InuYasha (戦国御伽草子 犬夜叉 Sengoku Otogizōshi Inuyasha) is an anime based on the manga written by Rumiko Takahashi, and produced by Shōgakukan, Yomiuri TV and Sunrise Inc. It originally aired in Japan from October 16, 2000 until September 13, 2004, consisting of 167 episodes.
It would later be followed up with a sequel series InuYasha: The Final Act, which aired from October 3, 2009 to March 29, 2010, with 26 episodes.
|
Contents
Dubbing History
The series was dubbed by the Canadian dubbing company Ocean Productions for Viz Media from 2002 to 2006. The series was first run on Adult Swim in the United States (although it had originally been planned for Cartoon Network's Toonami) from August 31, 2002 to October 27, 2006, with reruns from 2006 to 2014. When Toonami became a block on Adult Swim, Inuyasha aired there from November 2012 to March 1, 2014, when the network announced that they had lost the broadcast rights to the series.
At some point, an alternative dub was done for Animax using their Hong Kong-based cast.
Cast
Ocean Dub 
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Main Characters | ||||
![]() |
InuYasha | Kappei Yamaguchi | Richard Ian Cox | 1 - 167 |
![]() | ||||
![]() |
Kagome Higurashi | Satsuki Yukino | Moneca Stori | 1 - 167 |
![]() |
Miroku | Kōji Tsujitani | Kirby Morrow | 16 - 167 |
![]() |
Sango | Hōko Kuwashima | Kelly Sheridan | 24 - 167 |
![]() | ||||
![]() |
Shippo | Kumiko Watanabe | Jillian Michaels | 9 - 167 |
Antagonists | ||||
![]() |
Naraku | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Paul Dobson | 18 - 167 |
![]() |
Kagura | Izumi Ōgami | Janyse Jaud | 39 - 167 |
![]() |
Kanna | Yukana Nogami | 41 - 158 | |
![]() |
Onigumo | Hiroshi Yanaka | Paul Dobson | 19 - 148 |
![]() |
Yura of the Hair | Akiko Yajima | Chiara Zanni | 3 - 4 |
![]() |
Hiten | Nobutoshi Canna | Andrew Francis | 9 - 10 |
![]() |
Manten | Tetsu Inada | Alvin Sanders | 9 - 10 |
![]() |
Kijo Urasue | Yoshiko Ōta | Cathy Weseluck | 14 - 93 |
![]() |
Ryukotsusei | Kazuhiko Inoue | Trevor Devall | 44 - 45 |
![]() |
Tsubaki | Miho Yamada | Sharon Alexander | 60 - 148 |
![]() | ||||
![]() | ||||
![]() |
Mizuka Arima (elderly) |
Kathy Morse | 60, 64 | |
![]() |
Kaijinbo | Takeshi Aono | Robert O. Smith | 44 - 45 |
![]() |
Gatenmaru | Takehito Koyasu | Adam Henderson | 51 - 52 |
![]() |
Tokajin | Hideyuki Hori | Samuel Vincent | 57 - 58 |
![]() |
Ninmenka | Yukitoshi Hori | Andrew Kavadas | 57 - 58 |
![]() |
Muso | Hiroshi Yanaka | Brian Dobson | 69 - 71 |
![]() |
Taigokumaru | Ryūji Saikachi | Scott McNeil | 73 - 74 |
![]() |
Toran | Yumi Tōma | Alison Matthews | 75 - 77 |
![]() |
Shunran | Yuki Masuda | Jocelyne Loewen | 75 - 77 |
![]() |
Karan | Yōko Teppōzuka | Maggie Blue O'Hara | 75 - 77 |
![]() |
Shuran | Masaya Takatsuka | Scott Logie | 75 - 77 |
![]() |
Ogre Princess | Hiromi Tsuru | Lisa Ann Beley | 85 - 86 |
![]() | ||||
![]() |
Kyokotsu | Daisuke Gōri | Dave Ward | 102, 110 |
![]() |
Jakotsu | Ai Orikasa | Jenn Forgie | 102 - 119 |
![]() |
Mukotsu | Tetsu Inada | Trevor Devall | 103 - 110 |
