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In the present day eighteen-year-old Kagome, who is now about to graduate from high school, recalls how InuYasha had rescued her and how that the Bone Eater's well had stopped working since then. Inside the shrine, she realizes that her own feelings are what was blocking the well and wishes she could see InuYasha again. The well reactivates as Kagome's mother joins her. Kagome bids her farewell and enters the well. InuYasha quickly catches her scent and meets her, taking her by the hand. Kagome's family continues to live as they always have - Souta tells his friends that his sister got married right after high school and moved away. Hojo is dating the underclassman who was hitting on him earlier in the series. All of Kagome's friends are in college. In the feudal world, Sango and Miroku live with their kids - two twin girls and a boy - in Kaede's village. Kohaku is off to train to become a strong demon slayer. Myoga now lives with Totosai. Shippo is training to become a strong demon. Rin lives with Kaede in the village where Sesshomaru is shown paying her visits, along with Jaken, bringing Rin gifts. Koga and Ayame are married. Kagome is adapting to her new, permanent life in the feudal era as InuYasha's wife.|}}
In the present day eighteen-year-old Kagome, who is now about to graduate from high school, recalls how InuYasha had rescued her and how that the Bone Eater's well had stopped working since then. Inside the shrine, she realizes that her own feelings are what was blocking the well and wishes she could see InuYasha again. The well reactivates as Kagome's mother joins her. Kagome bids her farewell and enters the well. InuYasha quickly catches her scent and meets her, taking her by the hand. Kagome's family continues to live as they always have - Souta tells his friends that his sister got married right after high school and moved away. Hojo is dating the underclassman who was hitting on him earlier in the series. All of Kagome's friends are in college. In the feudal world, Sango and Miroku live with their kids - two twin girls and a boy - in Kaede's village. Kohaku is off to train to become a strong demon slayer. Myoga now lives with Totosai. Shippo is training to become a strong demon. Rin lives with Kaede in the village where Sesshomaru is shown paying her visits, along with Jaken, bringing Rin gifts. Koga and Ayame are married. Kagome is adapting to her new, permanent life in the feudal era as InuYasha's wife.|}}


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Revision as of 20:43, 6 February 2011

Inuyasha: The Final Act
On the left, a man with long white hair and dog ears is depicted wearing a red kimono. On the right, the series logo is written in three large, red kanji inscribed in circles. Next to the man is a young female with dark eyes and hair and is wearing traditional clothing.
Cover art of the complete series released by Aniplex, featuring titular character InuYasha and series lead Kagome
GenreAnime
Written byKatsuyuki Sumizawa
Directed byYasunao Aoki
Country of originJapan
Original languagesJapanese
English
Spanish
Italian
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time22 minutes
Original release
ReleaseOctober 3, 2009 (Japanese) –
March 29, 2010 (Japanese)

The episodes of the Japanese anime series InuYasha Kanketsu-Hen are based on the last 21 volumes of the manga series of the same title by Rumiko Takahashi. Viz Media lisenced the series as "InuYasha: Final Act". An English dub is yet to be released. Kira Tozer will replace Moneca Stori as Kagome Higurashi while Michael Daingerfield will voice Sesshomaru in the place of David Kaye.

Production

The original staff and cast from the first InuYasha anime adaptation were brought back together for the new series. The series premiered on Yomiuri TV on October 3, 2009 where it ran for 26 episodes until its conclusion on March 29, 2010. It picked up where the first adaptation left off, following the half-demon InuYasha, the high school student Kagome Higurashi and their companions Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kirara as they search for the final fragments of the shattered Shikon Jewel and approach their final battle with Naraku.

Animax Asia promoted the series with a more romantic spin, featuring other Asian couples.

Opening and closing themes

Four pieces of theme music were used, one opening and three endings. "Kimi ga Inai Mirai" by Do As Infinity was the opening theme song for the series, lasting from the first episode onwards.[1] "With You" by AAA was the first ending from episode one to nine.[1] The second ending was "Diamond" by Alan from episode ten to seventeen.[2] The third and final ending theme was "Tōi Michi no Saki de" (遠い道の先で, "The Long Road Ahead") by Ai Takekawa from episode eighteen to twenty six.[3] For the series finale, the end credits feature highlights from the series.

Online subtitled version

Viz Media licensed the new adaptation before it premiered and aired its English subtitled online through Hulu, with new episodes released within a day of their Japanese air dates. As of episode 14, the English episode aired first.[4][5] Animax Asia also aired the series, with their own English subtitles, both on its television stations and through its online video service.[6]

Image

This is the first InuYasha TV season that is broadcast in 16:9 matted widescreen, similar to aspect ratio used in the InuYasha Movies, ditching the standard 4:3 aspect ratio used in the original series. The series is also broadcast in 1080i High Definition. As of episode 13 and onward, flashbacks used from the original series are cropped to 16:9 rather than stretching or re-animating the sequences. Some flashbacks, which cannot be properly matted, are reanimated, such as the opening scene to the first InuYasha series, where Kikyo pins InuYasha to a tree. Animax Asia aired the series in a letterbox format as the series was not produced with a safe area in mind. However, some networks utilize an anamorphosing stage to squeeze the 1.78:1 (16:9) image to fit a 1.33:1 (4:3) screen, similar to what was done for the North American broadcasts of InuYasha the Movie: Affections Across Time.

English dub

Voice actress Kelly Sheridan was the first to announce through her Facebook fan page on May 11, 2010 that dubbing for the Final Act had begun.[7] In July 2010, AnimeNewsNetwork stated that Kira Tozer will replace Moneca Stori in the role of Kagome Higurashi as well as Michael Daingerfield, who will replace David Kaye as Sesshomaru. Richard Ian Cox confirmed that unlike Tetsusaiga's previous moves such as the Wind Scar or Adamant Barrage, the Meido Zangetsuha will not be translated in to English.[8] Animax Asia has its own English dub, with a different panel of voice actors.[9]

OVA integration

A 30 minute original video animation (OVA), Black Tessaiga (Kuroi Tessaiga) was presented on July 30, 2008 at an "It's a Rumic World" exhibit at the Matsuya Ginza department store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. The production uses the original voice cast from the anime series.[10] Episodes fourteen and fifteen re-use the the OVA, with minor re-animation, to cover the plot of Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga acquiring Meido Zangetsuha from Tenseiga.

Episode list

Ep# Title Japanese airdate English sub airdate English dub airdate

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  1. ^ a b "新アニメ『犬夜叉完結編』、テーマソングはDo As Infinityと AAA" (in Japanese). 2009-09-09. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  2. ^ "alan、"冬の妖精"姿で感謝いっぱい。初ワンマンコンサート" (in Japanese). Livedoor. January 25, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010. [dead link‍]
  3. ^ "ノンテロップOP& amp;EDも収録「犬夜叉」歴代主題歌ベスト" (in Japanese). Livedoor. January 21, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  4. ^ "Viz Adds Inuyasha Final Act, Kekkaishi Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hulu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Inuyasha The Final Act". Animax. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
  7. ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-14/voice-actress-confirms-dub-for-inuyasha/the-final-act
  8. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26UGyuI449w
  9. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f6ExWG6uJA&feature=related
  10. ^ "New InuYasha Short to Debut at Tokyo's Takahashi Event". Anime News Network. July 9, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
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