InuYasha (2000)

InuYasha parents guide

Some innuendo or implied sex and mild language, about what a TV-14 should carry.

Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.

Scare

Mildly scary

A few tense or eerie moments.

Jump scares

A couple

One or two sudden jolts.

Gore

Light gore

Some blood or injury, briefly.

Violence

Strong violence

Violence is frequent or intense.

Sex and nudity

Mild

Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.

Language

Mild

Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

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Three questions

Is InuYasha scary?

Only a little. InuYasha has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.

How gory is InuYasha?

Light gore and strong violence.

What is InuYasha rated, and is it OK for kids?

Better for teens than younger kids: it is rated TV-14, with strong violence.

What is InuYasha about?

Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.

Cast and crew

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InuYasha is on our Epics, Teens, 2000s, Netflix and Sci-fi on Netflix lists.

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Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.

• “a fun halloween movie, not too scary”
• “a movie that will make me cry”
• “funny but not stupid, under two hours”