if I tried to rewatch the series now.

[@MMMayhem]

This episode of anime alphabet slapped. Inuyasha was basically my first anime, and your breakdown of the series was well done!

[@shattermirror]

Inuyasha was my very first anime at 8 y/o, the only anime I've only watched completely in English dub (on early 2010s KZbin no less!!) and for a long time before I developed any music taste beyond my parents' and Disney, Inuyasha OPs, EDs and OSTs were the only music I'd proactively look for. It's not my favourite anime anymore and hasn't been for a long time, but it holds such a special place in my heart and forever will.

[@VonKappallot]

Not just girls. It introduced me to anime. I thought it was just weird looking show shown late nights on adult swim but I quickly found myself staying up to watch it every night and being sad and slightly pissed when it went off

[@DannyLuxray]

Kagura was definitely rememberable

[@liviurosca]

I watched random episodes in my childhood, i didn’t understand english at that time, i liked a lot but suddenly the series stopped. I was like 10-12 years old. I forgot about until this year when i randomly remembered about this. Finished all the episodes, the movies and the next 2 seasons with their daughters. I’m not a manga guy but now at almost 31 years old i’m feeling like my childhood it’s completed.

[@lizhasasthma]

Like a lot of people Inuyasha was one of my first anime that I was aware of as anime and I also never finished. My local library however had all of the manga volumes that were out at the time so naturally I read all of them in my quest to read every manga available to me. All this has led to the Inuyasha manga becoming a comfort series for me, and I've read it multiple times through. Every couple of years I get the urge to revisit it and then I buldoze my way through it in a week or two. It's been a while since my last read and tbh I wouldn't be surprised if I went through it again soon since I'm about to graduate from grad school and I'm seriously in need of something cozy and nostalgic like Inuyasha is for me.

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

This was one the most famous works of Rumiko Takahashi

[@illuminatist33]

Trixie always makes me interested in shows id never normally care about and today's no exception

[@ToastyJunebugs]

Its crazy how, now that you've said the music creator worked on the like of Godzilla, how much the Inuyasha soundtrack sounds like its right out of one of those films!

[@lifeofbekahh]

I’m currently watching Inuyasha for the first time, love that it has action, funny and some romance, I’m currently in the middle of season 6 😊I also like fushigi yuugi too 😊

[@kiwiio_]

I'm so glad to see some appreciation for inuyasha! i know you wont see this but i love this review and analysis, and sorry for the long comment but WOW i love this anime. it's been my hyperfixation for 3+ years and has been on my mind every day (.../srs), and i've never connected to multiple characters as much as I did with InuYasha when my mom actually put it on the tv and let us watch it. I've never really liked being in the fandom, since it's both mostly old people (exaggerating, but too old for me) and pretty... weird and unfair from what ive seen, especially towards kikyo and kagome, two of the three characters i connect to heavily, so whenever i see review videos, i usually try to stay away, but ive recently gotten into your videos and i really like it and might even try and get into some of the ones you've talked about. talking about sesshomaru/rin, i'm really uncomfortable around it and it's definitely why i only talk about inuyasha with a few friends and stay out of the fandom. i know everyone has their own opinions about it and people definitely have some nuance about it, it's always pretty obvious to me that their relationship was parental, and that it was a really well written one at that! maybe it's made worse by the fact i headcanon rin as autistic and she's also just been one of my favorites with how almost relatable and likeable she is, and the idea that she's been through so much grief after losing her parents, is horrifically abused by the village, then watches them all die before following them herself, before being saved by sesshomaru, who later marries and has children with her as a 16-17 year old felt REALLY creepy, even if it's never said that he physically or emotionally did anything, and it's the feudal era, it just feels... really disgusting?? that's just my opinion though and i'm not really one to fight about anything and i just wanted to throw in my own two cents! if anyone were to reply to this with their own opinion (that just. doesnt get too into the proship and anti thing.), please be understanding, i have autism and if any of this doesnt make sense, it's just kinda something i struggle with 😅

[@kiwiio_]

just putting this in the reply and not editing the comment so its not even longer than it already needed to be, but i kinda disagree with you on the incarnates of naraku, but for THE most shallow and personal reason which is just that they were really fun to watch and god did i become way too emotionally attached to kagura and the little white mirror girl who i also forgot, just because kagura was relateable in her want for freedom and her never getting to express that for me (and also she's just pretty) and her death being right before kikyo's which gave me the WORST emotional smackdown when i watched the series to where i, in the one-sitting binge i was doing for the *entire series* (got no sleep, felt VERY faint afterwards), i genuinely needed a break? and for mirror girl, im not even sure why i like her but i know her death was both cool AND sad in a way that i liked? i've never thought about how them and the rest of the incarnates are pretty useless and not a good plan but honestly i just really liked them too much to see it as annoying

