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Hanyō no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi (半妖の夜叉姫 -戦国御伽草子-, "Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, A Feudal Fairy Tale") is the Japanese anime-only spin-off to InuYasha produced by Sunrise. It is a sequel to the anime series Inuyasha, based on the original manga of Rumiko Takahashi. It is the story of Sesshōmaru's twin daughters, Towa and Setsuna, as well as Inuyasha's daughter, Moroha. Katsuyuki Sumisawa will be the episode writer while Rumiko Takahashi writes the storyboard for the series. Viz Media has licensed the series for North and Latin American territories, while Medialink has licensed it for Southeast Asian territories. The series began to air on October 3, 2020 on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV.

Summary

A flashback narrative six months after the events of The Final Act finale. InuYasha and Kagome fight Ne no Kubi that Kikyō sealed away right before meeting InuYasha, over 50 years ago.

Over a decade later, the fourteen-year-old daughters of Sesshōmaru and Inuyasha set out on a journey transcending time itself. In Feudal Japan, fraternal half-demon twins Towa and Setsuna are separated from each other during a forest fire at the age of four. While desperately searching for her twin, Towa is sucked into a mysterious tunnel that sends her into present-day Japan, where she is found and raised by Kagome Higurashi's younger brother, Sōta, and his family.

Ten years later, the tunnel that connects the two eras has reopened, allowing Towa to be reunited with Setsuna, who is now a hard-hearted warrior and demon slayer working for Kohaku. But to Towa's shock, Setsuna appears to have lost all memories of her and her childhood.

Joined by Moroha, the only child of Inuyasha and Kagome Higurashi, the three travel between the two eras on an adventure to regain their missing past and resolve the apocalyptic crisis that is far more dangerous than Naraku and the Shikon Jewel ever were.

Episodes

Inuyasha: Since Then (あれからの犬夜叉, Are Kara no Inuyasha)
The Three Princesses (三匹の姫, Sanbiki no Hime)
The Dream Butterfly (夢の胡蝶, Yume no Kochō)
The Gateway to the Past (過去への扉, Kako e no Tobira)^[1]
Jakotsumaru of the Red Bone Palace (赤骨御殿の若骨丸, Aka-Kotsu Goten no Waka Hone Maru)^[1]
The Cat Juan of the Old Temple (古寺の猫寿庵, Koji no Neko Juan)^[1]
Meeting through an Apple (林檎の出会い, Ringo no Deai)
The Dream Gazing Trap (夢ひらきの罠, Yume Hiraki no Wana)
Meifuku the Meiōjū (冥王獣の冥福, Meiōjū no Meifuku)
The Gold and Silver Rainbow Pearls (金と銀の虹色真珠, Kin to Gin no Nijiiro Shinju)
Curse of the Man-Eating Pond (人喰い沼の呪い, Hito kui-numa no noroi)
Night of the New Moon and the Black-Haired Towa (朔の夜、黒髪のとわ, Saku no Yoru, Kurokami no Towa)
The Delicious Feudal Monks (戦国おいしい法師, Sengoku Oishii Hōshi)
The One Behind the Forest Fire (森を焼いた黒幕, Mori o Yaita Kuromaku)
Farewell Under the Lunar Eclipse (月蝕、運命の惜別, Gesshoku, unmei no sekibetsu)
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Cast

Main

Sara Matsumoto as Towa Higurashi
Mikako Komatsu as Setsuna
Azusa Tadokoro as Moroha

Recurring

Ryōhei Kimura as Kohaku
Takehiro Urao as Hisui
Hisako Kyōda as Kaede
Kenichi Ogata as Myōga
Tsuyoshi Koyama as Jyūbei
Ai Fairouz as Takechiyo
Jun Fukuyama as Riku
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kirinmaru and Osamu Kirin
Maaya Sakamoto as Zero

Supporting

Kappei Yamaguchi as Inuyasha
Satsuki Yukino as Kagome Higurashi
Ken Narita as Sesshōmaru
Hōko Kuwashima as Sango
Makoto Yasumura as Miroku
Kumiko Watanabe as Shippō
Chō as Jaken
Mamiko Noto as Rin
Aya Gomazuru and Hitomi Ueda as Kin'u and Gyokuto
Junya Enoki as Sōta Higurashi
Haruka Terui as Mei Higurashi
Eriko Matsui as Moe Higurashi
Toa Yukinari as Kyūki (3 episodes)
Takumi Yamazaki as Yotsume (4 episodes)
Hiroki Yasumoto as Konton
Hiroshi Shirokuma as Tōtetsu
Inori Minase as Tamano
Kōsuke Gotō as Homura

Themes

Opening Themes

NEW ERA by SixTONES (Episodes 1-13)
BURN by NEWS (Episodes 14-TBD)

Ending Themes

Break by Uru (Episodes 1-13)
Kesshō by Ryokuōshoku Shakai (Episodes 14-TBD)

Trivia

The series is directed by Teruo Sato with main character designs by Inuyasha original creator Rumiko Takahashi.^[2]^[3]^[4]
It started airing on the same day InuYasha The Final Act started airing in 2009.
As the Modern Era is the Reiwa Era, it puts the current year in 2020. It also puts the current Past Era at c.1520 (going by Moroha's birth year).
Towa and Setsuna are the second set of half-demon twins in the InuYasha franchise; the first were the identical twin brothers Dai and Roku in the 4th and final film.
The anime uses demons from the manga that were ignored in the making of The Final Act.
- So far they are mostly from the part of the story that took place between Episode 168 and Episode 174.
This is the final animated media to feature Miroku's original English voice actor, Kirby Morrow, who passed away after recording for the pilot episode.

Gallery

References

InuYasha
Season 1	1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27
Season 2	28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54
Season 3	55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82
Season 4	83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110
Season 5	111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138
Season 6	139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152 • 153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160 • 161 • 162 • 163 • 164 • 165 • 166 • 167
The Final Act	1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26
Movies	1 • 2 • 3 • 4
OVA	Black Tessaiga
Yashahime 1	1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24
Yashahime 2	25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48
Other	Music • Manga

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 * It started airing on the same day ''[[InuYasha The Final Act]]'' started airing in 2009.
-*As the Modern Era is the Reiwa Era, it puts the current year in 2020. It also puts the current Past Era at c.1506 (going by Moroha's birth year).
+*As the Modern Era is the Reiwa Era, it puts the current year in 2020. It also puts the current Past Era at c.1520 (going by Moroha's birth year).
 *Towa and Setsuna are the second set of half-demon twins in the ''InuYasha'' franchise; the first were the identical twin brothers [[Dai]] and [[Roku]] in [[InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island|the 4th and final film]].
 *The anime uses demons from the manga that were ignored in the making of The Final Act.