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.
Most of the Vancouver-based voice actors reprise their roles. David Kaye also returned as Sesshomaru.
Cast
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Characters | |||
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Towa Higurashi | Sara Matsumoto | Erica Mendez |
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Setsuna | Mikako Komatsu | Kira Buckland |
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Moroha | Azusa Tadokoro | Morgan Berry |
| Secondary Characters | |||
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Kohaku | Ryohei Kimura | Alan Lee |
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Akiko Yajima (young) | ||
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Hisui | Takehiro Urao | Aleks Le |
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Rarisa Tago Takeda (baby) |
Michelle Marie | |
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Riku | Jun Fukuyama | Zach Aguilar |
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Kaede | Hisako Kyōda | Linda Darlow |
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Myoga | Kenichi Ogata | Paul Dobson |
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Takechiyo | Fairouz Ai | Ryan Bartley |
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Sesshomaru | Ken Narita | David Kaye |
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Spirit of the Tree of Ages (Kikyo) |
Noriko Hidaka | Willow Johnson |
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Sota Higurashi | Junya Enoki | Robbie Daymond |
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Inuyasha | Kappei Yamaguchi | Richard Ian Cox |
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Kagome Higurashi | Satsuki Yukino | Kira Tozer |
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Miroku | Makoto Yasumura | Kirby Morrow (ep. 1) |
| Ian James Corlett | |||
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Sango | Hōko Kuwashima | Kelly Sheridan |
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Shippo | Kumiko Watanabe | Jillian Michaels |
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Jaken | Yūichi Nagashima | Andrew Russell |
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Jyūbei | Tsuyoshi Koyama | Arthur Romeo |
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Mei Higurashi | Haruka Terui | Xanthe Huynh |
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Moe Higurashi | Eriko Matsui | Erika Harlacher |
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Grandpa Higurashi | Katsumi Suzuki | William Frederick Knight |
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Mrs. Higurashi | Asako Dodo | Cathy Weseluck |
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Buyo | Ginzō Matsuo | Andrew Russell |
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Kin'u | Aya Gomazuru | Jackie Lastra |
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Gyokuto | Hitomi Ueda | Michelle Marie |
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Danjo Ogigayatsu-Hiiragi | Masahiko Tanaka | John Eric Bentley |
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Rin | Mamiko Noto | Brenna O'Brien |
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Rokuta | Takaaki Uchino | Jalen K. Cassell |
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Nanasuke | Kento Shiraishi | Griffin Burns |
| Antagonists | |||
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Osamu Kirin | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Crispin Freeman |
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Konton | Hiroki Yasumoto | Armen Taylor |
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Kyūki | Toa Yukinari | Dawn M. Bennett |
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Yotsume | Takumi Yamazaki | John DeMita |
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Tōtetsu | Hiroshi Shirokuma | Paul St. Peter |
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Zero | Maaya Sakamoto | Carrie Keranen |
Episodic Characters
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
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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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Tōtōsai | Naoki Tatsuta | Richard Newman | 22, 24-26 |
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Tōga | Akio Ōtsuka | Mick Lauer | 22 |
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Sesshomaru's Mother | Yoshiko Sakakibara | Laura Post | 23 |
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Mimisenri | Tomohisa Asō | David Kaye | 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 | TBA | 32, 34-35 |
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Kikunosuke | Ai Fairouz | Ryan Bartley | |
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Shogen Mamiana | Nobuo Tobita | Brook Chalmers | 32-35 |
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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 | TBA | |
| Mayonaka/Mahiruma | Takeshi Kusao | Daman Mills | ||
| Oharu | Yūki Kaneko | Suzie Yeung | 33 | |
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Yukinyudo | Tarō Kiuchi | TBA | 34-35 |
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Sakasa | Kento Shiraishi | TBA | 37 |
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Ms. Kyubi | Nami Okamoto | TBA | 39 |
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Meidomaru | Wataru Hatano | Landon McDonald | 42 |
Additional Voices
- Zach Aguilar - Villager (ep. 5)
- Ryan Bartley
- Dawn M. Bennett
- John Eric Bentley
- Luis Bermudez - Stone Creature (ep. 31)
- Reba Buhr - Little Girl (ep. 6)
- Tiana Camacho
- Bob Carter
- Jalen K. Cassell
- Sean Chiplock
- Robbie Daymond
- John DeMita
- Jessica DiCicco
- Lucien Dodge - Buddhist Monk (ep. 17), Ninja (ep. 19)
- Doug Erholtz - Farm Husband (ep. 10)
- Tom Fahn
- Dorah Fine - Grandmother (ep. 26)
- Xanthe Huynh
- JP Karliak - Lady (ep. 19)
- Janice Kawaye
- Carrie Keranen
- William Frederick Knight
- Crispin Freeman
- Jackie Lastra
- Mick Lauer
- Aleks Le
- Alan Lee
- Wendee Lee
- Michelle Marie
- Faye Mata
- Marianne Miller
- Xander Mobus
- Tony Oliver
- Brenna O'Brien
- Bill Rogers
- Arthur Romeo - Fubuki (ep. 7), Blue Ogre (ep. 18)
- Andrew Russell - Hitokon (ep. 3), Muscle (ep. 19)
- Tara Sands - Granny (ep. 19)
- Paul St. Peter
- Karen Strassman - Old Lady (ep. 4)
- Armen Taylor
- Frank Todaro - Weasel Man (ep. 16)
- Kira Tozer
- Imari Williams - Giant Ghost Cat (ep. 6)
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 replaces Aidan Drummond as Kohaku.
- Andrew Russell replaces Don Brown as Jaken.
- William Frederick Knight replaces French Tickner as Grandpa Higurashi.
- Ian James Corlett replaces Kirby Morrow as Miroku, following the latter's passing on November 18.
- Janice Kawaye replaces Nicole Bouma as Shiori.
- Laura Post replaces Lisa Ann Beley as Sesshomaru's Mother.
- 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 and so-far his only 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-present | Adult Swim (Toonami) |
United States | 
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See Also
External Links
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon at the Internet Movie Database
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
