Kagome, a girl from modern Tokyo, falls into the Bone Eater's Well, which happens to be a portal to and from ancient Japan. When she finds herself the carrier of the Shikon Jewel, the jewel of four souls, the demons arrive, forcing Kagome to release Inuyasha, a half-demon, to protect her.

But when a second demon tries for the jewel, the ensuing fracas ends in the jewel being shattered and the pieces spread all over Japan. Unwillingly at first, Kagome teams up with Inuyasha to gather the pieces of the Shikon Jewel, which brings them all over ancient Japan, encountering gods, demons and spirits aplenty in their search.

Tsukino Usagi is your normal, everyday, 14-year-old, stereotypical dumb blonde. Her life is suddenly changed one day after a chance encounter with a talking cat named Luna. Luna gives Usagi a magical brooch, and reveals to her that she is the legendary pretty soldier of justice that she has been looking for.

Queen Beryl has returned and seeks to conquer the Earth, a feat she was denied hundreds of years ago by the Moon Kingdom. And so the story begins... a story that has become the most well-known anime series of the last decade.