Inuyasha Cosplay and the Tetsusaiga

Inuyasha is a long-running and popular manga and anime series created by Rumiko Takahashi, well known in both Japan and the United States.

The heroine of Inuyasha, Kagome Higurashi, is an ordinary Japanese high school student, until she is transported back 500 years to feudal Japan. There, she encounters Inuyasha, a half-human, half-fox demon. While often a savage and unprincipled spirit, Inuyasha is also driven by his human side to protect humans from the evils of the demon world. Together, they find themselves on a quest to recover the pieces of the shattered Shikon Jewel to keep its magical powers out of demonic hands.

The Perfect Inuyasha Cosplay Item: The Tetsusaiga

Inuyasha possesses a mighty sword called Tetsusaiga (sometimes also transliterated as Tessaiga in English), made from one of his demon father's fangs. The Tetsusaiga sword replica is one of the most popular for Inuyasha Cosplay. The sword's name means "iron-crushing fang" in Japanese. Most times, Tetsusaiga normally looks like any other katana. But when Inuyasha wields it to protect humans, it grows into a huge, sharply curved blade, with a fur-wrapped guard and Japanese characters spelling out the sword's name near the guard. In this form, is said to be capable of killing a hundred demons with a single blow. Tetsusaiga's power also helps Inuyasha control the murderous impulses from his demon side, and its scabbard can protect Inuyasha from almost any attack.

Inuyasha's fully demonic half-brother, Sesshomaru, also has a sword made from another of their father's fangs, this one called Tenseiga, and the two brothers clash several times over the course of the anime.