Fruits Basket (2019 Anime)

Fruits Basket (フルーツバスケット) is a Japanese anime series created, written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. The series is directed by Yoshihide Ibata. While Yoshihide Ibata is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment. Whereas Taku Kishimoto is in charge of the series composition. Masaru Shindo is drawing the character designs. It is also produced by TMS Entertainment. Funimation has announced that the anime will be streamed on FunimationNow and have also confirmed that they have licensed home video rights. The anime will air in Japan on April 5, 2019. While the English version will be released on. The series tells the story of Honda Tohru, a 16 year old orphan girl who, after meeting Sohma Yuki, Sohma Kyo, and Sohma Shigure, learns that twelve members of the Sohma family are possessed by the animals of the Chinese Zodiac (十二支) and are cursed to turn into their animal forms when they are weak, stressed, or when they are embraced by anyone of the opposite sex that is not possessed by a zodiacal spirit. In the anime it is possible to transform through torso contact. The word "Fruits" in the title is always plural; the spelling originates from the transcription of the English word "fruit" into Japanese, where because there is no "tu" sound, "tsu" is used instead. The title comes from the name of a popular game played in Japanese elementary schools, which is alluded to in the series. The anime will officially follow the complete finished manga.

Difference Between Anime and Manga

 * In the manga, Tohru's eye color is light brown. But in the anime, her eye color is dark brown.
 * In the manga, Tohru doesn't discover Shigure's house by being on a cliff. But in the anime, she does discover Shigure's house by being on a cliff.
 * In the manga, the brief scene where Tohru's admiring the city scenery before noticing Shigure's house never was shown. But in the anime, the brief scene where Tohru's admiring the city scenery before noticing Shigure's house is anime-only.
 * In the manga, when Yuki and Tohru start to walk together after school. Tohru's briefly intimidated by the Prince Yuki Fan Club girls watching from some trees. But in the anime, this scene was cut.
 * In the manga, Young Tohru doesn't look out the door when she vows to be like the cat. While Kyoko's eyes are close as she is exhausted. But in the anime, young Tohru does look out the door when she vows to be like the cat. Whereas Kyoko's eyes are open and she doesn't look tire at all.
 * In the manga, Mokoto isn't present when the Prince Yuki fan club confronts Tohru about her walking to school with Yuki. But in the anime, Mokoto is present when the Prince Yuki fan club confronts Tohru about her walking to school with Yuki.
 * In the manga, a teacher doesn't scold Tohru and her friends while talking in cooking class. But in the anime, the teacher does scold Tohru and her friends while talking in cooking class.
 * In the manga, Young Tohru helps her mother while reading a book. But in the anime, young Tohru helps her mother with bills before reading a book.
 * In the manga, the car accident that kill Kyoko is shown. But in the anime, only her blood is shown.
 * In the manga, Tohru's co workers don't look at her when she daydreams at work. But in the anime, Tohru's co workers do look at her when she daydreams at work.
 * In the manga, Yuki fells Tohru's forehead by telling her that she has a fever. But in the anime, Yuki doesn't touch Tohru's forehead by telling her that she has a fever.
 * In the manga, Shigure doesn't close the slide door when Yuki goes to get Thoru's belongings from the land slide with a group of rats. But in the anime, Shigure does close the slide door when Yuki goes to get Thoru's belongings from the land slide with a group of rats.
 * In the manga, Tohru looks a the picture of her mom after having a dream about her. But in the anime, Tohru doesn't look at the picture of her mother after waking up from having a dream about her.
 * In the manga, Tohru is having a different set of clothes while resting from her fever as when she wears a kimono. But in the anime, she is dressed in the clothes where she later wore when Yuki and Shigure offered her temporary stay at their house.
 * In the manga, Tohru runs to the door to tell the mailman that the Sohma family are animals. But in the anime, this scene isn't shown.
 * In the manga, Yuki is a white rat whenever he transforms. But in the anime, he is a dark gray rat whenever he transforms.
 * In the manga, the Sohma are completely nude as fog is not shown whenever they turn back to normal. But in the anime, color fog is used to hide the sohma's private parts whenever they turn back to normal.
 * In the manga, after Yuki knocks Kyo into a pond. A frog wasn't on top of Kyo's hair. But in the anime, a frog is on top of Kyo's hair.
 * In the manga, Tohru is shown cleaning up the kitchen when Yuki is gone. But in the anime, this scene isn't shown.
 * In the manga, Saki doesn't flat iron Tohru's hair in class. But in the anime, this scene is shown.
 * In the manga, Yuki's fan club teases Tohru while they are in the hallway. But in the anime, his fan club teases her at the classroom door instead.
 * In the manga, Tohru's school uniform was still dirty from the events of the prior night. Therefore she is wearing a gym uniform and is having her school uniform be wash at school. But in the anime, these scenes aren't shown and therefore her school uniform were completely clean.
 * In the manga, Yuki confronted Tohru in the hallway when he tells her about his past. But in the anime, he confronted her about his past in the classroom.
 * In the manga, Tohru hugs Yuki while trying to stop him from running. But in the anime, this scene happens in the classroom.
