高橋留美子
The manga series "Inuyasha" was written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi and serialized in "Weekly Shōnen Sunday" from November 13, 1996, to June 18, 2008. The 558 chapters have been collected into 56 bound volumes by Shogakukan, with the first volume released in May 1997 and the final one in February 2009.