January, 2004
(On January 5, the new episode is not shown)
January 12 Anime Ep. 137 (The Ancestor's Name is Kagome)
January 19 Anime Ep. 138 (Survival of The Two People in
Youkai Infested Lands)
January 24, 25 The 19th World Hobby
Fair in Tokyo (in Osaka on January 18). Producer Suwa did not
attend unlike last year.
January 26 Anime Ep. 139 (The Big Duel at Rising-Clouds
Fall)
February, 2004
February 2 Anime Ep.140 (Eternal Feelings -
The Halberd of Kenkon)
February 4 Mermaid
Forest DVD Vol. 1 (Eps. 1-3) rental begins.
February 9 Anime Ep. 141 (The Released Monstrous
Horse, Entei)
February 11 CD of the fifth opening theme One
Day, One Dream is released
February 16 Anime Ep. 142 (Runaway Entei and
Bloodcurdling Hakudoushi)
February 18 Manga Volume 34 is released
February 23 Anime Ep. 143 (3000 Leagues in
Search of Father)
February 25 InuYasha Drama CD Jigoku de
Matteta Shichinin-tai! (Shichinin-tai Who Has Waited in The
Hell) is released.
March, 2004
March 1 Anime Ep. 144 (Housenki and The Final
Shard)
March 5 Takahashi's new work "Giri no Bakansu"
(A Dutiful Vacation) published in Big
Comic Original
March 8 Anime Ep. 145 (The Bizarre Gate Keepers at The
Boundary between This and The Next Worlds)
March 15 Anime Ep. 146 (The Rough Mistress of Birds,
Princess Abi )
March 18 Play Station2 Inuyasha Juso no Kamen
(InuYasha The Mask of The Curse) is released
March 22 The First Movie Affections Touching
Across Time aired on TV
(On March 29, The new episode is not shown)
April, 2004
(On 5th and 12th of April, The new episode is not
shown)
April 19 Anime Episodes 147 & 148 - One-hour
Special Program (A Fateful Love Song Before We Met), where
Takizawa (Tackey) plays a guest character and Change The
World (OP1) is aired as a special ED.
April 26 Anime Episode 149 (An Arrow Brewing up A
Disturbance)
April 26 The eighth ending theme Brand-New
World performed by V6 starts to air.
May, 2004
May 3 Anime Episode 150 (Mysterious Light
Leading The Saint)
May 10 Anime Episode 151 (Kagome's Instinctive
choice); The Japanese developer of Winny, which is the most
popular P2P program in Japan, arrested.
May 14 Inuyasha special radio show in Anime
Scramble
May 17 Anime Episode 152 (Protect and Reave!);
The amount of tax payment of Rumiko Takahashi in 2003 announced
to be about 177 million yen.
May 18 Manga Volume 35 is released; The
webmaster of one of the most popular Japanese game info site gameonline.jp
arrested for copyright violation that he had shown screenshots of
unlerease games on the site without permission.
May 24 Anime Episode 153 (The Destiny
is A Cruel Reunion)
May 31 Anime Episode 154 (The Youkai Linking to
The Next World)
May 31 OP changed to Angelus performed
by Hitomi Shimatani
June, 2004
June 7 Anime Episode 155 (The Devil That
Guards A Shard of Shikon Jewel)
June 11 The third movie video and DVD (Region 2,
Japanese only) rental begins in Japan.
June 14 Anime Episode 156 (The Battle Before The
Tomb! Sessho-maru vs InuYasha)
June 21 Anime Episode 157 (Cleave Naraku, Kongousouha!)
(On June 28, The new episode is not aired due to
Detective Conan's one-hour special program)
July, 2004
July 5 Anime Episode 158 (Innumerable Runaway
Youkai Mice)
July 12 Anime Episode 159 (Kohaku's Resolution and
Sango's Heart)
July 16 Manga Volume 36 is released
(July 19 The new episode is not aired due to Detective Conan's
one-hour special program)
July 26 Anime Episode 160 (The Two-timing Aggressive
Bastard who brings Happiness)
August, 2004
August 2 Anime Episode 161 (Monk Miroku's Old
Mistake)
August 4 CD of the eighth ending theme released
August 9 Anime Episode 162 (Together with
Sesshomaru-sama Forever)
August 11 CD of the sixth opening theme released
(August 16 The new episode is not aired due to an Olympic game)
August 21 Suwa and Sumisawa make a guest appearance in a
Radio show Anime Scramble
August 23 Anime Episode 163 (Kohaku, Sango, Kirara, The
Secret Garden)
August 27 Movie
3 DVD (Region 2, Japanese only) is released.
August 30 Anime Episode 164 (The Most Powerful
Enemy - Parasite Pupa, Shippo)
September, 2004
September 6 Anime Episode 165 (The Best Clue
to Defeat of Naraku)
September 8 CD album BEST OF INUYASHA 2 (all
the OPs and EDs) released. Only the first press contains a DVD
recorded OP & ED movie clips without lyrics or staff
captions.
