Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
Original Title	半妖の夜叉姫 (Hanyō no Yashahime)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Dubbing Studio 2	GGRP Sound
Dubbing Studio 3	Electric City Sound
Voice Director 1	Jalen K. Cassell (Season 1)
Voice Director 2	Karl Willems (Season 1)
Voice Director 3	Lucien Dodge
Voice Director 4	Erica Mendez (Season 2)
Translation & Adaptation	Laura Stahl (eps. 1-19) Marlan Moore (eps. 20-24) Ardwight Chamberlain (eps. 25-48)
Recorded	2020-2022
Dub Country	United States Canada
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	48
Year	2020-2022
Chronology
Predecessor	InuYasha: The Final Act

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. The second seasons English Dub premiered on November 5, 2021.

Most of the Vancouver-based voice actors reprise their roles. David Kaye also returned as Sesshomaru.

Synopsis The daughters of Sesshomaru and Inuyasha set out on a journey transcending time! In Feudal Japan, Half-Demon twins Towa and Setsuna are separated from each other during a forest fire. While desperately searching for her younger sister, Towa wanders into a mysterious tunnel that sends her into present-day Japan, where she is found and raised by Kagome Higurashi’s brother, Sota, and his family. Ten years later, the tunnel that connects the two eras has reopened, allowing Towa to be reunited with Setsuna, who is now a Demon Slayer working for Kohaku. But to Towa’s shock, Setsuna appears to have lost all memories of her older sister. Joined by Moroha, the daughter of Inuyasha and Kagome, the three young women travel between the two eras on an adventure to regain their missing past.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Towa Higurashi	Sara Matsumoto	Erica Mendez
	Setsuna	Mikako Komatsu	Kira Buckland
	Moroha	Azusa Tadokoro	Morgan Berry
Secondary Characters
	Kohaku	Ryōhei Kimura	Alan Lee
		Akiko Yajima (young)
	Hisui	Takehiro Urao	Aleks Le
		Rarisa Tago Takeda (baby)	Michelle Marie
	Riku	Jun Fukuyama	Zach Aguilar
	Kaede	Hisako Kyōda	Linda Darlow
	Myoga	Kenichi Ogata	Paul Dobson
	Takechiyo	Fairouz Ai	Ryan Bartley
	Sesshomaru	Ken Narita	David Kaye
	Spirit of the Tree of Ages (Kikyo)	Noriko Hidaka	Willow Johnson
	Sota Higurashi	Junya Enoki	Robbie Daymond
	Inuyasha	Kappei Yamaguchi	Richard Ian Cox
	Kagome Higurashi	Satsuki Yukino	Kira Tozer
	Miroku	Makoto Yasumura	Kirby Morrow (ep. 1)
			Ian James Corlett
	Sango	Hōko Kuwashima	Kelly Sheridan
	Shippo	Kumiko Watanabe	Jillian Michaels
	Jaken	Yūichi Nagashima	Andrew Russell
	Jyūbei	Tsuyoshi Koyama	Arthur Romeo
	Mei Higurashi	Haruka Terui	Xanthe Huynh
	Moe Higurashi	Eriko Matsui	Erika Harlacher
	Grandpa Higurashi	Katsumi Suzuki	William Frederick Knight
	Mrs. Higurashi	Asako Dodo	Cathy Weseluck
	Buyo	Ginzō Matsuo	Andrew Russell
	Kin'u	Aya Gomazuru	Jackie Lastra
	Gyokuto	Hitomi Ueda	Michelle Marie
	Danjo Ogigayatsu-Hiiragi	Masahiko Tanaka	John Eric Bentley
	Rin	Mamiko Noto	Brenna O'Brien
	Rokuta	Takaaki Uchino	Jalen K. Cassell
	Nanasuke	Kento Shiraishi	Griffin Burns
Antagonists
	Osamu Kirin	Yoshimasa Hosoya	Crispin Freeman
	Konton	Hiroki Yasumoto	Armen Taylor
	Kyūki	Toa Yukinari	Dawn M. Bennett
	Yotsume	Takumi Yamazaki	John DeMita
	Tōtetsu	Hiroshi Shirokuma	Paul St. Peter
	Zero	Maaya Sakamoto	Carrie Keranen

