The Original Inspiration for Inuyasha (began in the 80s...)

The original inspiration for Inuyasha is surprisingly obscure, and traces back to the 80's style anime...
For those of you who are fans of Inuyasha, you’ll find some comfortable and entertaining familiarity in the classic Rumiko Takahashi-esque themes within Fire Tripper. After seeing it’s striking resemblance in some aspects at least to Inuyasha, I’m pretty surprised I stumbled upon this work so late.
Fire Tripper, the anime short by Rumiko Takahashi was published in August 1983, and was later adapted into an anime OVA as the first of the Rumik World series. It was the short that served to inspire an iconic 2000s anime known across the world.Picture Inuyasha as an adaption of fire tripper, except a generation down the road, and then distributed across all the popular anime streaming platforms, becoming a hundred episode series with more cliche and likeable modern anime components- and now with even a reboot in 2020.
Give this anime short a watch and comment down below: what are you thoughts on Fire Tripper?
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[@CrimMayaGames]

Rumiko is obsessed with time travel romance. There's FIre tripper, inuyasha and Mao. The only work of here's I know of that isn't time related is Ranma 1/2.

[@tiarezavaleta8850]

Kyokai no Rinne, there is not time travel there, or so I think.

[@euerz]

I think it's more about being interested in the "fish out of water" trope. Mermaid saga doesn't involve time travelling, but rather immortality.

[@DrNightPhlox]

@@tiarezavaleta8850 but it does still involve traveling between worlds which i think is the core of her fascination with the time travel thing. its like a star crossed lovers type of thing because without the odd circumstances they wouldve never been together.

[@SkuldXHimura]

Dont forget Maison Ikkoku! If you dont know it watch it NO TIME TRAVEL either its an 80s romance comedy with a college dude and his apartment manager & a bunch of wack out drunk neighbors that make it the best😂😂😂😂

[@kaity.did.7286]

I don't think there's time travel in Mermaid Forest. Just a very dark show lol

[@wille5080]

Side note: this animation looks really good for the 80’s. 😳

[@heyitsbridge]

ahh yes agreed!

[@mafeuk]

"For the 80s" ? The 80s in many ways was the peak of japanese animation.

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

​@@heyitsbridge dang

[@angelserenade]

80s anime has a lot of similar artstyles. Just like the anime Kimagure Orange road, where the character design is pretty much like Ranma 1/2's

[@kittiaijv]

@@angelserenadeyeah, a lot of popular 80s anime share the same staff. Urusei Yatsura (rumiko’s first popular work) and Kimagure Orange Road share the same character designer for the anime adaptions.

[@joerenznikegallo7191]

The story for their time traveling is really a twist. To make it simple the boy belongs to the present time and the girl belongs to the feudal era. Very confusing and interesting story at the same time. Very unique plot twist. I don't think any of animes i watched had this twist.

[@heyitsbridge]

yea!! when you find out its a hugeee plot twist- very unexpected; took me a second to figure it out

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

As an inuyasha fan myself, I find this to be mind blowing

[@heyitsbridge]

ahh i too was mindblown when i found out about this!

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

@@heyitsbridge dang

[@DrzPr3ttyBoy]

Soooo she was actually from the past and traveled to the future then traveled back to the past with the boy who aged into a man because they got separated in time when they both went back to the past 🤯😭 jesus.

[@heyitsbridge]

IKR haha had me a bit lost at first nglll

[@sakurap95]

I think, chronology speaking... A little boy shows up in the past and is adopted into a family. He grows up, meanwhile his adoptive parents have a girl of their own. When the village is invaded, the little girl is caught in a fire. But instead of dying, she shows up in the future and is adopted into another family. Then she grows up and meets her neighbor’s kid, which turns out to be the little boy from the beginning all along. They were separated as they traveled back in time. So if I’m right... she is actually from the past and he is from the future!