[@genohall2235]

Kagura’s love for Sesshomaru was really interesting also. That’s what drove her from Naraku…

[@bernieburton6520]

I honestly prefer the manga overall. The anime would definitely be better if you cut it down to around 60 episodes. But that goes for pretty much every long running shounen. Long stories can be great, but they really need to take place over a long period of time if they're going to be that long. Most episodes of Inuyasha and other long running shounen just feel very formulaic without any plot progression.

[@sonny12681]

In the anime called Yashahime, Inuyasha marries Kagome and has a quarter demon daughter. Sasshomaru marries Rin when she grows up, and he and Rid have two half demon daughters. Everyone should watch Yashahime. It has two seasons and its a good anime to watch.

[@fangirlsruineverything]

Inuyasha was my gateway anime.

[@Never_Know_Best]

Very relatable takes overall; I finally sat down with this one just last year and came to many of the same conclusions. In the end, Inuyasha really was the perfect show to lull me to sleep after a long day at work. I did skip all non-canon filler, however. Have to disagree on Kagura, though: her near-futile fight for self-determination made her one of the more interesting characters to follow. Girl had serious chutzpah.

[@LimeyLassen]

Strong agree on Kagura, she was my favorite character in the show.

[@priscillamcrmy]

what a great video! i like naraku lmao. i think it's fun how his biggest enemy ends up being kagome, the one person he has done nothing to. kagome is so understanding and loving and forgiving and yet she *despises* him. i can't think of another villain kagome would truly hate, so i think it makes sense that he is the main antagonist the band of seven arc is one of my favorites, and i do know all their names, but that's probably because i rewatched the entire show earlier this year, so that might not be true in a few months lol. but i really enjoy those episodes, they are fun and mysterious and the stakes feel very high. also i always find it funny how bankotsu wants to have his big fight with inuyasha because "he killed his band of seven brothers" when inuyasha... didn't do that. at all. but he is baited to fight anyway kikyou might just be my all time favorite character, her (final) death is beautiful and never fails to make me cry. i know a lot of people say that she deserved better and yes she did but thats the point????? she is a tragic character and tragedy demands to be felt. everything about her life as so fucking sad. and her death. and then she was resurrected against her will a bunch of times just to suffer more. and she sacrifices herself. it's terrible. that's kind of the point the love triangle is just *chefs kiss*, there is heartache all over. we actually see so little of kikyou and inuyasha before naraku's interference but their love really comes through, there's no story without them loving each other. this is the love that literally transcends the passage of time. on the other hand we spend so much time with inuyasha and kagome and get to see their relationship develop, and i really enjoy the slow burn and how they learn how to communicate and be what the other person needs, its just so good i never really saw kouga competing with inuyasha for kagome's affection, it was obvious from the start he didn't have a chance and it never really bothered me or made me dislike him and yes, most of it is filler, but honestly it looks and sounds so pretty that i don't really mind, i enjoy those characters a lot, generally enjoy character driven stories anyway, and i don't know how much of it is nostalgia, but every few years i find myself coming back to rewatch the entire show and i never love it any less won't bother with yashahime tho, it looks ugly

[@MTeana]

agree with all of your point.

[@thatanswergirl-lucy8033]

You killed all of the nice things you said with that last sentence. You're ugly 😂

[@DaKdawg]

Bet. Getting to 50k is a worthy goal. And same. My interest in Yashahime floundered out of the fear of the tropes of Inuyasha, but inuyasha was so influential as a gateway anime, I strangely look forward to returning to see what they have done with the series. Cheers, here's to 50k views.