![]() |
Renkotsu | Tomokazu Sugita | Brian Drummond | 104 - 120 |
![]() |
Ginkotsu | Hisao Egawa | Mark Gibbon | 105 - 114 |
![]() |
Suikotsu | Hiroaki Hirata | Michael Donovan | 107 - 116 |
![]() | ||||
![]() |
Bankotsu | Takeshi Kusao | Matt Hill | 109 - 121 |
![]() |
Hakushin | Fumio Matsuoka | Hiro Kanagawa | 119 - 120 |
![]() |
Akago / The Infant | Ai Kobayashi | Chiara Zanni | 123 - 167 |
![]() |
Hakudoshi | 166-167 | ||
![]() |
Mimisenri | Junji Nishimura | David Kaye | 127 - 128 |
![]() |
Matsu | Toshiko Sawada | ¿? | 131 - 132 |
![]() |
Salamander | Haruko Kitahama | Patricia Drake | 131 - 132 |
![]() | ||||
![]() |
Goddess Kwannon (Salamander) | |||
![]() |
Soju Asano | Masayuki Omoro | Richard Newman | 133 - 134 |
![]() |
Hoshiyomi | Kazuya Nakai | Michael Dobson | 137 - 140 |
![]() |
Suzaku | Mitsuo Iwata | Andrew Toth | 137 - 139 |
![]() |
Genbu | Kazunari Tanaka | Trevor Devall | 137 - 139 |
![]() |
Seiryu | Tadahisa Saizen | Colin Murdock | 137 - 139 |
![]() |
Byakko | Masahito Kawanago | Michael Kopsa | 137 - 139 |
![]() |
Princess Abi | Saeko Shimazu | Teryl Rothery | 146 - 154 |
![]() |
Tekkei | Junko Mashina | Linda Darlow | 146 - 154 |
![]() |
Hosenki | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo | Dave Pettitt | 155 - 157 |
Secondary Characters | ||||
![]() |
Kikyo | Noriko Hidaka | Willow Johnson | 1 - 167 |
![]() |
Sesshomaru | Ken Narita | David Kaye | 5 - 167 |
![]() |
Kaede | Hisako Kyōda | Pam Hyatt | 1 - 167 |
![]() |
Mika Itō (young) |
Jillian Michaels | 1 - 151 | |
![]() |
Sota Higurashi | Akiko Nakagawa | Saffron Henderson | 1 - 100 |
Rebecca Shoichet | 128 - 160 | |||
![]() |
Grandpa Higurashi | Ginzō Matsuo | French Tickner | 1 - 38 |
Katsumi Suzuki | 47 - 160 | |||
![]() |
Mrs. Higurashi | Asako Dodo | Cathy Weseluck | 1 - 160 |
![]() |
Eri | Yuki Masuda | Saffron Henderson | 11 - 90 |
Rebecca Shoichet | 127 - 160 | |||
![]() |
Yuka | Kaori Shimizu | Jillian Michaels | 11 - 160 |
![]() |
Ayumi | Nami Okamoto | Cathy Weseluck | 11 - 160 |
![]() |
Hojo | Yūji Ueda | Matt Smith | 11 - 148 |
![]() |
Kohaku | Akiko Yajima | Alex Doduk | 24 - 101 |
Danny McKinnon | 102 - 167 | |||
![]() |
Myoga | Kenichi Ogata | Paul Dobson | 5 - 167 |
![]() |
Hachi | Toshihiko Nakajima | Terry Klassen | 17 - 158 |
![]() |
Master Mushin | Yuzuru Fujimoto | Alec Willows | 16 - 135 |
![]() |
Izayoi | Kikuko Inoue | Alaina Burnett | 5 - 6 |
![]() |
Royakan | Kiyoyuki Yanada | Colin Murdock | 75 - 77 |
![]() |
Kagewaki Hitomi | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Paul Dobson | 24 - 25 |
![]() |
Jaken | Yūichi Nagashima | Don Brown | 5 - 167 |
![]() |
Sango’s Father | Masahiko Tanaka | Colin Murdock | 24 - 98 |
![]() |
Jinenji | Hisao Egawa | Michael Dobson | 31 & 96 |
![]() |
Jinenji’s Mother | Natsuko Fuji | Stevie Vallance | 31 & 96 |
![]() |
Totosai | Jōji Yanami | Richard Newman | 34 - 145 |
![]() |
Rin | Mamiko Noto | Brenna O'Brien | 35 - 167 |
![]() |
Koga | Taiki Matsuno | Scott McNeil | 35 - 125 |
![]() |
Hakkaku | Daisuke Kishio | Alistair Abell | 36 - 125 |
