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 Coming out of nowhere, Yashahime - Princess Half Demon is the sequel to the very popular anime/manga Inuyasha. You know, the show you'd watch on Adult Swim after your parents went to bed, along with Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Cowboy Bebop? The anime is once again being produced by Sunrise (Gundam, Gintama), and the cast and crew from the original series/Final Act are returning (with the sad exception of Kouji Tsujitani, who passed away in 2018). Rumiko Takahashi herself came up with the base story, designs for the main characters, and is supervising the script. The anime will be simulcast on Crunchyroll, Funimation and Hulu and will begin on October 3rd Characters:  Towa (VA: Sara Matsumoto) The older twin daughter of Sesshomaru, Towa was seperated from her sister Setsuna by a fire, and through a time tunnel, ended up in the modern era. She's taken in and raised by Kagome's brother (Sota). Ten years later, the time tunnel opens up again, and she's reunited with her sister. She's a delinquet, and gets into frequent fights at her school. May or may not be Colonel Sanders descendant.  Setsuna (VA: Mikako Komatsu) The younger twin daughter of Sesshomaru. She was taken in by a demon slaying village and works under Kohaku. She appears to have no memories of Towa. She has a calm and cold personality similar to her father.  Moroha (VA: Azusa Tadokoro) Inuyasha and Kagome's daughter. She's a friendly and cheerful girl who works as a bounty hunter. However, for most of her life, she's lived alone, and doesn't know much about her parents. Inuyasha? Isn't that series for girls? It's not 2002 anymore. While the anime and manga do have legitimate flaws (mainly being repetitive, having filler and both being too long), the series trying to aim for both a male and female audience isn't.Plus, the manga is very bloody, has frequent decapatations, and a scene where Kagome is in Hell, complete with a mountain of dead bodies. Grow up. Do I need to watch/read Inuyasha before this? In my opinion, having some knowledge on the characters of the previous series will improve your enjoyment of the show. However, I would highly recommend that you read the manga over watching the anime. The reason why is because Inuyasha's greatest strength is its characters, as the vast majority of the cast (save Miroku) are likeable yet flawed, have reasonable motivations and explanations for how they act. The anime, on the other hand, really plays up the negative aspect of the characters, to the point where it makes them unbearable at times. Inuyasha, while still rude and immature in the manga, is made much more of a jerkass, such as telling Sango that he'll kill Kohaku to her and daring her to stop him, and Inuyasha is also just ruder towards Kagome in general. Another example is that the Sit command that Kagome uses in the manga is WAY overplayed in the anime, and Kagome in general is much more short tempered and irritable in it as well. In addition to this, the anime adaptation also made the relationship between Inuyasha and Kagome a lot more combative and ugly. While the two for the most part stop fighting after around Chapter 180 (with the exception of when Inuyasha goes off to meet with Kikyo, and even then, Kagome is upset for a few pages, and is fine afterwards) the anime added a lot more bickering between the two, especially in the fillers. Not only that, but it even changed and sometimes outright removed heartfelt moments between the two, either for "comedy" or for no reason at all. I know that a lot of people don't like the pairing, but I liked it, as the basis for it was about Kagome accepting Inuyasha for what he is wholly, and Inuyasha finally feeling like he wasn't alone and hated because of her. I think that if the anime hadn't made these changes, then more people would have liked them together. Why did Inuyasha and Sesshomaru abandon their kids? We don't know yet what happened to them, or the rest of the cast. According to Takahashi, the reason why most of the old cast is missing is because one night, they "something". Judging from that statement, Setsuna's memory lost, and Inuyasha and Sesshomaru being the only ones on the poster, the old cast has either been sealed away somewhere, or have had their memories wiped like Setsuna. While I could imagine Sesshomaru leaving his kids for a long time, due to them and him having a longer life span than humans, I don't see Inuyasha abandoning his daughter, due to the fact that he grew up alone, hunted and hated, and wouldn't want her to experience that as well (although thankfully, it looks like Moroha still grew up into a cheerful and friendly person). Who is the mo- All right, we need to get this out of the way. There's been a lot of controversy on who the mother of Sesshomaru's twins could be. And while Sunrise is trying to keep it a "surprise", it's being heavily hinted that themother is Rin. With that in mind, if you wish to discuss your thoughts on this topic, PLEASE keep it civil, as while Rin being the mother could be very problematic, it may also behandled in a way that doesn't make Sesshomaru a total creep. I personally wouldn't ship the two of them together, unless Rin, as she grew into an adult, started to take an interest in Sesshomaru and fell in love with him. The Drama CD can go gently caress itself. I hope that the sequel won't make mention of the events in it. Regardless, I'll probably still enjoy the show (hasn't stopped people from liking Nadia). Willo567 fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Sep 24, 2020 |
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Captain Cappy posted:Wait, Inuyasha AND Kagome are deadbeat parents? Like I said, I don't think that Inuyasha would abandon his kid due to his awful childhood. And I definitely don't believe that Kagome would abandon her own daughter.
