Will there ever be more Inuyasha?

[Princedarian07]

So I know InuYasha ended during the 6th(7th US) season with a cliff hanger where everyone promising to pursue Naraku until he is destroyed and knowing that the way to accomplish this is to destroy the child that represents his heart. Im just wondering will there be another season to conclude it all?

[Fencedude]

So I know InuYasha ended during the 6th(7th US) season with a cliff hanger where everyone promising to pursue Naraku until he is destroyed and knowing that the way to accomplish this is to destroy the child that represents his heart. Im just wondering will there be another season to conclude it all?

Read the manga if you want an ending.

[pianocello]

Im just wondering will there be another season to conclude it all?


I hope not.

[Suwako Moriya]

Read the manga if you want an ending.

That's probably the best idea. I get the feeling if they were to make another season, it would just mostly consist of visiting random villages...

[The Great Bear]

Highly doubt it. Once a regular television series stops production, that's generally the end of it. There could be future OVAs or movies to wrap up the storyline (now that the manga is complete), but it is highly unlikely that they would do a new series that picked up where the old one finished.

Can anyone think of a case where they stopped doing a series, waited several years (remember, at this point, Inuyasha ended in Japan 5 years ago), and then started again? I can't think of one.

[Buckeye]

Considering the time since the final episode was released, I highly doubt it. This is very typical of long series where after so many episodes that it ends without a real ending.

[MaxGoof]

Highly doubt it. Once a regular television series stops production, that's generally the end of it. There could be future OVAs or movies to wrap up the storyline (now that the manga is complete), but it is highly unlikely that they would do a new series that picked up where the old one finished.

Can anyone think of a case where they stopped doing a series, waited several years (remember, at this point, Inuyasha ended in Japan 5 years ago), and then started again? I can't think of one.

What about Slayers?

[The Great Bear]

What about Slayers?

A unique exception. Plus, there we're talking about a 10 year gap between the last version and the current series. For whatever reason, someone decided that Slayers had enough popularity to spark a new series, and so it happened.

And not tied to a manga.

I'm not about to start listing the opposite cases, where series were not followed up while the manga continued. Because I would be listing about several dozen shows.

[Draneor]

Can anyone think of a case where they stopped doing a series, waited several years (remember, at this point, Inuyasha ended in Japan 5 years ago), and then started again? I can't think of one.

It happened to the Ah My Goddess franchise. Although the circumstances and audiences are different (the Ah My Goddess manga will not die, for one). Various Gundam universes have done it (again, Gundam is an entirely different property). Both Evangelion and Dragon Ball have retained sufficient mainstream popularity over the years to merit additions as has Lupin. But does Takahashi's Inuyasha still have that kind of mainstream appeal in Japan?

I agree that more Inuyasha is unlikely at this point.

[Zeether]

I hope not, because some of the fanbase is just...ugh. Just read the manga.

[something]

I hope not, because some of the fanbase is just...ugh. Just read the manga.
That's not a really good reason to wish against more of something being made, though. I have zero interest in the series myself and have never watched it, but what do I lose if more gets made? There will always be a show that attracts people you dislike so honestly I'd just ignore it. After all, how many times have we seen similar things said about DBZ, Pokemon, or Naruto? (And I actually liked Naruto, at least back when I was watching it.)

By the way, weren't some Inuyasha OVAs being released? Or was that about new manga chapters? I know I heard something or other about Inuyasha recently, but didn't pay much attention.

Like TGB says though, it's very unusual for a show to be revived after a long hiatus, even if the story is incomplete in the anime. As much as I dislike the idea of "read the manga for an ending" just on principle, it really does sound like the best course of action in this situation.

[The Great Bear]

It happened to the Ah My Goddess franchise. Although the circumstances and audiences are different (the Ah My Goddess manga will not die, for one).

But AMG started as an OVA, then there was a movie, before there was a TV series, so not really a proper comparison.

If there's a third season of the TV series done, then that would be a perfect comparison, but beyond the Fighting Wings OVA, there's neither sight nor sound of any further animation for the moment.

And as you note, there's no point waiting for the AMG manga to be completed, since it will probably continue to be ongoing long after we are all dead and buried. And Keiichi will not have gone further than kissing Belldandy, and maybe suggesting they hold hands in public—when no one else is looking.

[Draneor]

But AMG started as an OVA, then there was a movie, before there was a TV series, so not really a proper comparison

It started as a manga, and there was also Mini-Goddess. But I don't think the kind or length of an anime is really relevant. What is important is that AMG has sustained its appeal over almost two decades among the Japanese public. Because it did that, the franchise was able to generate more anime. It's the same case with Slayers (and the other ones I mentioned). These are rare cases and almost always involve "mainstream" anime or anime with strong nostalgia.