[@himesetsu1001]

rumiko inspired by her own artworks=genius

[@heyitsbridge]

hahah yess agreed

[@mia_3907]

OMG how did i just find out about this, fire trooper resembels inuyasha a lot. The boy in fire trooper looks a lot like koga from inuyasha and the girl looks a lot like sango.

[@saphirearcher]

I first saw Fire Tripper in the late 90s early 2000s when I rented the VHS at Blockbuster. Yes, I’m old! I was just barely getting into anime when I was finishing high school and starting university. I really liked Fire Tripper and it was one of the few animes available to rent. It wasn’t until years later that I first saw InuYasha and saw some similarities between the two, but didn’t put it together. It wasn’t until many more years after that when I realized they had both been done by Rumiko-Sensei.

[@heyitsbridge]

ahhh yes it was pretty mindblowing when you realize... fire tripper seems to be not so popular in the public eye! you would think it would be more publicized i think ..

[@Catgirl2021]

Interesting and very informative. So it seems the Rin/Sesshomaru relationship was more like a older brother watching his little sister but then turns into romance as they get older. Which I believe Rin is the twins mother in the sequel. And the fire triggering the time travel thing reminds me of how Towa went to the future during a fire. I have a weird theory but it’s kind of twisted that Rin is a direct ancestor of Kagome. Which I heard Kagome’s felt a connection to Rin so I’m curious if Yashahime will explore that. That also means Towa and a Setsuna are as well.

[@heyitsbridge]

Thank you for this comment!!

[@heyitsbridge]

And wow thats an interesting theory, never heard of it before but I would really like to see if that idea is explored！

[@jenv4453]

Towas last name is Higurashi because she was adopted. I’m guessing she will stay in the feudal era, and that there is were the last name higurashi started, hence Towa being Kagomes ancestor.

[@Catgirl2021]

@@jenv4453 yes that would make a lot of sense. I do see Towa going back to the feudal era as a reason to keep the timeline as is. Also since she can possibly be a direct ancestor to Kagome. Which would really make sense to why the Higurashi took her in is she’s their past relative. Let’s not forget how Rin looks almost exactly like Kagome.

[@Robin_Lynn1984]

That's a good theory, but for that to work, Rin would have to have some kind of priestess powers.

[@sakurap95]

I think, chronology speaking... A little boy shows up in the past and is adopted into a family. He grows up, meanwhile his adoptive parents have a girl of their own. When the village is invaded, the little girl is caught in a fire. But instead of dying, she shows up in the future and is adopted into another family. Then she grows up and meets her neighbor’s kid, which turns out to be the little boy from the beginning all along. They were separated as they traveled back in time. So if I’m right... she is actually from the past and he is from the future!

[@heyitsbridge]

Thank you for this!! So interestig

[@KitsuneLin-gp3td]

Affection across Time

[@katherinebotuyan5918]

I guess you can say Fire Tripper was indeed trippy... Definitely going to watch this. Thank you for sharing this 😊

[@heyitsbridge]

Hahah Np! Let me know your thoughts!

[@katherinebotuyan5918]

@@heyitsbridge I actually really liked it. For a short movie, the story is pretty solid. It's very reminiscent of Inuyasha, like the whole thing was a prototype for the show 😊 The time travelling also makes sense if looked at from a Back to the Future logic. Other than Kimi no Nawa, it also reminded me of another movie called The Lakehouse. So yeah, 10/10 would watch it again 👏👏👏

[@heyitsbridge]

@@katherinebotuyan5918 omg the feeling of watching it after just discovering it recently was so weird, but the similarities to Inuyasha as we know it are also what it so entertaining!! especially in the character dynamics. Glad you enjoyed the movie!

[@clau_sing_]

You got me right at the start when you said Inuyasha holds a special place in your heart💕🤗

[@heyitsbridge]

yes inuyasha lovers unite

[@user-xn9vp3xe4x]

I actually feel like Inuyasha was an improvement for Fire Tripper whilst Fire Tripper feels like a pilot for Inuyasha/Mao. Whenever I come across with one of Rumiko Takahashi's works, the more it makes me want to read them.

