InuYasha: The Final Good Bye

[Terejima Ryoko]

So it came to my attention that InuYasha has finally ended in Japan. The Manga that is. and teh TV Series ended in 2004 there. I just wanted to know what was the final ending there. as well as what are your thoughts on the series' end. i am so depressed by it. i mean when the anime ended here in 2006 i was crushed. i remember back of august of 2002 on its debuting night i watched it for the first time and was in love! i am deeply saddened by this. what are your thoughts? also i heard this "rumor" that when the series ends (which it did) that production is going to open up on InuYasha the TV series again and re-air or going to be Distributed Direct-to-DVD can anyone please help me confirm this or have any other information that might aid in my knowledge of this? i am bothered by the series ending and the anime hasnt produced any new episodes for a while so i am in need of some enlightement. so please help me out. have you heard any news? and what do you think of the finale?

P.s. Sorry this was a long ramble.

[Fragments.beta]

Kagome: INUYASHA!

Inuyasha: KAGOME!

Kagome: INUYASHA!

Inuyasha: KAGOME!

Kagome: I can't see Rumiko Takahashi's writing talent anymore!

Goodbye Inuyasha and good riddance.

[Twilight Gaiden]

Kagome: INUYASHA!

Inuyasha: KAGOME!

Kagome: INUYASHA!

Inuyasha: KAGOME!

Kagome: I can't see Rumiko Takahashi's writing talent anymore!

Goodbye Inuyasha and good riddance.

THIS THIS THIS F*CKING THIS!!

[Terejima Ryoko]

i disagree with you 1000% i know there were alot of fillers but i like fillers i think they are refreshing from the mainstory line. thats why i was fond of every part of the show. however, i hold a deep fond memory of InuYasha so thats why i dont want it to end. I think the Anime should continue to the end of the story, they already did it more than half way. they can finish the rest!!!

Kagome: INUYASHA!

Inuyasha: KAGOME!

Kagome: INUYASHA!

Inuyasha: KAGOME!

Kagome: I can't see Rumiko Takahashi's writing talent anymore!

Goodbye Inuyasha and good riddance.

THIS THIS THIS F*CKING THIS!!

[Erranty]

I'll admit, there were some pretty awesome moments in that series, but as a whole it wasn't that good.

It took too many episodes to finish a story. Just like Naruto, Bleach, DBZ (which soulda ended when Frieza died), One Piece, and many more.

We all know that most GOOD animes/toons are under 70 episodes long. Example: Cowboy Bebop 26, Fullmetal Alchemist 51, FLCL 6, Outlaw Star 26, Eureka seven 50, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 14, Onegai Teacher 12, and theirs probably tons more short and sweet animes I havent even seen!

The simple way to say it, FILLERS MAKE AN ANIME SUCK!

[Terejima Ryoko]

If fillers make anime suck then why did it continue for 12 years? it was extremly popular. Japan didnt mind. and it seems that only Americans did. I loved teh filler episodes. i thought they were a good break from the main story. not everything needs to be ACTION THIS AND ACTION THAT AND BLAST HIS HEAD AND CUT OFF HIS ARM. Nice relaxing breaks are equally as good in the series.

I'll admit, there were some pretty awesome moments in that series, but as a whole it wasn't that good.

It took too many episodes to finish a story. Just like Naruto, Bleach, DBZ (which soulda ended when Frieza died), One Piece, and many more.

We all know that most GOOD animes/toons are under 70 episodes long. Example: Cowboy Bebop 26, Fullmetal Alchemist 51, FLCL 6, Outlaw Star 26, Eureka seven 50, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 14, Onegai Teacher 12, and theirs probably tons more short and sweet animes I havent even seen!

The simple way to say it, FILLERS MAKE AN ANIME SUCK!

[Twilight Gaiden]

I'll admit, there were some pretty awesome moments in that series, but as a whole it wasn't that good.

It took too many episodes to finish a story. Just like Naruto, Bleach, DBZ (which soulda ended when Frieza died), One Piece, and many more.

We all know that most GOOD animes/toons are under 70 episodes long. Example: Cowboy Bebop 26, Fullmetal Alchemist 51, FLCL 6, Outlaw Star 26, Eureka seven 50, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 14, Onegai Teacher 12, and theirs probably tons more short and sweet animes I havent even seen!

The simple way to say it, FILLERS MAKE AN ANIME SUCK!

If fillers make anime suck then why did it continue for 12 years? it was extremly popular. Japan didnt mind. and it seems that only Americans did. I loved teh filler episodes. i thought they were a good break from the main story. not everything needs to be ACTION THIS AND ACTION THAT AND BLAST HIS HEAD AND CUT OFF HIS ARM. Nice relaxing breaks are equally as good in the series.

You do have a point, but just because something is popular does not mean it is good. Justin Timberlake makes popular music but that doesn't mean it's production value or his lyrics or just about anything are good.

