Before I watch a new anime, I look it up on CrunchyRoll to see what people are saying about it. I'm surprised this one is so unknown; it doesn't even have 400 fans, and the page for it only has about 27 comments, be it all positive ones. I put off watching it because of this, and also because it's so long - 186 episodes - and when I get engrossed in an anime, I can think or do nothing else until I'm finished with it. Plus, it being on Netflix is a deterrent because the animes on there are usually dubs, and I prefer to watch the subs. CrunchyRoll doesn't have it, and I was without Internet for awhile...
Anyway, I'm glad I started! I freakin' LOVE this show! My prediction was right, and I haven't been able to stop watching it; after only a couple of days, I'm already into the 100's. Sure, the animation is a little crude at the beginning; the fight scenes are not very complex, filled with a lot of action-stills with flashing backgrounds; there are a lot of googly-eyed stills; but what the show lacks in animation, it more than makes up for in character development.
The story is your typical textbook shounen anime: a schoolgirl and a half-demon have to scour the countryside of feudal Japan in search of shards of a sacred jewel, which they need to assemble to defeat the story's main antagonist, the demon Naraku. But the characters are really why you watch this one. Although it's technically considered a shounen anime (and it definitely fits that category, with the action and violence), I think there are some elements of shoujo in there too, what with the main protagonist being a young girl and all the romance that ensues.
Of course, Kagome and Inuyasha fall in love; I mean, how could they not, spending every minute together? But it gets more complicated with the appearance of Inuyasha's dead ex-girlfriend. Love triangles abound in InuYasha, and make for some very emotional moments, not to mention great fun.
It's super funny, too, and has me laughing out loud constantly. Unlike with shows like Naruto, I don't mind the filler episodes in InuYasha because they're rife with the character, romance, and comedy that are the reasons I love this anime. And the reason all fangirls watch animes: the hot guys - I dare you not to fall for Mikoru, despite his lecherous actions. While Inuyasha himself I wouldn't consider 'hot', he's kind of cute when he's in human form, but it's his devotion to Kagome, and even Kikyo - though I hate her, that makes him so sweet you can't help but love him.
[edit - I don't think he's as smart or thinks things through as much as Kagome gives him credit for ;)]
So while I finish watching the last 80 episodes and get started on my Sango cosplay, have a good weekend :)
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