[@heyitsbridge]

yess definitely! her work is so iconic

[@supakku-pc]

real

[@inbetween1-042]

Plot twist...everything is so similar because Suzu was actually Kagome's mother who fire tripped back to the future with an unborn Sota. Which would explain SO MUCH to her lack of surprise to the time travelling. At least that is my headcanon for this video...

[@heyitsbridge]

ooo very interesting theory...

[@sorarouge6351]

@@heyitsbridge My 🧠: "😳🤯😵🥴😱😗"

[@NeoLocket]

Your brain power is better than mine when making these thoughts into words

[@AnzuMiruku]

I read Fire Tripper when I was little! I loved how it was basically the prototype of Inuyasha.

[@heyitsbridge]

yea agreed! kinda crazy and sooo interesting to watch-i'm surprised by how relatively obscure Fire Tripper has been in recent years 😅

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

My dumb ass really saw Fire Tripper and said “Wow. I can really see where the influence comes it! Looks just like Rumino’s work”. XD

[@heyitsbridge]

HAHAha

[@heyitsbridge]

honestly the resemblance is so nostalgic at some points

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

Also, I’ve reread this comment so many time and only just realized I spelled rumiko wrong. Haha but I’m vain and want my heart. So I’m not changing it.

[@AlejandroGarcia-mu4ww]

Never heard of Fire Tripper until your video. I'm definitely going to watch it now and also Your Name. Thanks

[@heyitsbridge]

No problem :) hope you enjoy and prepare yourself for Your Name- it’s an absolute masterpiece

[@gearsprimed141]

Yeah, I originally read Rumic World - Fire Tripper and Laughing Target - which is what got me into Lum, Ranma 1/2, and Inuyasha and now into Yashahime. She has real good stories/characters.

[@heyitsbridge]

Ranma and inuyasha are SOO good - actually i just love rumiko takahashi's work. she creates entire universes that I'm in looove with

[@frannyc7248]

I wish this anime was longer it seem so interesting and kinda romantic.

[@heyitsbridge]

i agreeee, it has such a nostalgic and dreamy vibe to it, kind of like a lost story..

[@creatingwithlove]

This is the first I've ever heard of Fire Tripper. I'll have to check it out.

[@heyitsbridge]

Yes I highly recommend! I’m surprised it’s not as popular as it took me years to hear of it too!

[@kme321]

I thought Inuyasha was inspired by Japanese mythology, but this makes more sense and never knew about Fire Tripper at all.

[@heyitsbridge]

yea it's surprisingly obscure!

[@sarahhirsch8919]

Inuyasha is inspired by Japanese mythology as well. Rumiko Takahashi was also apprenticed to Goseki Kojima, the artist who drew Lone Wolf and Cub, so the Sengoku era showing up over and over in her work makes sense.

[@kotonohakatsura6930]

Thank you I found myself a new old-fashioned anime movie to watch because of your video

[@heyitsbridge]

no problem : )) hope you enjoy

[@kotonohakatsura6930]

@@heyitsbridge Thanks it was amazing

[@wolffiej7684]

This was very informative and it does kinda freak me out the very close resemblance, it low key gave me chills. But I don’t agree with the people saying “Sesshomaru and Rin's relationship is gross/grooming” and I believe they haven’t watched the anime lol if you watched it you know the relationship between the two characters is nothing like a father/daughter or sibling relationship. That’s why Sesshomaru is cold, he never once asked Rin to come with him or even feed her. It’s always “if you want, go look for food for yourself, you choose” I highly recommend the channel AxelBeats! In which he describes why their relationship isn’t wrong and for that time it was normal. Also brings up good counter arguments to the “the age gap, grooming” debate that comes between the characters and brings in historical facts about what was normal during that time period in Japan :) great video!!!

[@heyitsbridge]

Thank you so much! And thanks a lot for all your insights in this comment:)) I love how you express your opinions nicely- some people could definitely learn from you!

