Inuyasha - Season 1 | 
| Directors: Masashi Ikeda, Yasunao Aoki, Naoya Aoki
Actors: Noriko Hidaka, Willow Johnson, Louise Vallance, Brittney Irvin, Hisao Egawa
Studio: Viz Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 12935
Format: Animated, Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 675 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.6 x 1.5
MPN: 2016
UPC: 782009201632
EAN: 0782009201632
ASIN: B0002HODKO
Theatrical Release Date: August 31, 2002
Release Date: September 7, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: The box contains corner wear, from normal use. Doesn't look new doesn't look old.
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Based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi, the creator of Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura, the Inu-Yasha TV series (2000) blends elements of Japanese folklore and familiar anime devices into a deftly imaginative blend of humor and adventure, an extremely entertaining series that never falls into cliche. Beginning the first season's 27 episodes, Kagome Higurashi, a normal 15-year-old girl, falls down a dry well--and finds herself in the feudal past, 50 years after her ancestress Kikyo imprisoned the half-human/half-demon Inu-Yasha. As the reincarnation of Kikyo, Kagome possesses a magic jewel that greatly increases the power of demons. Kagome fetters Inu-Yasha with the help of her priestess-ancestor Kaede, and when the jewel is shattered Kagome and Inu-Yasha must ally to recapture the fragments. The series really begins to hit its stride when Kagome and Inu-Yasha, while bickering, nevertheless prove an effective team against the demons they encounter in the Warring States netherworld. Two new characters create complications. Shippo, an orphan fox spirit, meets Kagome and Inu-Yasha in the Warring States period. A more conventional but potentially more dangerous addition is Hojo, a handsome upper classman at Kagome's school, who's concerned about her recent absences. His understated good manners contrast sharply with the prickly Inu-Yasha--just as Kagome is beginning to recognize his good points. In the multi-part adventure that begins with "Kikyo's Stolen Ashes," the filmmakers presenting conflicting versions of the relationship between Kikyo and Inu-Yasha, and the intriguing plot twists typify Takahashi's sophisticated story-telling. The tone darkens as the back story emerges: 50 years earlier, Kikyo tended Onigumo, a badly burned thief. As his desire for the Sacred Jewel--and Kikyo--grew, Onigumo summoned a horde of demons, whom he allowed to consume his flesh and soul. The evil creatures fused to form the terrible Naraku. Recognizing his feelings for Kagome, Inu-Yasha tries to protect her from Naraku by sending her back to her own time and blocking the passage between the ages. Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Shippo, and Miroku face a bizarre array of monsters and villains, including a forest demon who vomits hordes of monstrous, three-eyed wolves. As the tapestry grows richer, Kagome and Myoga begin to explore the origins and nature of the Sacred Jewel that radiates power yet brings misfortune to everyone who approaches it. The source of the jewel turns out to be the demon-slayers' village. Inu-Yasha, Kagome, and their friends learn how the Jewel was created long ago in a battle between hordes of monstrous demons and Midoriko, the greatest priestess of the age. But the Jewel is also a miniature battleground between good and evil: a metaphor for the world--and for Inu-Yasha's heart, as he vacillates between selfishness and kindness. (Rated 13 and older: violence, grotesque imagery, brief nudity) --Charles Solomon
Description
Kagome Higurashi, an average ninth grader, gets pulled into an ancient well by a demon, bringing her 500 years in the past to feudal Japan. There, she meets InuYasha, a half-demon who seeks the Shikon Jewel to make himself a full-fledged demon. With InuYasha and her new friends that they meet along the way, Kagome's search for the Jewel of Four Souls begins...
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 Excellent packaging, excellent story, could use extras September 19, 2004
Edward Swing (Laurel, MD USA)
76 out of 85 found this review helpful
Other reviewers have raved about this DVD series. It is a great series, full of action, comedy, and romance. It is good for anyone (though a bit violent for younger viewers).
