Talk:List of InuYasha characters

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[edit] Naraku's other seiyu

Naraku had a different voice actor other than Morikawa during the beginning of the show. Can't remember his name. But he should be mentioned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.97.162 (talk) 15:42, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name

Shouldn't this article be called something like List of InuYasha characters like similar lists? --Squilibob 02:56, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Doesn't appear to be a list. It should be called Characters of InuYasha though, shouldn't it? Power level (Dragon Ball) 15:25, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Yes, this is more than just a list. It has descriptions of the characters. Even if "Characters of InuYasha" would be (marginally) better, it is probably not worth the trouble to change it now given that there are about one hundred pointers to it by this name "InuYasha characters". JRSpriggs 08:51, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
But if it isn't a list then what sets it apart from all the other Character list articles? I don't see any differences. Changing an article name creates a redirect and so no harm would be done renaming it. --Squilibob 09:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Update on cameo appearances

A mild update: Having reviewed episode 127 and 128, I can confirm Shin'ichi Kudo and Ran Mori positively, but not Shampoo. In the same seen as Kudo and Mori there is definitely a girl who could be Shampoo, but she is seen only from the back and at a distance, and could just as easily be Lum from Ursei Yatsura. Also, most everyone in said seen in some kind of costume, so nothing can be absolutely certain. Sadly, I cannot confirm "Mu-Mu-Chan" Mousse whatsoever - the closest I come is something white in the Curry stall that could be him, but as there is no sensible reason why a live duck would be inside a curry stall, my gut says it's probably a conatiner of some sort. However, this is taken from a taped copy of the Adult Swim broadcast, and thus "Mu-Mu-Chan" might simply have been edited out to buy a few seconds for commercials, along with a more confiming appearance of Shampoo. I need to check the DVD... --- the preceeding was put into the article by 66.169.128.113 (talk · contribs). I moved it here which is where it should be, given its style. JRSpriggs 09:57, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

In my opinion it kind of looked like Lum, but her hair was more like Shampoo's which is what really confuses me, I just hope they air the episode again so I can take a better look. 66.50.95.249 03:11, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

-- there is no duck while inuyasha is running away from the curry stand. Must provide a better description of where said duck is located. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meowphine (talk • contribs) 07:04, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shippo

Hi did anyone else confuse shippo for a girl at the start??

i mean first shippo said in a episode that inuyasha was his boyfriend and then in a later ep he transforms to Kagome to "confort" inuyasha (which he smacks him for it)

in any ways did anyone else for a while have a confusion with shippos gender?Maverick423 20:13, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

No worries my sis and i had the same problem!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.202.59.177 (talk) 03:00, 27 January 2007 (UTC).

Hell, I didnt even know he was a guy until that episode where he had a crush on the girl who had demon who looked like Kirara. Xer 05:33, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Aw man you all dont know how good it is to hear that i wasnt the only one to be confused. i sware some anime just leaves you wondering Maverick423 14:51, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I did not have this problem with Shippo. But in "Hikaru no GO", I initially thought that Sai and Akira Toya were female (long hair, esp. Sai) before learning that they were male. JRSpriggs 05:26, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] date wrong

Rather than "reincarnation of a priestess 50 years ago" it should be "500" years ago. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.109.193.163 (talk) 04:39, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

I think it means 50 years before the time of Kagome's adventures in the Feudal era rather than 550 years before today. JRSpriggs 09:11, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More Inuyasha episodes

Theres a petition here*Inu Yasha Petition for more episodes to get more episodes. I added it in as an External link. Please don't delete!!!Tourskin 20:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The talking tree

Why does the talking tree have an article? It is far from being a notable character and its page is a stub. I suggest it gets merged somewhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Artist Formerly Known As Whocares (talk • contribs)

What? Which demon are you talking about? Please give a link or at least a name. JRSpriggs 03:56, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Bokusen'on, the talking tree demon who made the hilts for Tessaiga and Tensaiga. User:Artist Formerly Known As Whocares, 14:38 (Eastern Standard Time), 21 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shouldn't some of these pages be merged?

