<P> The episodes of the Japanese anime series Inuyasha are based on the first 36 volumes of the manga series of the same title by Rumiko Takahashi . The series follows half - demon Inuyasha and a high school girl Kagome Higurashi on a journey, alongside their friends, a young fox demon, Shippo; a lecherous monk, Miroku; a demon slayer, Sango; and a demon cat, Kirara, to obtain 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 by the half - demon Naraku . </P> <P> Produced by Sunrise, the series premiered in Japan on Animax on October 16, 2000 and ran for 167 episodes until its conclusion on September 13, 2004 . It also aired on Animax's English - language networks in South Asia and East Asia and it was broadcast on Yomiuri TV and Nippon Television . The English dub of the series aired on Cartoon Network's programming block, Adult Swim, from August 31, 2002 through October 27, 2006 . In Canada, the series aired on YTV . </P> <P> A second anime series, Inuyasha: The Final Act, premiered on October 3, 2009 and covers the final volumes of the manga series . </P>

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