[@butt.erscotchhope]

Yashahime they made them a couple 🥲

[@enjisilverstone-nolongerac7533]

Yeah it did surprise me honestly but I love it I mean it’s not like he married her as a child anyway

[@umishiori]

Plenty of anime have a similar trope but ppl only trash sessrin, make it make sense! It was also confirmed by the Japanese side the sess and rin were portrayed as companions instead of father daughter. Seems like mostly westerners don’t get it..

[@whitedragoness23]

I never thought he was ever grooming her, he didn’t like humans and seemed to be intrigue with her. But he let her tag along and slowly came to care for her as something precious. I debated if he would be romantic with her but he clearly never made any inappropriate advances over and was protective. From what I can ASSUME from the new series and the old one, he was probably respectful to her and wouldn’t of had made a romantic til she realized her feelings when MUCH OLDER. Although the could show his feelings by giving her gifts and protecting her and I’m sure she got the hint that he no longer saw her as a child but older and loved her

[@mk_annan22]

Well, mind blown. Good research on Inuyasha's blueprint you did here.

[@heyitsbridge]

I was too!! Thank you so much :))

[@brandonmyers5448]

Thank you for being back so many good times 😊

[@heyitsbridge]

ofc! very nostalgic indeed

[@brandonmyers5448]

Ah my childhood lives on 🥹I might I to watch that movie at some point

[@alexanderander7495]

Wow! I never knew about these inspirations. The similarities are so intriguing. I'll definitely have to give them a look

[@heyitsbridge]

Right! I was so intrigued when I discovered this too, so many comparisons here!

[@Starfish0.]

Just wanted to say that I love Inuyasha soo much, I'm always rewatching it now and then, and I didn't know the other animes from the same creator so thanks for that imma check them out. ❤️

[@heyitsbridge]

Yes no problem and honestly Inuyasha has a place in my heart that no other anime/manga will ever touch 🥲

[@Starfish0.]

@@heyitsbridge Awww that's so sweet, it's same for me and it amazes me that an anime can make us feel all this beautiful feelings 🥺❤️ I'm subscribing to your channel!

[@lifeofbekahh]

Inuyasha is one of my favorite anime, this anime fire tripper sounds interesting 😊

[@heyitsbridge]

Inuyasha is an amazing series 🤍 I was so surprised when I found out about fire tripper!

[@Ash-mo7oc]

I think what fire tripper tried to do was introduce the japanese concept of adopting spouses into the family to the western audience. Many families are stuck in the tradition of having men be the heirs to the family company/business. So when the family has only produced girls, they wait until the girls are older so that they can either arrange a marriage or just let them fall in love. Once the guy proposes the father of the bride gives a sort of adoption papers so that the man can change his last name legally to be the same one as the father's bride. This insures that the next head of the company/business is a male "of the family". So it's sort of like getting to marry a relative without actually being related and never been in the family at all until just then. It's not something that is super common but it's something that does happen frequently in Japan. You can even see it with the car company Nissan. I think it's been 3-4 generations of men being adopted into the family name so that they can run the company in the stead of the bride.

[@Ash-mo7oc]

Which is why you see so many step sibling hentai in Japan. Because the same laws and concepts of having two people not be related to each other fall in love and all of a sudden having to share the same family name apply to step siblings legally in Japan.

[@Ash-mo7oc]

The only difference between this and what's happening in fire tripper is that the little boy gets adopted by the girl's actual feudal era family long before she was born. And when she travels into the future as a kid, she has her name changed by her adopted family. So it's a role reversal of the adopting spouses that can only be set straight again by her going back to her original timeline and being reunited to her original family name.

[@matthewtuerffs6503]

Obviously, Suzu/Suzuko had a rare form of telekinesis that only activates with the right amount of stimuli. The only reason it didn’t happen as often and so she didn’t discover this power she had sooner and therefore grew up in the modern time (albeit mid-80s Japan) perfectly stable is that she lived a mostly uneventful childhood/teenhood with very little traumatic incidents. Clearly, she never encountered that much fire during her time in the modern era, no doubt because the time in history she grew up in had very few cases involving fire, which means she didn’t have to deal with coming near fire. That’s why she didn’t time travel as frequently and lived oblivious to her power between the times she was 4 or 5 and 17.