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Sep 23, 2020 21:12
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Larryb posted:I’m morbidly curious, what’s this Drama CD you mentioned about and why is it bad? The Drama CD was bundled with the last volume of Inuyasha, and came out a few years after the manga ended. In it, Sesshomaru decides to propose to Rin, who's still 11 at this point, and is treated as beautiful despite being loving gross. In addition, Inuyasha and Miroku are treated as morons in the CD, with Inuyasha not even knowing what a marriage proposal is, and Miroku still flirting with women despite being married and having three kids with Sango. Like I know that Inuyasha wasn't the brightest person in the manga, but he wasn't Goku tier stupid Not only is it creepy, but I feel as though it shits on the rest of the characters in favor of Sesshomaru and Rin. That's the main reason why I'm hoping it's considered non-canon I should note that the CD was NOT written by Takahashi, but the director of the anime. If you're curious, there's a video translation of it on Youtube (The first track is just the last chapter of the manga) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dasD6R4XAT4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzwYRiyMHF0&t=161s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7MmYNBUjrA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaVHUvTQJ1I Willo567 fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Sep 23, 2020 |
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Sep 23, 2020 21:26
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Larryb posted:Ah, not touching that one then. Though on the subject, do we have any idea how long after the original series Yashahime opens on before we jump ahead 10 years? From the PV, it looks like the start of it adapts the extra chapter that was released in 2011, which takes place six months after the end of the manga. Other than that, I'm not sure how long it takes place before the ten year time jump. I was hoping that Hisui's (Sango and Miroku's son) age would be revealed so that I could pinpoint just how long after the manga it was, but they didn't reveal that information
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Sep 23, 2020 21:34
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Also, which Yashahime is your favorite? Mine is Moroha. I really hope that my post about the Drama CD didn't scare anyone away from the sequel. I still think it'll be good, but I'm going to ignore the events of the CD. Willo567 fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Sep 23, 2020 |
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Sep 23, 2020 22:04
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:Honestly I know Canada doesn't do much dubbing anymore but surely they still have to send this one to Ocean. Are the voice actors for Final Act still active? I know that Kagome's VA in the original series retried, and they weren't able to get Sesshomaru's for Final Act
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Sep 24, 2020 02:34
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Tulalip Tulips posted:I am still cautiously hype for this. I am not bothered by Rin probably being Towa and Setsuna's mom but it reeeallly depends on how that all came about. I'm going to consider the Drama CD non-canonical, and pray that none of the events in it are mentioned in Yashahime
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Sep 24, 2020 02:50
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Larryb posted:Richard Cox (Inuyasha) hasn’t done anything since 2017 it would seem but I’m not sure about the rest. Aside from obviously Miroku's VA, I think the only VA that might be an issue is Totosai if he appears, since Jōji Yanami has been effectively retired since 2015 due to health issues. Kenichi Ogata is still active and was recently in My Hero Academia, so I could see him returning, and judging by the fact that Kaede is on the poster, I'm assuming Hisako Kyoda will be reprising her (Fun Fact: She's also the dub voice for Mom in Futurama)
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Sep 24, 2020 02:57
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ConanThe3rd posted:Having been of the unfortunate disposition of being (and still being, in least by location) British during the heyday of the first series and thus never quite being able to watch the first series (they got one DVD out of it over here and I believe it was some flybynight mockbuster publisher that put it out which did not help). Is that very old webcomic VG Cats? I remember that Scott did a strip about Inuyasha, and unlike his other anime parodies, it was him whining about how much he hated it, and ended with the exact same message
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ConanThe3rd posted:That would be the one, it was just the crash panel of “ITS DBZ FOR GIRLS!” that sticks in my mind, hence “Dragonball Super for Girls”. Yeah, I just took the joke of "DBZ for girls" too seriously. I much rather have people say that of Inuyasha than claim it's anime Twilight
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Sep 24, 2020 22:36
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Speaking of seasons, why did Sunrise think it was a good idea to cram 150+ chapters into a single 26 episode season? I know by that point Inuyasha wasn't really popular anymore, but it would have made more sense for them to divide up the remainder of the show into separate series like they did with Gintama, and air them as they had more material from the manga.
