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• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Viz
• DVD Release Date: September 23, 2003
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009WHTN
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #98,375 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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The demon-slayers' village turns out to be the source of the Sacred Jewel, the key to this adventure series. With some help from Sango, Inu-Yasha, Kagome, and their friends are able to enter a vast cavern and learn how the Jewel was created long ago in a battle between hordes of monstrous demons and Midoriko, the greatest priestess of the age. The Shikon, or Jewel of the Four Souls, embodies the qualities of courage, friendship, wisdom, and love. When they function together, harmony and happiness are the result. But the Jewel is also a miniature battleground between good and evil: a metaphor for the world--and for Inu-Yasha's heart, as he vacillates between selfishness and kindness. To his credit, director Masashi Ikeda presents all this information without losing the tempo of the story's ongoing comedy and adventure. (Rated: 13 and older: violence, grotesque imagery, brief nudity) --Charles Solomon

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"I will tell you… how the sacred jewel came to be." Believing Inuyasha responsible for the death of her kin, Sango, the Demon-Slayer, launches an attack against Inuyasha and the others. Eventually convinced of Naraku’s duplicity, Sango returns to the Village of the Slayer for healing, her injuries preventing her from pursuing the insidious demon further. There, Sango takes the group to an ancient cave where the Sacred Jewels of the Four Souls was said to have been born. Later (and now joined by a more-recovered Sango), Inuyasha and the others come to a large lake said to be ruled by a water god. When it is discovered that this so-called "god" is requiring child-sacrifices, the possibility that a Jewel Shard is involved is raised…

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5.0 out of 5 stars Inu-Yasha Vol. 9 - Episodes 25, 26, 27, June 26, 2003

By	"amishamish" - See all my reviews

Inu-Yasha Vol. 9 - Episodes 25, 26, 27

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pivotal Inuyasha Episodes, March 31, 2005

By	L. Mintah "Author of the Heart" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Inuyasha: Origin of the Sacred Jewel contains episodes 25-27 of Rumiko Takahashi's very long, and still in production at the time of this review, anime/manga series. Inuyasha ("dog-demon")is a young, brash hanyou ("half-demon") living in feudal Japan. His father was a powerful dog-demon, his mother a beautiful, high-class lady. Inuyasha wants to be a full demon. He is after the Sacred Jewel ("Shikon no Tama") that will help him achieve this.

Kagome Higurashi is a 15 year-old girl who lives in a temple with her mother, younger brother, and grandfather. Her grandfather tries to interest her in ancient stories of demons and the history of the temple, but Kagome is bored. Her attitude changes when she is pulled down a well by a female centipede-demon. Kagome is hurled into feudal Japan, where she meets Inuyasha.

Episode 25 - "Naraku's Insidious Plot" - Sango is on a mission of revenge which will surely kill her because she is so badly injured after being attacked by her little brother Kohaku. Sango wants to kill Inuyasha because she believes Naraku's story that it was the hanyou that wiped out her entire village. Naraku lends her a sacred jewel fragment to help the Demon Hunter fight her last battle.

This episode is pivotal to watch because we finally see the horrible dual nature of Naraku. Nowhere else in the series is this clarified exactly as it is here.

Episode 26 "Secret of the Jewel of Four Souls: Revealed" - One of the best Inu eps ever. This is the origin of the Shikon no Tama!!! Why and how it was created!! One of the most wonderful, beautiful, and memorable characters makes her debut here, but alas, she is never shown in the series again!!! Such a deeply touching episode. A very important secret (tearjerker) is revealed about Sango's feline demon Kilala.

Episode 27 - "The Lake of the Evil Water God" - Inuyasha and his friends battle a powerful water god to save a village and its children, whom the god is demanding as a sacrifice.

5.0 out of 5 stars LOST WARRIORS, August 1, 2005

By	Sesho "www.sesho.libsyn.com" (Pasadena, TX USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Tricked into believing that Inuyasha is responsible for destroying her village and killing all her people, Sango vows to kill him. And there's Naraku himself to deal with also. We also learn about the origin of the Sacred Jewel in the second episode. Episode 27 is a stand-alone story in which Inuyasha and his friends come across a village procession for a human sacrifice to an Evil Water God. Of course, our heroes cannot let this stand and are helped in their quest by the headman's young son.

There's a little danger starting to creep in on this show that maybe there are too many characters. Hopefully, Sango will be the last major ally to be introduced because it risks diluting the chemistry that has been built up to this point. Still, maybe it's just because I'm not used to her in the mix yet. I also enjoyed the last episode because it gives you a breather from all the deep emotions of the past few shows. Another danger that this anime runs is becoming a "monster of the week" event which is cliched and formulaic. I hope that I never feel that way about it though and that it will keep surprising me. As always, the dinky extras are here: line art and Japanese promotion ads. It seems like Viz could have done a better job in the extras department.