The packaging is great too. Viz finally figured out that a boxed set shouldn't take up too much space. Anyone who has the Ranma DVD sets knows they take up a LOT of shelf space, to say nothing for the people who couldn't wait and purchased the 3-episode-per-disc Inu Yasha DVDs. This packaging is more compact, and really aimed at the people who are serious about anime. Thanks for the trend to reduce boxed set sizes!
The 5 discs have no extras except for the last disc, which has textless opening/closings and a character relationship chart. There is obvious room for extras on DVDs 1-4 since DVD 5 has 6 episodes PLUS the extras. Hopefully Viz will use the space when they get around to releasing Season 2 as a boxed set.
GREAT ANIME!! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!! June 1, 2005
Serenity (Ohio)
56 out of 60 found this review helpful
First of all for those writing negative reviwes shame on you!! This is a review on the ENTIRE season not on a few episodes you watched!! You cant get a good perspective that way....please readers...pay those bias remarks no mind and take head of a real review like the one in the spotlight and my own.
This season is awesome!! At first i was unsure of Inu Yasha having only seen a few episodes and not sure what it was about but then having gotten more experiance with it and seeing more episodes i fell in love and got this boxset of the first season. It is a wonderful series filled with what all amimes should have...action, comedy, romance, and great edge of your seat battels!! No one battels as fine as inu yasha and no characters are more deep than what you find in this series. Each character posses a flaw that contributes to the series and their character making it a fantastic anime.
If you are a fan of the works of Rumiko Takehashi then you are sure to fall in love. Inu Yasha i s a series you cannot go wrong with! I have watched A LOT of anime and Inu Yasha is definatly a favorite of mine.
What is alos great about this set that it comes in the original japanese with the english subtitles which are very accurate in their translation. VIZ is def. a well renowed translator and ditributor of goood anime. You can def. trust thier translations. If you dont like japanese then you can watch it in good ol' english and laugh away as Inu Yasha tries to clobber shippo or tries to understand Kagome. There are no too many special features but you can watch the beginning and ending with out the text which is pretty cool and you get a cast and relationship chart.
This season is great!! Do not listen to those bias twits! They havent seen enough to truly love the series! Before the the ones on this page this box set had a perfect review with 5 stars! Read more reviews if you still need convincing...buut believe me....Inu Yasha is good....no doubt about it.
Inu-Yasha Season 1 DVD Box Set OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! August 14, 2004
Matthew Snyder (Temecula, California)
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
Yes finally InuYasha Season 1 comes out. I've been a big fan of InuYasha ever since I watched a episode on [adultswim] I feel in love with the series its cutting edge humor the lecurious pimpin monk Miruku. Good awsome villian awsome heros and checks good action basically anything a die hard Anime-Manga fan can ask for. I cannot wait until I get my copy of Season 1 I pre-ordered it I think u InuYasha fans should do the same thing. The DVD Box Set contains 5 discs containing all 27 episodes from the first season I can't until they anounce the realese date for Season 2. Anyways this is a must have!!!!
 Fall down the well September 1, 2004
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
Kagome is a stressed teenage schoolgirl from the present day. Inuyasha is a surly half-demon from five hundred years in the past. And they're one of the more unlikely action pairs you could imagine, in the first-season boxed set of hit animated series "Inuyasha."
On Kagome's fifteenth birthday, she's suddenly pulled into a well on her family's shrine grounds -- and emerges five hundred years in the past. After bumbling around for awhile, she accidently frees a half-demon boy, Inuyasha, who is stuck to a tree. Inuyasha loathes her because of her resemblance to the woman Kikyo, who pinned him to that tree -- especially when he learns that Kagome is Kikyo's reincarnation.
Even though they fight constantly, they have to team up to recover the shard of the powerful Shikon Jewel (which Inuyasha wants to use to eradicate his human half). Things take a sudden twist when Kagome learns that the much-abused Inuyasha was once in love with Kikyo, and that his feelings for Kagome herself are starting to change. Unfortunately, Kikyo has been brought back to unnatural half-life, which makes Inuyasha and Kagome even more confused.
