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dannavy85
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Someone please explain all the excitement over Inuyasha. Is it from the manga or the anime mostly and what's the basic plot?
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Ataru
 Posts: 2350 Location: Missouri (Strikeman) |
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The excitement? It's a Rumiko series. 'Nuff said. *L* The plot is Kagome travels back in to the past to gather shards of a jewel that she shattered with a half Demon called Inu Yasha, a preverted monk called Miroku, and a demon killer call Sango. But evil forces are at work, of course, in a way of evil "demon" called Naroku and his hinchmen (Bad guys must have hinchmen for some reason.) Think Fushigi Yugi without the all that drama and with more demons.
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sean
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The plot is also very focused and there are not a lot of random episodes. Also, everyone in the whole show connects around the central theme of Naraku. Finally, it is not as predictable as some other fighting animes out there which makes it a pleasure to watch.
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king_micah
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Its Dark Ranma. Take one of the top selling manga of all time, make it dark. That's InuYasha.
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Emerje
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Eh? They aren't even remotly alike. There's no water shapeshifting, no harem, and no high school rivals. You could say that some of the characters are similar in looks (Ranma = Inu Yasha, Kagome = Akane, Sango = Ukyo and so on), but story wise it's a totally different animal. Emerje |
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Ferquin
 Posts: 297 Location: Renton, WA, USA |
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Take the romantic comedy of Maison Ikkoku, the creepy feel of the Mermaid series, the back-in-medieval-Japan idea from the short Rumic World story, "Fire Tripper", and the fighting of Ranma½ and you have, in a nutshell, InuYasha. The only thing this series is missing is the insane, "super weird" feel of Urusei Yatsura (although Miroku has inherited Ataru's lechery) and you have run the full gamut of Rumiko Takahashi's world (with the exception of One Pound Gospel, but that pretty much sucked anyway).
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dannavy85
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That's one thing I've heard about it...
" It's a twisted Ranma!" " Eh....It's Ranma." " Oh that? Done by the same artist who did Ranma." I know It's no where near Ranma but it seems stuck with the tag. |
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Ferquin
Posts: 297 Location: Renton, WA, USA |
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I guess it's 'cause Ranma½ sticks out in most anime fans' minds as the quintessential Takahashi series because that's what many of them were first exposed to. Ranma½'s two main characters/couple bicker incessantly about how much they hate each other but secretly love each other. Lo and behold, InuYasha's two main characters/couple do exactly the same thing. To a point, Maison Ikkoku did the same thing, but not nearly on the same level as Ranma½ did, but then, Maison Ikkoku is an older series and only the hard-core Takahashi fans would have read/watched it. To me, as a Takahashi fan, the romantic comedy aspect is more rooted in Maison Ikkoku than it is in Ranma½. Ranma½, which has more than its share of romantic bickering, really is more of an action series, what with Ranma being the main character, fighting his way to a cure for his dual sexuality problem.
Also, I guess it's 'cause Ranma½ came just before InuYasha and is still fresh in anime fans' minds going into this newer series. It's like, "let's see how much InuYasha resembles Takahashi's previous series, Ranma½". |
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Ferquin
Posts: 297 Location: Renton, WA, USA |
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[EDIT] Damn double-post.
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Masayume
 Posts: 115 Location: Indiana |
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Well, I personally am a large fan of Inuyasha. And have been following the series since I saw it summer 2001. I really hate it when people constantly compare it to Ranma ½. Basically the way I see it is, by the time I got as far into Ranma as I am now in Inuyasha I had to stop watching just because it just wasn't worth the effort.
Inuyasha, to me, isn't perfect and certainly has quite a few flaws, but what I love most about it is the period in which its set and the chemistry of the characters. And its almost like, I've been into it this long, why quit? I want to see an ending, as do many others. 116 episodes, two movies (a third on the way), 318 chapters of the manga (equating to about 32 volumes) with an ending close at hand why stop now? I'll never claim Inuyasha to be the best, but dammit I like it  The characters are fun, the story unique in some ways, and the music is pretty awesome at points too.
What's all the fuss about Inuyasha? Heck if I know. I'm only one fan. I can't interpret what makes another person love Inuyasha. You'd have to go around and ask every fan to find that out. |
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herbkir
Posts: 251 Location: Michigan |
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What's the excitement about Inuyasha? Well, seldom has there been an anime series with such broad appeal. IY fans range from jr. high to folks in their 50s. It's thought of as a girl/woman show but IY's male fans are legion too. Inuyasha himself is one conflicted guy, torn between his past love (Kikyo) and his current/future love (Kagome). He thought he knew what he wanted, but then realized he's not really sure anymore. It's a thing a lot of guys go through at some stage of their life. The girls are pretty, the scenery awesome. Most importantly though, is that Inuyasha the series has heart, that elusive quality that makes an audience actually care what happens to these characters. This has more heart than the past Rumiko Takahashi series. Hope that gives you some idea of why people are going nuts about this anime. (^_*)
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Anlushac11
Posts: 268 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
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Whats with all the excitement over Inuyasha? Kagome and Sango. |
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Ataru
Posts: 2350 Location: Missouri (Strikeman) |
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Amen to that.
Any hoot, I agree with Frequin, it's abit of every Rumik series. Atleast people can get a chance to watch the Rumiko Theaters pretty soon, but I rather read it.
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Ferquin
Posts: 297 Location: Renton, WA, USA |
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Another thing I like about InuYasha is that it's finally a Takahashi series done right in anime form. Urusei Yatsura was totally messed up direction-wise thanks to Mamoru Oshii (especially in the movies). Maison Ikkoku, from what I saw, strayed too much from the manga. Ranma½ strayed even more with completely different characters (why replace Gosunkugi with that idiotic ninja of Kuno's?) and way too many filler episodes, and never even came close to finishing it, and I really hated the weird, bug-eyed character designs that just didn't look Takahashi-eque by the end of its run. InuYasha on the other hand is totally faithful to the original manga, both in terms of art and story. Finally! It's perfect!
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Aaron White
Old Regular
Posts: 1365 Location: Birmingham, Alabama |
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I've only read the first two volumes of manga, and never seen the anime but (I'm about to get clobbered, I know it) I can't stand it when Rumiko Takahashi does adventure stories. She's not particularly gifted at them. Her gifts reside in comedy and wistful characterization, which are elements of Inu-Yasha, but they seemed more like throwaway interuptions of bland adventure stories than as meaningful aspects of the story.
However, those cartoony monsters are groovy. |
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