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Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

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[ sequel of Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time ]

Related anime:
    InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (sequel)
      Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island (sequel)

Alternative title:
InuYasha The Movie 2: Il Castello al di la dello Specchio (Italian)
InuYasha: El castillo de suenos en el espejo (Spanish)
InuYasha: Kagami no Naka no Mugenjo (Japanese)
InuYasha: La Pelicula 2 - El Castillo de los Suenos en el Interior del Espejo (Spanish)
犬夜叉 鏡の中の夢幻城 (Japanese)
犬夜叉 鏡中的夢幻城 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action , adventure , drama , fantasy , romance , supernatural
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Inuyasha and company have finally destroyed Naraku. And each start to go in their separate ways. Sango going to find her younger brother Kohaku; Miroku back to his old home; Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippou go to gather the rest of the Shikon shards. Unfortunately this peace is not to last. Shortly afterwards the full moon rises, and just keeps rising each night bringing with it the promise of danger. Kagura and Kanna go in search of a mirror, where locked inside is the ruler of the eternal night, Kaguya. To set her free they must gather five items and drop them into the five lakes of Fuji. Setting her free means the worst danger for Inuyasha and the others. Who are forced to face this new threat.
User Ratings: 1525 ratings have been given [ details ]
 Masterpiece: 131 votes (sub:65, dub:59, edit.dub:3, raw:2, Por.sub:2, ?:0)
 Excellent: 316 votes (sub:165, dub:130, edit.dub:6, Spa.sub:4, raw:4, ?:3, Spa.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Very good: 351 votes (sub:173, dub:157, edit.dub:7, ?:6, Spa.sub:2, Ita.sub:2, Ita.dub:2, raw:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Good: 391 votes (sub:213, dub:168, edit.dub:4, Spa.sub:2, raw:2, Por.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Decent: 185 votes (dub:92, sub:82, edit.dub:5, raw:3, ?:2, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 78 votes (sub:46, dub:31, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 30 votes (dub:16, sub:13, raw:1)
 Weak: 24 votes (dub:16, sub:8)
 Bad: 11 votes (sub:6, dub:5)
 Awful: 6 votes (dub:4, sub:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3352 users, rank: #112
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.5 (Very good-.5), std. dev.: 1.6607, rank: #917
Weighted mean: 7.3363 (Good+.33), rank: #945
Bayesian estimate: 7.33732 (Good+.33), rank: #737
Running time: 100 minutes
Vintage:
2002-12-21
2005-08-26 (Canada YTV)
2005-08-27 (U.S. TV Broadcast [AdultSwim])
2006-04-03 (german-DVD)
2008-11-01 (Singapore, Okto)
Premiere date:
2002-12-21 (Japan)
Releases: We have 2
Ending Theme:
"Ai no Uta (Song of Love)" by Every Little Thing
"Yura Yura" by Every Little Thing
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
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Related releases:
    Inu Yasha DVD Movie Box Set (DVD) 2007-09-04 (from $32.49)
    Inu Yasha DVD Movie Box Set Deluxe Edition (DVD) 2007-10-23 (from $71.98)
    Inu Yasha Movie 2 (DVD) 2004-12-28 (from $17.99)

Japanese staff  
Japanese cast  

Director : Toshiya Shinohara

Script : Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Music : Kaoru Wada

Original creator : Rumiko Takahashi

Character Design :
Hideyuki Motohashi
Toshihito Hishinuma

Art director : Tsutomu Ishigaki

Art : Hiroki Nomura

Chief Animation Director : Hideyuki Motohashi

Animation director :
Chiharu Sato
Rie Nakashima
Sumio Watanabe
Yuji Mukoyama

Director of Photography : Hirofumi Yagi

Producer :
Masuo Ueda
Michihiko Suwa
Mikihiro Iwata

Animation Check :
Miyuki Shimizu
Shuko Okutani
Takahiro Nawa

Assistant Animation Director :
Chisato Ikehira
Yuriko Nagaya

Assistant Editor :
Daisuke Imai
Junichi Itou
Manabu Jinno

Assistant producer : Tomoyuki Saito

CG :
Takayuki Furukawa (OP)
Takeshi Ohkawa
Yudai Takahashi

CG Cooperation :
Kosei Okamoto
Makoto Uchiyama
Seiichiro Ishiguro
Yoichi Izui
Yuko Nakajima