![]() |
Ginta | Hiroyuki Yoshino | Paul Dobson | 36 - 125 |
![]() |
Koharu | Rie Iwatsubo | Brittney Irvin | 41 - 42 |
![]() |
Bokuseno | Taimei Suzuki | John Murphy | 51 - 52 |
![]() |
Madam Exorcist | Toshiko Fujita | Patti Allan | 85 - 136 |
![]() |
Izumo | Dai Matsumoto | Lee Tockar | 94 - 95 |
![]() |
Momiji | Shiho Kikuchi | Alexandra Carter | 63 - 64 |
![]() |
Botan | Chinami Nishimura | Nicole Bouma | 63 - 64 |
![]() |
Muso the Monk | Tomokazu Sugita | Alistair Abell | 69 - 70 |
![]() |
Shiori | Kaori Mizuhashi | Nicole Bouma | 73 - 74 |
![]() |
Shizu | Yuriko Yamaguchi | Nicole Leroux | 73 - 74 |
![]() |
Rasetsu Kansuke | Akio Nojima | John Payne | 87, 107 |
![]() |
Ayame | Yumi Kakazu | Natalie Walters | 83 - 102 |
![]() |
83 - 84 | |||
![]() |
Wolf Elder | Hiroshi Naka | Scott McNeil | 83 - 102 |
![]() |
Chiyo | Sawa Ishige | Chantal Strand | 107 - 125 |
![]() |
Yuta | Tomoko Hayashi | Nathan Tipple | 107 - 125 |
![]() |
Shintaro | Mitsuki Saiga | Reece Thompson | 112 - 125 |
![]() |
Yuki | Haruka Shimazaki | Chiara Zanni | 112 - 125 |
![]() |
Getsu | Yukie Maeda | Janyse Jaud | 112 - 125 |
![]() |
Hana | Mio Yasuda | Jenn Forgie | 112 - 125 |
![]() |
Shinnosuke | Nozomu Sasaki | Mark Hildreth | 131 - 132 |
![]() |
Wakana | Sayaka Ohara | Lalainia Lindbjerg | 131 - 132 |
![]() |
Sara Asano | Fumiko Orikasa | Tabitha St. Germain | 133 - 134 |
![]() | ||||
![]() |
Akitoki Hojo | Yūji Ueda | Matt Smith | 137 - 140 |
![]() |
Tsukiyomi | Yuri Amano | Maryke Hendrikse | 139 - 140 |
![]() |
Gozu | Susumu Chiba | Michael Kopsa | 145, 156 |
![]() |
Mezu | Naoki Makishima | Jason Simpson | 145, 156 |
![]() |
Kocho | Yuki Masuda | Katie Chapman | 149 - 159 |
![]() |
Asuka | Kaori Shimizu | Chantal Strand | 149 - 159 |
Episodic Characters
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
Mistress Centipede | Rei Igarashi | Pauline Newstone | 1 |
![]() |
Villager | Kazunari Tanaka | Trevor Devall | 1 |
![]() |
Kokichi | Nami Okamoto | Cathy Weseluck | 2 |
![]() |
Unmother | Kikuko Inoue | Alaina Burnett | 6 |
![]() |
Amari Nobunaga | Akira Ishida | Brad Swaile | 8 |
![]() |
Princess Tsuyu | Ryōka Yuzuki | Jillian Michaels | 8 |
![]() |
Tsuyu's Husband | Hisayoshi Suganuma | Andrew Francis | 8 |
![]() |
Tsukumo | Fumihiko Tachiki | Paul Dobson | 8 |
![]() |
Vixen | Kaoru Morota | Jillian Michaels | 9 |
![]() |
Mask of Flesh | Kazuko Yanaga | Cathy Weseluck | 11 |
![]() |
Mayu Ikeda | Ayaka Saito | Chantal Strand | 12 |
![]() |
Satoru Ikeda | Yuki Masuda | Cathy Weseluck | 12 |
![]() |
Mrs. Ikeda | Shinobu Satō | Lisa Ann Beley | 12 |
![]() |
Nazuna | Fumiko Orikasa | Tabitha St. Germain | 13 |
![]() |
Spider-Head Demon (Kumo Gashira) |
Mugihito | Richard Newman | 13 |
![]() |
Kotatsu | Bin Shimada | Terry Klassen | 17 |
![]() |
Seikai | Masashi Hirose | Ron Halder | 22 |
![]() |
Sayo | Masayo Kurata | Tabitha St. Germain | 22 |
![]() |
Princess | Chiaki Takahashi | Saffron Henderson | 27 |
![]() |
Taromaru | Motoko Kumai | Reece Thompson | 27 |
![]() |
Suekichi | Junko Noda | Danny McKinnon | 27 |