[@maggiejb4367]

Loved this video! Thank you!

[@heyitsbridge]

Thank you 🤩🤩

[@lulu0724]

Thank you this is lovely. Would you ever make a video of the love triangles in Rumikos mangas?? I see alot of similarities between them especially on her latest work Mao/Inuyasha.

[@heyitsbridge]

Thanks so much! And that’s a really interesting idea for a video topic! There are so many interesting similarities, ESP seen in Mao. I’ll definitely look into that more and see, thanks!

[@catalinapellicer1791]

Ok, this is mind blowing 🤯😍

[@heyitsbridge]

right?!! my thoughts exactly

[@jennifermusgrave9864]

I so appreciated this video. I love analysis like this and I would never have known such a cool anime ever existed that had ties to "your name" and "yashahime"! Well done on the research! I'm curious tho...has anyone else here noticed that the kimono the young suzu wears is almost exactly the same as the little pink kimono rin is wearing when she first meets sesshomaru? Might be a coincidence but I highly doubt it.

[@heyitsbridge]

thank you, and you're comment is so interesting!! i never picked up on that but wow cool! : ) )) thanks for bringing that up!

[@vincentproductions8963]

I love the 80s anime style.

[@heyitsbridge]

me toooo 😍😍😍

[@Googaliemoogalie]

Thanks for this! I'm gonna give FireTripper a watch

[@allygong]

omg this is so informative and descriptive! how do you know so much about InuYasha??

[@heyitsbridge]

HAHSHCKSLNS haha thanks

[@Rose_Bride]

I actually kind of prefer _Fire Tripper_ over _Inu Yasha,_ because the characters in _Fire Tripper_ seem more mature than Kagome and Inuyasha. While watching Inuyasha I found myself regularly frustrated by the immaturity of the two mains. Like, they CLEARLY like each other but are too embarrassed, even 200 episodes in to be honest about it. I appreciate the straightforwardness of _Fire Tripper_ and that the male character didn't play games or deny his feelings. Meanwhile the female character made a decision and wasn't denying her feelings towards him either. You don't normally see things this straightforward in anime! Thank you for covering this little known gem! ❤️

[@Heinrich99]

Great now I have to watch fire tripper

[@heyitsbridge]

Yea Highly recommend!!

[@IWannaBeAnArtistToo]

Such a great video!!! Really good info!!

[@heyitsbridge]

Thank you so much!!

[@michaelcrandle1068]

Sweet Commentary 😎👍🏾

[@heyitsbridge]

thanks so much and glad you enjoyed!!

[@michaelcrandle1068]

@@heyitsbridge yes I did enjoy your video,and you are very welcome 👍🏾😎

[@madi7178]

This is amazing

[@heyitsbridge]

thank you sm : )))

[@alexandra.6482]

I love this so much!

[@heyitsbridge]

Fire tripper is so cool honestly

[@heyitsbridge]

thank you so much!!

[@GeeSpott]

Great content I didnt know I needed ! Thanks 💯 🙏🏽 more ? Lol

[@limerence8365]

Not seen anyone mention Mao, another Takahashi manga where a girl goes back in time and there's memories of a fire and time travel as both a teenager and as a little girl. Except this time they go to the 1920s.

[@heyitsbridge]

Ooo very interesting 👀 will check it out, thanks for mentioning!

[@Chloe-rs8nv]

really like this video hope you make more video essays!

[@heyitsbridge]

ooo yes i would love to! glad you enjoyed : )

[@alexskywalker5478]

Thanks for sharing

[@heyitsbridge]

no problem! glad you enjoyed

[@CachEsber]

This is so cool! Tnx for sharing! I hope Rumiko Takahashi will make a crossover tho! That'll be so epic! It can be a follow up series after Yashahime!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@heyitsbridge]

no problem!! so glad you enjoyed and yess that would so cool!

