InuYasha: The Final Act

InuYasha: The Final Act
Original Title	犬夜叉 完結編 Inuyasha Kanketsu-Hen
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Ocean Productions
Voice Director	Karl Willems
Translation & Adaptation	Chris Pai
Recorded	2010-2012
Dub Country	Canada
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	26
Year	2009-2010
Chronology
Predecessor	InuYasha
Successor	Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

Inuyasha: The Final Act (犬夜叉 完結編 Inuyasha Kanketsu-Hen) is the continuation of the InuYasha anime, produced by Sunrise and transmitted in Japan by Yomiuri TV from October 3, 2009 to April 29, 2010, with 26 episodes that adapt the remaining manga volumes original by Rumiko Takahashi.

Viz Media licensed the new adaptation before it premiered and aired its English subtitled version online through Hulu, releasing episodes within a day of their original Japanese air dates. It later released a dub of the series to DVD and Blu-Ray in late 2012, featuring the reprisal of much of the original English voice cast for the original series.

Synopsis InuYasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippou and their nekomata friend Kirara, are now in the final leg of their quest to put an end to the elusive demon, Naraku and all of the chaos and evil he has caused, and to ultimately undo the unfortunate karma of the Jewel of Four Souls. Their journey, however, will not be easy as their remaining enemies put out all the stops to make sure that they do not accomplish their goal.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Inuyasha	Kappei Yamaguchi	Richard Ian Cox
	Kagome Higurashi	Satsuki Yukino	Kira Tozer
	Miroku	Kōji Tsujitani	Kirby Morrow
	Sango	Hōko Kuwashima	Kelly Sheridan
	Shippo	Kumiko Watanabe	Jillian Michaels
Antagonists
	Naraku	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Paul Dobson
	Kagura	Izumi Ōgami	Janyse Jaud
	Kanna	Yukana Nogami
	Hakudoshi	Ai Kobayashi	Chiara Zanni
	Moryomaru	Masaki Terasoma	Ross Douglas
	Byakuya	Mitsuaki Madono	Michael Adamthwaite
	Shishinki	Osamu Sakuta	David Orth
	Magatsuhi	Takeshi Kusao	Michael Dobson
	Tsubaki	Miho Yamada	Sharon Alexander
Secondary Characters
	Kikyo	Noriko Hidaka	Willow Johnson
	Sesshomaru	Ken Narita	Michael Daingerfield
	Kaede	Hisako Kyōda	Linda Darlow
		Mika Itō (young)	Jenn Forgie
	Shikon Jewel	Tōru Furuya	Michael Adamthwaite
	Kohaku	Akiko Yajima	Aidan Drummond
	Myoga	Kenichi Ogata	Paul Dobson
	Totosai	Jōji Yanami	Richard Newman
	Jaken	Yūichi Nagashima	Don Brown
	Rin	Mamiko Noto	Brenna O'Brien
	Koga	Taiki Matsuno	Scott McNeil
	Hakkaku	Daisuke Kishio	Alistair Abell
	Ginta	Hiroyuki Yoshino	Paul Dobson
	Sesshomaru's Mother	Yoshiko Sakakibara	Lisa Ann Beley
	Grandpa Higurashi	Katsumi Suzuki	French Tickner
	Mrs. Higurashi	Asako Dodo	Cathy Weseluck
	Sota Higurashi	Akiko Nakagawa	Rebecca Shoichet
	Yuka	Kaori Shimizu	Jillian Michaels
	Eri	Yuki Masuda	Rebecca Shoichet
	Ayumi	Nami Okamoto	Cathy Weseluck
	Hojo	Yūji Ueda	David A. Kaye

Additional Voices

Alistair Abell Michael Adamthwaite Kathleen Barr Don Brown Jennifer Cameron Katie Chapman Richard Ian Cox Michael Daingerfield Trevor Devall Michael Dobson Paul Dobson Ross Douglas Aidan Drummond Brian Drummond Jenn Forgie Tabitha St. Germain Ron Halder Janyse Jaud

Willow Johnson David A. Kaye Ellen Kennedy Terry Klassen Scott McNeil Jillian Michaels Peter New Richard Newman Brenna O'Brien Rebecca Shoichet Chantal Strand Venus Terzo French Tickner Lee Tockar Samuel Vincent Cathy Weseluck Alec Willows Chiara Zanni

Notes

• While the vast majority of the cast of the original series reprise their roles; some voice actors had to be replaced for various reasons.
  • Kira Tozer replaced Moneca Stori as Kagome due to Stori having retired around 2009 and moved to USA.
  • Michael Daingerfield replaced David Kaye as Sesshomaru due to Kaye having moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and largely moving on from anime dubbing.
  • Linda Darlow replaced Pam Hyatt as Kaede.
  • Aidan Drummond replaced Danny McKinnon as Kohaku due to McKinnon having gotten older and his voice changing (the same reason that McKinnon replaced Alex Doduk in the original series).
  • David A. Kaye (no relation to the David Kaye mentioned above) replaced Matt Smith as Hojo

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2014-2015	Adult Swim (Toonami)	United States

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
Viz Media	2012-2013		The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
			2 Volumes
			The Complete Series	A DVB-T
			2 Volumes
	2015		The Complete Series	1 NTSC
			4 Discs
			The Complete Series	A DVB-T
			4 Discs
Madman Entertainment	2016		The Complete Series	2 PAL	Australia
			48 Discs*

*Including the orignal InuYasha

See Also

• InuYasha
• List of InuYasha films
• Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

External Links

• InuYasha: The Final Act (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• InuYasha: The Final Act at the Internet Movie Database