Color Designation :
Ritsuko Kouchiyama
Tomoko Fukushima

Color setting : Ritsuko Utagawa

Continuity :
Marisuke Eguchi
Masanori Shino
Susumu Nishizawa
Toshiya Shinohara

Digital Effects :
Hidero Sakurai
Toshio Hasegawa

Digital Recording Engineer : Noboru Nishio

Dolby Film Consultant :
Mikio Mori
Tsutomu Kawahigashi

Editing : Shigeyuki Yamamori

Film Management : Osamu Kuge

Finish Check : Hiromi Miyawaki

Finishing : Yumi Tanishita

Foley :
Ayako Ueda
Hidemi Tanaka

HD Color Correction : Mitsuhiro Shoji

HD Editor :
Minoru Yamate
Tomoya Yamamoto

Item Design : Susumu Imaishi

Layout Checker : Masanori Shino

Literary Production : Tetsuko Takahashi

Logo Design :
Takatoshi Taguchi
Toshikimi Miyagi

Main Title : Takayuki Furukawa

Music Director :
Naofumi Morishita
Yota Tsuruoka
Yuuichiro Takahata

Music producer : Takayuki Nagasawa

Planning :
Masuo Ueda
Michihiko Suwa

Production Clerk : Ai Ito

Production Committee :
Akihiko Fukai
Asayoshi Namiki
Ayao Ueda
Daisuke Kadoya
Etsuko Kanaizuka
Fumihiro Hirai
Hajime Hasagawa
Haruo Sai
Hideuki Tomioka
Hiroaki Tsunoda
Hiroki Mino
Hiroyuki Fujikado
Isato Yonekura
Junji Mikami
Kanako Sato
Kazushi Yoshikawa
Ken Hironaka
Kenji Ashida
Kenji Takahara
Kenji Tsukuda
Kenji Uchida
Koji Kikuchi
Masahiro Tanaka
Masamichi Fujiwara
Masanoi Takeuchi
Masanori Fuyushiba
Mayumi Hirakata
Michihiko Umetani
Mikito Bizenjima
Mineko Ohtsuka
Mitomu Asai
Osamu Kamei
Seiji Okuda
Shuichi Kitada
Susumu Anzai
Takayuki Yoshii
Takeshi Ogawa
Toru Yamakido
Toshifumi Yamazaki
Yutaka Saito
Yuuichi Murata

Production Coordination :
Hiroki Uchimura
Hiromitsu Higuchi
Kuniharu Iwai
Tsuyoshi Sakaino

Production Desk : Ryusuke Aoki

Production Director :
Maisuke Eguchi
Susumu Nishizawa
Toshiya Shinohara

Production Establishment : Koji Yasukawa

Publicity :
Miho Fujimoto
Tamiyuki Tomita
Wakana Nagai

Recording Assistant : Mika Kamemoto

Recording engineer : Yasushi Nagura

Segment Director :
Hirofumi Ogura
Susumu Nishizawa
Yukio Nishimoto

Sound director : Yota Tsuruoka

Sound Effects : Eiko Morikawa

Sound Production Desk : Yoshimi Sugiyama

Story Cooperation :
Masanao Murakami
Shinichi Mikami
Shinichiro Tsuzuki

Theme Song Composer : Kunio Tako

Theme Song Lyrics : Kaori Mochida

Theme Song Performance : Every Little Thing

 

Kappei Yamaguchi as Inu Yasha

Satsuki Yukino as Kagome Higurashi

Akiko Yajima as Kohaku

Houko Kuwashima as Sango

Kumiko Watanabe as Shippo

Mieko Harada as Kaguya

Noriko Hidaka as Kikyo

Akiko Nakagawa as Souta Higurashi

Eisuke Yoda as Village Elder

Izumi Ohgami as Kagura

Kaori Shimizu as Yuka

Kenichi Ogata as Myoga

Kouji Tsujitani as Miroku

Nami Okamoto as Ayumi

Tadahisa Saizen as Thief 1

Takako Matsumoto as Girl

Tarou Masuoka as Demon

Tomoya Kawai as Thief 2

Toshihiko Nakajima as Hatchi

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Naraku

Yuji Ueda as
Akitoki Hojo
Hojo

Yukana as Kanna

Yuki Masuda as Eri

Yuzuru Fujimoto as Mushin

Japanese companies  

Animation :
Angle
Animation World Osaka
Anime House
Apple Tree02
Ashi Productions
DOGA Productions
Earth Create
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
Hanjin Animation
Hayashi
M.S.J Musashino Production
MAT
Mook Animation
Oh production
ORANGE ANIMATION STUDIO
Studio CATS
Studio Cockpit
Studio Takuranke
Studio Z5
Sunrise
Uni Animation

Background Art :
Dr. Movie
Ishigaki Production
Yoyogi Art Planning

Digital Effects :
Marix
Xebec

Dolby Film Consulting : Continental Far East Inc.

Editing : Jay Film

Ending Title : Maki Productions

Film Processing : Tokyo Laboratory

Finish Animation :
Animation World Osaka
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
Hanjin Animation
Hayashi
M.S.J Musashino Production
Mook Animation
ORANGE ANIMATION STUDIO
Studio CATS
Tanto
Uni Animation

HD Color Correction : Qtec

HD Editing : Qtec

Key Animation :
Angle
DOGA Productions
Last House
Oh production
Studio Cockpit
Studio Mark
Studio Renge
Studio Z5
Telecom Animation Film
Tokyo Animation Center
Uni Animation
Wombat
Yuhodo

Logo Design : TOHO

Music Cooperation :
Miyamoto Unosuke Shouten Co., Ltd.
Yomiuri TV

Music Production :
avex mode
Avex, Inc.