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Sep 25, 2020 14:18
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Larryb posted:In fact, I believe there was even one story that never got adapted at all (I seem to recall it involving Sango and a medicine man taking place right around the gap where the original series ended and Final Act began). Don’t think it was anything particularly important mind you but still. At least from what I've read, she enjoyed the adaptation. Like I said in the OP, I generally prefer the manga, due to the characters not being flanderized. However, I did like how the third movie expands on Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's father. The OST is also very good.
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Larryb posted:Yeah I liked the anime well enough myself but the manga was better in terms of overall characterization (even though it probably could have been shorter than it was and for some reason even the manga had filler arcs) From what I've heard, Rinne is pretty good, and goes back to her comedy roots. After Rinne ended, she started another series, Mao. Now I haven't read too much of it (only 10 chapters), so I can't make any judgements on it, but it's pretty similar to Inuyasha (girl gets sent to the past and has to deal with demons). However, the main character is nothing like Inuyasha personality wise, and instead of being a demon, he's a human who's been cursed by a demonic cat to not only live forever, but to also eventually have his body taken over by said cat. Finally, the romance in Mao is a lot more subtle and downplayed than in Inuyasha. Again, I've only read the first ten chapters, so that might have changed.
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Jo Joestar posted:The series she's working on now is Mao, which seems to be taking a lot of its cues straight from Inuyasha, complete with a girl from the 20th century travelling back in time (to the early 20th century this time, but it's still full of youkai). So far it seems tighter-written than Inuyasha, with a much stronger emphasis on a central occult murder/curse mystery, which the main character has a much stronger reason to be involved with. I know that people vastly prefer her comedy works, but I'm happy that she's at least trying another shot at writing a more serious story again, and seems to have improved from Inuyasha.
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Sep 25, 2020 15:29
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Larryb posted:Neat, have Rinne and/or Mao gotten anime adaptions? And if so, are they worth watching or would it be better just to stick to the manga? Rinne was adapted and has three seasons, although I haven't read enough of the manga to tell if there's any difference. Mao just started last year, so no adaptation yet.
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Sep 25, 2020 15:37
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Larryb posted:On another note, did the Ranma 1/2 anime ever actually finish the manga at some point like Inuyasha eventually did? If not, they could potentially bring that back one day as well. The anime never covered the remainder of the manga. There was an OVA released in 2008, but that only covered one story for the manga.
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Larryb posted:Ah that’s right. I forget, did Ranma just kind of stop at some point like the original Inuyasha did or did it go the way of Soul Eater and the first FMA anime where it abandoned the manga entirely and wrote its own ending? I have never actually seen the Ranma anime; I've only been told that it doesn't cover everything. That reminds me, I need to get back to reading Urusei Yatsura this weekend
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Larryb posted:That said, I always thought Inuyasha had some missed potential that possibly could have been done better in the hands of another writer (like an explanation for how the Bone Eater’s Well actually works and why Inuyasha, Kagome, and that one centipede demon from the beginning seem to be the only ones who can actually use it). I believe so, yes. Her previous works (Urusei Yatsura, Ranma) were a lot more comedic and episodic, though Inuyasha also has a similar sort of MOTW formula, with the exception of the Band of Seven
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Larryb posted:It’s been a while, is the Ranma manga ending any better? I believe that it ends with Ranma and Akane trying/failing to get married because of what Renzuko stated. By the way, is it just me, or are Ranma and Akane the most unhappy Takahashi couple?
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Kerning Chameleon posted:Can't wait for Inuyasha to beat Goku and Naruto in this year's worst anime protag dad olympics. You think he'd abandon his kid? And Naruto isn't a bad dad, he's just busy with Hokage stuff
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Larryb posted:Yeah, to be fair we don't know yet where Inuyasha is currently or why he suddenly disappeared. Not only him, but Kagome and Sesshomaru have also disappeared. As for the villain, I thought I remembered reading that the main villain was some sort of butterfly yokai who was responsible for Setsuna's memories being taken away. On that note, I would have been totally fine if the sequel was a more light-hearted MOTW show where Inuyasha and Sesshomaru would have to learn how to raise their kids. Willo567 fucked around with this message at 06:04 on Sep 26, 2020 |
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Sep 26, 2020 05:37
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Is it just me, or is the premise of Yashahime really loving depressing when you think about it, mainly the fact the girls pretty much grow up without their families due to Yokai fuckery
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Sep 28, 2020 00:55
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I just hope it doesn't get TOO dark, like it turns out that Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Jaken are all dead
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Sep 28, 2020 01:02
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The only character that I could honestly see biting it is maybe Miroku. I don't think that they're gonna kill off the main female lead of the original series.