[@sarahhirsch8919]

So... Excellent analysis. 1. I think the first 3 episodes are quite possibly the best 3 introductory episodes of any anime ever. 2. I just read Elric of Melnibone and that book is *SO* anime. Yashitaka Amano did an illustrated version of it in either the late 70s or 80s and it has this anime vibe. Elric essentially has the physical appearance of Sesshomaru, though he is a bit of a waify gothic character over Sesshomaru's nonchalant control over every situation. What really got me thinking about this book and Inuyasha in PARTICULAR is that Elric and his evil cousin Yyrkoon have a fight over two extremely powerful hereditary swords named Stormbringer and Mournblade and it's...it's very similar. The character of Tetsusaiga and Stormbringer are essentially polar opposites. Tetsusaiga is all about protecting the ones the bearer loves while Stormbringer essentially curses anyone who weilds it and their loved ones. They both even have magical scabbards to contain demonic aura, too. I don't think I'm making these similarities up... Also, Elric is called The White Wolf, which even gets your canine reference in canonically. And yes this is the same Elric the Elric Brothers are named for. I don't recommend the series. Lots of good ideas, middling to terrible execution most of the time. 3. I think Kohaku's shard could have been removed at any time. It was just a game for Naraku. My evidence for this is that Kohaku is alive at the end. Otherwise it feels like a complete ass pull, which is what I thought about it when I got to the end of the manga. 4. Kikyo deserved better. I wish she'd had an arc. She should have been like, full of resentment and desire for revenge and aligned her with Naraku, not because she's unpredictable and her decisions are unfathomable, but because he is the strongest demon around and most likely to be able to kill the guy with the jewel. Then, she should have found out the truth that Inuyasha had not betrayed her or mortally wounded her. Then, while aligning herself with Naraku outwardly, inwardly, she goes on an internal (or hell...maybe a real solo) journey where she begins to regain some of the person she once was and lets go of her resentment and desire for revenge. This duplicity allows her to be perceived by the main cast AND Naraku as a villain while she gets some much needed interiority. Then at the very end, she could maybe even have made peace with her death and trust Kagome enough to relinquish her soul. I dunno exactly what should have happened, but what DID happen sucked. 5. The only way to watch this show is to skip all of the filler episodes except for the sick episodes (because they're cute) and the one where the demons show up at Kagome's high school (because it's funny).

[@attackfighter]

Holy smokes, I got anime vibes from Elric, too, but I never realized the Inuyasha similarities. I guess there's also the backdrop of evil gods and demons thrashing a medieval-themed world, epic but mostly barren landscapes, and... well, that's about all I can think of. I agree that the series mostly isn't worth reading. I only really cared for the first book (Elric and the Ruby Throne) and the second (Elric on the Seas of Fate).

[@sarahhirsch8919]

@@attackfighter When I imagined Elric's throne room, it was one of those 80s/90s villain's lair backgrounds that could have been underground, a space cave, or made of bones and organs. 😆

[@heftymagic4814]

youre a dude

[@sarahhirsch8919]

@@heftymagic4814 🤔🤔🤔 thanks?

[@reekocarson]

Just wanted to say thank you for continuing to drop amazing content and being my favorite KZbinr of the past 4 years!

[@tudormiller887]

Wowsers! Great video I would have thought it was Sailor Moon rather than this Manga/Anime. ❤

[@SaysThisCat]

Whenever I went back to watch this show as an adult the quality of its music really stood out to me.

[@LimeyLassen]

I don't even think Rin/Sesshomaru was meant to be fanservice, I think the author was just kinda into it. Between this and Cardcaptor I'm detecting a pattern.😅

[@christopherthomas2808]

You are probably one of the only people even if just in passing brought up Jing King of Bandits. Great video

[@Kilava1231]

This man doesn’t realize that most of the fandom’s favorite arc was the band of seven 😂😂😂😂

[@QuickThekidd]

Frauds of seven

[@andrewengelman3544]

The funniest part to me about how little of an impact the Band of Seven had as villains, is that they're completely overshadowed both in terms of how interesting they are and how long they last as an impact on their own arc, by the secondary "villain" of the arc, the monk of the mountain. Even though the monk never actually fights anybody, the effects of his spiritual turmoil wind up causing trouble for the heroes from the moment they get to the mountain all the way up to when Kikyo finally puts his soul to rest.

[@aliciadilchus7195]

The backgrounds, the music made Inuyasha very special to me😊

[@yunogasai1338]

I remember watching Inuyasha for the first time in 2008 on adult swim. I got so annoyed when adult swim kept airing reruns, I eventually went to watch as much as I could online until adult swim continued. I didn't get to see the final act until 2012, right before my high school graduation that year. Throughout 2010 up until my graduation I was fond of reading the manga that I borrowed from the library. I never got to fully read it in order as volumes were always missing. There was nothing like bringing twenty volumes of Inuyasha home to read. It really boosted my love for manga as a whole. I'm hoping to collect the manga and anime itself soon. It's always meant so much to me throughout my teenage years and inspired me to draw myself. I owe it so much.

