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Inuyasha Spinoff Anime Yashahime to Stream on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu

dub will follow "shortly after."

The anime will NTV. The show stars:

• Sara Matsumoto as Towa Higurashi, one of Sesshomaru's daughters and Setsuna's twin
• Mikako Komatsu as Setsuna, one of Sesshomaru's daughters and Towa's twin
• Azusa Tadokoro as Moroha, the daughter of Inuyasha and Kagome
• Ryōhei Kimura as Kohaku, Hisui's uncle and the head of the demon slayers
• Sango, and a demon slayer
• Ai Fairouz as Takechiyo, a tanuki demon

Viz has the rights "to the digital streaming, EST, and home video" of the anime in North and Latin American territories. The company describes "the brand new anime from the Inuyasha universe":

The daughters of Sesshomaru and Inuyasha set out on a journey transcending time!

In Feudal Japan, Half-Demon twins Towa and Setsuna are separated from each other during a forest fire. While desperately searching for her younger sister, Towa wanders into a mysterious tunnel that sends her into present-day Japan, where she is found and raised by Kagome Higurashi's brother, Sota, and his family.

Ten years later, the tunnel that connects the two eras has reopened, allowing Towa to be reunited with Setsuna, who is now a Demon Slayer working for Kohaku. But to Towa's shock, Setsuna appears to have lost all memories of her older sister.

ed by Moroha, the daughter of Inuyasha and Kagome, the three young women travel between the two eras on an adventure to regain their missing past.

The File of Young Kindaichi) is also back from Inuyasha to compose the music.

perform the ending theme song "Break" for the anime.

Takahashi Weekly Shonen Sunday in 1996, and ended it in 2008. Viz licensed and published all 56 volumes of the manga in North America.

The 167-episode Inuyasha anime series based on the manga ran from 2000-2004. A 26-episode sequel anime titled releasing the anime on Blu-ray Disc last year.