Fear Not, The InuYasha Manga Will Still Keep Viz Busy for Years to Come
Posted on June 10th, 2008 by calaggie in News
The news that Inuyasha (the manga) will at last conclude when its 558th chapter is published in next week’s Shonen Sunday should be a welcome relief for fans of the series. They will hopefully get a definite conclusion unlike the TV series, whose ending made Anime Insider’s list of 10 worst anime endings last October. (Scan after the jump.)
This announcement also means that Viz Media will have at least two more years of business from the franchise – the 34th volume is due to come out July 8th. If the current pace of one volume every three months continues, Volume 56 would come out in January 2014 (assuming they don’t speed its release, like they did with Naruto last year). That would be five years after the projected January 2009 release of volume 56 in Japan. With such a long wait ahead for US fans, I hope scanlations don’t hurt sales of the printed versions too much.
This was what appeared in Anime Insider #49:
Why it sucked: It was bad enough that the series dragged on and on and on, but when the final episode was aired, it left all the plot threads dangling. The sacred jewel is still busted, Naraku keeps growing in power while eluding our heroes, and Inuyasha still can’t get ovet Kikyo and admit his feelings for Kagome. Inuyasha was formulaic and predictable right up until the end.
Lack of resolution is a constant problem for anime adaptations based on ongoing manga series (e.g. FMA, Negima) so it’s not surprising that Inuyasha (the anime) went down “the journey continues” road at the end of 167 episodes.
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Haha, it’s about time as well!