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REVIEW: Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic

I wonder if this will be the final piece of animation for Inuyasha. I hope not, as the story is heating up in the manga. Maybe we might get a new TV show or some OVA's.

Thanks a lot for this review. I'm not a huge fan of the fourth movie either (little ooc moments and a hokey plot), although it's far better than the third. However, it's always good to see a review of InuYasha that looks at in a positive light and even mentions later events in the series while doing so. It's a great series that often gets more flack than it deserves.

I too hope that this isn't the last piece of animation done for the series. I would highly prefer if they waited until the manga was over so they won't add in filler crap, but if they did I think a thirty-eight of fifty-two episode series chronicling the rest of the manga would work very well.

I think your opinions, score, and breakdown of the movie are very close to what I thought of the first; it's fun for me as a fan to watch, but I couldn't compare it to my more "favorite" movies. However, I thought the second movie was much better than the first. It seemed to have more originality to me (I haven't watched 3 or 4 yet though).

This is about what I expected for Inuyasha. I haven't seen the movie yet, or the third one for that matter, but while Inuyasha is a "fun/good-to-watch", it's not something that can be compared to other top tier anime.

I still like the series, though, and I'm just waiting for Adult Swim's airings of the last two movies to see them. ^^

hmm. they put a trading card? When i was in target it came with a cellphone keychain.

but since i'd rather buy something else i let it be.

Well, personally I've seen all of the movies, the anime, and read most of the manga up to the current manga which yes does seem to be getting more interesting but if you ask me I still think the manga like the anime suffers from plot circles a little too much, although it IS good they've pretty much confirmed that one or two of them are now gone. And again, I agree with the assertion though that the manga at least is a top-tier title and the anime does a pretty good job at least at adaptation, and heck some of my favorite moments from the anime are the fillers which are quite hillarious and the fourth special which is probably the deepest Inuyasha, both manga and anime, ever really got, bar none. Now as for the movies.... You have got to be joking if you think the fourth movie even is about as good as the second. In my mind though, the first and fourth are about as good and my least favorite, then the second and third movie which I think is the best Inuyasha movie and just Inuyasha action, period.

You get a copy of You Are Defeated in certain DVDs marked, and the card is amazing. Worth the buy of the DVD itself.

Loved the movie at SDCC as well. You either love the dub cast or you don't, and I think they did a great job. Definitely stick around for the ending of the movie.

Overall not as good as movie 3, but still a top notch movie IMO.

I thought this one (the fourth film) was perhaps the weakest Inuyasha film. Maybe tied with the first one. I've grown very weary of Inuyasha, though, so I'm not "in-touch" with what Inuyasha fans like or don't like.

I, however, liked the third movie very much. To me, that's what an episodic movie based on a series should be. I mean, we know that nothing can change that would affect the series, but the third movie was a bit more risky with that sort of thing than the others. It also dared to wrap itself around past events of the series, filling in blanks and making itself seem more legitimate. It wasn't perfect, but... Yeah.

The fourth movie seemed unimportant to me. It was also bogged down by the unnecessary (Kikyo's appearance, for example) and the contrived (again with the included Kikyo stuff), and I found the children side-characters unfunny. I was pleased to see Shippo actually serving some sort of purpose, though.

This shouldn't be mistaken for me not seeing the good in the fourth movie, as I thought it was okay for an Inuyasha filler (okay, so it's good compared to Inuyasha's typical filler). Try to think of it as a little filler arc when you watch it.

Personnally i enjoyed all the movies, ofcourse each has their good points and equally so their bad points. The fourth i did really enjoy maybe because here in the uk the full Inu Yasha series hasn't been released so i did see some things i hadnt seen before, as noted in the review the new attack which is rather cool. Admittedly some of the things are cliche, for instance Inu Yasha always sweeping in just in time to save Kagome, however im sure alot of people would complain if these things weren't retained just as much as they do when they are kept. One of my favourite things about any Inu Yasha movie is the little epilogue after the credits as they tend to contain some of the funniest scenes, and im always forced into laughter as Kagome says "sit boy" and i would be disappointed if it wasn't just stuck in there atleast once.

As for the movies in general the order i would rate them although i find this rather difficult is as follows.
2 Castle beyond the looking glass
3 Swords of an honourable ruler- 4 Fire on mystic Island
1 Affections touching across time

Although Affections touching across time is my lowest rated one i still find it an enjoyable watch as with all 4 of them as are the 1st 2 seasons that are released in the uk

As far as I'm concerned, I'm partial to the 3rd movie above the other 3. The fact that more of a background was given on Inuyasha's orgin in general in relation to his parents and the purpose of him having the sword that he has kind of came into full effect more. The series touches up on that aspect of the plot here and there. But it was nice to kind of have a movie dedicated to that. The fourth one was pretty decent but not would have to be my least favorite compared to the other two. All in all, its still a great story.

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