InuYasha (犬夜叉, InuYasha?), full title InuYasha, A Feudal Fairy Tale (戦国お伽草子–犬夜叉, Sengoku Otogi Zōshi InuYasha?) (also romanized as Inuyasha), is a popular manga series written by Rumiko Takahashi. The story centers around a time-traveling middle school student, a half-demon, a lecherous monk, a young fox demon, a demon slayer, and a nekomata in the Sengoku Period who seek to restore the Shikon no Tama and to keep it out of the hands of the evil Naraku.
The series is named after one of the main characters. The name “InuYasha” means “dog spirit”. Inu (犬) is a Japanese word meaning “dog”. Yasha (夜叉) is a Buddhism-related word meaning “spirit”.
The manga was adapted into a 167 episode anime series directed by Masashi Ikeda (eps 1 to 44) and Yasunao Aoki (44 onwards) and produced by Sunrise. The anime first aired on Yomiuri TV in Japan from 16 October 2000 to 13 September 2004. The television run of the anime ceased without a conclusion to the story. The manga is still being released in Japan as of today.
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