Will Inuyasha do that? I don't know. Urusei Yatsura has sustained its appeal, to a certain extent. I think we can infer from the fact that the anime ended that perhaps Inuyasha wasn't going that path.

[something]

But I don't think the kind or length of an anime is really relevant. What is important is that AMG has sustained its appeal over almost two decades among the Japanese public.
He's talking about a long gap without anything (animated) produced at all though, isn't he? AMG has been consistently produced in OVAs, TV series and movies, and so it never really went into the kind of hibernation that I thought was under discussion here. Inuyasha has yet, far as I know, to produce those kind of spinoffs since it finished airing in Japan four and a half years ago. A quick look at the 4th movie on Wiki says it was released back in 2004 as well.

I think a good comparison is Hunter x Hunter, which is still ongoing as manga (sort of?) but hasn't seen anything animated since around the same time Inuyasha ended. Though there there is of course the mangaka's issues I stopped following long ago. Berserk would fit too.

[The Great Bear]

But I don't think the kind or length of an anime is really relevant. What is important is that AMG has sustained its appeal over almost two decades among the Japanese public.
He's talking about a long gap without anything (animated) produced at all though, isn't he? AMG has been consistently produced in OVAs, TV series and movies, and so it never really went into the kind of hibernation that I thought was under discussion here. Inuyasha has yet, far as I know, to produce those kind of spinoffs since it finished airing in Japan four and a half years ago. A quick look at the 4th movie on Wiki says it was released back in 2004 as well.

I think a good comparison is Hunter x Hunter, which is still ongoing as manga (sort of?) but hasn't seen anything animated since around the same time Inuyasha ended. Though there there is of course the mangaka's issues I stopped following long ago. Berserk would fit too.

That was what I was getting at. AMG isn't really a good comparison because it has had a sustained number of projects, with gaps certainly, but sustained over time. Slayers is the same: gaps, but some evidence of sustained interest from production companies.

Inuyasha was pretty much all done in one big block from 2000-2004, and has seen no activity since. Not even an OAD, as they call them now, when the manga was still being published.

This doesn't preclude Inuyasha from ever being revived, but there don't seem to be any signs of that happening.

[Draneor]

That was what I was getting at. AMG isn't really a good comparison because it has had a sustained number of projects, with gaps certainly, but sustained over time. Slayers is the same: gaps, but some evidence of sustained interest from production companies.

Ah My Goddess
OVA: 1993
Adventures of Mini-Goddess: 1998--1999
Movie: 2000
First TV Series: started in 2005

There were four year gaps between various incarnations. AMG is less mainsteam than Inuyasha though. So I agree it's not a perfect comparision.

There was also Black Jack. The manga ended in 1983. OVAs started being released in 1993. The first movie in 1996. The TV anime remake started in 2004 (through 2006). Tezuka is, of course, special. You really can't compare anything to his work.

I'm never going to find a perfect comparision (maybe if One Piece stopped), so might as well go with the ones we have. I think we agree that the Inuyasha franchise is mostly dead in Japan at the moment. Still, it is possible for a popular mainstream franchise to be remade, if it remains popular enough over the years.

Not even an OAD, as they call them now, when the manga was still being published.

The OVA market was more or less dead by 2000, and the manga ended before Kodansha thought of the idea of bundling an episode with the LE of the manga to sell to collectors (Inuyasha, of course, was published by Shogakukan). There is also the issue of a mainstream property versus an otaku one. Ah, and I should note that Inuyasha did get a bonus episode created for Takahashi's 30th anniversary (in 2008). The problem is, of course, you had to go to her exhibit, "It's a Rumic World," to see it (along with the others). :(

[DJ_72]

They should have just written their own ending with Takahashi's approval.

They missed a great chance to wrap it up at the end of the Band of Seven arc and then again later when Kohaku regained his memories. His storyline was one of the few bright spots remaining---it would have been sweet if he got to kill Naraku.

[zaldar]

Did the manga end well? I am actually suprised it ended. She has a reputation for pretty much never ending anything doesn't she?

[joelgundam01]

Did the manga end well? I am actually suprised it ended. She has a reputation for pretty much never ending anything doesn't she?

Yes! It's one of the few series that she actually ended it completely.

[Betenoire]

Did the manga end well? I am actually suprised it ended. She has a reputation for pretty much never ending anything doesn't she?

I'm not sure the rep I've heard is so much she doesn't end her projects as the endings don't really feel like endings. Some of her stories do, and others don't. I just remember reading that InuYasha's manga was ending, but don't know anymore details than that.