Inu Yasha the Movie 3


The third Inu Yasha theatrical feature is finally here.

I came over to Megamall expecting little more than dinner, but I left with nothing less than VCD copies of the 3rd Inu Yasha theatrical feature, Inu Yasha the Movie 3: The Sword of World Conquest!
Like the first movie, the 3rd Inu Yasha movie delves once more into the past of Inu Yasha, particularly with his father, the Great Inu No Taicho, his forbidden love with the human princess Izayoi, the birth of his hanyou (half-human, half youkai) son Inu Yasha, and the path of his full-blooded youkai son, Sesshomarou. As the title mentions, the movie is also about the Inu family's swords- Tessaiga, the blade given to Inu Yasha; Tenseiga, the life-giving sword given to Sesshomarou; and finally Souunga, Inu No Taichi's blade, an evil sword whose power could conquer the world.
When Souunga's seal wears out (having a 700 year life span), it promptly starts to wreak havoc. With their father's bitter enemy resurrected and wielding Souunga's might, the two dog-demon brothers and fierce rivals must somehow find it in themselves to fight together against an enemy of unequalled power and hatred.

While it was a bummer that once again this movie takes another side story instead of continuing the heroes' quest for the Shikon and the Hunt for Naraku, it's a pretty cool story. The Inu Yasha-Sesshomarou rivalry has always been one of the series' stronger plot points, and the film makes full use of it to tell a pretty good adventure. And it WOULD have to be a movie with high quality animation to fully show off the high-level magical attacks and mammoth firepower thrown off in the many battles. This is easily the best of the IY movies so far, in terms of story and animation. Inu Yasha fans should make for their anime shops and scoop this one up fast, along with the final leg of episodes for the TV series.