 * In the manga, Tohru holds Yuki in his rat form when she asks him to be his friend if her memory is still erase. But in the anime, she smiles at Yuki while asking him to be her friend if her memory is still erase.
 * In the manga, Shigure and Kyo don't walk around the house when Shigure brings him back from taking a school transfer exam. But in the anime, Shigure and Kyo do walk around the house when Shigure brings him back from taking a school transfer exam.
 * In the manga, Yuki gets angry when his fan club member asks him about Kyo. But in the anime, he is annoy when his fan club member asks him about Kyo.
 * In the manga, Tohru along with Saki and Arisa are standing up when Kyo nearly breaks a classmates arm. But in the anime, only Tohru is sitting down when this scene happens.
 * In the manga, Kyo jumps from a one story floor so he can't talk to his classmates. But in the anime, he jumps from a three story floor so he can't talk to his classmates.
 * In the manga, there is a scene where Tohru's wallowing in a classroom after Kyo's outburst toward her, with Hanajima and Arisa later finding her. But in the anime, these scenes was cut.
 * In the manga, Tohru's hair ribbons are blue. But in the anime, her hair ribbons are light yellow.
 * In the manga, Tohru sleeps while having her hair out. But in the anime, she sleeps while having her hair in braids.
 * In the manga, Young Akito is shown from a window in Yuki's flashback. But in the anime, Young Akito isn't shown from behind a window.
 * In the manga, there are a few lines from Shigure's lecture to Kyo about learning to socially connect with others. But in the anime, these scenes were removed.
 * In the manga, Kyo wasn't shock when Tohru says she only hit him with her bag because she thought he was a stalker. But in the anime, Kyo is shock when Tohru tells him this.
 * In the manga, Tohru tells to Kyo after he angrily says that her food sinks. But in the anime, Tohru talks to him by asking him for pointers in order for her to better at cooking which confuses him as he tries to explain himself.
 * In the manga, when the Rice Ball festival ideas start. Arisa and Saki sit alone. But in the anime, when the Rice Ball festival ideas start. They are at Tohru's desk.
 * In the manga, Arisa is by herself as she threatened Yuki's fangirls with a steel pipe. But in the anime, Tohru is behind Arisa when this happens.
 * In the manga, when Kyo is sitting on the roof top. Tohru happily hugs a white cat. But in the anime, when Kyo is sitting on the roof top. Tohru happily hugs a baby gray kitten.
 * In the manga, a girl cries as Yuki rejected her in the hallway. But in the anime, a girl cries when Yuki rejects her in the library.
 * In the manga, Hanajima is braiding Tohru's hair and Uotani is patting Tohru on the head while Tohru's trying to get her classmates to play Rich Man, Poor Man. But in the anime, these scenes are cut.
 * In the manga, Tohru's reflection of Yuki and Kyo's good traits and their rivalry also included a brief scene of her changing into her school uniform before leaving work. But in the anime, she thinks about this while she is in school and not at work.
 * In the manga, Tohru meets Momiji outside the office building and is up close to him in person. But in the anime, she meets inside the building after falling down a flight of stairs. Therefore Momiji gets up from the couch and walks up to her.
 * In the manga, Momiji has a Japanese accent. But in the anime, he has a German accent.
 * In the manga, Momiji doesn't know about the Cultural Festival at Tohru's school. But in the anime, he sees Tohru drop a flyer about it as she runs away.
 * In the manga, when Tohru meets Yuki after she finished work there is a scene that shows one of Tohru's co-workers talking about a "pretty kid" waiting outside for someone, before Tohru realizes it is Yuki. Tohru expresses her surprised reaction to seeing Yuki, as depicted from chapter 4, after recovering from the shock of her encounter with Momiji. But in the anime, she is surprised that Yuki is alone and doesn't know that Yuki came to pick her up.
 * In the manga, following the drunken man leading Yuki to transform after Tohru is pushed towards him, Yuki comments Tohru remarking that it's his fault for his current situation. But in the anime, this scene is is not shown.
 * In the manga, following Yuki and Tohru's arrival back to Shigure's house, there is a scene featuring Shigure and Tohru commenting on the unusual weather before an annoyed Yuki shoves Shigure as he rushes outside. But in the anime, they learn about it by seeing it on tv instead. Also Tohru sees Yuki running outside with a blanket.
 * In the manga, Tohru tells Yuki about kindness. But in the anime, she tells him this and compares him to a candle.
 * In the manga, Tohru goes to sleep and makes rice balls the next day. But in the anime, she stays up all night making rice balls which shocks Yuki.
 * In the manga, the prep work shows Kyo fuming over Tohru making a leek meal due to his hatred of the food. But in the anime, this scene is cut instead Kyo eats a rice ball with leeks and angrily tells Tohru about his dislike of leeks.
 * In the manga, Yuki force-feeds Kyo, a chop stick full of leeks at the table. But in the anime, after Yuki heard Tohru telling him that Kyo hates leeks so much. Yuki angrily walks up to Kyo and force-feeds him a leek-flavored rice ball.
 * In the manga, Tohru daydreams about Kyo and Yuki being friends after seeing the force feed leek scene. But in the anime, this scene is shown when she eats breakfast with them the next day.
 * In the manga, Tohru meets Kagura at the front door. But in the anime, she meets Kagura as the latter is standing behind a tree.
 * In the manga, during a flashback a young Kagura threatened Kyo to date her as she holds a dagger in her hand. But in the anime, during a flashback a young Kagura threatened Kyo to date her as she holds two kitchen knifes in both hands.