[@sydonnis7416]

I was only slightly familiar with anime prior with shows like fist of the north star, dragonballl z, yu yu hakusho,pokemon, gundam wing and gundam stardust memory. In my early highschool years i would wind up dating a girl who was hooked on inuyasha so id watch it with her and although it didnt click with me at first it grew on me over time. Unfortunatly by the band of 7 arc i had kind of dropped out and didnt finish the series until a few years ago. The main credit i give inuyasha is it was clearly made for a female crowd but had enough action and lore to keep the boys interested aswell. Its got some rough moments but i still hold a special place for it in my early anime experiences

[@nicklundy9965]

As someone who just finished Fushigi Yuugi (and imma throw Blue Seed into this as well), i can definitely see the comparisons to Inuyasha.

[@otakubullfrog1665]

I still remember the hype for this when it first came out. Ranma was still very much a heavy hitter in western anime fandom in terms of cosplay, fanfiction, fanart, merchandise, video room screenings at cons, etc. (it helped that releasing a show that length on VHS tapes with only a few episodes each made it take so long to watch and collect) and then here was this new show from the same creator that got an English language release quickly and seemed to make it onto Adult Swim almost right away and it turned out to be pretty good, although I'm in the same boat where it was a show I ended up watching about half of and only loving about half of that.

[@TheStrix]

Thinking about the adult swim lineup and good anime OSTs during this video, and I can't believe we're only 16 videos away from the YYH episode. Les go.

[@chrisblanc663]

The first episode I saw of inuyasha was the one inuyasha got tetsuiga and chopped off his brothers arm. It hooked me immediately.

[@Never_Know_Best]

If people are interested in more of Takahashi’s fantasy horror aesthetic in series form, I definitely recommend Mermaid Saga. The ideal experience is the manga, which is only 3 volumes long. Though there was a (somewhat censored) tv anime and a couple of classic OVAs as well. One of the latter and best of these (Mermaid’s Scar) being helmed by Morio Asaka and Madhouse, known later for collaborating on CCS, Gunslinger Girl and Chihayafuru.

[@nicklundy9965]

I love the Mermaid Saga ovas (Scar being my favorite)

[@reekocarson]

Also, inuyasha being a comfy bedtime show to have on in the background really struck me considering Ive been doing that every night for the past few months and it’s great

[@dragonsmith9012]

I love Urusei Yatsura and everything Takahashi creates. I don't know if I'm spelling correctly. I know your previous incarnation didn't like Inyuasha because Naraku always managed to escape to live to fight another day, but that's a story telling device similar to Neil Gaiman's Sandman, where the weird sisters were always set up to be the looming threat. It's also like the Doctor vs The Master, or Lupin vs Inspector Zenigata. The rivalry can go on forever, or end when those particular characters decide enough is enough. That structure provides a potentially infinite backdrop through which the itinerant knight can travel the land righting wrongs or going on adventures. Like Quantum Leap. ❤ Also, David Lynch would have kept Twin Peaks going forever without ever solving the mystery. Ratings declined when the studio forced him to explain Bob.

[@raikaschieck1634]

I never cared much for the story and the characters, but the look of the monsters and the world as well as the sound and animation always stuck with me.

[@spriken]

51:40 Sesshoumaru and Rin... First, he didn't bring her back to life simply as a test. For his sword to work he must already care about the person and want them to live. Although he didn't need help she tried and was loyal to him. Loyalty is something he places great value on and it allowed him to care enough to bring her back. After that, I suspect he felt responsible for her and let her follow him. He does say she has to fend for herself but also makes Jaken tail her so shes not really in danger. It is very much how he raised his own children, so maybe it's just the way his kind does things. By the end of "Final Act" Sesshoumaru does recognize that a human child has different needs and now it being safe for her, sends her to a village of people he trusts. Lastly the pairing... I'm not a fan but historically it would be pretty common for someone to marry their ward off to someone of similar rank as themselves who can equally take care of them or to marry them themselves. I actually think it's gonna be really hard on Sesshoumaru in the future. Sesshoumaru is still very young at the equivalent of 20-21yo, Rin will age and when she dies of old age he will still be a young man.

[@Notshortyyval]

Kagome is an icon and I will die on that hill

[@IceFireTerry]

Grip! is my fav opening probably why i like the band of 7 and remember it pretty well

[@rafresendenrafresenden.1644]

Sesshōmaru never raise Rin, so I do not understand that criticism. I would say Jaken and that Grandma (Kaede) did it.