Fillers distract from the main point of the story and people often anticipate the ending. An actual dedicated fan would not want to see the characters go on a dress up adventure when they could be doing something productive to the storyline. If I saw something relatively close to filler in SIGN I wouldn't be the .hack fan I am today.

[Terejima Ryoko]

I'll admit, there were some pretty awesome moments in that series, but as a whole it wasn't that good.

It took too many episodes to finish a story. Just like Naruto, Bleach, DBZ (which soulda ended when Frieza died), One Piece, and many more.

We all know that most GOOD animes/toons are under 70 episodes long. Example: Cowboy Bebop 26, Fullmetal Alchemist 51, FLCL 6, Outlaw Star 26, Eureka seven 50, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 14, Onegai Teacher 12, and theirs probably tons more short and sweet animes I havent even seen!

The simple way to say it, FILLERS MAKE AN ANIME SUCK!

If fillers make anime suck then why did it continue for 12 years? it was extremly popular. Japan didnt mind. and it seems that only Americans did. I loved teh filler episodes. i thought they were a good break from the main story. not everything needs to be ACTION THIS AND ACTION THAT AND BLAST HIS HEAD AND CUT OFF HIS ARM. Nice relaxing breaks are equally as good in the series.

You do have a point, but just because something is popular does not mean it is good. Justin Timberlake makes popular music but that doesn't mean it's production value or his lyrics or just about anything are good.

Fillers distract from the main point of the story and people often anticipate the ending. An actual dedicated fan would not want to see the characters go on a dress up adventure when they could be doing something productive to the storyline. If I saw something relatively close to filler in SIGN I wouldn't be the .hack fan I am today.

thats true, but popularity does usually mean something about the quality is good. not like oscar winning good, but still good. i mean i thought all of Dusk was nothing but a filler. and i thought it was great.

Does anyone know if the sales of InuYasha were still strong in Japan at the end of its Arc?

[Fragments.beta]

The simple way to say it, FILLERS MAKE AN ANIME SUCK!

I disagree here. Fillers don't make an anime suck. Bad repetitive fillers make an anime suck. Inuyasha is a goldmine of this.

If fillers make anime suck then why did it continue for 12 years? it was extremly popular.

Because Inuayasha started as awesome, garnered a sizable fanbase, which stuck to th series mainly because of fan loyalty? Don't know, don't care, the series jumped the shark years ago.

I loved teh filler episodes. i thought they were a good break from the main story.

Yeah they were a break from THE SAME STORY PREMISE FOR TWELVE YEARS. The whole fraking gather the Jewel shards and Kill Naraku thing OVER AND OVER AGAIN which never went anywhere. We totally needed a break from that. Yep totally.

not everything needs to be ACTION THIS AND ACTION THAT AND BLAST HIS HEAD AND CUT OFF HIS ARM.

Yes as opposed to the same
- Inuyasha: I love Kagome! Wait I love Kikyo, No wait I love Kagome!
- SangoxMiroku: We totally love each other! We can flirt and blush! And we got a RESET button to make sure this never ever develops!
-Naraku: Im dead! Not not really! LOL
Over and over. For Twelve Years. What a refreshing idea!

Nice relaxing breaks are equally as good in the series.

Relaxing? Twelve years of virtually zero character and story development? Twelve years of reset buttons, irrelevance and predictability? You call that relaxing? Did I mention it was 12 years?

[Twilight Gaiden]

You do have a point, but just because something is popular does not mean it is good. Justin Timberlake makes popular music but that doesn't mean it's production value or his lyrics or just about anything are good.

Fillers distract from the main point of the story and people often anticipate the ending. An actual dedicated fan would not want to see the characters go on a dress up adventure when they could be doing something productive to the storyline. If I saw something relatively close to filler in SIGN I wouldn't be the .hack fan I am today.

thats true, but popularity does usually mean something about the quality is good. not like oscar winning good, but still good. i mean i thought all of Dusk was nothing but a filler. and i thought it was great.

Does anyone know if the sales of InuYasha were still strong in Japan at the end of its Arc?

I have come to realize in life that the majority of people are sheep (do not take offense to this, I am not saying you are a sheep for liking this, I am just saying some people) and some people will simply follow something popular for the sole purpose of "fitting in" and to have something to talk to their friends about the next day. Popularity does not necessarily mean something is good at all. If one kid says "hey, this is pretty cool" then all of his friends that respect him will watch it for him and they will tell their friends to watch it and eventually it starts a chain of people simply watching something for the pure purpose of conversation.

I think a good example would be The O.C. I can't tell you how many girls in my class would talk about it as if it were their lives and when I would confront them about it most of them said they didn't particularly like it.

[Terejima Ryoko]

I complety agree with you. But no one i knew really liked Inuyasha. only maybe 3 at the most? so i never had anyone to talk to it about. and The O.C. was a prime example of it.

[SnowManZero]

Uh, I liked Inuyasha.

Well, actually I more liked sesshomaru. That guy was freaking awesome!

AND the band of 7 were freaking cool.

