Just got out of the Viz panel a little while ago and perhaps the only news worth talking about was the confirmation of a Final Act subtitled simulcast.

As you may already know, Viz, by virtue of their handling of the Final Act license, had made little or no attempt to conceal this plan. The early license and English logo were dead giveaways of their intent to simulcast.

At any rate, this is the first good news in a while aside from the OP and ED titles ('A future without you' and 'With you' respectively).

Edit: I forgot to mention that the simulcasted episodes with English subtitles will be put up on the http://shonensunday.com/anime website within 3 hours of airing in Japan.

Viz sent out a nice email and press release this afternoon in which they announced their acquisition of Inuyasha Kanketsu-hen.

This was expected to happen sooner rather later and shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

Of course, announcing so soon with a logo and such does lead to suspicions that Viz is planning a English-subbed simulcast of the new series.

Sources: 
http://inuyasha.viz.com/ 
http://www.therumicworld.com/series/inuyashaanime/

Edit 1: According to Higurashi of Inuyash Information from Japan and Patches of Inu-Goya, the anime is rumored to be only 26 episodes in length. I hope to god this isn't true since sane pacing and preserving as much material as possible would require 52 to 104 or so episodes at the very least.

Edit 2: YTV has put up their new Inuyasha website.

Edit 3: The DVD containing the Black Tessaiga OVA as well as the Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura OVAs will be sold for the equivalent of $150 to $200 in Japan. Ouch. >___<

Shitty quality is shitty, but hey, it's better than waiting until January.

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It’s a full 30 minute OVA.

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In other news, seeing people defeat Viz's security for the Rinne manga is quite amusing. It's almost a fraction as bad as what happened to Funimation with their Phantom, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and One Piece leaks.

It takes a lot to impress a scanlator. Today, I am not only impressed, I stand in awe. This evening, Viz finally put their scanlation ('digital chapter' sounds lame) up online at their new "The Rumic World" site. The chapter is extremely well done: Good translation, preserved honorifics, preserved sound effects, page stitching, and most importantly…

CLEAN, TANKOUBON-QUALITY PAGES!

I wouldn't be able to compete with that even if I wanted to.

Also, I'm not gonna spoil the chapter.

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Note: If you reside in a country other than the United States or Canada, you will not be able to read the chapter. If you use a U.S. or Canadian proxy, you may be able to. Edit: Some people are recommending Hotspot Shield or IPMask. It works with Windows and Mac. As for my fellow Linux users, I'll find something for you too. :3

As for the Inuyasha announcement, just read on and try not to wet yourself.

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Wow. This took me far longer to scanlate than I would've liked. I blame college and my part-time job as computer technician. At any rate, here's the release.

"Unmei no Tori" (運命の鳥 Birds of Fate)

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It takes some pretty big news for me to come out of hiding and certainly warrants it.

No, this isn't about the elusive "Black Tessaiga" which is still yet to have been scheduled a DVD release or even been camripped, this news revolves around something far more tangible.

The other day, I was elated to learn of the upcoming release of a new manga(?) volume titled "Inuyasha Special Edition Compilation: Inuyasha and Kagome" (Inuyasha Tokubetsu Henshuuban Inuyasha to Kagome 犬夜叉　特別編集版　犬夜叉とかごめ) that will be released on February 18th along with volume 56. It will cost 900 yen and the contents are still a mystery.

mapThe running assumption (read as: unfounded fangirl desire) at the moment is that this release might serve as a more well-defined epilogue for the series that elaborates on what chapter 558 left us with. What is more likely though is that this publication will be like previous special releases, a compilation label of  previously released chapters involving the title subjects. In this case, it'll be Kagome and Inuyasha.

I will update this site as new information surfaces. Also, I am currently unsure if I will be able to scanlate this. I would certainly like to though.

Sources:
Mision Tokyo (Spanish)
Rumic World
Shogakukan

Source: Anime News Network and Rumic World

The moment the "It's a Rumic World" event was announced a few week ago in Shonen Sunday, I had a feeling that an announcement regarding Inuyasha was inevitable in the near future. I guess I was right.

With regard to the title, I could imagine that this will involve the Meidou Zangetsuha. I could be completely wrong though. >_<

While this is not the continuation of the anime that we all desire, the news of a 30 minute short is certainly encouraging. Perhaps this is a sign of things to come.

Edit: Here's a preview image from this week's Shonen Sunday.

Hmm. What could they be talking about?

Inuyasha v56 ch558 "Tomorrow" (Ashita)

犬夜叉 第558話 「明日」

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As you may notice, I kept my promise that I'd crank up the quality for the final chapter. I still deeply regret not doing that months ago especially now after figuring out that it was relatively easy to learn how. At any rate, I'm not in the mood for an "end of series" speech at the moment but I'll write something either later today or tomorrow. Until then, enjoy the chapter.

Inuyasha v56 ch557 "I Want to Be With You" (Aitai)

犬夜叉 第557話 「会いたい」

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