InuYasha - InuYasha, full title InuYasha, a Feudal Fairy Tale (also romanized as Inuyasha), is a Japanese manga series that was later adapted into anime. Written and illustrated by manga artist Rumiko Takahashi, the story centers around a time-traveling middle school student, a half-demon, a lecherous monk, a young fox demon, a demon slayer, and a nekomata during the Sengoku period who seek to restore the Jewel of Four Souls (Shikon no Tama) and to keep it out of the hands of the evil Naraku. This series also displays the hardships and chaos in that Japanese era. The manga was adapted into a 167 episode anime series directed by Masashi Ikeda (episodes 1 to 44) and Yasunao Aoki (44 onwards) and produced by Sunrise. The anime first aired on Yomiuri TV in Japan from 16 October 2000 to 13 September 2004. The television run of the anime ceased without a conclusion to the story. As of October 2007, the manga is still being released in Japan. In 2002, the manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for best shonen title of the year.