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InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler

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© 2003 Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan, YTV, Sunrise, ShoPro, NTV, Toho, Yomiuri-TV Enterprise

Alternative title:
InuYasha The Movie 3: La Spada del Dominatore del Mondo (Italian)
InuYasha The Movie 3: The World Conquering Swords
InuYasha: A Espada Conquistadora (Portuguese)
InuYasha: La espada conquistadora (Spanish)
Inuyasha: Tenka Hadou no Ken (Japanese)
Inuyasha: The Sword of the World Conquest
Inuyasha: The Sword that Rules over the Empires
犬夜叉 天下覇道の剣 (Japanese)
犬夜叉 天下霸道之劍 (Chinese (Taiwan))
이누야샤 극장판 3: 천하패도의 검 (Korean)
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Izayoi and Inu no Taishou, Inuyasha's parents, are having problems with a human named Setsuna no Takemaru. Sou'unga a magical sword that has been sealed away for 700 years is found. Now everyone is after the sword and its powers but it seems the sword has something else in mind.
User Ratings: 1844 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 208 votes (sub:101, dub:96, edit.dub:5, ?:1, raw:1, others:4
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 423 votes (sub:223, dub:186, edit.dub:4, others:10
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Very good: 501 votes (sub:262, dub:224, raw:6, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 429 votes (sub:224, dub:186, edit.dub:4, ?:4, raw:2, others:9
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Korean subtitled
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Hungarian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 162 votes (dub:82, sub:72, edit.dub:4, raw:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 62 votes (sub:35, dub:24, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 20 votes (sub:12, dub:7, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 21 votes (sub:13, dub:8)
 Bad: 11 votes (dub:6, sub:5)
 Awful: 5 votes (dub:4, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 4223 users, rank: #207 (of 9583)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.782 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5476, rank: #1072 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 7.663 (Very good−), rank: #1223 (of 9705) (seen all: 7.66 / seen some: 7.36 / won't finish: 10.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.662 (Very good−), rank: #949 (of 7286)
Running time: 98 minutes
Vintage:
2003
2005-09-07 (Italy DVD)
2006-05-29 (german-DVD)
2006-08-01 (Canada YTV)
2006-08-12 (U.S. TV Broadcast - [adultswim])
2006-12-29 (Canada, YTV - Bionix)
2008-11-08 (Singapore, Okto)
2009-07-26 (Portugal, Animax)
2009-07-26 (Spain, Animax)
2018-08-11 (ETC TV, Chile)
Premiere date:
2003-12-20 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 2
Ending Theme:
"Four Seasons" by Namie Amuro
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
Third Inu Yasha movie
Reviews:
InuYasha Movie Blu-ray Complete Collection (May 13, 2013)
InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honor (Sep 16, 2005)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    InuYasha the Movie - The Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2013-03-26 (from $14.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    InuYasha the Movie - The Complete Box Set (DVD) 2007-09-04 (from $30.00)
    InuYasha the Movie - The Complete Box Set [Deluxe Edition] (DVD) 2007-10-23 (from $119.94)
    InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (DVD) 2005-09-06 (from $6.47)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Script: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Storyboard:
Masanori Shino
Susumu Nishizawa
Toshiya Shinohara
Music: Kaoru Wada
Original creator: Rumiko Takahashi
Character Design:
Hideyuki Motohashi
Yoshihito Hishinuma
Art Director: Tsutomu Ishigaki
Art: Yuki Nomura
Chief Animation Director: Hideyuki Motohashi
Animation Director:
Chisato Ikehira
Futoshi Ōnami
Hideki Hashimoto
Hiromitsu Morishita
Junichi Hayama
Makoto Yoshizaki
Rie Nakajima
Shinichi Yoshikawa
Takehiro Hamatsu
Yuriko Nagaya
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography:
Hirofumi Yagi
Yudai Takahashi
Producer:
Masuo Ueda
Michihiko Suwa
Mikihiro Iwata

