Anime Where They Get Killed Over and Over Again

Not to be confused with the Rumiko Takahashi fantasy romance series Inuyasha.

Manga serial

Inuyashiki
The cover of the first volume of Inuyashiki
いぬやしき
Genre	Body horror[1] Science fiction[ii] Superhero[ane]
Manga
Written by	Hiroya Oku
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA Kodansha USA (print) Crunchyroll (digital)
Imprint	Evening KC
Magazine	Evening
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	January 28, 2014 – July 25, 2017
Volumes	10 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Keiichi Sato (principal) Shūhei Yabuta
Produced past	Miho Matsumoto Taku Matsuo
Written by	Hiroshi Seko
Music by	Yoshihiro Ike
Studio	MAPPA
Licensed by	Prime Video (streaming)
Original network	Fuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run	Oct 12, 2017 – December 22, 2017
Episodes	11 (List of episodes)
Live-activeness moving picture
Inuyashiki (2018)
Anime and manga portal

Inuyashiki ( いぬやしき ) is a Japanese scientific discipline fiction manga series written and illustrated past Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Kodansha'south seinen manga magazine Evening from January 2014 to July 2017, with its chapters compiled in ten tankōbon volumes.

An anime tv series accommodation produced by MAPPA aired on Fuji TV's late nighttime programming cake Noitamina from Oct to Dec 2017. A live-action moving picture accommodation premiered in Japan in April 2018.

Plot [edit]

Inuyashiki Ichiro is an older, friendless man with an uncaring family. One fateful evening in a nearly empty public park, he is struck past an explosion of extraterrestrial origin, and his trunk is replaced past an incredibly powerful, only still outwardly human, mechanical body. He quickly realizes the extent of his body's powers, and after saving a homeless man existence browbeaten by a pack of teenagers, he decides to dedicate himself to doing good, using his powers to heal those with incurable diseases and fight crime.

However, a teenager who was with him at the fourth dimension of the explosion, Shishigami Hiro, had the same fate as Ichiro, but dissimilar Inuyashiki, Shishigami becomes a psychopath who goes about using his newfound abilities to murder various people, from classmates that badger him to innocent families, including immature children, merely for amusement. His acts of merciless cruelty bring him the attention of the police force, who can do nothing to finish him. Hiro becomes the about wanted criminal in the state.

The series follows these ii unlike people who once shared the same bizarre feel, as their paths are destined to clash.

Characters [edit]

Ichirō Inuyashiki ( 犬屋敷 壱郎 , Inuyashiki Ichirō )

Voiced by: Fumiyo Kohinata^[iii]

Played past: Noritake Kinashi

The head of the Inuyashiki family who looks older than his historic period, being 58 years quondam. He has no friends and is disrespected by his family, with the only affair he trusts being his canis familiaris, Hanako. He was on the verge of expiry, merely afterward existence struck by extraterrestrial beings, he was transformed into a cyborg. Not wanting to lose his humanity, he fights to save those in trouble.

Hiro Shishigami ( 獅子神 皓 , Shishigami Hiro )

Voiced past: Nijirō Murakami^[3]

Played by: Takeru Satoh

A teenager who was with Inuyashiki when the extraterrestrial beings struck them to death. He as well became a cyborg, merely he takes pleasure in killing people, which, according to him, keeps him homo. The simply people he cares almost are his female parent, his friend Naoyuki, and, afterwards, Shion and her grandmother. His standard method of killing someone is making a finger gun and proverb 'Bang!', which has the same outcome as shooting someone with an actual gun. This volition work on anyone who witnesses it, even if played on a boob tube screen. He can also imitate a machine gun past shouting "da-da-da" while pretending to hold one, which volition have the same effect.

Naoyuki Andō ( 安堂 直行 , Andō Naoyuki )

Voiced past: Kanata Hongō^[4]

Played by: Kanata Hongō

Hiro's babyhood friend who initially close himself in at habitation after existence bullied at school. He is the offset person to acquire about Inuyashiki and Hiro'southward cyborg bodies. Wanting to stop his friend from killing, he teams up with Inuyashiki. He is a fan of Gantz, some other manga of Hiroya Oku's.