 * In the manga, when Kagura attacks Kyo after he silences her from revealing anything further about his "true form", Kagura placed him in an armbar. But in the anime, when Kagura attacks Kyo after he silences her from revealing anything further about his "true form", Kagura placed him in a uppercutt.
 * In the manga, Kagura isn't jealous of Tohru. But in the anime, all scenes involving cooking and shopping focused around Kagura's jealousy of Tohru.
 * In the manga, Shigure is shown telling Kagura to stay in a bedroom for the night to keep her from wrecking any more of his house. Bit in the anime, there is some dialogue from the scene with Kagura remarking that Shigure doesn't understand a girl's feelings and Shigure acknowledging that he understands the feeling of being jealous is carried over with Kagura fleeing Shigure's house after one of her outbursts against Kyo led her to wreck the dinner table she prepared.
 * In the manga, Kagura never went to get extra food for dinner. Including that Tohru never paid for the food that Kagura was buying. But in the anime, Kagura did went to get extra food. And also Tohru did pay for the food that Kagura was trying to buy after forgetting her cat bag.
 * In the manga, when Tohru climbed up to the roof of Shigure's house to see Kyo. She was in pajamas. But in the anime, when Tohru climbed up to the roof of Shigure's house to see Kyo. She is in her normal clothes.
 * In the manga, Kagura never told Tohru about her problems with Kyo. But in the anime, Kagura does tell Tohru about this when they are walking home.
 * In the manga, Kyo never eats the food that Kagura made for him in front of her. But in the anime, he does eat the food in front of her which makes her happy.
 * In the manga, Kagura's underwear isn't shown when she waves goodbye to Tohru and the boys. But in the anime, Kagura's skirt is slightly shown as she waves good bye to Tohru and the Sohma boys.
 * In the manga, Kagura and Kyo didn't fight each other too much. But in the anime, before leaving Shigure's house. There is an added anime scene with Kyo blocking one of Kagura's punches during another of her outbursts before Kagura follow-ups with an elbow to the gut.
 * In the manga, Kagura while being in her boar form doesn't make Kyo bleed on his face when she beats him up. But in the anime, Kagura while being in her boar form does make Kyo bleed on his face when she beats him up.
 * In the manga, Shiraki Mayuko appears much later in the story as a male teacher tells Tohru that she has a phone call from her grandfather. But in the anime, This marks the anime debut of Mayuko Shiraki. She appears in place of a male teacher (from the manga) to inform Tohru of the phone call from her grandfather.
 * In the manga, Tohru doesn't cook when she tells the Sohma's that she's leaving. But in the anime, Tohru is cooking at the Sohma house and reflecting on a time with her mother, who explains to her that it's okay to be selfish.
 * In the manga, young Tohru and her classmates are in a forest as they play the Fruits Basket game. But in the anime, young Tohru and her classmates are in a classroom as they play the Fruits Basket game.
 * In the manga, Shigure is smoking when he remarks on the gloomy atmosphere with Tohru leaving. But in the anime, Shigure isn't smoking when he remarks on the gloomy atmosphere with Tohru leaving.
 * In the manga, Tohru's female cousin did greet her when she came to the house. Also the construction work on the house was complete. But in the anime, when Tohru arrives at her grandfather's house. The younger female relative was not at the front entrance to greet her. Also the construction work on the house wasn't complete.
 * In the manga, when Shigure talks about Tohru. Both Yuki and Kyo are inside of the house. But in the anime, when Shigure talks about Tohru. Only Yuki is inside of the house while Kyo is outside of the house.
 * In the manga, Kyo only has flashbacks of Tohru of showing her and not him next to her. But in the anime, Kyo reflects on Tohru's metaphor on riceballs. Including thatand Kyo was added to the flashbacks where he reflected on her presence at the house.
 * In the manga, Shigure never told Yuki and Kyo to bring Tohru back. But in the anime, Shigure tells Kyo that Yuki took the address note that Tohru wrote for them which angers him.
 * In the manga, Kyo and Yuki never try to find the house that Tohru is living in. Also they don't hear how rude her relatives are to her. But in the anime, Kyo and Yuki are trying to find Tohru's grandfather's house. While they also are observing the altercation she had with her relatives.
 * In the manga, the female cousin wasn't eating anything when her mother spoke rudely to Tohru. But in the anime, she was eating something while sitting on a couch.
 * In the manga, Katsuya's father slaps his nephew in front of everyone as they are all in the living room. But in the anime, this happens when they are at the dining table.
 * In the manga, Tohru's grandfather tells her to kindly find her own place when speaks to her in a room. But in the anime, this happens in the living room.
 * In the manga, Tohru only cries in front of her grandfather. But in the anime, she cries in front of everyone when she expresses that she wants to go back to the Sohmas.
 * In the manga, Tohru's mean relatives were shock upon seeing the Sohma boys. But in the anime, Tohru's mean relatives are dumbfounded over the events that took place with Tohru and the Sohma boys.
 * In the manga, Yuki uses a death glare when he speaks to Tohru's male cousin. But in the anime, Yuki flinches Tohru's male cousin after hearing him speak rudely to her.
 * In the manga, Kyo and Yuki didn't go back to arguing when they brought Tohru back to their house. But in the anime, they do go back to arguing when they brought Tohru back to their house.

