How many episodes is this?

[Magus Zeal]

No I Think or stuff like that, I need someone to tell me EXACTLY how many eps this series is.

[Schwarz Vegeta]

As far as i know, 94 episodes.

[Alesil]

81 episodes and counting to my (apparently lacking) knowledge. They're still doing more anyway.

[Kitsusan]

Yeah, the series hasn't ended yet.

[Schwarz Vegeta]

Yes, Inuyasha is still playing in Japan. But it has definitly 94 episodes.

[akwan50]

Originally posted by Schwarz Vegeta
Yes, Inuyasha is still playing in Japan. But it has definitly 94 episodes.

Can you confirm that it's going to have 94 episodes for sure???

[Spike 558]

94? With more on the way?
It makes me wonder how long one series can keep on going and still be interesting.
**Thinks of Kenshin (which seemed to ran out of steam towards the end) and Sailor Moon (which just went on and on and on!**

[Kitsusan]

I can think of several ways the series could remain interesting at such a length. The Shikon no Tama broke into a lot of little pieces, after all, and who knows what other challenges await our intrepid heroes after they've finally collected 'em all? Of course, one can only speculate and make fanfic-ish guesses.. but regardless of what the plot turns into at episode 94+, I know I, at least, won't ever tire of Inuyasha. ^^

[pip]

81 eps. Are they all going to be translated?

[Bradster]

Well, they stuck with Ranma 1/2 for seven seasons, and Inu-Yasha's probably going to be more popular with the C.N. exposure.

[Alesil]

I've errr... heard that the fansubs are at 83 now. Anybody who knows which episode they're at in Japan?

[foxfire]

the fansubs are on 84 and i believe in japan they're somewhere in he 90's.

[Schwarz Vegeta]

Originally posted by akwan50


Can you confirm that it's going to have 94 episodes for sure???

Yes, I can. But I cannot prove it. I read it somewhere a long time ago. In additon, there´s also a movie. :)

[foxfire]

actually there are two movies :)

the first movie was out a long time ago and they just recently had another movie showing in japan a few months ago (i dunno if its still in theatres right now or not).

info here:
http://www.inuyasha-movie.com

for anyone who can read japanese :P

[Schwarz Vegeta]

Originally posted by foxfire
actually there are two movies :)

the first movie was out a long time ago and they just recently had another movie showing in japan a few months ago (i dunno if its still in theatres right now or not).

info here:
http://www.inuyasha-movie.com

for anyone who can read japanese :P

I know, i know
It will be released in Japan on December 2002.
But this is well-known since a long time ...

[DancingBlade]

If 91 episodes seems too long for you, then i dont reccomend Dragonball Z. Since DBZ is about 300+ episodes and was popular throughout the whole time. Anyways, i believe there is 91 episodes and there is still going to be more.

[Alesil]

91 is not much from Takahashi, Ranma½ was 120+movies+OAV, Urusei Yatsura was some 100+ episodes (or so I've heard, couldn't force myself to watch more than 4 episodes...) and Maison Ikkoku was pretty long too.

BTW so nobody knows which episode their at in Japan ATM?

[Pengi_Ken-Ohki]

all the best anime only go for 26 eps (1 season).
trigun, bebop, noir, evangelion, argento soma, and so forth.

I liked Inu Yasha to being with, but it is very tedious. at least in ranma ya just get bored of the fighting, whereas Inu Yasha I gotta sit there through the series gritting my teeth wondering why inu yasha (the show) is so ------- basic. god, kagome has to be the most useless girl ever. Her ability to be somewhat naive and blindly optimistic appear to be all she has. From time to time she'll fire an arrow, hurt it a bit, but not bother to fire a second one.. instead gets knocked out and then it's back to Inu Yasha to take care of things. ----, has she even TRIED to learn how to be a Miko so she can assist Inu Yasha? Or does she just constantly get her butt whooped which inspires Inu Yasha? In fact, all she ever seems to do is nag inu yasha or scream out his name at a crucial moment... as if that would help.

stupid show went too long.

[nrad]

Well, Ep.92 will be aired on 18/11 in Japan. Judging by the title of that episode, I expect it to go beyond 100 episodes.

Cool, one of the longest series in anime history. (Rurouni Kenshin having 95 episodes, Ranma 1/2 with 120 eps, Dragonball having more than 300 episodes...)

Besides, the Manga itself has more than 260 eps., or so I think. I wonder if the anime will reach 130 episodes.

[John Faulkner]

I suspect Inuyasha will go over the 150 episode mark quite easily, but yes, I am worried about the lacklustre nature of the plot development (eps. 50 onwards or so)-I mean surely they can spice things up by say giving Miroku some new special magic spell, or give Inuyasha a different coloured robe for one episode? Or how about an episode that is entirely about Inuyasha's youth. Anything new. As regards quantity VS quality, the marker seems to be shifting slowly to quantity.

I don't want to be too downcast, since the later episodes could see the series returning to its original best, but.......
I KNOW THEY CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER.

[dheu]

94+ episodes?! :dodgy: And if they're going to release this series with only 3 episodes per dvd, that means a heck of a lot more money than I can spare and a lot more dvds than I can reasonably fit into my room.

Too many episodes... that's the reason I avoided Rurouni Kenshin for so long: I just didn't want to pay the money for all those episodes. But at least they put 4 or 5 episodes on a disc. Much better value for your money.