Assistant producer:
Shuichi Kitada
Tomoyuki Saito
Background Art:
Akemi Ito
Fumie Nuibe
Geun Seok Lee
Hiromasa Ogura
Hiroshi Gōroku
Hiroshi Kanno
Hiroyuki Hasegawa
Kazuhiro Arai
Kazumi Yamazaki
Keiko Minamoto
Keito Watanabe
Kenichi Kurata
Minako Oohashi
Nobuhiro Ōtsuka
Ryutaro Ueda
Seiki Tamura
Shihomi Suzuki
Takanori Tanaka
Takayoshi Fukushima
Yuki Yamaguchi
Yukihiro Shibutani
Yuuki Oyamada
Color Coordination:
Chie Nakazato
Eri Suzuki
Ritsuko Utagawa
Editing: Shigeyuki Yamamori
Editing Assistant:
Daisuke Imai
Kumiko Sakamoto
Finish Animation:
Hiromi Miyawaki
Miho Kobayashi
Takako Ito
Yukiko Shigemitsu
Foley:
Fumiko Ueda
Hidemi Tanaka
Masaru Urahata
Michiyo Saito
Yasumasa Koyama
HD Editing:
Minoru Yamate
Tomoya Yamamoto
In-Between Check:
Miyuki Shimizu
Shuko Okutani
Takahiro Nawa
Key Animation:
Akira Kikuchi
Asako Inayoshi
Chisato Ikehira
Chizuru Miyawaki
Eiichi Endō
Eiji Shirai
Emiko Momose
Fumino Fujii
Haruhito Takada
Hideaki Isa
Hideo Amemiya
Hidetoshi Ōmori
Hiroko Oguri
Hiromi Funatsu
Hiromi Naganawa
Hironori Sawada
Hiroshi Konno
Hitomi Tsuruta
Jōji Yanase
Kazuhiro Miwa
Kazuko Shibata
Kazuyuki Ikai
Kōji Itō
Kyoko Kametani
Kyota Washikita
Makiko Yamazaki
Makoto Yoshizaki
Marie Tagashira
Masakazu Yamagishi
Michio Satō
Mika Torigata
Minoru Morita
Misao Abe
Mitsunori Yamaguchi
Naoyuki Konno
Noriaki Satou
Ryūji Shiromae
Sachiko Sugimoto
Satoru Iida
Satoshi Shigeta
Shigemi Aoyagi
Shinji Takeuchi
Shinjiro Mogi
Shou Kojima
Susumu Nishizawa
Takashi Maruyama
Takehiro Hamatsu
Takeshi Yoshioka
Tomoko Ito
Tomoshige Inayoshi
Toshiharu Sugie
Tsutomu Suzuki
Yasutaka Hanabusa
Yoshimitsu Negishi
Yoshinobu Ando
Yumenosuke Tokuda
Literature Manager: Tetsuko Takahashi
Music Director:
Hiroyuki Ooizumi
Yuuichiro Takahata
Photography:
Ei Rouhei
Fumihiko Morohashi
Jin A Lee
Katsutoshi Hirose
Kayoe Mishiro
Kayoko Takaya
Kazuaki Funakura
Kazuki Watanabe
Kenji Takahashi
Kohichi Furusawa
Mari Gomyo
Masayoshi Nishiyama
Minoe Ōkubo
Naoyuki Wada
Ryō Iijima
Shinya Ueda
Yoshihiro Tomita
Yuki Hama
Yuki Kudo
Photography Cooperation:
Hitoshi Tamura (Shinkuukan)
Takumi Miyata
Tetsuji Sakamaki
Yoshihiro Sekiya
Production Desk: Ryusuke Aoki
Recording: Yasushi Nagura
Recording Assistant: Mika Kamemoto
Sequence Director:
Hirofumi Ogura
Shigeki Takagi
Susumu Nishizawa
Toshinori Narita
Toshiya Shinohara
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Special Effects:
Hidero Sakurai
Tsuyoshi Nakano
Yoshitaka Murakami
Theme Song Performance: Namie Amuro (ED)
Title Logo Design: Koji Inami
Kappei Yamaguchi as Inu-Yasha
Satsuki Yukino as Kagome Higurashi