[@GoldenPincers]

Yeah, I also wouldn't describe Sesshoumaru and Rin's early relationship as "grooming". It's a unique, and a little weird, relationship but I never felt it was forced. Uncharacteristic of Sesshoumaru at the time, sure, but not unbelievable to happen.

[@rafresendenrafresenden.1644]

@@GoldenPincers I wouldn't call it uncharacteristic for Sesshōmaru, Rin was an anomaly that he needs to understand. Do you know about the Clint Eastwood movies? a lot of young people do not understand characters like that. The movie "Gran Torino (2008)" did a great job explaining that type of character. Araki creator of Jojo based the character Jotaro from the Clint Eastwood movies, so young people have a hard time understanding him because he is from another era, so people have a hard time relating to that type of character. In today's world being "ironic", "over explaining emotions" or "cracking inappropriate jokes because you are nervous" is the new popular thing to do.

[@theforgetfulalchemist]

Yeah, don't get me wrong I was never a fan of the ship even as a kid and them getting together in Yashahime raised my eyebrows, but it doesn't help anyone when terms like these are misused

[@beijingbikinibottom]

I always felt that Sesshomaru treated Rin kind of like a puppy, and she viewed Sesshomaru as a Savior. The details of their romance happen between Inuyasha and Yashahime, but imagine she threw herself as Sesshomaru when she got older (I think Yashahime specifically stated that she was 18) and he was kinda like “sure, why not”. Sesshomaru never shows any affection towards Rin or their daughters. Just protection towards Rin and occasionally some guidance towards their kids.

[@bluecanine3374]

I think the absolute length of the series and fillers makes people forget Sesshomaru only had Rin around him for a year. He grew from viewing her as a lost animal following him to a companion, but moment Naraku is defeated he supposedly drops her off to be raised by Kaede and live amongst humans. The final scene they had showed he just shows up occassionally giving her gifts. You could argue he did so for an intended bride like some regions did in that era, but it showed no real romantic interest so it came off toe as more parental affection. Then again it never showed their adult relationship so for all we know Rin got naked in front of him one day and he just decided to see what all the buzz was about with human women that had both his father and brother so crazy about them

[@Nezukoscat]

I want a video game adaptation of InuYasha similar to DBZ Kakarot

[@ShirouAtsuya]

i watched all inuyasha in latino dub when i was 18 because i remember watching it as a kid, and oh boy sesshomaru made me stay because of his latino dub voice actor and memorable soundtrack. I remember having conflicted feelings on the love triangle and despised kikyo but kinda dig koga, even though i knew it was a blatant copy of ryoga from ranma 1/2 which i love! It was really frustrating seeing kikyo being convienently on the plot to just ruin things between kagome n inuyasha. Overall tho, i have good memories of the show and the character designs are so good that i cant help ignoring some of the show's flaws. Reason why i tried yashahime, and was very excited because the protagonists were all cute girls, but I could only bear 10 or so episodes and I usually have high tolerance for shit, so im curious how it will go for you. I also watched first season of kyoukai no rinne too bc of rumiko and my fave seiyuu being on it (kimura ryohei) and it was sooo boring too and the characters are basically inuyasha, kagome and koga but way worse

[@leandra_goaway]

I remember watching Inuyasha fondly as a middle schooler, having a giant big fat crush on both Inuyasha and Sango at the time, but never quite connecting with Kagome. That lack of connection as well as the slow middle arcs led to a pretty unreasonable hatred of the show and Kagome in high school. This hatred actually helped me bond with a mutual friend in my sophomore year that I otherwise had nothing in common with. Not sure if I’ll ever return to the show, but this retrospective was a nice substitution. It’s probably the first time I felt excited to click on a YGG Studio vid since the channel has been called that. (And yea, switching the channel name to Golden Witch may be a good idea. YGG Studio just… isn’t a very good name, and the people that are still here are here for YOU Trixie. I have nothing against variety or ensemble content but it just sends mixed messages marketing-wise when the star of the show is barely even present in the branding. [I know, ironic considering the show isn’t called “Kagome” but I digress…] Your call, though. Enjoying this series and I wish you the best.)