While it did have its flaws and faults like any series, it will withstand the test of time and be a landmark in anime/manga history, whether people like it or not.

It's sad to see it finish but at the same time I do ask- My god it's taken this long to finish? WOW.

Oh and spoilers for anyone-Yes Naraku does die.

[Terejima Ryoko]

yes it was 12 years of joy and wonderful memories! i didnt see any irrelevance. and since the manga hasnt even ended over here yet we cant say anything about the ending for sure. Predictability? EVERYTHING IS PREDICTABLE THESE DAYS! every movie every tv show every music video and song and every anime! nothing is new. all themes are they same. however the presentation is not. i didnt see any reset button. and for the love triangle. did you ever watch a soap opera? yes it goes on and on and we get like "ok enough already" but we still watch and love the show. and that type of triangle is the most common and is everywhere. i am sure it is even in something you like. fillers are in teh series to provide a break. even if it is from a story line that has been going on for 12 years. breaks are good for alot of things and generally healthy for a tv show/comic that has been going on for the past 12 years. so yes. there was character and plot development my friend. however, it was at a slower pace since the story went slower. so it wasnt 12 years of no character and story development. there was no irrelavence. predictable? yes BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS THESE DAYS. and yes i said relaxing. did i mention 12 years of relaxing? =)

[milliennium_fox]

You don't have to quote every time you want to reply Terejima Ryoko; just click reply.

As for the anime starting up again, I heard there was a disagreement between the staff and the likelihood of them reuniting to finish the series is almost nonexistent.

[Terejima Ryoko]

Could people please provide or private message me link of information as to wheter or not the anime series will continue. im just heart broken now. please? InuYasha is such a great series.

[Vahn Staffear]

Well, actually I more liked sesshomaru. That guy was freaking awesome!

I agree... every Inuyasha episode that had Sesshomaru fighting was good because Sesshomaru is the MAN!!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!

The episodes when Inuyasha was still forming his party were ok but the rest of the series was filler... >_>

[Terejima Ryoko]

I dont think it was all filler. I just think that like everystory and every game there are the side quest.

[Musashi Kojira]

This series needed to die. I'm glad it's finally over considering (as it's been previously stated) they've been using the exact same plot devices with no alteration for 12 years.

I'll admit I thought Inuyasha wasn't all that bad in the beginning. However, as the series progressed in the # of episodes, the story and the characters did not. Right when you thought something was finally going to happen, Naraku runs, hides, and the group is back to where they were at episode 10, only this time it's episode 50. Rinse and repeat that for 12 years, and you've got Inuyasha in a nutshell. Inuyasha is just as repetitive as DBZ. However, I give DBZ more points than Inuyasha because their main baddies actually DIE rather than run and hide every 50 freaking episodes.

[Terejima Ryoko]

i dont think the series needed to die. i think it should have been extended for maybe another year or so, but taken a different plot turn. a series one. or something different. i do not agree that the characters and story didnt progress. they did, but just at a slower pace.

It is so sad how everyone hates it. =( Cant the same be sad for pokemon? and i mean look the sales and popular are still huge. well not as big as it was (in America at least) as in the early 2000s, but still. they use the same rinse and repeat and it is still going strong. I mean InuYasha was extremely strong in the beginning and mid way through, but i think that since we are so used to animes being so short that we get bored very quickly. i am the same way. but i am sure we all have a favorite show that is just like this. DBZ is the same thing. regardless if their villians die. it is the same thing and it was and still is popular. that fact doesnt matter. i mean i think that is worse because then you have to get used to another character. a MAIN character. DBZ is like pokemon.

[FallenDragon]

I'll admit I thought Inuyasha wasn't all that bad in the beginning. However, as the series progressed in the # of episodes, the story and the characters did not. Right when you thought something was finally going to happen, Naraku runs, hides, and the group is back to where they were at episode 10, only this time it's episode 50. Rinse and repeat that for 12 years, and you've got Inuyasha in a nutshell.

I agree.

At first I liked InuYasha, I followed the anime but as it progressed I saw there was no advance in the plot at all. It had some random episodes that I liked, but that certainly they don't compensate for all the time it wasted withtout advancing the story and character development that I was actually expecting (perhaps one of the reasons I saw practically all episodes because I had a little hope that something would progress). I could continue, but I would just end up repeating what some have said here. But don't get me wrong, I did like it, I was just hoping for the story to advance eventually.

Oh and spoilers for anyone-Yes Naraku does die.

I guess that happened in the manga...and since I don't have time to search for that, can someone spoil me with how'd that happened?

not everything needs to be ACTION THIS AND ACTION THAT AND BLAST HIS HEAD AND CUT OFF HIS ARM.

Agreed, but you do know there are more genres than just action, right? I personally don't like just a single genre, I see many others, and in fact I'm not a fan of gore so blasting someones head of is not my personal favorite, though I might see it if it's part of the plot.

EDIT: Oh yeah, Sesshomaru was awesome; he was my favorite character.