Based on the manga series of the same title by Rumiko Takahashi, the anime was produced by Sunrise. List of InuYasha episodes (season 6) - The final season of the anime series InuYasha aired in Japan on Animax from Januthrough September 13, 2004. List of InuYasha episodes (season 5) - The fifth season of the anime series InuYasha aired in Japan on Animax from through January 19, 2004. List of InuYasha episodes (season 4) - The fourth season of the anime series InuYasha aired in Japan on Animax from Augthrough May 12, 2003. List of InuYasha episodes (season 1) - The first season of the anime series InuYasha aired in Japan on Animax from Octothrough May 21, 2001. The English dub of the third season was broadcast on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim programming block from May 8, 2004, 2002 through January 17, 2005._TOC_ The anime is licensed for release in North America by Viz Media. The first season introduces the central characters and shows the group gathering together. Joined by a lecherous monk, a young fox demon, 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 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. The third season of the anime series " InuYasha" aired in Japan on Animax from Decemthrough August 12, 2002.