![]() |
Fake Water God | Ryūsuke Ōbayashi | Colin Murdock | 27 |
![]() | ||||
![]() |
Water Goddess | Masako Katsuki | Sylvia Zaradic | 27 |
![]() |
Mantis Demon Kamakiri | Izumi Ōgami | Cathy Weseluck | 28 |
![]() |
Goshinki | Masaharu Satō | Michael Kopsa | 43 |
![]() |
Juromaru & Kageromaru | Takumi Yamazaki | Brian Drummond | 46 |
![]() |
Satsuki | Yumi Ichihara | Caroline Chan | 55 |
![]() |
Satsuki's Brother / Lizard Demon | Shinichiro Ohta | Trevor Devall | 55 |
![]() |
Andrew Toth | |||
![]() |
Princess in the Mist | Tomoko Ishimura | Ellen Kennedy | 56 |
![]() |
Coyote Demon | Takumi Kurebayashi | Ward Perry | |
![]() |
Serina | Hiroko Taguchi | Anna Cummer | 59 |
![]() |
Suzuna | Wakana Yamazaki | Brittney Wilson | 59 |
![]() |
Shoga | Miyoko Asō | Brian Dobson | 65 |
![]() |
Soten | Yuko Mizutani | Rebecca Shoichet | 68 |
![]() |
Koryu | Ikue Ōtani | Tabitha St. Germain | 68 |
![]() |
Bunza | Junko Noda | Cathy Weseluck | 72 |
![]() |
Panther King | Tadahisa Saizen | Scott McNeil | 77 |
![]() |
Kuranosuke Takeda | Mitsuru Miyamoto | Ted Cole | 78 |
![]() |
Hair Monster | Tadahisa Saizen | Peter New | 84-85 |
![]() |
Gon | Motoko Kumai | Samuel Vincent | 88 |
![]() |
Bun | Yumiko Kobayashi | Andrew Toth | 88 |
![]() |
Ken | Kaori Shimizu | Cathy Weseluck | 88 |
![]() |
Sarugami | Ritsuo Sawa | William Samples | 88 |
![]() |
Hitomi | Akira Tomisaka | Nicole Bouma | 90 |
![]() |
Koume | Yuri Shiratori | Tabitha St. Germain | 91 |
![]() |
Tesso | Issei Futamata | Peter New | 91 |
![]() | ||||
![]() |
Enju | Fumiko Orikasa | Rebecca Shoichet | 92 |
![]() |
Kawaramaru | Seiji Sasaki | Ward Perry | 92 |
![]() |
Weasel Demon | Naoki Tatsuta | Scott McNeil | 93 |
![]() |
Gyu-Oh | Dai Matsumoto | Lee Tockar | 94-95 |
![]() |
Orochidayu | Daiki Nakamura | Colin Murdock | 94-95 |
![]() |
Gamajiro | Fumihiko Tachiki | Ward Perry | 94-95 |
![]() |
Garamaru | Tomokazu Seki | Mark Oliver | 100 |
![]() |
Koyuki | Yūko Minaguchi | Patricia Drake | 101 |
![]() |
Samurai General O-Yakata | Tarô Arakawa | Mark Gibbon | 110 |
![]() |
Hijiri Village Elder | Ken Yamaguchi | Ross Douglas | 112 |
![]() |
Elder Priest | Kazuaki Itō | Scott McNeil | 125 |
![]() |
Woman | Shizumi Futaki | Ellen Kennedy | 125 |
![]() |
Kisuke | Takashi Kondō | Clay St. Thomas | 129 |
![]() |
Chokyukai | Ritsuo Sawa | Peter New | 129 |
![]() |
Mizuki | Reiko Takagi | Jocelyne Loewen | 130 |
![]() |
Ippo | Etsuko Kozakura | Michael Coleman | 130 |
![]() |
Jippo | Saori Higashi | Rebecca Shoichet | 130 |
![]() |
Sanpo | Yuki Masuda | Cathy Weseluck | 130 |
![]() |
Goho | Rie Kugimiya | Lalainia Lindbjerg | 130 |
![]() |
Shiho | Kaori Shimizu | Terry Klassen | 130 |
![]() |
Paper Demon | Chafurin | Alvin Sanders | 136 |
![]() |
Shinsen | Hirotake Nagata | John Murphy | 141 |
![]() |
Rengokuki | Naoki Makishima | Andrew Francis | 142 |
![]() |
Kanta | Miki Narahashi | Sharon Alexander | 143 |
![]() |
Hosenki's Son | Shirō Saitō | Peter New | 144 |
![]() |
Shako | Hiroshi Isobe | Trevor Devall | 147 |
![]() |
Zushinezumi | Masafumi Kimura | Jason Simpson | 158 |
