InuYasha Movie 2: Kagami no Naka no Mugenjou

Fortune smiles on Inuyasha and his allies when they finally defeat their nemesis Naraku, who has caused them unrelenting hardships. Overjoyed by the long-awaited victory, they all hurry to resume their former lives, unaware that danger still lurks around. Kanna and Kagura, two of Naraku's subordinates, make arrangements to set free a sealed demonic entity that claims to be Kaguya, the legendary Princess of the Heavens.

Although preoccupied with their own endeavors, Inuyasha's group members reunite by a string of unusual coincidences involving Kanna and Kagura along with an inexplicable phenomenon of repeated full-moon nights. Upon realizing that Kaguya is behind the troubling events and that she holds a terrible power, they join forces once more to stop the disastrous fate she has planned for the world.

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Inuyasha Main

Yamaguchi, Kappei Japanese

Higurashi, Kagome Main

Yukino, Satsuki Japanese

Sango Main

Kuwashima, Houko Japanese

Miroku Main

Tsujitani, Kouji Japanese

Kaguya Main

Harada, Mieko Japanese

Kikyou Supporting

Hidaka, Noriko Japanese

Shippou Supporting

Watanabe, Kumiko Japanese

Kagura Supporting

Oogami, Izumi Japanese

Naraku Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Kirara Supporting

Ueda, Masuo Producer, Planning

Saitou, Tomoyuki Assistant Producer

Shinohara, Toshiya Director, Storyboard, Series Production Director

Tsuruoka, Youta Sound Director

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Jun 16, 2011

HollowNightWolf

Recommended

castle beyond the looking glass, hell yes. this is hands down my favorite inuyasha movie out of the four, having watched it multiple times. this movie unlike some movies based from anime, does have a more direct tie to the show itself which made it enjoyable and familiar being a HUGE inuyasha fan myself. the art was fantastic, it had the hd like look to my favorite characters and all original voice actors were in so i was super happy. all the character acted to their lovable personalities that i loved so much. hands down, i love this movie for everything though it had a ... fantastic ending and play up to the point where i would HIGHLY suggest any inuyasha fan to check this out!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 8, 2015

For_Reign

Recommended

Having seen all the InuYasha movies, I feel this one is by far the best of them, and most memorable. I've always liked how InuYasha incorporates the history and lore of Japan's past eras. This particular movie has excellent art as opposed to the first which was older, but not only did the quality of the art improve, there was much more action and intensity in the animation. This is the only one of the movies that actually have the main antagonist of the series itself, Naraku, in it and I feel that it contributes to the plot a lot, having him as an antagonistic ... device other than Kaguya. It's all about him deceiving people and bringing his plans to fruition as usual, and he always has an excellent way of carrying those plans out.

An interesting thing about this movie as well is the use of poetry. In the process of releasing Kaguya. I found that superb. There were several moments in the movie where I would get chills even having seen it two other times. That's how exciting and intense this movie was to me. Of all the movies, this is definitely the one worth the watch. I give a 9/10! It's great!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Oct 15, 2019

mouthpiece

Mixed Feelings

This is the second Inu Yasha movie, taking place after the hero has learned the barrier breaker technique. The scenario takes advantage of a possible sequel after the main objective is completed. So imagine the heroes managing to destroy Naraku 200 episodes earlier and are thinking of what to do with their lives now that the threat is over. This alone gave a lot more focus to every one of them and how they are now trying to settle down in a peaceful world.

Of course this is not meant to last because there is a demon who rivals Naraku’s power and whose plan can be ... achieved now that he is dead. So it’s like an after story scenario where trying to fix things only manages to make them worse. Also, the villain is based on a fairy tale and a poem, and her motives seem quite strange for most of the movie, so everything feels far more mysterious and elaborate. Unlike the first movie the plot is not that predictable and it is surely not about huge explosions either. The conflict is far more esoteric and despite not feeling as threatening or powerful as the villains of the first movie, it definitely manages to build up far better tension and excitement. After all, saving the flow of time sounds more cool that just saving the world once more. Plus, I liked how it took everybody’s effort to weaken the villain instead of just being about the hero and his kill-all sword as usual. Combined all that with far better production values than the tv series and you got yourself a very interesting filler mission.

Although I enjoyed the whole “what happens next” flavour, the movie is otherwise not exactly trying to offer something we haven’t seen already. It would fit nicely as a final mission a little bit before the canon finale but for the time it takes place it just tells us what we already see in the main series. Also, once you see past the mysterious goals of the villain you realize that half the movie is just a dull build up.

The movie will better be appreciated by those who prefer mystery or comedy than action, as there isn’t that much of the later. Plus, it is much closer to a metaphysical journey than shounen action. Nothing amazing in overall but at least it is different than the usual stuff you get in the main series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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