The end of Inuyasha....

[elementmargera2]

I had the episodes of Inuyasha on DVD, but i lost them recently.

I read a summary of the last couple of episodes, and i was wondering... does Naraku really get away in the last episode? The summary said that once the group got out of Oni's stomach Naraku escaped and they just returned to this village.

I was wondering if this was true or not.

[J Dude]

I had the episodes of Inuyasha on DVD, but i lost them recently.

I read a summary of the last couple of episodes, and i was wondering... does Naraku really get away in the last episode? The summary said that once the group got out of Oni's stomach Naraku escaped and they just returned to this village.

I was wondering if this was true or not.

It's true. The manga actually goes much further ahead from where the anime ends. The anime doesn't even have an ending really that ties up all the loose ends. It just ends without resolving anything. I don't exactly remember the details anymore, but I believe the company who was making the InuYasha anime had lost interest or something along those lines and just decided to just end the anime. I can't really blame them though. The anime was chocked full of horrible filler and even with the canon stuff, it just dragged on so much. It still puzzles me why people waste their time watching this show because of all the bad stuff that happened to it. The manga has dragged on so much too and I lost interest in reading the scanlations months ago. It started off as something I really liked and enjoyed, but it just totally flopped and now I could careless about it. Rumiko Takahashi had the potential to make a good show from this, but she failed miserably in my opinion. She may have made a masterpiece with Maison Ikkoku, but it's obvious that she lost whatever touch she once had. My advice is, don't bother with this show if you're looking for a good watch from beginning to end with an ending that ties up all the loose ends, because you won't be getting that by watching this. There are much better shows to watch out there that are more worth your viewing.

[Mikadzuki Tatsu]

Rumiko Takahashi had the potential to make a good show from this, but she failed miserably in my opinion. She may have made a masterpiece with Maison Ikkoku, but it's obvious that she lost whatever touch she once had.
Do not blame Rumiko Takahashi for whatever mess the anime made. Rumiko Takahashi is the creator of the manga off of which the anime is based. She is not responsible for the creation of the anime; that would be Masashi Ikeda and Yasunao Aoki, the directors, and Studio Sunrise, the producer. You can complain all you want about the anime, but make sure you blame the right people.

Yes, it's true that the anime doesn't have a real ending. Most of us on this board have just come to assume that Studio Sunrise decided InuYasha wasn't worth the time or money to continue animating. It probably did lose popularity toward the end of its run, at least in Japan, in part because of the fillers, and also probably because the anime is not as good as the manga.

There are at least a half dozen other threads about the end of the anime. In the future, please do a search.

[elementmargera2]

What anime do you suggest i watch? I have seen all of Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, and Outlaw Star. I loved all three, except I really didnt like the ending of Outlaw Star for some reason.

There are so many anime's out there, and I couldn't possibly choose which one to watch.

[Mikadzuki Tatsu]

Of the three series you mentioned, the only ones I have been exposed to are Cowboy Bebop and Trigun, and I have only seen a few episodes of each of them, so I can't really recommend anything to you. So here's what I recommend you do: Post a thread in the General Anime section asking for anime recommendations based on what you've already seen and/or what you think you might be intersted in. You're likely to get a lot more responses that way.

Another option is to do a search on "recommendation." I just did, and there are tons of recommendation threads. So if you're open to just about any kind of anime, I'd suggest looking at one of those. Click here (http://animenation.net/forums/search.php?searchid=925174) But if you're looking for specific kinds of series that are similar to what you've already seen, then ask in the General Anime forum.

[Brill]

Do not blame Rumiko Takahashi for whatever mess the anime made. Rumiko Takahashi is the creator of the manga off of which the anime is based. She is not responsible for the creation of the anime; that would be Masashi Ikeda and Yasunao Aoki, the directors, and Studio Sunrise, the producer. You can complain all you want about the anime, but make sure you blame the right people.

There are at least a half dozen other threads about the end of the anime. In the future, please do a search.

It's not totally Sunrise's fault either. They did follow her work for most of it, and if this person had gripes about the main story then the blame rests with Takahashi.