Akio Ōtsuka as Inuyasha's Father
Fumihiko Tachiki as Sou'unga
Houko Kuwashima as Sango
Ken Narita as Sesshoumaru
Kenichi Ogata as Myoga
Kouji Tsujitani as Miroku
Kumiko Watanabe as Shippo
Yasunori Matsumoto as Setsuna no Takemaru
Yūichi Nagashima as Jaken

Akiko Nakagawa as Sota Higurashi
Asako Dodo as Kagome's Mother
Ginzō Matsuo as Grandfather 
Jouji Yanami as Toutousai
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Sheath/Saya
Katsumi Suzuki as Grandfather
Kikuko Inoue as Izayoi
Mamiko Noto as Rin
Nami Okamoto as Ayumi

Asami Imai
Fuuko Shinomiya
Hiroki Yasumoto
Kanako Hattori
Kazuhisa Tanaka
Kazunari Tanaka
Kenichi Mochizuki
Shinji Kawada
Tadahisa Saizen
Takahiro Mizushima
Toshitsugu Takashina
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
DR Movie
Studio SALLIM
Team`s Art
Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production
Distributor: TOHO
Ending Title: Maki Production
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
Hanjin Animation
M.S.J Musashino Production
Mizo Planning
Orange
Phoenix Animation
Plum
R.I.C
HD Editing: Q-Tec
In-Between Animation:
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
Hanjin Animation
M.S.J Musashino Production
Mizo Planning
Nakamura Production
Orange
Phoenix Animation
Plum
R.I.C
XEBEC M2
Yuhodo
Key Animation:
Free Wheel 
Free Will
Last House
Liberty Ship
MI
Nakamura Production
Plum
Studio Cockpit
Studio Graffiti
Studio Mark
Tamazawa Dogasha
Uni Animation
Yuhodo
Music Production: Avex, Inc.
Photography:
Asahi Production
Xebec
Photography Cooperation: Shinkūkan
Production:
Kyoto Animation
Nippon Television Network
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Sunrise
YTV
Recording Studio:
Studio Gong
Tokyo TV Center
English cast
English staff
Executive producer: Seiji Horibuchi
Producer:
Ellen E. Miki
Miho Suzuki
Toshifumi Yoshida

Associate producer: Diana Gage
Casting Director: Randi Riediger
Dialogue Editing: Timur Kalyuzhnyy
Post-Production Supervision: Keith A. Goddard
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark M. Pinder
Recording engineer:
Christopher Cleator
Michael Iske
Script Adaptation: Kathleen Westlake
Script Supervision:
Aaron Pessin
Geoffrey A. Rosen
Kyle Johnson
Simon McNabb
Senior Production Coordinator: Geoffrey A. Rosen
Talent Coordination:
Angie Houston
Theresa MacFarlane
Video Post-Production:
Elisa Chee
Keith Crosley
Michael Hey
Voice Direction: Karl Willems
David Kaye as Sesshomaru
Moneca Stori as Kagome Higurashi
Richard Cox as Inuyasha

Dale Wilson as Inuyasha's Father 
Don Brown as Inuyasha's Father
Jillian Michaels as Shippo
Jonathan Holmes as Takemaru
Kelly Sheridan as Sango
Kirby Morrow as Miroku
Michael Dobson as Saya
Paul Dobson as Myoga
Ward Perry as Sounga

Alaina Burnett as Izayoi
Brenna O'Brien as Rin
Cathy Weseluck as
Ayumi
Kagome's Mother
Don Brown as Jaken
French Tickner as Kagome's Grandpa
Jillian Michaels as Yuka
Rebecca Schiocet as Sota Higurashi
Rebecca Shoichet as
Eri
Sota Higurashi
Richard Newman as Totosai
English companies
ADR Production: The Ocean Group
Broadcaster:
Adult Swim
Animax Asia
Animax India
Cartoon Network (AdultSwim)
Neon Alley
YTV (Bionix)
Casting: Interpacific Productions
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Ventura Distribution (2005)
DVD Production: Resolution
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (via Viz Media)
FUNimation Entertainment (via Viz Media)
Hoopla
Hulu
VizAnime
Licensed by: Viz Media
Recording Studio: Ocean Studios
Translation: JN Productions
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Su Jin Kang as Inuyasha