[@fireky3]

Don't worry at least koga and miroku are viable in the ds game secret of the divine jewel, miroku is actually pretty broken considering the encounter rate is ridiculously high and you spam his wind tunnel

[@AmuraHiboshi]

Is Sesshomaru and Rin's relationship really all that weird, especially how hard to read Sesshomaru is portrayed? Like, I get it, scandalous age gap but I'm way too into old romance stories to be shocked by the common trope. Their relationship was always in this grey area to me. It wasn't familial. It wasn't exactly romantic either. The only thing that was consistent was that they had an impactful connection and cared for each other. I wouldn't even go as far to say it was grooming because it truly is one of the tamest portrayals of this type of potential age gap romance. You would have to have been already uncomfortable with the age gap in of itself to call the relationship grooming because nothing was implied in both animes. I can even reach for a more modern and popular relationship that ticks more boxes which is Mushuko Tensei but I digress. It doesn't help that Rumiko puts a lot of emphasis on romance most of the time in the series. Only Sango and Kohaku had narratives that focused on familial love. There was a lot of narrative weight behind demons romancing humans. It's a curse plaguing Sesshomaru's mind that his great demon father not only fell in love with a human but gifted the child from one with power. Pretty sure Izayoi compares him to his father when he brought Rin to her, correct me and all. I can fully understand Sesshomaru and Rin being popular in Japan. Enough so that it rivals Inuyasha and Kagome due to their potential and how classic of a storyline "Pure Hearted Girl Melts a Demon's Heart" is. Also, I know western fans were shocked that Sessrin got together and that Rumiko would allow it but. I started watching Ranma 1/2 and people neglect to mention that early on there was this love triangle with Akane having a crush on the Dr. Tofu but he's in love with her older sister Kasumi which she seems to reciprocate. The kicker is that Akane got her crush when she was in early middle school and Dr. Tofu fell in love with Kasumi when she was in high school at the most. Kasumi and Dr. Tofu are side characters but I wanted to point this out to say that Rumiko is not shy. Hell, you can say she did actually explore grooming. the nonsexual kind, with Mermaid Saga with the whole kidnapping little girls and raising as livestock thing. Ugh, this ran long. I didn't even get to Yashahime and how it's weirdly out of touch and not at all like anyone who worked on Inuyasha worked on it. It had a lot going on to the point of a headache yet somehow bored me to tears. Not even the soundtrack cou- There's so much and it hurts to learn that the staff was passionate in trying to make it. Especially when I still put on the Inuyasha OST to relax. It just invokes all those times when I would stay up all night on weekends to catch the 5am block. Anyways, I like your videos. I'm one of the few that like your sign off. Anime Forever

[@JaesWasTaken]

Man, I remember trying to stay up every time InuYasha was on its adult swim timeblock. This show probably helped spark my interest in anime more so than any other. I haven't seen the "last season" though as my interest in the show waned pretty heavily because, as was mentioned, the show just drags heavily and doesn't progress much at times. One of these days, I'll revisit it, but I'm going to have to be very bored with nothing better to do with my time. Probably.

[@sonicsaiyan07]

Yooo, Rave Master in 2022. Respek!

[@minibrand8122]

Maybe it's because I'm a female but I love inuyasha and can name all the characters ❤

[@SmokeyEdits]

Man I am a fucking sucker for a good soundtrack. Doesn't really matter what it is, whether it's a game (Pokemon gens 3/4), a movie (original Star Wars/LotR), or a show (Inuyasha) if the music is good then I'm pretty much sold. This video made me appreciate just how influential Inuyasha has been on my overall music taste. The main theme? Amazing. Super reminds me of Final Fantasy and Monster Hunter with how complex and epic it is in its composition. The title card jingle? Literal goosebumps. It's all so good, and I really do think there are a lot more OSTs and songs that have been influenced by Inuyasha, it's just that the influence is subtle enough that I could see it just being dismissed as generally inspired by older east Asian music. IMO, Inuasha strikes this perfect balance of fictional and non-fictional feel. The music and clothing and other choices are very grounded, but it's also not afraid to show that it too is just an anime, and gets ridiculous if it wants. On top of that, the world is very believable. When I think of shows with vague forests and fields for backgrounds, Naruto comes to mind as they're always seen jumping through trees and doing big fights and whatnot... but Naruto has the same problem that DBZ has where the locations are just... so nonspecific. What's different about these two arbitrary forests? Nothing. There's trees, and there's ninjas. That's what matters. But Inuyasha's locales all felt... placeable? I dunno. I haven't seen the show in years, but if you asked me to draw up a general map, I'd bet I could do it.

[@blackjackal8770]

AHA i remember 4 names out of the seven from the shichinintai: bankotsu, jakotsu, ginkotsu and renkotsu LOL but i rewatch inuyasha every year so

[@randomweeaboo]

I remember the Inuyasha movies being really good. I'd be curious about your opinions on those.

