Although I knew of it, I never read the original manga of "Inuyasha"（犬夜叉）or watched its various anime adaptations throughout the 2000s. I only knew about it as some sort of sword-and-sorcery epic.
Just within the last hour, I encountered a tweet where the person, to their delight, had seen the members of the band Do As Infinity come back together to perform. The band lasted between 1999 and 2005 in its initial run and then started a new run from 2008 according to J-Wiki.
Remembering that KKP still has a few DAI entries including my last one dating back to late 2019 for their 2001 8th single "Tooku made"（遠くまで）, I decided to see if I could dig up another one of the band's songs. I was able to track down their 18th single from December 2004, "Rakuen" (Paradise), which was used as the theme song for one of those "Inuyasha" movies, "Inuyasha ~ Guren no Houraijima"（犬夜叉 紅蓮の蓬莱島...Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island）that was released a couple of days shy of Christmas 2004. After listening to "Rakuen" a few times, I realized that it's been quite a while since I heard one of these contemplative pop/rock numbers from Japan. The song peaked at No. 2 on Oricon and went Gold. DAI guitarist and vocalist Ryo Owatari（大渡亮）was behind the lyrics while the entire band took credit for the composition.
I'll always associate "Fukai Mori" with both the show and band first. They did release their first new album in a long time earlier this year.
ReplyDeleteInuyasha had an awesome collection of opening, closing, and movie related song. And, then there was a spin off anime 半妖の夜叉姫 (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon) which ran from 2020 to 2022 and had an okay sound track. The manga of that ran from 2021 to 2025.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you're a fan of the series, Rumiko Takahashi's Rin-ne(ran from 2009-2017) and Mao(2019 to present) might be up your alley.
DeleteHey, I am a long time fan of Rumiko Takahashi. My favorite work of hers so far is 「めぞん一刻」or Mezon Ikkoku which ran from 1980 -1987. I have also been collecting Mao, too.
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