Mari Inuyashiki ( 犬屋敷 麻理 , Inuyashiki Mari )

Voiced past: Sumire Uesaka^[v]

Played by: Ayaka Miyoshi

Inuyashiki'due south teenage daughter and a classmate of both Hiro and Andō. She secretly wants to go a manga artist.

Shion Watanabe ( 渡辺 しおん , Watanabe Shion )

Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi^[v]

Played by: Fumi Nikaidō

A classmate of Hiro who has a crush on him. She sheltered Hiro at her home after he start escaped from the police, and became another woman that Hiro loved.

Media [edit]

Manga [edit]

Inuyashiki is written and illustrated past Hiroya Oku. The manga started publishing in the 4th 2014 consequence of Kodansha's seinen mag Evening, published on January 28, 2014.^{[6] [7]} The manga finished in the 16th 2017 outcome of Evening published on July 25, 2017.^[eight] Kodansha compiled the serial into 10 tankōbon volumes published between May 23, 2014 and September 22, 2017.^{[9] [10] [11]}

Kodansha's American subsidiary, Kodansha Comics, had published the manga in English.^[12] Crunchyroll published the manga in a digital format.^[13]

Anime [edit]

An anime boob tube series adaptation by MAPPA began airing on Oct 12, 2017, and a live-action picture show accommodation has been announced for 2018.^[fourteen] The anime series' opening theme is "My Hero", performed by Japanese stone band Human with a Mission.^[3] The ending theme "Ai o Oshietekureta Kimi e" ( 愛を教えてくれた君へ , lit. "To You Who Taught Me Love") is performed by the band Qaijff.^[five] Amazon had licensed the serial and streamed it online on Amazon Prime number Video in Nihon and overseas. It was streamed on Anime Strike in the United States.^[15] Amazon discontinued Anime Strike on January 5, 2018, which in turn made Anime Strike titles, including Inuyashiki, free to stream for Prime members.^[sixteen]