[@LinkEX]

15:15 Fear of being caught liking a show with a girl protagonists? Preposterous! I was definitely not one of these people. And I definitely never held the remote with the thumb on the button ready to switch channels when I heard someone approaching the room while watching such shows.

[@EllenHourai]

Unfortunately, for most of its run over here, Inuyasha aired at a post-midnight timeslot, which I can only imagine must have been the result of moral guardians complaining. I did like it a lot from what I got to watch back then, but it wasn't enough for me to really make a strong connection to it, sadly. I do like Yashahime a lot, though! Still need to finish watching it one of these days.

[@YuYu-qs8mz]

Imho, you didn't understand the band of seven arc. First of all it had a pure spirit of Sengoku era; and it were mortals who challenged Inuyasha this time. Mortals who weren't afraid nor God, nor devil nor even seshomaru. Looks quite ironical for this superstitious feudal Era. Next, minor villains were unique - yes, I mean Bankotsu and Jakotsu. Dark humor, creepy jokes, parody... and again references to Japanese lore and history as well. It's a pearl, I was sad when it ended too early as for me. Actually only adults value this arc as far as I noticed.

[@baka-raptor]

Yashahime is kind of the opposite of Inu Yasha in that the anime gets better after the first season. Post forthcoming. Yashahime also seems to take some concepts from the third Inu Yasha movie and make them canon, so at least that movie is worth watching.

[@ple8379]

I remember enjoying the show. Not very much, but it was interesting and funny so I was watching it just because. It was never anything very special, but I liked it still, I really liked the initial plot, some of the fight scenes, relations between the main cast and just the whole idea of them going back in time/to another world (dunno honestly) is for some reason just so appealing to me :0. I liked the comedy and it's darker themes. But, resurrecting Kikyo was for me such a pain in the ass. I mean, it was great at the beginning, but the longer the story would go, I felt like the whole theme of all of them episodes was "Kikyo, Kikyo, Kikyo". I remember getting so annoyed by her and then by InuYasha just simping on her the entire time. And it was by the time when he already got together with Kagome, so it was kinda like "hey, I fell for you because you look kinda like my dead girlfriend so I'mma date you-.. But wait, she's apparently not dead so fuck your ass Kagome, gota get my gf back". The whole romance between InuYasha and Kagome was just... Boring and lackluster. I did not enjoyed it to be honest. It's like, you know, you're invested in the characters, you know they love each other and you're just so excited and hyped up, but once they'll finally hook up, you realise there's nothing really much after that. They're together, so there's no point in being excited about this anymore, cool. You're seeing them as a couple and you're happy for them, but with each new scene it's getting more and more "normal", and so at the end of the day, the biggest part and premise of the show has already been accomplished and there's nothing much that excites you as much. You're just getting bored. That's how I just simply forgot about the show somewhere like 5-7 episodes to the very end and I don't really feel like checking them :V. And also, can I just mention, that I think, Kagome was supposed to look exactly like Kikyo, wasn't she? But for some reason she does not look similar at all (at least to me)?

[@janetrulesable]

Great video Trixie

[@Trixiethegoldenwitch]

Thank you! 😁

[@frankiefranklin7320]

I thought rin and sessumaru had a servant - master / friendship dynamic up until I was an adult and saw them together. I was very gobsmacked lol

[@thatanswergirl-lucy8033]

You're a man right? It's very obvious

[@makkusuunfilwin1852]

Really interested to see what K will be. I'm hoping it's what I have in mind, given the Golden Witch's personal history with this particular work.

[@Taekwondobbk]

Kanokari? 😉

[@mafeuk]

K-on, duh

[@Taekwondobbk]

@@mafeuk (Joke). Rent a Girlfriend is a show he hates

[@sinklar7946]

Almost guaranteed to be K-On but I'm really hoping it's Kill la Kill.

[@Cobalt360Degrees]

How could it possibly *not* be Kare Kano.

[@niceguy4441]

The love triangle is the most frustrating to watch. Kikyo is literally a zombie who wants to drag Inuyasha into hell, a place he can't even go to if I remember the pied piper/ghost girl episode correctly and if that logic still applies in this circumstance. Inuyasha doesn't seem to want to unalive himself so wtf 🤣 Kagome's jealousy also seems to be really ill used bc, to Inuyasha, Kikyo's loss would be super fresh and I can't help but think that if Kagome was supportive of his confliction in seeing his ex girlfriend's resurrected corpse he'd be able to work through that baggage in a way that wasn't insane. Not saying that the trauma and drama is bad or anything, just very silly

[@dragonsmith9012]

When you say that sexual perversion was something America didn't allow to be marketed to teenaged boys, you're revealing that you didn't grow up in the 80s or early 90s. ❤

[@nicklundy9965]

First. What great timing. I'm binging the series almost on season 6.

