New Inuyasha series to begin in Japan!

Well, I've posted this information under news, but figured it was exciting enough to deserve a journal entry, too.

After a 5-year hiatus and more than a year after the manga finished up in Japan, the Inuyasha anime series will begin again in Japan - picking up where the first series ended.  The first series originally stopped when it caught up with the manga - ending in the middle of volume 36.  Since then, 20 more volumes have been released, with the manga coming to an end in volume 56 (making it Takahashi's longest manga series so far).  

Thanks to for translating the information from the Shounen Sunday and posting it on her website ( inuyashagoya.proboards.com/ind… ) (Sorry, DA seems to be eating part of the link, but you should at least be able to get to the thread and find the exact post yourself.)

We're still waiting to hear just how Viz will be handling the N. American release.  They hold the rights to Inuyasha here and will definitely be releasing it in English dub, but it seems likely that they will follow in Funimation's footsteps and stream the Inuyasha episodes with subtitles soon after they air in Japan (Funimation is doing the same thing with the new Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood series).