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Season One
	Root Head	Hiroya Egashira	Kellen Goff	1, 4
	Mistress Three-Eyes	Hitomi Nabatame	Karen Strassman	2 - 3
	Jakotsumaru	Yūko Sanpei	Marin Miller	5
	Tōkotsu	Tarō Kiuchi	Imari Williams
	Juan	Yoshihisa Kawahara	Greg Chun	6
	Meifuku	Ryō Hirohashi	Jessica DiCicco	9
	Meiōjū	Tadahisa Saizen	Bob Carter
	Kinka	Makoto Yasumura	Xander Mobus	10
	Ginka	Jun Osuka	Sean Chiplock
	Jyuka	Sachiko Kojima	Wendee Lee
	Hikomaru	Chihiro Kawakami	Laura Stahl	11
	Chiyo	Aya Gomazuru	Brianna Knickerbocker
	Hikomaru & Chiyo's Grandmother	Kumiko Nakane	Philece Sampler
	Mizuchi	Tarō Kiuchi	Doug Erholtz
	Numawatari	Hiroya Egashira	Bob Carter
	Nikosen	Hideaki Tezuka	Jason Marnocha	12
	Tamano	Inori Minase	Mela Lee	14
	Homura	Kōsuke Gotō	Benjamin Diskin
	Hōsenki II	Shirō Saitō	Frank Todaro	15
	Yawaragi	Ryōko Shiraishi	Tiana Camacho	16
	Aiya	Yuri Yamaoka	Faye Mata	19, 30
	Shiori	Kaori Mizuhashi	Janice Kawaye	20
	Futa	Mai Fuchigami	Dorothy Fahn
	Raita	Misuzu Togashi	Tara Sands
	Gaga Gozen	Anri Katsu	Tony Oliver
	Hachiemon	Chafurin	Terry Klassen	20, 31, 33 - 35
	Tōga	Akio Ōtsuka	Mick Lauer	22
	Tōtōsai	Naoki Tatsuta	Richard Newman	22, 24 - 26
	Sesshomaru's Mother	Yoshiko Sakakibara	Laura Post	23
Season Two
	Mimisenri	Tomohisa Asō	Mark Whitten	26
	Sea Snake Woman	Yuka Komatsu	Amber Lee Connors
	Bokusenō	Takaya Hashi	John Murphy	27
	Rion	Saki Fujita	Lisa Reimold	28 - 32
	Takamaru	Kumiko Nakane	Ryan Bartley	31, 34 - 35
	Nanahoshi	Kenichi Ono	Keith Silverstein	32, 34 - 35
	Kikunosuke	Fairouz Ai	Ryan Bartley
	Kuzu	Hidetaka Tenjin	Luis Bermudez	32 - 33
	Yamato	Tarusuke Shingaki	Ryan Colt Levy
	Goro	Shūhei Sakaguchi	David Matranga
	Mayonaka/Mahiruma	Takeshi Kusao	Daman Mills
	Headman of Gokoku Village	Masayuki Oshita	Jake Eberle
	Shogen Mamiana	Nobuo Tobita	Brook Chalmers	32 - 35
	Oharu	Yūki Kaneko	Suzie Yeung	33
	Full Moon Raccoon Dog	¿?	Jake Eberle	34
	Yukinyudo	Tarō Kiuchi		34 - 35
	Sakasa	Kento Shiraishi	Kaiji Tang	37
	Ms. Kyubi	Nami Okamoto	Dorah Fine	39
	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 #A (ep. 31) Rich Brown - Stone Creature #B (ep. 31) Reba Buhr - Little Girl (ep. 6) Griffin Burns Tiana Camacho Bob Carter Jalen K. Cassell Brook Chalmers Sean Chiplock Robbie Daymond John DeMita Jessica DiCicco Lucien Dodge - Buddhist Monk (ep. 17), Ninja (ep. 19) Jake Eberle Richard Epcar - Elder Leader (ep. 30) Doug Erholtz - Farm Husband (ep. 10) Tom Fahn Dorah Fine - Grandmother (ep. 26) Crispin Freeman Erika Harlacher Xanthe Huynh JP Karliak - Lady (ep. 19) Janice Kawaye Carrie Keranen Jarred Kjack

William Frederick Knight Jackie Lastra Mick Lauer Aleks Le Alan Lee Wendee Lee Ryan Colt Levy Michelle Marie Faye Mata Marianne Miller Xander Mobus Tony Oliver Brenna O'Brien Lisa Reimold Bill Rogers Arthur Romeo - Fubuki (ep. 7), Blue Ogre (ep. 18) Andrew Russell - Hitokon (ep. 3), Muscle (ep. 19), Longhorn Beetle (ep. 30) Tara Sands - Granny (ep. 19) Keith Silverstein John Snyder - Bokusen-Oh (ep. 27) Paul St. Peter Karen Strassman - Old Lady (ep. 4) Armen Taylor Julie Ann Taylor Frank Todaro - Weasel Man (ep. 16) Kira Tozer Mark Whitten Imari Williams - Giant Ghost Cat (ep. 6) Suzie Yeung

Multimedia

Cast Reveal

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
2021-2023	(Toonami)	United States

Transmission via Streaming

Company	Date(s)	Category	Format	Classification	Content		Country
	November 6, 2020	Anime	Digital	TV-14	Season 1	24 Eps.	United States
	November 5, 2021				Season 2	24 Eps.

See Also

• InuYasha
• InuYasha Kanketsu-Hen: The Final Act
• List of InuYasha films

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.