Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (半妖の夜叉姫 Hanyō no Yashahime) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. It serves as a sequel to the InuYasha anime. It premiered in Japan on October 3, 2020 to March 20, 2021. A second season titled "The Second Act" aired from October 2, 2021 to March 26, 2022.
Viz Media licensed the series, while Bang Zoom! Studios, alongside a few Canadian studios produced the English Dub of the series, which premiered on Funimation's streaming service on November 6, 2020[1]. The second seasons English Dub premiered on November 5, 2021[2].
Most of the Vancouver-based voice actors reprise their roles. David Kaye also returned as Sesshomaru.
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Cast[]
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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Root Head | Hiroya Egashira | Kellen Goff | 1, 4 |
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Mistress Three-Eyes | Hitomi Nabatame | Karen Strassman | 2 - 3 |
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Jakotsumaru | Yūko Sanpei | Marin Miller | 5 |
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Tōkotsu | Tarō Kiuchi | Imari Williams | |
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Juan | Yoshihisa Kawahara | Greg Chun | 6 |
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Meifuku | Ryō Hirohashi | Jessica DiCicco | 9 |
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Meiōjū | Tadahisa Saizen | Bob Carter | |
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Kinka | Makoto Yasumura | Xander Mobus | 10 |
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Ginka | Jun Osuka | Sean Chiplock | |
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Jyuka | Sachiko Kojima | Wendee Lee | |
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Hikomaru | Chihiro Kawakami | Laura Stahl | 11 |
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Chiyo | Aya Gomazuru | Brianna Knickerbocker | |
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Hikomaru & Chiyo's Grandmother | Kumiko Nakane | Philece Sampler | |
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Mizuchi | Tarō Kiuchi | Doug Erholtz | |
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Numawatari | Hiroya Egashira | Bob Carter | |
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Nikosen | Hideaki Tezuka | Jason Marnocha | 12 |
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Tamano | Inori Minase | Mela Lee | 14 |
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Homura | Kōsuke Gotō | Benjamin Diskin | |
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Hōsenki II | Shirō Saitō | Frank Todaro | 15 |
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Yawaragi | Ryōko Shiraishi | Tiana Camacho | 16 |
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Aiya | Yuri Yamaoka | Faye Mata | 19, 30 |
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Shiori | Kaori Mizuhashi | Janice Kawaye | 20 |
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Futa | Mai Fuchigami | Dorothy Fahn | |
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Raita | Misuzu Togashi | Tara Sands | |
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Gaga Gozen | Anri Katsu | Tony Oliver | |
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Hachiemon | Chafurin | Terry Klassen | 20, 31, 33 - 35 |
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Tōga | Akio Ōtsuka | Mick Lauer | 22 |
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Tōtōsai | Naoki Tatsuta | Richard Newman | 22, 24 - 26 |
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Sesshomaru's Mother | Yoshiko Sakakibara | Laura Post | 23 |
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Mimisenri | Tomohisa Asō | Mark Whitten | 26 |
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Sea Snake Woman | Yuka Komatsu | Amber Lee Connors | |
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Bokusenō | Takaya Hashi | John Murphy | 27 |
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Rion | Saki Fujita | Lisa Reimold | 28 - 32 |
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Takamaru | Kumiko Nakane | Ryan Bartley | 31, 34 - 35 |
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Nanahoshi | Kenichi Ono | Keith Silverstein | 32, 34 - 35 |
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Kikunosuke | Fairouz Ai | Ryan Bartley | |
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Kuzu | Hidetaka Tenjin | Luis Bermudez | 32 - 33 |
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Yamato | Tarusuke Shingaki | Ryan Colt Levy | |
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Goro | Shūhei Sakaguchi | David Matranga | |
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Mayonaka/Mahiruma | Takeshi Kusao | Daman Mills | |
| Headman of Gokoku Village | Masayuki Oshita | Jake Eberle | ||
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Shogen Mamiana | Nobuo Tobita | Brook Chalmers | 32 - 35 |
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Oharu | Yūki Kaneko | Suzie Yeung | 33 |
| Full Moon Raccoon Dog | ¿? | Jake Eberle | 34 | |
