Inuyasha The Final Act - The Complete Series (DVD)

At last. All in one box. The entire Final Act series is presented for anyone who was waiting for a single 'box set'. Be warned that there are no real extras here. The second and fourth disks have some extras, including a scroll of translations of the Japanese cast and crew and a very limited list of the English dub cast. Be aware that the acting credits for a lot of the guest characters are missing. This is basically just a repackaging of the Part 1 and Part 2 Blu-rays / DVDs in a single package. The Blu-ray transfer is beautiful true 1080p with DTS-HD audio. Note that the 1.33:1 aspect ratio listed in the item description is wrong. This is true 16:9 high definition. The 5 stars in the review is just for the quality of the disks and the beautiful art on the packaging. The discs also contain the original Japanese language presentation with optional subtitles. Unlike the English dub, all the original Japanese actors returned and full credit is given for all roles. The problem with the English translation was the inability to get several of the main cast to return. The major roles of Kagome, Sesshomaru, Kaede, and Kohaku were recast with mixed results. The new voice for Sesshomaru was excellent, though different; but the recast of the Kagome role was a disaster. The new actress was not able to either render a reasonable imitation of the original or emote in a believable way, which detracted from the overall experience. All of the returning cast members gave respectable to excellent performances. Now I should mention that this part of the series is extremely truncated. Manga material that in the original series required 56 episodes to present was compressed into 26 here. Needless to say, huge passages in the manga were completely omitted and the rest extensively rewritten to fit into the number of episodes allotted. This completion of the story was not treated with the same care and respect that the original series got. In the first episode alone, 15 chapters of the manga were represented and they were scattered all across the first 150 chapters of the un-animated part of the story in no particular order. This is repeated for the first 14 episodes of the series, making for a very disconcerting and hard to follow viewing experience, as I have seen from questions asked about it elsewhere. It also affects the pacing, which is breakneck in the beginning and slows considerably as the episodes progress. If the original pace had continued, the final six episodes would have all been compressed into one. "Extras" are sparse and include an ad for Viz's Neon Alley web site and a partial listing of the English voice cast at the end of the 2nd and 4th discs, which is exactly how those discs were released in the original 2-part division of the series on disc. Not to give away any spoilers, this series picks up right where the old one left off with Naraku safely escaped and our intrepid heroes regrouping to pick up their search for him once again. Only now all the related groups begin to converge on their quarry and interact with one another more closely. We also get to meet a few new characters, both foe and non-foe, as the battle intensifies and some tough choices have to be made in order to arrive at the final confrontation, and its aftermath. The good news is that the story is wrapped up more or less completely, with very few loose ends left. If you want to see the ending of the story as originally intended, read the manga from chapter 339 to 558. It will explain a lot of what is happens as short, disjointed scenes in the anime. It would have been nice to have had a few more extras; but that has not happened. This is mostly intended for hard-core fans who really wanted to see the ending of the story in animated form.

It's has a good ending but different voice actors for some characters

Great

I recently bought the blu-ray version of this product. I am thoroughly enjoying it. After seven seasons (based on the DVD releases of the original series), Inuyasha and his friends finally bring an end to their longtime opponent, Naraku. The 26 episode series nicely wraps up this story that I have followed for years. The episodes are divided into a four disc (blu-ray) collection. I found myself really enjoying the series. I even liked the new voice actors (for the English dub. The Japanese dub has the complete original cast). Many fans of the series know that Moneca Stori (Kagome) and David Kaye (Sesshomaru) did not reprise their roles for the new series. I found myself enjoying Michael Daingerfield, Sesshomaru's new voice actor. He sounded so similar to David Kaye. Kira Tozer, Kagome's new voice actress is... serviceable. She sounds nothing like Moneca Stori, but after a few episodes, I found myself not minding because she was still good. The special features are kinda sparse: the original Japanese trailers that advertised the series, production art, English credits, and previews for other Viz projects. The picture and sound on the blu-ray is amazing as well, featuring a 1080p HD 16x9 video display along with DTS-HD audio. Overall, "Inuyasha: The Final Act" is a great show. I recommend it to any Inuyasha fan, especially if you wish to see this feudal fairy tale come to an end.

