"Fruits Basket" (2001) TV series

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Creator:

Natsuki Takaya

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

5 July 2001 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

After her mother's death, Tohru Honda finds herself living with the Sohma family consisting of three...

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Cross Dressing | Zodiac Sign | Turns Into Animal | Based On Comic

Cast

Laura Bailey	...	Tohru Honda (26 episodes, 2001)
Eric Vale	...	Yuki Sohma (26 episodes, 2001)
Yui Horie	...	Tôru Honda (26 episodes, 2001)
Aya Hisakawa	...	Yuki Sôma (26 episodes, 2001)
Jerry Jewell	...	Kyo Sohma (24 episodes, 2001)
John Burgmeier	...	Shigure Sohma (24 episodes, 2001)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Kyo Sôma (24 episodes, 2001)
Daphne Gere	...	Saki Hanajima (16 episodes, 2001)
Parisa Fakhri	...	Arisa Uotani (15 episodes, 2001)
Kent Williams	...	Hatori Sohma / ... (12 episodes, 2001)
Julie Mayfield	...	Kyoko Honda / ... (12 episodes, 2001)
Kazuhiko Inoue	...	Hatori Sôma (11 episodes, 2001)
Meredith McCoy	...	Kagura Sohma / ... (11 episodes, 2001)
Chad Cline	...	Akito Sohma / ... (11 episodes, 2001)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English | Tagalog | Spanish | French

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-7 | South Korea:12 | Australia:PG | UK:PG

Company:

FUNimation Entertainment

Quotes:

[first lines]
Tohru Honda: Look at that beautiful sky! See you later mom, take care of the house while I'm gone okay? I'll be back.

Movie Connections:

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sweet story about a gentle girl helping out a cursed clan

I see Funimation has gotten the English rights to this anime so I will let you know what the series is about. I saw seven episodes of this show subtitled at the Ryerson anime club.

Schoolgirl Toru Honda has been living with her grandfather since her mother passed away. Grandpa is getting the house renovated so they have to move out for a while. Grandpa goes to live with his son's family but Toru ends up living by herself in a tent. As it turns out she is squatting on the land of the Soma clan. One of the family recognizes her from school and invites her to live with their all-male household for a bit until her grandfather's home is rebuilt. Toru soon gets a big surprise because the Soma's have a secret curse like Ranma 1/2.

I like the opening and closing songs written Ritsuko Okazaki. She sings in a soft, whispery style that suits the melancholy mood of the show.

I understand the manga and anime are doing very well in Japan so check out the English version when it appears.