Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film based on the Inuyasha manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. The film is directed by Toshiya Shinohara, written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa, and produced by Sunrise. It was released in Japan on December 22, 2001.
The film follows Inuyasha and his friends, confronting a demonic moth warrior named Menomaru, who was resurrected by one of the shards of the Shikon Jewel.
Affections Touching Across Time is the first film of the Inuyasha series, which is followed up by The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass.
Plot
Half-demon Inuyasha's late demon father Toga defeated a powerful Chinese moth yōkai, Hyōga, two centuries ago, but a Shikon Jewel fragment has freed his son, Menōmaru, who seeks to avenge his father's death and free the tremendously infinite power and strength of his father sealed away with him.
In the present of Feudal-era Japan, Inuyasha and his friends, Kagome, monk Miroku, demon slayer Sango and fox demon Shippo, defeat a scorpion demon. Miroku and Sango split up from the group after Sango's faithful nekomata companion