September 13 The TV Anime series Finale: Episodes 166
& 167 (The Bond between Two - Use The Shard of Shikon!)
September 17 Manga Vol. 37 released
September 29 Movie 4 information featured in
Shonen Sunday Vol. 44 (the pages shown on Movie info senciotn)
October, 2004
October 6 Manga Chapter 380 狼の墓場 Ookami
no Hakaba (Graveyard of the Wolves)
October 8 Japanese Official Calender released only in
some anime shops in Japan
October 9 Movie 4 information featured in Animedia
(Anime info magazines published in Japan)
October 11 Anime Black Jack starts to
air on Yomiuri TV on the same time zone as InuYasha
October 12 Anime Yakitate Japan
(46 Episodes, one year) being created by InuYasha TV series staff
starts to ait on TV Tokyo
October 12 Yomiuri TV Movie 4
section updated
October 13 Manga Chapter 381 宝の守り役 Takara
no Mamoriyaku (The Treasure Guard)
October 15 Movie 4 theme song and its singer
found (not officially announced): 楽園 Rakuen (Paradise)
performed by Do as Infinity.
October 20 Manga Chapter 382 五雷指 Goraishi
(Goraishi: Five-thunder-fingers)
October 27 Manga Chapter 383 ムジナ Mujina
(Mujina)
October 29 Chinese subtitled InuYasha Movie 1, produced
for Japanese fime festival 2004 held in Beijing, China in
September 17 -25, shown in 17th Tokyo
International Film Festival. Michihiko Suwa, Yomiuri YV
produce, and Katsuyuki Sumisawa, scenario writer, to make a
speech.
November, 2004
November 1 Movie 4 information featured in
the magazine Shogaku
6-nensei (The sixth grade) December issue.
November 2 Yomiuri TV Movie 4
section updated
November 2 Manga Chapter 384 大義 Taigi
(The Cause)
November 10 Manga Chapter 385 奪鬼 Datsuki
(Datsu: to absorb + Ki: demon)
November 11 Do As Infinity announced to do voice
characters in Movie 4
November 19 It it announced at Yomiuri TV Movie 4
section that InuYasha Festival in honor of Movie 4 is to be
held on December 12.
November 20 New
trailer released at InuYasha
Movie official website
November 24 Manga Chapter 386 刀秋 Toushu (Tou:
swoard + Shu: autumn)
November 29 Yomiuri TV Movie 4
section updated
December 2004
December 1 Manga Chapter 387 竜人の盾
Ryujin no Tate (The Shield of Dragon man)
December 8 Drama CD 2 犬夜叉 嵐と祭りの宝来島!
InuYasha Arashi to Matsuri no HouraiTou (InuYasha-
HouraiTou with the storm and the festival) released.
December 8 Manga Chapter 388 奪鬼の使い手
Datsuki no Tukaite (Datsuki's User)
December 8 Movie 4 information featured in Shonen Sunday
#2, 2005
December 10 Manga Vol. 38 released
December 10 InuYasha Movie 4 special show on Anime
Scramble with the first part of the radio drama.
December 12 Thanksgiving
Event in honor of Movie 4 held at Hibiya Open-air stage in
Tokyo
December 12 Movie 4 preview given in Tokyo and Osaka.
December 15 Movie 4 theme song CD: 楽園 Rakuen,
performed by Do as Infinity, released
December 15 Character
Collection - New Year Greeting Card - InuYasha: Software for
printing new year greeting cards with pictures of InuYasha
characters.
December 15 Manga Chapter 389 亀裂 Kiretsu (Fracture)
December 17 InuYasha Movie 4 special show on Anime
Scramble with the latter part of the radio drama.
December 17 InuYasha special TV program shown on TV
December 22 CD of the movie 4 soundtrack released
December 22 Manga Chapter 390 覚悟 Kakugo (Preparation)
December 23 Movie 4: 紅蓮の蓬莱島 Guren no
Hourai-jima (The Flaming Red Hourai Island) to come out in
Japan
December 23 Character
Collection - Calendar - InuYasha: Software for printing
calendars with pictures of InuYasha characters
Last Updated: November 10, 2006