Photography :
Asahi Production
Studio Cosmos
Xebec

Production :
Avex, Inc.
Kyoto Animation
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
Sunrise
Yomiuri TV

Production Committee :
NTV
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
Shogakukan, Inc.
Sunrise
TOHO
Yomiuri TV

Recording Studio :
Studio Gong
Tokyo TV Center

Sound Production : Rakuonsha

English cast  
English staff  

Executive producer : Seiji Horibuchi

Producer :
Akiko Yagi
Koichi Sekizaki
Miho Suzuki

Casting Director : Randi Riediger

Dialogue Editing :
Cisco McLaren
Timur Kalyuzhnyy

Post-Production Supervisor : Keith A. Goddard

Production Coordination : Geoffrey A. Rosen

Production manager : Diana Gage

Re-Recording Mixing : Mark M. Pinder

Recording engineer : Michael Iske

Script Adaptation : Kathleen Westlake

Script Supervision :
Aaron Pessin
Bess Lovejoy
Geoffrey A. Rosen

Talent Coordinator : Stephanie Dunn

Video Post-Production :
Alvin Yip
Elisa Chee
Keith Crosley
Michael Hey

Voice Direction : Karl Willems

Moneca Stori as Kagome Higurashi

Richard Cox as Inuyasha

Danny McKinnon as Kohaku

Jillian Michaels as Shippo

Kelly Sheridan as Sango

Kirby Morrow as Miroku

Nicole Oliver as Kaguya

Willow Johnson as Kikyo

Alec Willows as Mushin

Cathy Weseluck as Ayumi

Janyse Jaud as
Kagura
Kanna

Pam Hyatt as Kaede

Paul Dobson as
Myoga
Naraku

Saffron Henderson as Sota Higurashi

Terry Klassen as Hachi

English companies  

Broadcaster :
Adult Swim
Animax-asia
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
YTV (Canada)

Distributor : Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)

Dubbing : Ocean Studios

Licensed by : Viz Media

Translation : JN Productions, Inc.

Spanish staff  
(none)
Spanish companies  

DVD Distribution : Selecta Vision

TV Distribution : Selecta Vision

Spanish cast  
(none)
Italian staff  
Italian cast  

Art director : Andrea Sergio

Dialogues : Gianluca Aicardi

Director Of Dubbing : Fabrizio Mazzotta

Dubbing Assistant : Elvy Scalise

Dubbing Sound : Marco Del Riccio

Managing Director : Massimiliano Rella

Mix : Fabrizio Pesce

Product Manager : Simona Stanzani

Project Manager : Carlo Cavazzoni

 

Francesco Pezzulli as Inuyasha

Maria Letizia Scifoni as Kagome Higurashi

Emanuela D'Amico as Sango

Fabio Boccanera as Miroku

Fabrizio De Flaviis as Kohaku

Maura Cenciarelli as Shippo

Alessio Nissolino as Sota Higurashi

Andrea Ward as Naraku

Cinzia De Carolis as Kagura

Cristina Grado as Kaede

Daniele Raffaeli as Hojo / Hojo Akitoki

Dante Biagioni as Mushin

Francesca Guadagno as Kikyo

Francesca Manicone as Ayumi

Gaetano Varcasia as Hatchi

Gemma Donati as Kanna

Mino Caprio as Miyoga

Monica Ward as Kaguya

Valeria Vidali as Eri

Veronica Puccio as Yuka

Italian companies  

Distributor : Dynit

Dubbing : E.T.S. European Television Service

German staff  
German cast  

Director Of Dubbing : Ekkehardt Belle

 

Dominik Auer as Inu Yasha

Ulrike Jennie as Kagome Higurashi

Angela Wiederhut as Sango

Claudia Lossl as Kikyou

Daniel Schlauch as Kohaku

Dieter Landuris as Naraku

Ilona Kranke as Kaede-Sama

Jan Panczak as Akitoki

Julia Haacke as Shippou

Kathrin Gaube as Kanna

Norbert Gastell as Mushin

Simone Brahmann as Kaguya

Tatjana Pokorny as Kagura

Beate Pfeiffer as Souta Higurashi

Claudia Schmidt as Eri

Florian Halm as Miroku

Jan Panczak as Houjou

Kathrin Gaube as Yuka

Maria Bohme as Kagomes Mutter

Michael Ruth as Hachi

Ute Bronder as Ayumi

German companies  

Annouced : Red Planet/Alive AG

Dubbing : PPA Films Munchen

Tagalog staff  
Tagalog cast  

Dubbing Director : Alexx Agcaoili

 

Donna Alcantara as Kagome

Jojit Lorenzo as Inu Yasha

Babes Angeles as Sango

Jon Maylas as Miroku

Tagalog companies  

Broadcaster : Hero

Chinese (Taiwan) staff  
Chinese (Taiwan) companies  
(none)
 

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Chinese (Taiwan) cast  
(none)
 
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