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Fruits Basket

Fruits Basket

Alternative Titles

English: Fruits Basket
Synonyms: Furuba
Japanese: フルーツバスケット

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 5, 2001 to Dec 27, 2001
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.011 (scored by 59383 users)
Ranked: #4212
Popularity: #43
Members: 90,378
Favorites: 3,916
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

comedy drama romance shoujo slice of life

Synopsis

Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family (both close and distant) hold a curse; if they are hugged by the opposite gender, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Everyday is an adventure for sweet Tohru, as she gets to know everyone in the large family better (especially Yuki and Kyo), in both common and bizarre situations. But, the Sohma Family curse is certainly no laughing matter... it also holds horrible cruelity and heartbreak.

(Source: ANN)

Related Anime

Adaptation: Fruits Basket

Characters & Voice Actors

Honda, Tohru
Honda, Tohru
Main
Horie, Yui
Japanese
Horie, Yui
Bailey, Laura
English
Bailey, Laura
...
Sohma, Shigure
Sohma, Shigure
Main
Okiayu, Ryotaro
Japanese
Okiayu, Ryotaro
Burgmeier, John
English
Burgmeier, John
...
Sohma, Yuki
Sohma, Yuki
Main
Hisakawa, Aya
Japanese
Hisakawa, Aya
Vale, Eric
English
Vale, Eric
...
Sohma, Kyo
Sohma, Kyo
Main
Seki, Tomokazu
Japanese
Seki, Tomokazu
Jewell, Jerry
English
Jewell, Jerry
...

Staff

Watson, Barry
Producer
Cook, Justin
Producer, ADR Director
Kobayashi, Noriko
Producer
Daichi, Akitarou
Director, Sound Director, Storyboard



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Jan 20, 2009
ColdBeans
Story & Characters
10/10
At first glance Furuba is just another Shoujo manga with nothing different to it; the average, beautiful, kind girl getting all the pretty boys. Okay so it really is that, however there's a special touch to the way the series develops itself and how you watch each character grow and interact with each other as the story progresses.

The story starts with Tohru Honda, your as average-as-you-can-get japanese girl who has lost her mother in an accident and was living alone in a tent in the Sohma's property. Of course she wasn't aware of that until they told her, to her surpirse they read more
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Mar 21, 2009
animegurl09
I can't believe I haven't written a review about my favorite anime of all time. Well here it is. Fruits basket is a great anime to watch if you are into romance/comedy/drama. Not only does it have a nice storyline but it has great characters. I am sure that you will have a favorite character in this series because each one is special in there own way. Here are three main reasons Fruits basket is my favorite anime.

1. The main character (Tohru Honda) is so likable. She is caring, puts others people's feelings before her own, works hard, and doesn't judge by appearances (you will read more
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Recommendations

Both anime center around a lovable girl who is surrounded by a bunch of bishies (hot guys). Both also has a lot of sweet and comedic moments that will tug at your heartstring and make you laugh out loud. All in all, both are great anime with a list of characters that you can't possibly hate.
Both their stories are driven by their own unique concept of magic.

Opening Theme

"For Fruits Basket" by Ritsuko Okazaki

Ending Theme

#1: "Chiisana Inori (小さな祈り; Small Prayer)" by Ritsuko Okazaki (eps 1-24,26)
#2: "Serenade [Pf Solo Ver.] (セレナーデ)" by Ritsuko Okazaki (ep 25)

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