Ja-Hyeong Gu as Miroku
Jeong-Sin Wu as Sango
Min Sook Kim as Inu no Taishou
Seung-Jun Kim as Sesshoumaru

Yong-Sin Lee as Rin
Korean companies
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Carlos Nogueras (Spain dub)
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)

Language Consultant: David Arnau (Catalan dub)
Aleix Estadella as Inuyasha (Catalan dub)
Ángel Lugo as InuYasha (Venezuelan dub)
Carles Lladó as Inuyasha (Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Kagome Higurashi (Spain dub)
Gemma Ibáñez as Kagome Higurashi (Catalan dub)
Leisha Medina as Ahome Higurashi (Venezuelan dub)

Albert Roig as Sesshomaru (Spain dub)
Antonio García Moral as Saya (Spain dub)
Carlos Di Blasi as Sesshomaru (Catalan dub)
Claudi Domingo as Miroku (Catalan dub)
Daniel Albiac as Takemaru (Spain dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Jaken (Catalan dub)
Félix Benito as Saya (Catalan dub)
Francesc Rocamora as Jaken (Spain dub)
Geni Rey as Shippo (Catalan dub)
Jesús Hernández as Sesshomaru (Venezuelan dub)
Joel Mulachs as Sango (Catalan dub)
Jordi Royo as Sounga (Catalan dub)
Juan Carlos Gustems as Inuyasha's Father (Catalan dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Sango (Spain dub)
Marta Estrada as Shippo (Spain dub)
Mayela Pérez Ferrer as Sango (Venezuelan dub)
Oscar Muñoz as Takemaru (Catalan dub)
Oscar Redondo as Miroku (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as Sounga (Spain dub)
Ricky Coello as Inuyasha's Father (Spain dub)
Rolman Bastidas as Miroku (Venezuelan dub)
Roser Aldabó as Rin (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Ariadna Giménez as Eri (Spain dub)
Armando Volcanes as Kagome's Grandfather (Venezuelan dub)
Berta Cortés as Eri (Catalan dub)
Cristina Mauri as Izayoi (Catalan dub)
Diana De Guzmán as Yuka (Spain dub)
Elvira García as
Ayumi (Spain dub)
Izayoi (Spain dub)
Gloria Garcia as Sota Higurashi (Spain dub)
Jaume Lleal as
Kagome's Grandfather (Catalan dub)
Totosai (Catalan dub)
Joaquin Rossell as Myoga (Spain dub)
Jordi Vila as Myoga (Catalan dub)
Juan Guzmán as Totosai (Venezuelan dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Kagome's Mother (Spain dub)
Maritza Rojas as Kagome's Mother (Venezuelan dub)
Marta Covas as Ayumi (Catalan dub)
Maythe Guedes as Sota Higurashi (Venezuelan dub)
Mònica Padrós as Yuka (Catalan dub)
Montse Puga as Kagome's Mother (Catalan dub)
Rosa Aguado as Sota Higurashi (Catalan dub)
Vicente Gil as
Kagome's Grandfather (Spain dub)
Totosai (Spain dub)

Ariadna Giménez (Spain dub)
Diana De Guzmán (Spain dub)
Elvira García (Spain dub)
Francesc Belda (Catalan dub)
Gloria Garcia (Spain dub)
Jordi Nogueras (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén (Spain dub)
Marta Covas (Catalan dub)
Montse Puga (Catalan dub)
Tasio Alonso (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
3xl (Televisió de Catalunya)
ETC...TV
Dubbing Studio:
Sonoblok (Catalan dub)
Sonoclips (Venezuelan dub)
Takemaker (Spain dub)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión
Internet Streaming:
Pluto TV (Latin America)
Vix (Latin America)
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain)
Televix
The Japan Foundation (Latin America)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta
Art Director: Andrea Sergio
Translation: Yumiko Salvitti (Ad Libitum)

