Some Little Known Facts About Inuyasha!
It is just so sad that Inuyasha TV show ended just after airing seven seasons in America, while the series still continues to entertain millions of fans in Japan. And while I was casually surfing the net looking for latest information about the Inuyasha series in Japan, I came across some trivial facts that seemed interesting. So I thought of sharing the same with you all.
We all are well aware of the fact that the Inuyasha series originated in Japan in the form of a manga which was later made into an animated TV show. But what most of us do not know is that after 167 episodes, Sunrise Inc. decided to end the series as it had leveled with the ongoing manga series and Sunrise Inc. did not have more material to make further episodes. Later, it was publicly made clear by the producer of Inuyasha series that only the first series of the show had been terminated and the show was going to return with a second series.
We all also know that Inuyasha has a fox demon in his body but did any of you know that in Japanese, Inuyasha means dog demon. Inuyasha is actually made up of the words Inu which means dog and Yasha which is commonly accepted to suggest a supernatural creature like a demon. Another word, Onigumo, is actually a combination of two Japanese words that mean ogre and spider.
In addition, the series featured a four-episode story arc that started with the episode named The Ancestor’s Name is Kagome and it included four youkai ninjas named Suzaku the bird, Seiryuu the dragon, Byakko the tiger, and Genbu the tortoise. What most people are unaware of is that all these four ninjas are in fact mythological creatures from Chinese constellations. Each of them represents a direction and a season of the year and are featured in numerous historical Chinese myths and legends.
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