Episodes

 * 4 (so far)

Theme Songs

 * Opening


 * Again (Ep. 2 – Present)
 * Closing


 * Lucky Ending (Ep. 2 – Present)

Voice Cast

 * Japanese


 * Manaka Iwami as Honda Tohru
 * Nobunaga Shimazaki as Sohma Yuki
 * Yuuma Uchida as Sohma Kyo
 * Yuichi Nakamura as Sohma Shigure
 * Atsumi Tanezaki as Uotani Arisa
 * Satomi Satou as Hanajima Saki
 * ??? as Hanajima Megumi (Saki's little brother)
 * Rie Kugimiya as Sohma Kagura
 * Megumi Han as Sohma Momiji
 * Kazuyuki Okitsu as Sohma Hatori
 * ??? as Sohma Kana
 * Takahiro Sakurai as Sohma Ayame
 * Makoto Furukawa as Sohma Hatsuharu
 * ??? as Sohma Kisa
 * ??? as Sohma Hiro
 * Maaya Sakamoto as Sohma Akito
 * ??? as Sohma Okami (Ritsu's Mother)
 * ??? as Sohma Ritsu
 * ??? as Kuramae Mine
 * ??? as Sohma Kazuma
 * ??? as Sohma Kureno
 * ??? as Sohma "Rin" Isuzu
 * ??? as Sohma Momo
 * Miyuki Sawashiro as Honda Kyoko
 * ??? as Honda Katsuya
 * ??? as Tohru's Grandfather
 * ??? as Tohru's Aunt
 * ??? as Tohru's Cousin
 * ??? as Tohru's Cousin (Male)
 * ??? as Kisa's Mother
 * ??? as Kisa's Teacher
 * ??? as Mitsuru
 * ??? as Kuragi Machi
 * ??? as Manabe Kakeru
 * ??? as Nakao Komaki
 * Hitomi Nabatame as Shiraki Mayuko
 * ??? as Makoto Takei
 * ??? as Rika Aida
 * Mao Ichimichi as Mokoto Minagawa
 * ??? as Mio Yamagishi
 * ??? as Mai Gotou
 * ??? as Mokoto's Mother
 * ??? as Saki's Mother
 * ??? as Saki's Father
 * ??? as Young Yuki
 * ??? as Young Akito
 * ??? as Young Hatsuharu
 * ??? as Momiji's Mother
 * ??? as Momiji's Father
 * ??? as Young Kyo
 * ??? as Young Kazuma
 * ??? as Kazuma's Grandfather
 * ??? as Kyo's Mother
 * ??? as Yuki's Mother
 * ??? as Sohma Satsuki
 * ??? as Sohma Hinata
 * ??? as Sohma Akira
 * ??? as Sohma Ren
 * English