No.	Title[a]	Directed past	Original air appointment
1	"Ichirō Inuyashiki" Transcription: " Inuyashiki Ichirō " (Japanese: 犬屋敷壱郎)	Shūhei Yabuta	October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)
Salaryman Inuyashiki Ichirou feels trapped inside his humdrum life and aging trunk, automatically going through his workday routines. When he takes his wife and children to their new pocket-size home, the children are unimpressed. After a visit to the medico, where he is diagnosed with stomach cancer and given 3 months to alive, he tries to call his family unit, but they ignore him. One evening, while walking his dog in a park on a hill, he breaks downwardly and cries. Suddenly, he and a young homo standing nearby are struck past a mysterious explosion, apparently of extraterrestrial origin. His body is replaced by an incredibly powerful, but still outwardly homo, mechanical torso. He realizes some of his body'southward powers after saving a homeless homo being browbeaten by a grouping of teenagers. The electronics within his body too manage to place and expose the teenagers to the public. He so realizes that even though his torso is now an electromechanical cyborg, he still thinks and feels like a human.
2	"Hiro Shishigami" Transcription: " Shishigami Hiro " (Japanese: 獅子神皓)	Hirokazu Yamada	October 19, 2017 (2017-10-19)
Pupil Hiro Shishigami remarks that one of his friends, Naoyuki Andou, has been absent from school and goes to visit him. Shishigami says that he is no longer human and demonstrates some of his powers. Naoyuki is impressed, until Shishigami causes cars to commencement crashing in the street and realizes that they are not just tricks. Shishigami reveals his cyborg body and convinces Naoyuki to return to school, calmly offer to kill the pupil who crush him upwardly. Naoyuki, however, is fearful of Shishigami'southward mental state and powers. After leaving Naoyuki's house, Shishigami picks a house at random and casually kills the occupants by shooting an invisible beam while making a finger gun gesture. He remarks that he feels 'alive'. When the daughter comes home, Shishigami threatens to kill her, and Inuyashiki hears her screams of fear. He drives, following the vocalism he hears in his head, until he hears her die. He finally arrives at the house, finding the bodies, but is confronted by Shishigami, who shoots him in the head. Every bit Shishigami leaves, however, Inuyashiki has already recovered and stands at the doorway, much to Shishigami's anaesthesia.
3	"Naoyuki Ando" Transcription: " Andō Naoyuki " (Japanese: 安堂直行)	Kazuya Aiura	Oct 26, 2017 (2017-x-26)
Surprised at Inuyashiki's recovery, Shishigami uses the jets in his back to fly off. Inuyashiki realizes that Shishigami has undergone the same metamorphosis equally him but cannot sympathise his motivation. Shishigami again visits Naoyuki, who notwithstanding refuses to return to school. Meanwhile, Inuyashiki sees some thugs have a beau into an aisle. He follows them and beats them up using only his physical strength. He then hears the voices of people trapped in a building on burn, and tries to invoke the flying mechanism he saw Shishigami utilise. Badly trying, he sings the Astro Boy theme song and takes off just has difficulty controlling the jets. He somewhen reaches the scene, rescuing those trapped inside. Shishigami finally convinces Naoyuki to return to school, but when bullies threaten Naoyuki, Shishigami intervenes and forces them to back off. Later that afternoon, he kills the bullies at a distance as Naoyuki watches. Shishigami describes to Naoyuki his many powers, including control over electronic devices, including milking an ATM. Naoyuki then says that he can no longer be friends with someone who kills and steals, and Shishigami walks off. That evening, Inuyashiki discovers his healing power when he revives a true cat that had been run over. Meanwhile, Shishigami once more enters a firm at random and kills all the occupants.
four	"Samejima" Transcription: " Samejima " (Japanese: 鮫島)	Tatsufumi Itō	November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)
A Yakuza is sexually assaulted past his boss Samejima for the expiry of a woman from a drug overdose. Elsewhere, Fumino Inoue, a immature adult female working in a café, becomes engaged to her boyfriend, Satoru, simply she is abducted on the style dwelling by Samejima'due south men. She is injected with drugs for the purpose of sexual set on but wounds Samejima and manages to escape and return home to Satoru. Earlier they can deed, Samejima and his men outburst into their flat to take Fumino. Samejima begins to asphyxiate Satoru, merely, suddenly, Inuyashiki arrives at the apartment, and disables the men. Inuyashiki begins to crush Samejima, who pulls out a gun and shoots Inuyashiki in the head, causing Inuyashiki to plummet. When Inuyashiki wakes upwards, he is lone in the apartment with a dead Satoru, but Inuyashiki manages to revive him. Meanwhile, he traces Samejima and flies to detect him at a Yakuza coming together. He calls out Samejima and beats him up. When the rest of the Yakuza burn down volleys of bullets into Inuyashiki, his cyborg trunk'southward self-defense force mechanism activates, and light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation beams from his power pack blind and maim the men, leaving them all bedridden for life. He then tracks downward Fumino, rescues her, and reunites her with Satoru.
5	"Yuko Shishigami" Transcription: " Shishigami Yūko " (Japanese: 獅子神優子)	Yasunori Gotō	Nov 9, 2017 (2017-11-09)
There are media reports of the attack on the Koudankai crime syndicate and that another domicile in the Suganami ward was attacked past a type of firearm, just there was no sign of bullets. At school, Shishigami and Naoyuki are suspected by the other students to exist responsible for the deaths of the bullies. Naoyuki tries to report Shishigami only cannot bring himself to do so. Later reading about people with serious illnesses being miraculously cured, Naoyuki suspects Shishigami, merely dismisses it, thinking in that location may be others like him with similar powers. In club to find out, he screams out that he is going to exist killed, and Inuyashiki arrives at his door. When Inuyashiki admits who he is, Naoyuki vows to assistance him cease Shishigami even if it means killing the latter. Fellow classmate Shion Watanabe confesses her feelings to Shishigami, who thank you her. That night, Naoyuki gets Inuyashiki to test his powers, just he has trouble controlling them. Meanwhile, Shishigami's mother tells him that she has cancer and only months to live, and Shishigami cures her. The next morning, she finds that she has been cured, and Shishigami vows to stop killing for his mother's sake. Even so, afterward the media report a breakthrough in the household murder cases, police surround Shishigami's habitation and try to take him into custody.