![]() |
Nushi | Chafurin | 161 | |
![]() |
Shima | Natsuko Kuwatani | Kelly Metzger | 161 |
![]() |
Shima's Father | Toshihiko Nakajima | Trevor Devall | 161 |
![]() |
Shima's Mother | Minako Ichiki | Teryl Rothery | 161 |
![]() |
Ungai | Tetsuo Komura | John Novak | 162 |
![]() |
Ongokuki | Akihiko Ishizumi | Ward Perry | 162 |
![]() |
Gakusanjin | Tamio Sobami | David Kaye | 165 |
![]() |
Goryomaru | Masaki Terasoma | Ross Douglas | 166 |
Additional Voices
- Lila Atherley
- Richard Ian Cox
- Trevor Devall
- Paul Dobson
- Michael Donovan
- Ross Douglas
- Matthew Erickson
- Mark Gibbon
- Saffron Henderson
- Paul Kloegman
- Nicole Leroux
- Scott McNeil
- John Murphy
- Peter New
- Richard Newman
- Ward Perry
- Rebecca Shoichet
Animax Dub 
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Main Characters | ||||
![]() |
InuYasha | Kappei Yamaguchi | Darren Pleavin | |
![]() | ||||
![]() |
Kagome Higurashi | Satsuki Yukino | Andrea Kwan | |
![]() |
Miroku | Kōji Tsujitani | David Bridges | |
![]() |
Sango | Hōko Kuwashima | Candice Moore | |
![]() | ||||
![]() |
Shippo | Kumiko Watanabe | ||
Antagonists | ||||
![]() |
Naraku | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Russell Wait | |
![]() |
Onigumo | Hiroshi Yanaka | ||
![]() |
Yura of the Hair | Akiko Yajima | Sarah Hauser | |
Secondary Characters | ||||
![]() |
Kikyo | Noriko Hidaka | Andrea Kwan | |
![]() |
Sesshomaru | Ken Narita | Russell Wait | |
![]() |
Kaede | Hisako Kyōda | Candice Moore | |
![]() |
Mika Itō (young) | |||
![]() |
Myoga | Kenichi Ogata | Russell Wait | |
![]() |
Jaken | Yūichi Nagashima | David Bridges | |
![]() |
Totosai | Jōji Yanami | Rik Thomas | |
![]() |
Koga | Taiki Matsuno | Russell Wait |
Notes
- Both of InuYasha's English dub voice actors, Richard Ian Cox and Darren Pleavin, also previously voiced the title character originally voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi in another Rumiko Takahashi work; Ranma ½.
- Mark Gibbon is mistakenly credited as the voice of Kyokotsu in the Ocean Group dub when in fact Dave Ward voiced the character. The credits were later changed to reflect this for the DVD releases.
Transmission
Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
---|---|---|---|
2002-2014 | Adult Swim | United States | ![]() |
2003-2006 | YTV | Canada | ![]() |
Video Releases
Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Viz Media | 2004-2007 | ![]() |
The Complete Series | 1 NTSC |
United States | ![]() |
55 Volumes | ||||||
2004-2009 | The Complete Series | |||||
7 Volumes | ||||||
Warner Home Video | 2012-2013 | The Complete Series | ||||
7 Volumes | ||||||
Madman Entertainment | 2016 | The Complete Series | 2 PAL |
Australia | ![]() | |
48 Discs* | ||||||
Viz Media | 2020-2021 | ![]() |
The Complete Series | A DVB-T |
United States | ![]() |
6 Volumes |
* Including InuYasha: The Final Act
See Also
- Urusei Yatsura
- Ranma ½
- Maison Ikkoku
- List of InuYasha films
- InuYasha Kanketsu-Hen: The Final Act
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon