One of my all-time favourites "Inuyasha" follows Kagome, a modern Tokyo teenager who accidentally discovers a time portal to Japan's feudal era. Besides warring clans, she encounters magic and demons, including the half-demon Inuyasha of the title.
I discovered this show in my local TV listing. There was no summary or description but it was on YTV and had a Japanese title so I wondered if it were a new anime series. I went and checked YTV's website and saw one picture, a group shot of the main characters. I looked at it and said, "I will love this show" - I was right.
I don't think there's one aspect of the series that I don't like. I love Inuyasha's insensitivity and when he pretends not to care when he really does. I enjoy Kagome's boldness in the face of danger, while still keeping her modern teenage awkwardness. Miroku, a monk with a weakness for attractive women, whose "wind tunnel" (a void in his hand that sucks in anything nearby) is a powerful weapon that may some day kill him. Sango, a skilled female demon hunter with Kilala, her cat-like companion who, when needed, can grow to a sabre-toothed cat larger than a horse, breathe fire and run on air with flaming paws (if that doesn't sound interesting to you, you might have come to the wrong place!). I even like Shippo, the goofy little fox demon.
The villains have depth as well, Naraku seems only to want power but he may have other things on his mind. Sesshomaru (Inuyasha's half-brother) is one of the more suave villains I've come across. Seemingly ruthless, he's really quite honourable, with a well-hidden soft side.
I love the frequent humour, like Kagome's family making up various diseases and afflictions to explain her absence from school, Inuyasha and Kagome's fiery friendship, and Shippo's smart-aleck remarks. The music is excellent and I like the English-language voice actors. Some of the actors, newer to anime, sometimes pronounce names wrong (but it's not too bad) while anime veterans like Kirby Morrow and Kelly Sheridan do a better job. The only voice I was unsure of was Jillian Michaels as Shippo but I got over that quickly. I now love the way Shippo says "Kagome", "Inuyasha" and especially "Kilala".
If you're a fan of animation, fantasy, action-adventure and humour, you may want to give it a try.