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Inuyasha Ep. 163: The Secret Flower Garden
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Episode 163, Kohaku, Sango, Kirara Himitsu no Hana-zono [Kohaku, Sango, and Kirara - The Secret Flower Garden] is one of the most loved adventures of the later CGI seasons of this series. Without giving away the entire plot, it shows the Inu-tachi wandering past Sango's childhood village, now devastated by demons. She is haunted by memories, and her magical helper Kirara likewise is not immune to the feelings of not being able to come home again. He wanders off, and surrounded by flashbacks to the past, he has an unexpected encounter.
This episode was directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, who had previously done some outstanding work on Hyper Police, among other series. He later achieved fame as the director of the innovative series AIR and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Some of the sketch sets include artwork that is stylistically similar to sketches I've acquired for work he did for Hyper Police, and others were done by Shoko Ikeda, Animation Director for this episode (and later Character Designer and Chief Animation Director for Haruhi Suzumiya).
The "Ishihara-tachi" (as I've called this team of artists) developed a distinctive style and approach to the episodes they did, and so it's a treat to obtain enough cuts from this fine episode to highlight their elegant, meticulous animation work.
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