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Sep 28, 2020 01:26
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Oh, and the first episode preview dropped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt88-xgZTNE Looks like it's an adaptation of the Hero's Come Back chapter
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Sep 28, 2020 02:09
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Wsstalkback/status/1311081791902674954 Next issue of Sunday will have Takahashi answering questions about Inuyasha. Hopefully one of them is the status of Yokai in the modern era
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It was nice seeing the old gang again, but I'm definetly more pumped to see more of Towa, Setsuna and Moroha next week. Also, Miroku's new VA did a great job of sounding close to Kouji Tsujitani
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Oct 3, 2020 12:59
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Miroku's new VA is Makoto Yasumura. As far as I can tell, all the original VA's returned. I even saw a post with the cast of the next episode, and I'm surprised they brought back the VA's for Kagome's mom and grandpa. Also, I'm glad that the twins FINALLY have names. What did everyone else think? FUN FACT: Kagome's Grandpa is played by Diddy Kong. I am not joking Willo567 fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Oct 3, 2020 |
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Oct 3, 2020 13:05
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Lol at the people crying that Kagome is upset at Inuyasha for hiding poo poo from her. "WAAAH WHY CAN'T SHE JUST BE SUBMISSIVE AND LET HIM DO WHAT HE WANTS?"
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Oct 3, 2020 15:23
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Lamebot posted:Kagome says she trusts Inuyasha and then immediately uses the beads to punish him. I know its a slapstick gag but it feels like abuse when I see it now. Inuyasha was hiding poo poo from her when he should have trusted her, which is what upset her. Wouldn't that hurt you if someone you loved didn't have enough faith to be honest with you? Like in the anime I could understand it more, especially when they add poo poo like her sitting him for not liking her cooking, but here I thought she had a good reason to be upset at Inuyasha more, and she was more mature about it than in the original, even if she still used the command. Willo567 fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Oct 3, 2020 |
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Oct 3, 2020 15:45
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NikkolasKing posted:I haven't watched a Viz anime in years and even then I mainly was still buying DVD or bluray sets. They've announced a dub, but we're probably not getting it for a long time. As for simulcast, Ani-One, Hulu, Crunchyroll and Funimation are streaming it with subs
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Larryb posted:So on the Japanese side of things, have any of the actresses for our new trio been in anything notable prior to this? Setsuna's VA is probably the most well known, and her notable roles include Joey in Heroman, Sei in Gundam Build Fighters and Marika in Bodacious Space Pirates. She's also going to be playing Rebecca in next years adaptation of Eden's Zero. Moroha's VA is less well known, as her most notable role is Aoi in Aikatsu. Her other main roles are Ctholly in World's End, Fino Bloodstone in Yu-Shibu, and Kaguya in Kandagawa Jet Girls. Finally, Towa's VA is pretty much a newbie, as her only other notable role prior to Yashahime is, ironically, Namida in Boruto
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Only Shiki, Rebecca and Happy's VA have been announced, and Rie Kugiyama is returning from Fairty Tail, but that's it for now. It's kind of crazy to see just how much of Takahahi's works share a lot of the same VA.
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Oct 3, 2020 21:58
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So am I the only that was impressed with Miroku's new VA? He sounded close to how Kōji Tsujitani did in the original and Final Act
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Oct 4, 2020 00:58
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Larryb posted:Yup, he sounded almost identical to me. Nice job on their part (now the only question is how much said actor is actually going to get to do going forward). Please let him voice Seabook/Kincade in the Crossbone Gundam anime that will never happen
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https://twitter.com/AIR_News01/status/1314025732750807040 Looks like Yashahime will be a 24 episode series. That's for the best honestly - I don't want this to drag like Boruto.
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Oct 8, 2020 14:45
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So wait, did Sesshomaru just let his kids wander off into the woods alone?
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Larryb posted:I’m also curious where these random time portals are coming from all of a sudden. I'm pretty sure that in one of the interviews, Sumisawa (the lead writer) stated that they got the idea of the Sacred Tree acting as a Time Portal from an idea presented in the first movie, where the Well is made of the same wood as the Sacred Tree.
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Oct 10, 2020 16:51
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So who'd be more likely to actually abandon their kid, Inuyasha or Sesshomaru? I'm going with Sessshomaru, just because he's a lot more aloof than Inuyasha
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Fangz posted:I'm pretty much assuming neither abandoned their kids and there's some kind of shenanigans afoot. Why are Towa and Setsuna by themselves in the forest, and sleep there at night alone? Willo567 fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Oct 10, 2020 |
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