Coordination: Mandy Mometti
Dialogues: Gianluca Aicardi
Dubbing Assistant: Elvy Scalise
Dubbing Sound: Marco Del Riccio
Editorial Director: Anna Marani
Executive Director: Carlo Cavazzoni
Graphic Assistant: Paolo Torchetti
Licensing: Mandy Mometti
Marketing Assistant: Alice Quaglino
Marketing Director: Giorgio Pulini (italian edition)
Mixing: Fabrizio Pesce
Partners Coordination: Gianluca Aicardi (Ad Libitum)
Product Manager: Simona Stanzani
Francesco Pezzulli as Inuyasha
Maria Letizia Scifoni as Kagome Higurashi

Emanuela D'Amico as Sango
Fabio Boccanera as Miroku
Francesca Guadagno as Kikyo 
Letizia Ciampa as Rin
Maura Cenciarelli as Shippo

Alessio Nissolino as Sota Higurashi
Cristian Iansante as Takemaru
Fabrizio Mazzotta as Jaken
Francesca Manicone as Ayumi
Giancarlo Padoan as Totosai
Lorenza Biella as Madre di Kagome
Mino Caprio as Myoga
Paola Valentini as Izayoi
Riccardo Onorato as Sesshomaru
Rino Bolognesi as Songa
Romano Malaspina as Inuyasha's Father
Sergio Gibello as Saya
Valeria Vidali as Eri
Valerio Ruggeri as Nonno di Kagome
Veronica Puccio as Yuka
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Ka-Boom
MTV Italia
Distributor: Dynit
Dubbing: E.T.S. European Television Service
German staff
German cast
(none)
Dominik Auer as Inu Yasha
Pascal Breuer as Sesshsomaru
Ulrike Jennie as Kagome Higurashi

Gudo Hoegel as Saya
Marieke Oeffinger as Izayoi
Matthias Klie as Takemaru

Angela Wiederhut as Sango
Beate Pfeiffer as Souta Higurashi
Caroline Schwarzmeier as Rin
Claudia Schmidt as Eri
Erich Ludwig as Toutousai
Florian Halm as Miroku
Julia Haacke as Shippou
Kai Taschner as Jaken
Kathrin Gaube as Yuka
Maria Böhme as Kagomes Mutter
Michael Brennicke as Inu no Taishou (Inuyasha's Father)
Thomas Reiner as Kagomes Großvater
Ute Bronder as Ayumi
Walter von Hauff as Myouga
Willi Röbke as Sou'unga
German companies
Annouced: Red Planet/Alive AG
Distributor: Kazé Germany (Re-Release 2013)
Dubbing: PPA Films München
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
ADR Director: Gilmara Sanchez
Letícia Quinto as Kagome Higurashi
Mauro Eduardo as Inuyasha
Sílvio Giraldi as Sesshoumaru

Affonso Amajones as Sō'unga
Alessandra Merz as Izayoi
André Sauer as Mirok
Carlos Silveira as Saya
Fátima Noya as Sango
José Parisi Jr. as Myoga
Kate Kelly as Shippo
Mauro Castro as Inu no Taishou
Nelson Machado as Jaken
Rodrigo Araújo as Takemaru

Adna Cruz as Kagome's mother
Dráusio de Oliveira as Totousai
Flávia Narciso as Ayumi
Rita Almeida as Rin
Tatá Guarnieri as Grandpa Higurashi
Thiago Keplmair as Souta Higurashi

Cláudia Victoria
Douglas Guedes
Enrico Espada
Leonardo Caldas
Márcio Sharrembroich
Roberto Leite
Rosângela Mello
Thaís Lucena
Tiaggo Guimarães
Vagner Santos
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Animax Portugal (Portugal)
Pluto TV Anime (Brazil)
Distributor:
Televix
The Japan Foundation (Brazil)
Dubbing Studio: Lexx
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
Looke
Netflix (Brazil)
Pluto TV
Licensed by:
Televix
The Japan Foundation (Brazil)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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