::Smiles and knocks a quite small pebble off of its ledge to roll down the face of the dark rock we are sitting on and land in a small but deep tide pool. A tiny crab both scrambles and is helped by the pressure to get out of the way:: Oh, look, physics again.
I want to see the end too, and I do thinks our collective legs are being pulled to some extent. But, I don't distrust those rumors either.
Inuyasha has run in Japan for how many years now? And against how much competition? The only thing even remotely like that kind of programming in the U.S. is the Simpsons. There have been only a few opposing contenders and even Matt Goerning's own self-generated ones have failed. Ergo: we have no comparison.
This could all be some long-range savvy marketing, it could be the heartlessness of the networks. I suspect it is both.
To end the anime now, leaving fans still interested, opens up a world of omake theater even though the actual manga has a real ending. Takahashi does wind her stuff up although not as definitively as Chobits. (Personally, I thought the ending of Chobits was offensive and revealed that story for what it was; a red herring.)
Of course, we could all row across the world in a dingy and force the animators in Japan to give

us the final chapters---Best graphics and animation, best work from the actors and free copies to all. :evil: Or else!
Nokomarie the Snake