User:Ghostexorcist

My name is Jim R. McClanahan, and I am a U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper-turned-college graduate with a degree in Anthropology and minors in Chinese and art history.

While serving in the military (circa 2001), a fellow paratrooper loaned me a set of bootleg DVDs circulating the barracks. They contained the English subbed version of the original show. I instantly fell in love with InuYasha's adventures, especially since I had just finished reading [Journey to the West] (1592), which had awakened within me a fiery interest in Asian sword and sorcery tales. The show definitely fit the bill, and I could instantly discern the novel's influences.

Later in college, one of my professors literally wrote the book on Japanese oni legends. I was happy to see the show mentioned therein. The book is free to download now. See the sections in chapter 8 titled "'Yasha' and 'Dog' in InuYasha" and "Tsuchigumo (Earth Spider) in InuYasha".

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1071&context=usupress_pubs

I have a website dedicated to my Journey to the West research. It can be seen here.

https://journeytothewestresearch.wordpress.com/