Because a lot of them seem pretty short and useless on their own, like the articles for Kikyo's soul collectors, Entei, Mistress Centipede, Ah-Un, etc. - The Norse 04:59, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I am not aware of any benefit from reducing the number of articles just to reduce the number of articles. Having separate articles allows them to be accessed more easily, if one is using the category system. JRSpriggs 00:29, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merges

It is time that the InuYasha task force realizes that creating articles for every character named is not how to do things. As such, I suggest we merge a large number of these articles. And it should be done. If not, then I guarentee that you'll recieve AfDs in no time (not from me, of course), and most of your articles won't survive five minutes of an AfD. Artist Formerly Known As Whocares (talk) 13:08, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

It has been four days now, enough for a new member to edit semi-protected articles. As such, I have been bold and merged several of the articles myself. Why? If not, your articles will get deleted eventually. Only give those with major roles like the main cast, Sesshomaru, Naraku, Kikyo, Kohaku, Kagura, Koga, and Rin articles, not Gatenmaru, who doesn't play any role at all. Unless you realize that what I'm saying is true, I will be forced to merge all but those impossible to easily merge. I also give the suggestion you get a wikia like Naruto, One Piece, Bleach (manga), and Marchen Awakens Romance did to store the unnecessary information. Not everything should be given an article here. On wikia, everything should. Artist Formerly Known As Whocares (talk) 22:19, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Whether you are correct or not about the notability of these characters, there certainly are people who believe that they are notable. Therefor, you should not take it upon yourself to delete, redirect, or merge them without going through the proper procedures. Thus, I reverted your actions vis-a-vis Ah-Un. JRSpriggs (talk) 03:18, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
On an InuYasha wikia they would be notable. On Wikipedia, only the select few who play major roles, likes the ones stated above, should have articles. For example, most fans have no idea Ah-Un is the dragon's name, or even if it has one, and fans certainly care little about minor characters like Gatenmaru. Sesshomaru, however, is known throughout all fans and plays a major recurring role in the series, so he can have an article. Gatenmaru, however, was only a three-chapter character who played no role whatsoever that affected the plot, so why should he have one? You seem to not realize how deletion has happened here already, and will continue to happen unless the info is moved to a wikia or merged. If not, I'll have to bring AfDs up for the characters who have not role at all. Artist Formerly Known As Whocares (talk) 21:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Agreed. However, the criteria should not simply be "major" character getting an article, but whether any of these characters have real world notability as required by WP:FICTION to support having an article of their own. So far, I haven't seen any InuYasha character article that wasn't anything but pure WP:PLOT and I doubt a single character article would pass through AfD. It would be much better to merge in the character articles and make this a high quality list with proper sourcing, a better intro, good summations of the characters (an entire blow by blow of every episode is unneeded), and some good group images. I'd also question the inclusion of the game characters here. As they all appear to be game only characters that only appear in one game, they should be covered in the game article themselves, not here. I'm also inclined to consider the cameo section trivia, and unsourced trivia at that. Collectonian (talk) 03:37, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merger with Ah-Un

I would not object to merging Ah-Un into this article, provided that it is actually a merger and not just a cover for a redirect. In other words, the bulk of the text in that article should be added to the text in the subsection on Ah-Un in this article, and the picture should be used here. JRSpriggs (talk) 03:23, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Is there actually anything in the Ah-Un article of note that is not already included here. And a picture isn't needed for every character, and why should he be the only one in the list with a picture? Rather than individual characters, per fair use guides it would be better to find good group shots for each section of folks. Collectonian (talk) 03:35, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
There were photos of most of these characters at one time but someone went through and removed them. I agree that a group photo for the Sesshomaru group would be better than individual photos of each of them. The speculation about the origin of Ah-Un's name could be dropped. JRSpriggs (talk) 04:21, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Having group photos is always preferable per WP:FU guidelines. I'll try and hunt some up.Showers (talk) 01:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)