 * Laura Bailey as Tohru
 * Eric Vale as Yuki
 * Jerry Jewell as Kyo
 * John Burgmeier as Shigure
 * Elizabeth Maxwell as Arisa
 * Jad Saxton as Saki
 * ??? as Megumi (Saki's little brother)
 * Tia Ballard as Kagura
 * Mikaela Kranz as Momiji
 * Kent Williams as Hatori
 * ??? as Kana
 * Christopher Sabat as Ayame
 * Justin Cook as Hatsuharu
 * ??? as Kisa
 * ??? as Hiro
 * Colleen Clinkenbeard as Akito
 * ??? as Okami (Ritsu's Mother)
 * ??? as Ritsu
 * ??? as Mine
 * ??? as Kazuma
 * ??? as Kureno
 * ??? as "Rin"
 * ??? as Momo
 * Lydia Mackay as Kyoko
 * ??? as Katsuya
 * Doug Jackson as Tohru's Grandfather
 * Nazia Chaudhry as Tohru's Aunt
 * ??? as Tohru's Cousin
 * ??? as Tohru's Cousin (Male)
 * ??? as Kisa's Mother
 * ??? as Kisa's Teacher
 * ??? as Mitsuru
 * ??? as Machi
 * ??? as Kakeru
 * ??? as Komaki
 * Anastasia Munoz as Mayuko
 * ??? as Makoto
 * Amber Lee Connors as Rika
 * Jamie Marchi as Mokoto
 * ??? as Mio
 * ??? as Mai
 * ??? as Mokoto's Mother
 * ??? as Saki's Mother
 * ??? as Saki's Father
 * Amanda Lee as Young Yuki
 * Trina Nishimura as Young Akito
 * ??? as Young Hatsuharu
 * ??? as Momiji's Mother
 * ??? as Momiji's Father
 * Alison Viktorin as Young Kyo
 * ??? as Young Kazuma
 * ??? as Kazuma's Grandfather
 * ??? as Kyo's Mother
 * ??? as Yuki's Mother
 * ??? as Satsuki
 * ??? as Hinata
 * ??? as Akira
 * ??? as Ren

Trivia

 * Fruits Basket female creator, Natsuki Takaya, will supervise the anime.
 * Takaya say after finding out about the project: "I never once felt negatively about the project or thought that I didn't want to do it, but still, my first thought was “What?!” (lol) So, I made several requests right off the bat. One of those was to do it with a completely new team. Completely new. Every single person. I told [the producers], if you want to open the curtain again, then please make it all new. Please rebuild the Furuba world from scratch, with new everything. Another request was to not make the art look too much like my art. This was partly because my Furuba art is old now, pure and simple, and also largely because I was in poor health back then (you can find more details about that in the afterword to the Collector's Edition, if you're curious), so my drawing was awfully shaky. Because of that, I wanted them to rebuild the art as well. Other than that… Well, it was a mix. On some things I gave them detailed thoughts, and on others I gave them my blessing to do as they liked. The production staff promptly accepted my requests and worked to meet them, and I'm truly grateful to them all. Thank you again. They also readily gave me permission to visit the recording sessions sometimes, which makes me so happy. I don't actually do anything there; I'm just an observer. (Really, I don't do anything.) It's a pure delight, getting to see the reels a little early like that".
 * Laura Bailey announced on Twitter the day after Valentines Day that she will reprise her role as Tohru.
 * John Burgmeier made Shigure's voice sound more deeper in this version of the anime instead of the 2001 version.
 * This version of the anime doesn't show previews of the next episode. Instead you hear Tohru say the title of the next episode as the episode title is written in Japanese kanji writing.