New on Adult Swim: Inuyasha

[Dark Psion]

This Saturday's Adult Swim on the Cartoon Channel will have a new show, Inuyasha.

He is (in D&D terms) a Tiefling who was pinned to a tree for 50 years by a cursed arrow. Freed by the reicarnation of his lost love 50 years later, they have several adventures aided by a young Kitsune, a Monk with a black hole on his hand and a Ninja with a big boomerang.

Here are a few sites about this show. http://www.anipike.com/inuyasha.html

Acording to the future episodes, one has an interesting concept; "What happens when you try to raise someone that has already been reincarnated?"

 

[Geoff Watson]

I've seen the first series of Inu yasha (and read the Viz manga). It's quite good.

By the way, Inu-Yasha is a half demon, not just a tiefling, and Sango (the girl with the boomerang) isn't a ninja, she's a demon hunter (like a paladin in D&D terms).

Geoff.

 

[Ashtal]

Lucky bugs, getting the anime on the American cartoon station.

I would heartily recommend the manga; great stuff.

 

[Darkness]

I'll get to see it on tv later this year.

Heh. God, I love German tv - 'cause Austrian tv sucks (mostly).

 

[CrusaderX]

What time will Inuyasha air on Saturday?

 

[novyet]

What time will Inuyasha air on Saturday?

11 pm EST.
It's a fine fine series.

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Is this supposed to be a comedy?

I saw a commercial- and it made it look very silly.

FD

 

[Tsyr]

Is this supposed to be a comedy?

I saw a commercial- and it made it look very silly.

FD

It's sorta a hybrid.

It's comedy, yes, but it's also got a serious plot... and the manga at least gets quite gorey and... "for mature audiences" type stuff occourse (Not sex, but mutilation, for example). I dunno how much of that caries over to the anime, I've only seen the first 10 eps or so of the anime (read all the manga currently out in america, though)

 

[Dark Psion]

Forget the Maritith, I got a new favorite devil !

BTW, that is a BIG boomerang.

 

[Geoff Watson]

It's sorta a hybrid.

It's comedy, yes, but it's also got a serious plot... and the manga at least gets quite gorey and... "for mature audiences" type stuff occourse (Not sex, but mutilation, for example). I dunno how much of that caries over to the anime, I've only seen the first 10 eps or so of the anime (read all the manga currently out in america, though)

The anime is less gory. A lot less blood, some particularly gory episodes changed significantly (eg: the Mask of Flesh story doesn't have dismembered body parts all over the place, the monster is just a black blob). The nude/topless scenes are also reduced (not that there were many to begin with.)

It has comedy elements, but is much more serious than Takahashi's comedy anime series (Urusei Yatsura and Ranma 1/2).

Geoff.