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

My favorite episode is episode about the kagome and inuyasha saving a ghost girl in the modern day from being dragged to hell by a flute demon

[@schokoladenfisch]

have you reviewed Hozuki's coolheadedness?? if not, can youu??? :DD thankssss

[@Shewhospeakesinverse]

My introduction to rumiko takahashi was through ranma because my library had basically all of the volumes and of course once Inuyasha came out i was hooked on the anime and followed up with the manga but i dropped off 2/3 of the way through the manga and a couple of arcs thru the anime. Once the manga ended i read like the last ten chapters

[@Shewhospeakesinverse]

I loved the horror aspect of the manga so much because the art was gorgeous and i loved the mythology behind it

[@Shewhospeakesinverse]

Convoluted explains why i jumped off in year three//four of the original run

[@Shewhospeakesinverse]

I did enjoy the naroku cloned but i dont rmbr getting to band of seven, but i remember the weird baby

[@amystreasuresdesign]

I love inuyasha but this American gal started watching anime in the 70s and 80s. I only discovered inuyasha last year, at the age of 48.

[@Lucy-e8b]

Ok Sesshomaru has always been my childhood crush

[@Shindy117]

I've always said inuyasha uses the "beauty and the beast" dynamic. The author is a woman after all.

[@dalton111111111]

Is the manga worth reading all of the 56 volumes ?

[@binusdimas]

Absolutely

[@OroborusFMA]

We were clearly not watching the same series. This is the one "long" anime that actually holds up. Shippo not important? Kagura not a significant character? Please.

[@douglashtang]

53:30 that was a smooth coming out moment right there. I love it 🏳️‍🌈

[@MasonLee-t8n]

Man Inuyasha is cuter I can’t lie. Like yeah Sesshomaru would be my 1st choice compulsively but that mf Inuyasha would make you so happy all the time istg

[@mafeuk]

I think Inuyasha as a series suffers from its condition as a shonen and constant power ups. I always liked the dynamic between Inuyasha and Kagome in the earlier episodes because despite Inu being physically stronger, at the end of the day Kagome was also pretty capable with the arrows and I think it was episode 30 where she saved Inuyasha´s ass against Naraku. I thought that was a pretty cool switch around but with the constant threat of Naraku becoming stronger so did Inuyasha and by consequence Kagome was kinda just there for the emotional support and she no longer was allowed to be a badass. Even with those flaws, I still love this series and its characters. Great video, Trixie.

[@russetwolf13]

Thiiiiiissss.

[@Shelbichu]

I mean if you had all these complaints about Inuyasha you're gonna HATE Yashahime lmfao

[@pricelessproductions7061]

I feel like you dont like inuyasha lol why make an hour long video on something you dont like

[@Eira_99]

Honestly don't have much to say but that you did an amazing job with this, as always. And other then that I'm commenting to drive up engagement, lol.

[@AnaatthiGozo]

Inuyasha was the first manga I collected books of as they got released monthly in stores. One weirdness I still remember is that Takahashi's work had nudity with the Nipple showing, and afterwards I couldn't find uncensored nudity in any manga which always left an impression on me as Ranma and Inuyasha being something different.

[@pricelessproductions7061]

Naraku is a manipulator and not a straight up battle type person... he uses like poison and barriers and tries to absorb people those are not abilities you would want to use to fight head to head all the time

[@ratprt]

inuyasha is something i read in its entirety twice when i was 14 and i dont quite know why. i also watched a good chunk of the anime. i genuinely do not think its good or find it very enjoyable a decade later but i def thought it was lit along with ruroken as a teen. ruroken ultimately stuck with me more and was extremely formative for me in a lot of ways but its hard to really talk about it in a positive light anymore. ive never wanted to claw a work away from its creator so badly. but yeah like, imo inuyasha youre pretty mid but you got them cute lil ears so mwah mwahs anyways.

[@vidoxi]

inuyasha is my big nostalgic fav so i was so happy to see this video and loved hearing your thoughts on it. i kind of hated yashahime so i'd love to hear your thoughts on that as well if you can get through it.

[@intelligenceparadigm4931]

I wasn't sure about getting into Yashahima recently but once the music hit I knew it would be worthwhile. Inuyasha wasn't always strong in the storytelling but there's STILL nothing else in anime that *sounds* like inuyasha, other than its direct sequel