Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

Plot

After defeating Naraku, they subsequently split up, leaving InuYasha, Kagome and Shippo searching for the remainder of the Shikon Jewel shards without Miroku or Sango. Kagura and Kanna, the two surviving incarnations of Naraku are restless now that Naraku is dead. They find a mirror in a shrine and awaken Kaguya, Princess of the Heavens. In exchange for freeing her, Kaguya promises to grant Kagura her eternal freedom. The two set out to recover five items that will free Kaguya from her mirror, leading them to cross paths once again with InuYasha and his friends. Kaguya, desiring to stop time, kidnaps Kagome who is able to put up a barrier against her spells. The remainder of the group reunite in Kaguya's realm of mirrors in order to retrieve Kagome. Kaguya, intending to enslave InuYasha, attempts to transform him in to a full-fledged demon. The spell is broken by Kagome, who admits her love for InuYasha for the first time in order to stop the transformation. Naraku reappears on Kohaku's back, revealing that he had purposely faked his death to absorb Kaguya. Naraku, unable to fight on equal terms, then escapes with Kohaku, Kagura and Kanna. Kagome then combines her power with that of Miroku as she launches a piece of his staff in the form of an arrow and destroys Kaguya's mirror. InuYasha then destroys Kaguya's physical form. Kaguya appears in a gas-like form and tries to take control of Kagome's body but ends up being sucked into Miroku's wind tunnel. They escape back to the normal world through Kaguya's mirror as her palace collapses. With things returned to normal, an embarrassed InuYasha and Kagome resume denying their feelings for each other, refusing to discuss Kagome's confession in the mirror realm.

Cast

InuYasha - Kappei Yamaguchi/Richard Ian Cox

Kagome Higurashi - Satsuki Yukino/Moneca Stori

Miroku - Koji Tsujitani/Kirby Morrow

Sango - Hōko Kuwashima/Kelly Sheridan

Shippo - Kumiko Watanabe/Jillian Michaels

Kagura - Izumi Ōgami/Janyse Jaud

Myōga - Kenichi Ogata/Paul Dobson

Naraku - Toshiyuki Morikawa/Paul Dobson

Sota Higurashi - Akiko Nakagawa/Saffron Henderson

Kagome and Sota's Grandfather - Katsumi Suzuki/French Tickner

Kagome and Sota's Mother - Asako Dodo/Cathy Weseluck

Kaede - Hisako Kyoda/Pam Hyatt

Kanna - Yukana/Janyse Jaud

Kikyo - Noriko Hidaka/Willow Johnson

Hachi - Toshihiko Nakajima/Terry Klassen

Kohaku - Akiko Yajima/Danny McKinnon

Kaguya - Mieko Harada/Nicole Oliver

Mushin - Yuzuru Fujimoto/Alec Willows

Hojo - Yuji Ueda/Matt Smith

Ayumi - Nami Okamoto/Cathy Weseluck

Eri - Yuki Masuda/Saffron Henderson

Yuka - Kaori Shimizu/Jillian Michaels

Credits

Directior

Toshiya Shinohara

Script

Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Music

Kaoru Wada

Original Concept

Rumiko Takahashi

Art Director

Tsutomu Ishigaki

Director of Photography

Hirofumi Yagi

Producers

Masuo Ueda, Michihiko Suwa, Mikihiro Iwata

Theme Song

"Yura Yura" (ゆらゆら, Wavering)Lyrics by: Kaori MochidaComposed by: Kunio TakoArranged by: Yasuo Otani, Masafumi Nakao, and Ichiro ItoPerformed by: Every Little Thing

Insertion Song

"Ai no Uta" (愛の謳, lit. Song of Love)Lyrics by: Kaori MochidaComposed by: Kunio TakoArranged by: Akira MurataPerformed by: Every Little Thing