Inuyashiki: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Inuyashiki Ichirou is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he's constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he's done to support them. On top of everything else, his doctor has revealed that he has cancer and it appears that he has little time left in this world. But just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, a blinding light in the night sky strikes the earth where Ichirou stands. He later wakes up to find himself unscathed, but he soon starts to notice that there's something... different about himself. However, it turns out that these strange, new changes are just what Ichirou needs to take a new lease on life and now it seems like there's nothing to stop him from being a hero worthy of the respect that he never had before... unless, that is, there was so...

Series details

• Title: Inuyashiki
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Action, Anime, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2017-10-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-12-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 31960
• IMDb ID: tt6340502
• TVDB ID: 321209

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-10-12; final listed air date 2017-12-21; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Inuyashiki on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.