InuYasha: The Final Act Simulcast Announced

Viz announced at the New York Anime Festival today that it plans to simulcast episodes of InuYasha: The Final Act starting on October 3rd. The simulcast will be broadcast on Hulu and Shonen Sunday, presumably subtitled in English. It’s also likely that it will only be available to viewers in North America, though this has not been confirmed yet.

Although I’m no great fan of InuYasha, I am happy to see more series getting simulcast. After all, who can argue with free legal fansubs? Hopefully this will be as successful as the Naruto, One Piece and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood simulcasts, and will convince Japanese companies to be a little more liberal-minded when it comes to online distribution of content and overseas licensing. After all, I would love to see simulcasts of other shows like Gundam Unicorn or Dragon Ball Kai. Let’s keep our fingers crossed…

–Via ANN

Inuyasha Returns to TV After Five Year Hiatus

ANN is reporting that the popular adventure anime InuYasha will be returning to television this fall in order to cover the final 21 volumes of Rumiko Takahashi’s voluminous manga series. Given the series’ immense popularity overseas, an English adaptation seems likely. Fangirls (and boys) can only hope that we get plenty of scenes with Sesshomaru…