[@elenav4727]

Sounds interesting, I will search and watch it. Thanks for sharing!

[@heyitsbridge]

hope you enjoy!!

[@McQkorean]

Really cool find!

[@heyitsbridge]

thank you!

[@rmat9023]

I havent watched fire tripper but man, who knew a prototype or like "alpha" inuyasha existed? And with a Kagome who looks more like Sango. And with really trippy time travel, where luckily, INCEST does NOT occur. But I am sure many paradoxes do.

[@darylfields]

Mind blowing

[@heyitsbridge]

agreedd

[@MultiVKids]

Hi! Thanks to this I watched Fire Tripper and it's definitely interesting as a prequel. I'd love to know if you have a source link to the interview you reference Rumiko stating the Sesshomaru/Rin relationship. Thanks!

[@heyitsbridge]

No problem!!

[@heyitsbridge]

And absolutely! I’ll look for the source and send it in the comments

[@jenniferhudson4452]

Very cool. I never knew about this

[@heyitsbridge]

neither did i until recently!

[@lovelyly6690]

Oh nice thanks for sharing im going to go watch that anime.

[@heyitsbridge]

np!! hope you enjoy~ it's a really interesting experience in my humble opinion :: )

[@hokage102364]

She's from the past and grew up in the future (present? Not sure on the actual correct tense here honestly, gotta love time travel) before going back to the past. He's from the present, but grew up in the past, and went back to the present (future?). Then they both go back to the past. Not the most convoluted I've seen at least. It's definitely no Primer lmao.

[@heyitsbridge]

ah yes very confusing indeed... but still cool!

[@lucitum.world1998]

Rumiko's CREATIVITY seems since the beginning of the series. Fire Tripper (one of my favorite OVAs) is just like the Inuyasha pilot episode!! Shukumaru (or Shuu in the modern era) design seems more like Koga. 🐺 And Suzuko's hairstyle is similar to Sango. COINCIDENCE? 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@tauhidershadKUFNAFLORAN]

this story just makes my head spin. first i think it's a past self meets younger self movie, and then it turns to be supposed incest plot line and then very predictably so the guy actually turns out to be her own adopted family's brother. WTH!! two things, I do feel SUPER bad about the family that lost two of their children in a f*** gas leak incident. the very children that they didn't know were getting married in a feudal japanese setting through time slip incident. Any f*** couple would be BEYOND MORTIFIED to learn that they're long lost, thought to be deceased children are not just alive, but also ARE GETTING MARRIED TO EACH OTHER!!! so the parent's of the past they matter, they raised you, BUT what about the couple who gave birth to you, your birth parents, they don't matter??? They just lost their LIVES, then and there. While you two go having fun, your parents, BOTH OF YOUR PARENTS, are wailing in sorrow Also another thing to point out, anyone, I don't care who, I don't care in what time setting, if he or she, was telling anyone, in a joyful manner, that i'm gonna get married, specifically, not much AFTER THEIR OWN SISTER(supposedly, they didn't know) AND VILLAGE GOT BURNT, HE OR SHE SHOULD BE STRANGLED ON SIGHT 'Cause remember the villagers don't know that the guy whose supposed to be protecting them, is marrying his kind of sister.

[@fredzino]

Fire Tripper is one of my favorites! I saw it in the mid 90s. I'd say Koga is more like Ryoga from Ranma 1/2. The character dynamic between Ranma/Ryoga plus vying for affection with Akane is very similar to Inuyasha/Koga/Kagome.

[@heyitsbridge]

Cool that you pointed this out!! Definitely seeing the similarities that you mentioned

[@christopherdsuza324]

Back when isekai wasn't even a term xD

[@attkme4644]

Hey I love your voice 👌🏿🔥

[@heyitsbridge]

thank you!

[@gabrielcazares6152]

What was the anime that you mentioned that was like fire tripper the one you said about the bell.