Purchased this because I needed to complete my collection of Inu Yasha. I watched this show on TV quite a few years ago and had purchased all of the episodes on Amazon except for the final episodes. I wanted to complete the collection so I was happy I could still find it because it had been quite some time since the show was on TV. So I'm happy with my purchase.

Picture and sound will blow you away!!! The English captions are not verbatim which sucks royally! Some of the English voice actors have been replaced but that doesn't take away from the experience. I watched about 3 episodes before I remembered Kagome was voiced by a different actress. When she's excited or yelling at Inuyasha she sounds very close to the original actress. Only sometimes when she is talking calmly, casually do you pick up a hint of difference. Kohaku sounds more masculine but he's a growing boy so it's not unforgivable actually makes sense. Sesshōmaru is the most noticeable difference but how often did he speak in the original series??? LOL! For that reason it's not that distracting and he does sound pretty close to original like others have mentioned. Kaede was also replaced but barely noticeable if at all. I was hesitant to watch the Final Act when I heard Kagome and others were replaced but I'm here to tell you the replacements measure up so watch it!!!! You'll laugh, you'll cry!!

I'm glad they finally finished the anime with another season. This is one of those rare stories where you wish you could live in that world with the characters. I laughed, I cried (seriously, the end left me a misty-eyed). It has a lot of heart, and that is central to the story in a very important sense. Despite what appears to be a simple story actually has a lot of depth. While InuYasha is the title character, Kagome is in many ways the real protagonist. There is a yin-yang relationship between the two, where InuYasha defeats the external obstacles with his fighting prowess, while Kagome defeats the internal obstacles where it requires her to be strong and wise enough to hold her group together and do the right thing no matter how much it hurts. The only downside is that they do repeat the prologue story over and over whenever the plot progresses, but that's understandable considering a long-running series will need to recap to catch people up who watch this on TV rather than a single DVD marathon.

It’s a gift so I can’t open it but the front of it has small worn out scratches and creases. If you don’t mind that it’s pretty good.

I been looking forward to watching this Final series of INUYASHA THE FINAL ACT . It’s started Kagome is an ordinary schoolgirl who finds her destiny linked to a hotheaded but brave half demon named Inuyasha and the powerful Shikon Jewel, Inuyasha and Kagome face their ultimate enemy, demon master Naraku . In the end they win against Naraku with help from their friends.

so happy with the conclusion of this show! the discs are all beautifully designed as well, i love it! also, where i live i normally expect deliveries in 2 weeks at the earliest but this is the fastest i think i’ve ever gotten anything in my life. me and my boyfriend finished streaming the show on crunchyroll but the final act wasn’t there, we looked up places to rent it but it costs almost the same as just buying the physical copy, which i would’ve preferred to have anyway, so we bought it. we didn’t plan to watch it again until the following saturday and it showed up just in time, we didn’t have to wait at all! it was a great surprise! thank you so much :)

非常に安価です。 そして画質もまあ良い。 字幕は消せませんが、表示位置を最下部に設定すれば、見えなくなります。 但し、下部以外の上部や中央の字幕は、見えてしまいます。 再生ごとに設定しなおす必要はあります。

Très bon final pour la série. Au niveau technique, on note une nette amélioration par rapport aux saisons précédentes : image plus fine et plus homogène tout au long de cette dernière saison (merci l'ordinateur). Au niveau histoire, on est scotché du début à la fin. Un peu longuet d'ailleurs la fin (6 épisodes le combat final quand même !), mais ce n'est la fin genre 3 minutes qui durent 10 plombes. Et c'est suffisamment intéressant pour qu'on ne s'en rende pas compte au final. A recommander. En import US, mais si j'avais attendu que les éditeurs français sortent la fin de la série, je serais encore à attendre la saison 2 ! Mais peu importe. Contrairement à certaines personnes qui pleurent dès que ce n'est plus en français, l'anglais lu ne me dérange absolument pas. Et comme je ne regarde que les versions originales sous-titrée ça me dérange encore moins.

UPDATE, was just as good as i remembered, perfect ending and just as good as the books. And played perfectly with no fault. 1st thing I did was check it was the right product and would play as I have a unlocked did player.. Glad to say, all discs play, but ive not watched it yet. But can review it, as ive seen it years ago, this is the last 26 episodes, some sad and some very funny moments. But then what else would you expect from Rumiko Takahashi. I've read the books and yes there's some differences, but both are still enjoyable. So worth every penny.