[Dr. Ezra]

What anime do you suggest i watch? I have seen all of Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, and Outlaw Star. I loved all three, except I really didnt like the ending of Outlaw Star for some reason.

There are so many anime's out there, and I couldn't possibly choose which one to watch.

Try something older like Rurouni Kenshin. You can't beat the classics.

[Ice Chick]

Try something older like Rurouni Kenshin. You can't beat the classics.

The problem with the Kenshin anime is that it doesn't have a conclusive ending either. It was pretty much in the same boat Inuyasha got caught up in...good first couple of seasons and then a mediocre season with a whole bunch of fillers after the anime caught up with the manga. That filler season is what got Kenshin cancelled in Japan, thus leaving it without the Revenge arc which is considered the best saga in the manga. Don't get me wrong Kenshin is good, but most people tend to like the first two seasons and hate the third. I liked it through the Christian arc in the third season, everything after that was "blah", and Feng Shui was terrible.

But yea, as suggested, just look at the recomindations thread in the general anime section, because I haven't kept up with the most recent anime.

[rascalking]

or you can just wait for the series to start up again once the manga ends.

[J Dude]

or you can just wait for the series to start up again once the manga ends.

You say that like it's going to definitely happen. As far as I know, I'm pretty sure there's been no confirmation to that. Sure, it could happen..... but it also might not happen. I wouldn't get your hopes up.

[rascalking]

the producer went on the radio right after the show ended and pretty much guaranteed that the show wasnt over. Yea, theres a chance I might be eating my words once the manga ends (which is VERY soon) but I really think once it ends, the show will start again or they'll make some OVA's.

[Ice Chick]

It's going onto three years since the show ended so I doubt there's going to be a continuation of the show. They've moved on to other productions and whatnot. If anything, they'll probably just make a crappy movie on the final battle as they cut out everything important that led to the battle.

[Mikadzuki Tatsu]

the producer went on the radio right after the show ended and pretty much guaranteed that the show wasnt over. Yea, theres a chance I might be eating my words once the manga ends (which is VERY soon) but I really think once it ends, the show will start again or they'll make some OVA's.
Actually, in an interview not long after the show ended, a representative from Sunrise stated that episode 167 was in fact the end of the anime. Now, no one said that there's no chance that Sunrise or someone else might not animate the rest of the manga once it's finished, so there is that possibility, but it's been three years since the anime ended. I feel like if Sunrise was thinking of returning to it, we would have heard something about it by now.

[rascalking]

we should know soon....the manga is just about over.

[Likely]

we should know soon....the manga is just about over.

agreed. my take is that a studio would not dislike a title if it made 167 episodes and four movies about it. most likely theyre waiting for takahashi's conclusion before making a gameplan of how to present the rest of the story.

[Mikadzuki Tatsu]

agreed. my take is that a studio would not dislike a title if it made 167 episodes and four movies about it. most likely theyre waiting for takahashi's conclusion before making a gameplan of how to present the rest of the story.

Even if the animators and producers themselves are fond of a series, that's not what matters most in the animation industry. One of the most important things is making money; this is a business, after all. If InuYasha is not bringing in enough profit, then the higher-ups are going to decide the series isn't worth continuing.

Ranma 1/2 had 161 episodes, three movies, and an 11-episode OAV, and I don't think it was ever actually finished. It lost popularity (probably in part because the anime just wasn't as good as the manga) and wasn't bringing in enough money, so production ceased.

Now, it IS possible that Studio Sunrise might return to animate the rest of InuYasha once the manga is finished, but I feel like we would have heard something about it by now. There is plenty of manga material for them to work with - over 100 chapters have passed since where the anime left off - so it would have made sense for them to at least start animation. But we'll see.

[luna-kaze]

I think it's possible they might just not want to say anything before the manga ends, in case they're given a lot of pressure. If they stuck really well to the rest of the manga then it could do pretty well. The manga's still really popular in Japan it seems.

[Len]

This thread's name is an oxymoron.

[rascalking]

agreed. my take is that a studio would not dislike a title if it made 167 episodes and four movies about it. most likely theyre waiting for takahashi's conclusion before making a gameplan of how to present the rest of the story.

i agree to the max