6	"People of two Chan" Transcription: " Nichan no hito tachi " (Japanese: ２ｃｈの人たち)	Hirokazu Yamada	November 16, 2017 (2017-xi-16)
Shishigami escapes the grasp of the police and flees, taking refuge at Shion's house. Meanwhile, Naoyuki tells Inuyashiki that Shishigami integrated his mobile phone into his electronics system and gets Inuyashiki to do the same. In testing the advice distance, Inuyashiki flies as high as an orbiting satellite. While laying low over the side by side few days, Shishigami finds out that people are insulting his mother on 2chan. Aback at Shishigami's actions and hounded by the media, his female parent commits suicide. Distraught at his mother's death, Shishigami goes to his father's firm. Finding the media talking to his father outside the firm, he kills them in forepart of his father and so seeks revenge against everybody on 2channel who posted insults. He kills them by hacking their computers and shooting them though their computer screens.
7	"Shion Watanabe" Transcription: " Watanabe Shion " (Japanese: 渡辺しおん)	Yasuhiro Geshi	November 23, 2017 (2017-11-23)
Shishigami returns to Shion's house, overwhelmed by recent events. In a flashback, Shishigami waits for a train in a crowded underground station, and a middle-aged man steps in front of it. Later on, Shishigami admits to Shion that he is the killer, but she refuses to believe it. He tells her well-nigh the railway incident, the pleasure he felt when a life was erased, and how live he now feels at taking other people's lives. She refuses to accept that he is not homo until he carries her into the sky. Rather than fear for her life, she pleads with him to stay with her and her grandmother. Irresolute his mind, Shishigami decides to salvage the lives of people who are about to die. Shishigami begins healing people on a daily ground, bringing much joy to Shion. Two months later, Shishigami and Shion are leading happy lives, but the constabulary have managed to rail him down.
8	"Mari Inuyashiki" Transcription: " Inuyashiki Mari " (Japanese: 犬屋敷麻理)	Hirokazu Yamada Kiyoshi Matsuda Junichirō Hashiguchi Takeo Shudō	Nov 30, 2017 (2017-xi-thirty)
A police SAT squad invades Shion's firm and commences shooting at Shishigami, also killing Shion and her grandmother. Under the intense assail, he grabs the bodies of Shion and her grandmother and flies off, later using his healing ability to restore them to life. Inuyashiki tells Naoyuki about his estrangement from Mari Inuyashiki, his daughter, and they practice using Inuyashiki's powers. Mari is surprised to see Naoyuki with her begetter and follows them to a hospital, where she discovers that her father is the mysterious miracle healer. That evening, Mari tells her parents that she wants to write manga rather than go to college, and Inuyashiki supports her decision. Shishigami assaults the Gokokuji Constabulary Station, killing every officer merely one. As Shishigami leaves, he is shot by a sniper and fired at past a police assail team. Unconscious, his self-protection mechanism raises him off the footing and fires rockets, wiping out the unabridged assault squad and surrounding law.
9	"Shihjuku People" Transcription: " Shinjuku no Hito-tachi " (Japanese: 新宿の人たち)	Yasunori Gotō	December 7, 2017 (2017-12-07)
The Inuyashiki family unit watch Television news of the attack on Gokokuji Police Station by Shishigami. Suddenly, Shishigami announces on all broadcast television stations that he is declaring war on the state and vows to kill the entire population of 120 one thousand thousand people. He begins killing people at random in the streets of Shinjuku, creating panic. He and then telephones a TV presenter and kills him while he is broadcasting live on air. Naoyuki realizes that Shishigami is using smartphones to kill people and, through Inuyashiki, issues a public warning. Shishigami realizes that Naoyuki is working against him. Shishigami then begins killing people via Boob tube screens and threatens to kill one,000 people a day. He offers to take Shion and her grandmother away, simply she refuses and asks him to stop the killing. The next day, Shishigami crashes an in-flight passenger airplane into the metropolis.
10	"People of Tokyo" Transcription: " Tōkyō no Hito-tachi " (Japanese: 東京の人たち)	Tatsufumi Itō	December 14, 2017 (2017-12-14)
Shishigami crashes multiple rider airplanes into Tokyo; even so, Inuyashiki manages to relieve some airplanes past landing them in the bay. Meanwhile, Mari is trapped in a burning building and telephones her father for help. As Inuyashiki is about to fly to save her, Shishigami finds him. After a brief discussion, Shishigami realizes that they were both in the park when they were struck by a mysterious explosion, which resulted in them metamorphosing into the cyborgs that they are now. However, Inuyashiki has get a hero while Shishigami sees himself as the villain. Shishigami attacks Inuyashiki, but they are evenly matched, and while Inuyashiki tries to accomplish his daughter, they battle with all of the comprehensive internal weapon systems available to them. Eventually, Inuyashiki manages to damage Shishigami, and they both fall to the basis. Inuyashiki recovers, reaches Mari'south lifeless trunk, and desperately tries to save her. He finally manages to resurrect her, and so goes to relieve others killed during Shishigami's attack on the city and their subsequent boxing. Meanwhile, two young women find and help the severely damaged body of Shishigami in a laneway.
11	"People of Earth" Transcription: " Chikyū no Hito-tachi " (Japanese: 地球の人たち)	Kiyoshi Matsuda	December 21, 2017 (2017-12-21)
Inuyashiki reveals his metamorphosed body to his family, remarking that he may only be a mechanical copy. Although, when he recalls events from their honeymoon, they realize that he has all of his memories of the past and accept him as he is. Shishigami visits his friend Naoyuki, simply wanting to hang out like before, merely Naoyuki calls Inuyashiki, so Shishigami leaves. The family spend some time together, but after hearing news reports of the impending approach of a meteor to Earth, Inuyashiki decides to do what he tin can to stop it. He flies into space and tries to destroy the shooting star, simply fails. Shishigami appears, reveals the mechanical body's self-destruct button, and asks Inuyashiki to push it (lacking arms), saying there are also people on World that he wants to salvage, such as Naoyuki and Shion. Inuyashiki informs Naoyuki of this, making Naoyuki weep. Inuyashiki helps Shishigami self-destruct, but information technology is not enough, and he also cocky-detonates to consummate the task. Following these events, Inuyashiki's son learns to fend off bullies, and Mari'south manga is selected for publication.

