The InuYasha manga by Rumiko Takahashi started serialization in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine.
The InuYasha anime adaptation premiered on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV in Japan, bringing the story to a wider audience.
The InuYasha manga concluded its serialization, finishing the story after nearly eight years of publication.
The anime adaptation of the final arc titled 'InuYasha: The Final Act' premiered, completing the anime story arc faithful to the manga ending.
Inuyasha is born as a half-demon, son of the great dog demon Inu no Taisho and a human woman named Izayoi.
Inuyasha is sealed to the Sacred Tree by the priestess Kikyo using the arrow of subjugation after he attempts to kidnap her.
Kikyo dies after sealing the Shikon Jewel, which then shatters into many shards scattered across the land.
Modern-day high school girl Kagome falls into a well and is transported back 50 years into the Sengoku period, where she meets Inuyasha and becomes the new guardian of the Shikon Jewel shards.
Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo form a traveling group to collect the scattered shards of the Shikon Jewel and defeat Naraku.
The group confronts and finally defeats Naraku, the primary antagonist responsible for much suffering and chasing the Shikon Jewel shards.
After Naraku's defeat, Inuyasha and Kagome confess their feelings for each other and decide to remain together across times.