But only 3 episodes?! Gah! What a rip-off.


dheu

[Alesil]

Originally posted by nrad
Ranma 1/2 with 120 eps,

Actually I counted it a while ago and it was like 172 + 2 movies or something ungodly amount like that. :eek:

Bother to post this, since not much is going on here... :p

As for the DVDs, there are a lot of fillers and they'll probably be putting the important 1-3 episode bunches on the same DVD (unless they totally want to drain people dry of all their money), so you can get away with like a quarter of the episodes and not miss much. T'is a big probably, though.

[Yasei Chi]

This is Viz. They're evil. They did the same thing to Ranma, according to my sources (2-3 eps per dvd). They don't seem to care that it's a huge long series, they just want fans' money. ::shrug::

Seems that the fansubbing, at least, has hit 91 eps. I can't seem to find 92 yet, so that's how I base my ideas on that. I'm not sure how far they are in Japan. Depending on how fast the fansubbing groups are getting these episodes, Japan could be anywhere from 1 (not very likely, due to all these assurances of at least 94 eps) to 10 episodes ahead of us, maybe more. ::shrugs::

And yes, there are two Inuyasha movies now. I have yet to see the second, but it looks interesting.

As for the length of the series and all, I still like it. Occasionally I get annoyed and start growling for Inuyasha to use the big powerful attacks already, instead of just whipping one "kaze no kizu" after another at critters that are obviously immune to it. But I like the filler eps, and it's always fun to mock the puny youkai who get taken out by a simple "Sankon Tesshou" (sp?). ^_^

[dheu]

Originally posted by Yasei Chi
And yes, there are two Inuyasha movies now. I have yet to see the second, but it looks interesting.

Speaking of the movies, what are they like? Are they the type that sort of introduce the characters to an audience that has no clue who these people are? Or do they assume that you know what's going on already?


dheu

[Nagha's revenge]

Dual (http://animeboards.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=537646744#post537646744) linkage. (http://animeboards.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=537636284#post537636284)

[Yasei Chi]

I don't know about the second (as I already said), but the first briefly introduces the characters. Even so, it's most likely better to watch it if you've already seen about 55 episodes, because otherwise there's one or two things that happen that would confuse you (or anyone who hasn't seen that far).

[Sharp kun]

I think their at 93 in Japan. Theres still a load of manga to be covered too ^_^

[akwan50]

Originally posted by Sharp kun
I think their at 93 in Japan. Theres still a load of manga to be covered too ^_^

I believe the last episode to have aired is 95. They're taking a break and airing episode 96 I think on Janurary 13. I think that they're taking a break to promote fans to watch the new movies. :D

BTW, are you the samne Sharp-kun from AnimeNation?

[Sharp kun]

Originally posted by akwan50
BTW, are you the samne Sharp-kun from <a href="http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?animenation+mkR6Ce+index.html" target="_blank">AnimeNation</a>?
Yep :D

[Schwarz Vegeta]

According to my newest information, Inuyasha is going to have 104 episodes!

[dheu]

Originally posted by Schwarz Vegeta
According to my newest information, Inuyasha is going to have 104 episodes!
You mean they're actually going to stop? I thought it would just go on forever... ;)

Okay, by my calculations, at the rate Viz is going that makes... about 34 dvds. Which, if I buy them the expensive way (ala Suncoast), would be another $850... :dodgy: You know, I really love this series, but the least Viz could do would be to put more episodes on each disc. I mean, really. That much money on one series is a heckuva lot to spend. Even if they tagged only one more episode on each disc, that would've been 26 discs = $650 = a savings of $200... which means a lot to all those poor anime fans.

... :dodgy: Okay, I'll shut up now.


dheu

[akwan50]

104 episodes? I doubt it mainly because there's still alot of manga to be covered, not to mention the manga is still going on. If they do end it at 104 episodes, they'll have to leave out alot of stuff.

I'll wait and see what episode it'll end at.

[Naraku]

They also said DBZ would end, but it's at like 300. I'm not saying Inu Yasha will, it will be kind of hard.

[Destructa]

Inuyasha has to end sooner or later.

[Yasei Chi]

As for the manga, I heard somewhere (can't remember exactly) that the manga is starting to wrap up. The anime is probably going to be longer than 104 episodes, since they still have manga events they haven't covered (and they've been doing a fairly decent job keeping most of the main plot of the manga in the anime). ::shrug:: Maybe if someone can find an official Japanese source....

[akwan50]

Originally posted by Yasei Chi
As for the manga, I heard somewhere (can't remember exactly) that the manga is starting to wrap up. The anime is probably going to be longer than 104 episodes, since they still have manga events they haven't covered (and they've been doing a fairly decent job keeping most of the main plot of the manga in the anime). ::shrug:: Maybe if someone can find an official Japanese source....

Here's s sight that has some summaries for the manga up to volume 29, I believe. Sengoku Jidai (http://web.utk.edu/~bborchar/updates.html)

I also have a sight that has translations of the manga as it is released in Japan. There are no manga scans, just pretty much translations of the dialogue. This guy is pretty much up to date with what's going on Japan. Inuyasha Translations (http://www.wot-club.org.uk/Inuyasha/)

[Naraku]

104, isn't that like 10 away from what they're at now? it makes me sad that i would have most of them, but lost 120 dollars in the mail. you guys should be sick of me :D . it'll be interesting to see how they rap it up.