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Yukinyudo | Tarō Kiuchi | 34 - 35 | |
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Sakasa | Kento Shiraishi | Kaiji Tang | 37 |
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Ms. Kyubi | Nami Okamoto | Dorah Fine | 39 |
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Meidomaru | Wataru Hatano | Landon McDonald | 42 |
Additional Voices[]
Multimedia[]
Cast Reveal[]
_(Yashahime_Princess_Half-Demon)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "Erica Mendez (Towa) (Yashahime Princess Half-Demon) (Cast Reveal).jpg (159 KB)")
_(Yashahime_Princess_Half-Demon)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "Kira Buckland (Setsuna) (Yashahime Princess Half-Demon) (Cast Reveal).jpg (157 KB)")
_(Yashahime_Princess_Half-Demon)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "Morgan Berry (Moroha) (Yashahime Princess Half-Demon) (Cast Reveal).jpg (140 KB)")
_(Yashahime_Princess_Half-Demon)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "Richard Ian Cox (Inuyasha) (Yashahime Princess Half-Demon) (Cast Reveal).jpg (141 KB)")
_(Yashahime_Princess_Half-Demon)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "Kira Tozer (Kagome) (Yashahime Princess Half-Demon) (Cast Reveal).jpg (154 KB)")
_(Yashahime_Princess_Half-Demon)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "David Kaye (Sesshomaru) (Yashahime Princess Half-Demon) (Cast Reveal).jpg (149 KB)")
_(Yashahime_Princess_Half-Demon)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "Jillian Michaels (Shippo) (Yashahime Princess Half-Demon) (Cast Reveal).jpg (156 KB)")
_(Yashahime_Princess_Half-Demon)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "Kelly Sheridan (Sango) (Yashahime Princess Half-Demon) (Cast Reveal).jpg (191 KB)")
_(Yashahime_Princess_Half-Demon)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "Kirby Morrow (Miroku) (Yashahime Princess Half-Demon) (Cast Reveal).jpg (180 KB)")
_(Yashahime_Princess_Half-Demon)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "Alan Lee (Kohaku) (Yashahime Princess Half-Demon) (Cast Reveal).jpg (194 KB)")
_(Yashahime_Princess_Half-Demon)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "Aleks Le (Hisui) (Yashahime Princess Half-Demon) (Cast Reveal).jpg (202 KB)")
Notes[]
- Ocean Productions who did the previous Inuyasha series did not return to do the dub for Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon and instead most of the voice recording for the Vancouver-based cast was recorded at GGRP Sound and Electric City Sound respectively.
- Several voice actors from the previous Inuyasha series reprise their roles in the dub of Yashahime including:
- Richard Ian Cox as Inuyasha
- Kira Tozer as Kagome Higurashi
- Kelly Sheridan as Sango
- Kirby Morrow as Miroku
- Kirby, however, only voiced Miroku in the first episode before his passing on November 18, 2020, 2 weeks later.
- Jillian Michaels as Shippo
- Paul Dobson as Myoga
- David Kaye as Sesshomaru, who returns to voice him again after he didn't return in The Final Act.
- Linda Darlow as Kaede
- Brenna O'Brien as Rin
- Willow Johnson as Kikyo
- Cathy Weseluck as Mrs. Higurashi
- Terry Klassen as Hachiemon
- and Richard Newman as Tōtōsai
- However, some actors from the dubs of Inuyasha and Inyuasha: The Final Act did not reprise their roles for Yashahime and were replaced by new voice actors:
- Alan Lee replaced Aidan Drummond as Kohaku.
- Andrew Russell replaced Don Brown as Jaken.
- William Frederick Knight replaced French Tickner as Grandpa Higurashi.
- Ian James Corlett replaced Kirby Morrow as Miroku, following the latter's passing on November 18.
- Janice Kawaye replaced Nicole Bouma as Shiori.
- Laura Post replaced Lisa Ann Beley as Sesshomaru's Mother.
- Mick Lauer replaced Don Brown as Tōga.
- This is the first anime dub David Kaye appeared in since Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG: Individual Eleven, it is also David's first Los Angeles anime dub.
- This was Kirby Morrow's final voice acting role as he passed away on November 18 which was almost two weeks after the English dub was released on FUNimationNow. He was replaced by Ian James Corlett in his first anime role since Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.
- This is the first and so-far only anime dub at Bang Zoom! Entertainment to be an Los Angeles and Vancouver based dub (due to the mixture of LA and Vancouver cast).
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 2021-2023 |  (Toonami) |
United States | 
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Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date(s) | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Country | ||
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November 6, 2020 | Anime | Digital | TV-14 | Season 1 | 24 Eps. | United States |
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| November 5, 2021 | Season 2 | 24 Eps. | ||||||
See Also[]
- InuYasha
- InuYasha Kanketsu-Hen: The Final Act
- List of InuYasha films
References[]
External Links[]
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon at the Internet Movie Database.
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon on Behind The Voice Actors.
