The anime is taken directly from the manga series and was first aired on October 16, 2000. Each episode spans roughly two chapters of the manga. The anime series is doing quite well and is now about 141 episodes in length. The series has even proved to be popular enough to dub into english and port to the United States. Cartoon Network airs the dubbed version on Adult Swim around midnight, monday through thursday.

Further proof of the story's success, a third movie based on the series was released in Japan on December 20th, 2003 and a fourth is in production.

	Inuyasha is a powerful hanyou (half human, half youkai) from fedual era Japan. Both his human mother and youkai father died when he was a child.
	Kagome is a courageous junior high student from modern day Japan. the reincarnation of the miko Kikyo, who died 50 years earlier.
	Shippo is a orphan fox youkai who joins up with Kagome and Inuyasha to avenge his father's death. His father was killed and skinned by the Thunder Brothers.
	Miroku, the houshino(sp?) (or Monk) is known for his fondness for the ladies and the Air Void through his right hand. The Air Void will suck in anything like a black hole, even Miroku someday. The Air Void is a result of a curse Naraku placed on Miroku's grandfather.
	The youkai exterminator Sango
	Kaede, Kikyo's sister.
	The miko Kikyo.
	Inuyasha's older brother, Sesshoumaru.
	Naraku, whose name literly means "Hell"

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