[@heyitsbridge]

That’s one is called your name! It’s an anime movie :) and it’s great I highly recommend!

[@yvonhan]

:0 omg i didn't know that :o

[@heyitsbridge]

Right?! I was surprised I just found out about this in 2020!

[@ellieysama]

I don't know why but Fire Tripper...seems like a very sad sad OVA for its time...extremely depressing and isolating -,-....

[@avaranabraham8507]

Fire tripper is the prototype of inuyasha

[@heyitsbridge]

agree! so interesting

[@robyn90703]

Interesting and yet informative. Okay, so we or (I) know that the original inspiration for InuYasha is Fire Tripper and where the inspiration of Koga came from as well as Sesshomaru /Rin's inspiration. I had to ask what about the other characters of InuYasha where and what are their original inspiration come from? For example: Kagome's school friends Yuka, Eri & Ayumi. Another example: Sango, Miroku, Kohaku, Hisui, the sisters, Myoga or even Koga's wolf-demon tribe travelers Ginta & Hakkaku. It would be great and interesting if we get to see their original inspirations.

[@heyitsbridge]

thank you! and yea that would be a super interesting topic to explore : ))

[@s.i.ogamer8749]

Thanks

[@HarvestMoonTales]

I love the story, but a friend of mine hates the idea that she and the guy ended up together, saying it's no different from Sesshomaru marrying Rin.

[@laughingvampire7555]

she looks like Kagome meets Akane Tendo & he looks like Inuyasha meets Ranma.

[@xo_brie]

wow, thank you so much for sharing this! i’m definitely gonna look into fire tripper. and is the anime you mentioned before ranma ½ just a movie?

[@heyitsbridge]

its a movie! it's called Kimi no Nawa or "Your name"(in english). It's sooo good

[@xo_brie]

@@heyitsbridge thank you! i’ll check it out. and where did you watch fire tripper?

[@heyitsbridge]

@@xo_brie they actually have the full thing on youtube for free!

[@xo_brie]

@@heyitsbridge oh okay, thank you for letting me know!

[@arnoldnigel662]

Wow that is cool

[@heyitsbridge]

Pretty cool indeed!

[@ruthr3180]

I think Shikumaru looks way more like Ranma from Rumiko Takahashi’s Ranma 1/2! I’m definitely gonna have to watch Fire Tripper :)

[@malanala7371]

I think that just goes back to her old art style before she improved. There were a lot of characters in her work back then that looked just like Ranma.

[@heyitsbridge]

ooo yes definitely recommend!

[@heyitsbridge]

yeaa it's interesting to see the evolution of the art and characters : )

[@quer.i.pmonta7436]

Honestly I swear Rurouni Kenshin was the inspiration and they don’t hide it at all

[@Tinayeucacbannhieulam]

What is the name of the movie of the 80s?

[@heyitsbridge]

It’s called Fire Tripper!

[@Tinayeucacbannhieulam]

@@heyitsbridge ok thank you

[@robynchariz03]

Omggg a fan of Inuyasha since i was in gradeschool, this is so interesting for me. I watched another creation by Takahashi called Urusei Yatsura (Lamu: The Invader Girl) and loved it too. Takahashi really has a distinct style that you can easily tell if it's her creation. Question though: do you have any idea how/where I can watch Fire Tripper? 😬

[@heyitsbridge]

Yes you can watch the full thing on KZbin! That’s what I did and yess omg I’ve loved inuyasha since I was old enough to even remember

[@robynchariz03]

@@heyitsbridge oohhh thank you! 😘

[@bilbobaggins3984]

I’m definitely looking up Fire Tripper if it’s anywhere to still be found. I am familiar with this author’s works so I wonder how it never came across my path? Ps: Siri origional auto-corrected it to Fire Stripper. Wtf?!? 😅😵

[@heyitsbridge]

right?!! it's not very publicized for some reason, maybe because it's pretty old. i was able to watch the whole move on youtube for free, i think it's still available!

