Season 3

The third season of the anime series InuYasha aired in Japan on Animax from December 17, 2001 through August 5, 2002. 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 Kikyō. 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 Kikyō 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 third season was broadcast on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim programming block from May 8, 2004, through January 12, 2005.

The opening themes for this season were "I Am" by Hitomi for episodes 55-64 and "Unending Dream" (Owari nai Yume) by Nanase Aikawa for episodes 64-81. The ending themes were "Dearest" by Ayumi Hamasaki for episodes 55-60 and "Every Heart" (Minna no Kimochi) by BoA for episodes 61-81.