Alive-activity picture show [edit]

On Dec 21, 2017, a teaser trailer and website appeared for a live-activity adaptation of Inuyashiki. The film, the first in a planned trilogy, was released on April 20, 2018, directed by Shinsuke Sato, who had previously directed the live-action Gantz, and stars Noritake Kinashi as Inuyashiki Ichihiro and Takeru Satoh as Shishigami Hiro.^[17]

Reception [edit]

Book 2 reached the 18th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts^[18] and, as of November 2, 2014, has sold 76,886 copies;^[nineteen] volume 3 reached the 15th identify and, every bit of March ane, 2015, has sold 74,974 copies.^[twenty]

It was 1 of the Jury Selections of the Manga Division at the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards.^[21] It was also picked as a nominee for Best Comic for the 44th annual Angoulême International Comics Festival held in 2017.^[22]

In February 2021, it was reported that the series, along with Death Note and Tokyo Ghoul, was banned from distribution on two unspecified websites in Russian federation.^[23]

Notes [edit]

1. ^ All English episode titles are taken from Anime Strike.

References [edit]

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16. ^ "Amazon Discontinues Anime Strike". Forbes. Jan five, 2018. Retrieved Jan 12, 2018.
17. ^ ""Inuyashiki" Live-Activity Flick 1st Teaser Shows Flying Noritake Kinashi". Crunchyroll. December 20, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
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20. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 23-March 1". Anime News Network. March 4, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
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22. ^ "Inuyashiki, Sunny, My Brother'south Husband, Chiisakobee Nominated For Angoulême'due south Height Prize". Anime News Network. December xviii, 2016. Retrieved December xviii, 2016.
23. ^ Pineda, Rafael; Hodgkins, Crystalyn (Feb 14, 2021). "Decease Note, Inuyashiki, Tokyo Ghoul, Elfen Lied Anime Banned from Streaming in Russia on Some Sites Due to Lack of Age Brake". Anime News Network . Retrieved January 20, 2022.

External links [edit]

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Inuyashiki (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuyashiki

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