And then a monk, Miroku, reveals the truth -- Kikyo and Inuyasha were turned against one another by an evil demon, Naraku. What's more, Naraku is collecting fragments of the Shikon jewel, so Inuyasha can get his revenge and his jewel shards at the same time. With the lovable, lecherous Miroku, beautiful and haunted demon-slayer Sango, and outspoken fox Shippo, Inuyasha and Kagome set out to stop Naraku.
Rumiko Takahashi is known for her romance and comedies. "Inuyasha" is a bit different -- it's darker, bloodier, though still with plenty of humor like naughty monk Miroku fondling the backside of every pretty woman he meets, or Kagome using her "sit" command to slam Inuyasha to the ground. But there's plenty of darkness, unresolved romance, and plenty of slam-bang action with enormous swords.
As in Takahashi's original comics, there's several standalone episodes, but the series overall is a continuing story about battling Naraku. There's plenty of other villains like Inuyasha's chilly half-brother Sesshomaru, the Thunder Brothers, and a cowardly painter with magical ink. Even Kikyo has a villainous moment or two. Overall the episodes cleave to the original translated material, with a few exceptions (such as Kagome calling Inuyasha a "pig" instead of "animal").
Inuyasha and Kagome are good leads -- they play off each other well, whether they're yelling at each other ("I didn't say 'get naked,' stupid!") or sharing tender moments ("You smell kinda nice..."). Miroku and Sango are a good secondary pair, with Miroku's lovable naughtiness and Sango's vulnerability. And Shippo serves as good comic relief. He can get a bit annoying, but he grows on you.
An action-packed fantasy with tinges of comedy, drama and romance, "Inuyasha"'s first season is a solid slam-bang experience that will leave viewers checking out what comes next.
Check this show out even if you think you don't like anime! October 10, 2004
Anime Fan (Ann Arbor, MI USA)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
This has to be the best show I've ever seen, and I haven't been this interested in any TV show since elementary school. (I'm now 26.) I saw a few scattered episodes on Cartoon Network last year, but left with the impression that it was the strangest show I'd ever seen. This summer I saw a few more, and while it IS still one of weirdest shows I've seen, I got so hooked that I couldn't miss a single episode that they aired. Then I had to buy the boxed set.
The show is kind of a cross between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Alice in Wonderland. Fans of Harry Potter or Star Wars would probably like it. Kagome (a modern Japanese girl) falls through a well and ends up in ancient Japan, where she meets Inuyasha (a half-human half-dog-demon guy). They join up with a fox-demon child, a lecherous monk with a black hole in his hand, and a demon slayer with a giant boomerang, as they try to keep the shards of the powerful Shikon jewel from the evil demons.
The series fills out with extreme sibling rivalry, love triangles, and developing relationships and romances between the characters. Often, good characters are shown to have weaknesses, and evil characters are shown to have a soft side. Of course, the fight scenes are pretty exciting, and the hideous evil demons are pretty amazing, too! The series flashes between action, romance, drama, and comedy, so you don't get bored.
You might be reluctant to try more anime if you've only seen Dragonball Z. Inuyasha is much more complex, with an intricate plot and interesting characters. The backgrounds are beautiful, the music is good, and there are times when you laugh out loud. One note--this show can be rather violent and bloody, and I wouldn't recommend it for anyone under about 11. (Cartoon Network gives it a TV-14, but it is much milder than their other TV-14 shows.) The violence is not glorified, so in some ways it is less disturbing than Looney Toons.
The price is great. With 27 episodes, it comes to $3 per episode. You also get to see the opening theme (not shown on TV), and you get the option to see it in Japanese with English subtitles. The dub is good, though--and being a cartoon you don't have the live-action dub problem of voices not matching mouth movements.
This is definitely not something you want to miss. I highly recommend this boxed set.
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