Season 5

The fifth season of the anime series InuYasha aired in Japan on Animax from May 19, 2003 through January 19, 2004. It was produced and broadcast in high-def. Based on the manga series of the same title by Rumiko Takahashi, the anime was produced by Sunrise. The series follows a high school girl, Kagome Higurashi who travels back in time to the Sengoku period of Japan where she meets a half-demon named Inuyasha and learns that she is the reincarnation of a powerful priestess named Kikyo. Joined by a lecherous monk, a young Kitsune, a demon slayer, and a demon cat, the group seeks to find the fragments of the shattered Jewel of Four Souls, a powerful jewel that had been hidden inside Kagome's body, and keep the shards from being used for evil, including the evil half-demon Naraku who slew Kikyo fifty years before Kagome's arrival. The first season introduces the central characters and shows the group gathering together.

The anime is licensed for release in North America by Viz Media. The English dub of the fifth season was broadcast on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim programming block from July 30, 2005 through March 22, 2006.

The opening themes for this season were "Grip!" by Every Little Thing for episodes 111-127 and "One Day, One Dream" by Tackey & Tsubasa for episodes 128-138. The ending themes were "Mischievous Kiss (Itazura na Kiss)" by Day After Tomorrow for episodes 111-127 and "Come" by Namie Amuro for episodes 128-138. For episode 124, "Sotsugyou: Sayonara wa Ashita no Tameni (卒業: さよならは明日のために?)" by Tackey and Tsubasa was used as an insert song.