[@bilbobaggins3984]

@@heyitsbridge found it! Kane Hester posted it. I’m ready to be disturbed. Lol

[@meeramalhotra33]

Well it's super "trippy", I'll give them that

[@heyitsbridge]

agreed 🤣

[@loop3454]

this is crazy

[@heyitsbridge]

I agree!

[@jor-relkinard2479]

What was the other anime you recommended toward the end of the video? I couldn't quite make it out but the animation looked incredible

[@heyitsbridge]

i think it was called 'Kimi no Nawa' : )) in english, 'your name'

[@takemetothegallows]

What episode was 6:00? I can't find it anywhere 😫

[@sanrihoe-6706]

“childlike” that’s a literal child wym 😭

[@ogdebonair]

what is the first song you used as your background music?

[@supakku-pc]

im laughing at how this is js on 2x speed

[@himuraashura6640]

I'm late to this party. MY FUCKING MIND.........I'm lookin into this Fire Tripper

[@heyitsbridge]

that was literally me when i found out about fire tripper... mind blown

[@ivry4077]

hii just wanna ask what episode was 7:12??

[@nikkitakumar7990]

Interesting because Towa was separated from Setsuna during the fire in the forest and travelled into modern Tokyo 🤔

[@heyitsbridge]

Interesting indeed 🤔🤔🤔

[@heyitsbridge]

very good point

[@AnimeRocksMyWorld16]

It also looks kinda like Ranma 1 half to very interesting might check it out if I can

[@heyitsbridge]

Yes I highly recommend!! i also love Ranma 1/2 it's soo good

[@AnimeRocksMyWorld16]

@@heyitsbridge me to 🙂 one of my faves also she does look more like Songo to me even Akane before her big chop lol

[@meowsinigangaslom]

Fire Tripper's character looks like Ranma and Akane🤍

[@heyitsbridge]

ooo yes I can see a similarity

[@canaryqueen4050]

I never watch 80’s anime before

[@heyitsbridge]

it's pretty interesting!

[@epache315]

Inuyasha

[@nikubitsa]

Sesshoumaru and Rin's relationship still doesn't make sense...

[@allygong]

:o

[@heyitsbridge]

:000

[@sakurafusaeFD]

the character inuyasha was inspired by a friend of rumiko

[@heyitsbridge]

omg.... that's so cool i didn't know that!!

[@P0dge]

I haven’t Fire Tripper in so long omg!!!!! Dude wtf, KZbin fyp knows it’s sh*t.

[@heyitsbridge]

ahah yess the mysterious algorithm!!

[@Star-eg3qt]

What is this anime?!

[@amandac8836]

Fire Tripper. It’s also a one-shot manga (which is how I first found out about it years ago) in one of Rumiko Takahashi’s Rumic World books. :)

[@heyitsbridge]

This is a comparison of Fire Tripper and Inuyasha both by Rumiko Takahashi :))

[@waitasecond...]

My favorite thing about both Shukumaru from the Fire Tripper and Koga from the Inuyasha is that both of them have such short pants. Kinda make you wanna see what's down there, hehehe... Peekaboo!

[@anna_lytical]

i'd gladly prefer whatever fire tripping had going on compared to rin & sessh (no hate just my opinion!)

[@heyitsbridge]

ahh quite a popular opinion it seems!! : )

[@sholandapurifoy1791]

😳🤯

[@heyitsbridge]

my thoughts exactly

[@Wat0the0french0toast]

Kagome and Inuyashas love is so great though. They are trying to recreate it on inuyasha with random characters, and it’s not working. Lol they really trying to hook the gay guy and lesbian up

[@heyitsbridge]

inukag foreverrrrr

[@timepickle8443]

You can't just say anything. Where is your proof that RT said Rin is the canon to Fire Tripper? SessRin fans have been spreading a lot of lies about FT and ended up with egg on their faces.

[@mhashifter1031]

stop the cap. if you don’t like the ship that’s fine but sessrin don’t lie it’s usually the sesshomaru and jaguar shippers who do that