Honestly, the reason I like the anime more is that it would cost so much money to catch up on the manga. :D My TiVo catches it and I have it on in the background while I do art or I watch it while I bike - it's perfect for that.
I think they're broadcasting the final season of the anime now. The manga is still ongoing in Japan, and I'll eventually have to figure out where they split and start getting the manga. But I bet octopedingenue will be happy to help me there. :)
If you were going to start it, you really need to watch the first season more-or-less in order because they introduce all the major characters there - I accidentally got the DVDs out of order and missed the one where the lecherous monk Miroku and the demon-slayer Sango were introduced, so it was confusing until I figured out who they were and why they were traveling with Inu-Yasha and Kagome. After that, until near the end it goes into a repetitive formula of searching for the baddie of the week to regain the shard of the Shikon Jewel that said baddie has, all the while searching for, almost catching, and then losing the main villain Naraku. It's near the end that you start getting things that permanently affect the characters.
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I think they're broadcasting the final season of the anime now. The manga is still ongoing in Japan, and I'll eventually have to figure out where they split and start getting the manga. But I bet
If you were going to start it, you really need to watch the first season more-or-less in order because they introduce all the major characters there - I accidentally got the DVDs out of order and missed the one where the lecherous monk Miroku and the demon-slayer Sango were introduced, so it was confusing until I figured out who they were and why they were traveling with Inu-Yasha and Kagome. After that, until near the end it goes into a repetitive formula of searching for the baddie of the week to regain the shard of the Shikon Jewel that said baddie has, all the while searching for, almost catching, and then losing the main villain Naraku. It's near the end that you start getting things that permanently affect the characters.