

She first encounters him nailed to a huge tree by a strong sealing arrow and believes he is dead. While in Feudal Japan, Kagome also crosses paths with the golden-eyed, silver-haired half dog-demon, half-human boy Inuyasha. The village is soon attacked by Mistress Centipede who followed Kagome through the well and is searching for the legendary Shikon Jewel, a crystal gem of unbelievable mystical power. There, Kagome encounters the Priestess Kaede, who senses Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyo, Kaede's dead sister who was a powerful priestess. After falling through the well, she finds herself transported back in time to a village in Feudal Japan. The demon, named Mistress Centipede, grabs Kagome and drags her down the well. Kagome Higurashi, living in present day Japan of 1997, goes searching for her lost cat in her family shrine on her fifteenth birthday, only to find that a terrible centipede female demon has revived in the shrine well. Transcription: " Toki o Koeta Shōjo to Fūinsareta Shōnen" ( Japanese: 時代を越えた少女と封印された少年) Two closing themes are " My Will" by Japanese girl group Dream and Do As Infinity's " Fukai Mori" ( 深い森, "Deep Forest"), used for twenty and remaining seven episodes respectively. The Japanese opening theme is " Change the World" by V6, used for all twenty-seven episodes.

Three pieces of theme music are used for the episodes one opening theme and two closing themes. A full box set containing all twenty-seven episodes was released on September 7, 2004. The first season was released across nine DVD compilations by Viz Media. The English dub of the first season was broadcast on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim programming block from August 31, 2002, through January 21, 2003, and ran again on its Toonami block beginning on November 3, 2012. The anime is licensed for release in North America by Viz Media. The series follows a half demon Inuyasha's and a high school girl Kagome Higurashi's journey, alongside their friends Shippo, Miroku and Sango to obtain the fragments of the shattered Jewel of Four Souls, a powerful jewel that had been hidden inside Kagome's body, and keep the shards from being used for evil.

Based on the manga series of the same title by Rumiko Takahashi, the episodes were produced by Sunrise and directed by Masashi Ikeda. The first season of the anime series Inuyasha aired in Japan on ytv from October 16, 2000, through May 21, 2001.
