Fruits Basket (2019)

Fruits Basket
Original Title	フルーツバスケット (Furūtsu Basuketto)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	FUNimation Entertainment
Voice Director 1	Caitlin Glass
Voice Director 2	Morgan Garrett (eps. 12-23, 38) (Assistant ADR Director)
Voice Director 3	Shawn Gann (Seasons 2-3) (Assistant ADR Director)
Translation & Adaptation	Bonny Clinkenbeard Jeramey Kraatz (Seasons 1-2) Sarah Alys Lindholm (Translation) Jo-Ann Lieu (Translation; Seasons 1-2)
Recorded	2019-2021
ADR Production
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Seasons	3
Episodes	63
Year	2019-2021

Fruits Basket (フルーツバスケット Furūtsu Basuketto), sometimes abbreviated Furuba or Fruba (フルバ), is the reboot anime adaption of the manga of the same name by Natsuki Takaya.

The anime series was announced on November 12, 2018.The series was aoverall animated by TMS Entertainment, directed by Yoshihide Ibata, series composition by Taku Kishimoto, and music composed by Masaru Yokoyama. The first season of the series premiered from April 6th, 2019 to September 21, 2019 on TV Tokyo, consisting of 25 episodes.

The second season was announced on September 19, 2019. It premiered in Japan from April 7, 2020 to September 22, 2020, consisting of 25 episodes.

The third and final season titled Fruits Basket: The Final was announced on September 21, 2020. It premiered in Japan from April 5, 2021 to June 29, 2021, consisting of 13 episodes.

FUNimation Entertainment has announced that the anime would be streamed on FunimationNow and have also confirmed that they have licensed home video rights. They premiered the first 2 episodes in U.S. theaters from March 26-27, 2019. The first season's dub eventually premiered on Funimation's streaming service as a SimulDub on April 5, 2019. The second season's English Dub premiered the first 3 episodes in U.S. theaters from March 30-31, 2020. It eventually premiered the second season's dub as a SimulDub on April 6, 2020. The third and final season's English Dub premiered a few weeks before Japan's TV premiere on March 19, 2021.

Synopsis Tohru Honda thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home was discovered by the mysterious Sohma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo and Shigure Sohma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when being hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into animals of the Zodiac!

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Season(s).	Ep(s).
Main Characters
	Tohru Honda	Manaka Iwami	Laura Bailey	1-3
	Yuki Sohma	Nobunaga Shimazaki	Eric Vale	1-3
		Miyuri Shimabukuro (young)	Amanda Lee	1-2	2, 9, 40
	Kyo Sohma	Yūma Uchida	Jerry Jewell	1-3
		Asuna Tomari (young)	Alison Viktorin	1-2
			Suzie Yeung	3
	Shigure Sohma	Yūichi Nakamura	John Burgmeier	1-3
		Mari Hino (young)	Apphia Yu	1, 3	10, 57
Sohma Family
Zodiacs
	Kagura Sohma	Rie Kugimiya	Tia Ballard	1-3
	Momiji Sohma	Megumi Han	Mikaela Krantz	1-3
	Hatori Sohma	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Kent Williams	1-3
		Ikumi Hasegawa (young)	Bryn Apprill	3	57
	Hatsuharu Sohma	Makoto Furukawa	Justin Cook	1-3
		Mariko Higashiuchi (young)	Morgan Berry	1-2	9, 43
	Ayame Sohma	Takahiro Sakurai	Christopher Sabat	1-3
		Natsumi Fujiwara (young)	Ciarán Strange	3	57
	Kisa Sohma	Reina Ueda	Kate Bristol	1-3
	Hiro Sohma	Yō Taichi	Luci Christian	1-3
	Ritsu Sohma	Kengo Kawanishi	Mike McFarland	1, 3
			Katelyn Barr (young)	1	19
	Isuzu Sohma	Aki Toyosaki	Brina Palencia	1-3
	Kureno Sohma	Yūichirō Umehara	Ian Sinclair	2-3
		Mayu Minami (young)	Ryan Reynolds	3	57
	Akito Sohma	Maaya Sakamoto	Colleen Clinkenbeard	1-3
			Trina Nishimura (young)	1, 3	2, 57
Other Members
	Kazuma Sohma	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Dameon Clarke	1-3
		Ayaka Nanase (young)	Emily Fajardo	1	25
	Kana Sohma	Minami Tsuda	Kara Edwards	1-2
	Kyo's Father	Shinobu Matsumoto	Aaron Roberts	1-3
	Ayame and Yuki's Mother	Sayaka Ohara	Morgan Garrett	2-3
	Sohma Maid	Hitomi Shogawa	Linda Leonard	2-3
	Ren Sohma	Ai Orikasa	Katelyn Barr	2-3
	Satsuki Sohma	Mikako Takahashi	Erica Mendez	2-3
	Akira Sohma	Akira Ishida	Chad Cline	3
	Okami Sohma	Sachiko Kojima	Julie Mayfield	1, 3
	Kisa's Mother	Aya Endō	Jessica Cavanagh	1-3
	Momiji's Father	Junichi Yanagita	Ben Bryant	1-2
	Momiji's Mother	Takako Honda	Elise Baughman	1, 3
	Momo Sohma	Saya Tanaka	Megan Shipman	2-3
Umihara High School
	Arisa Uotani	Atsumi Tanezaki	Elizabeth Maxwell	1-3
	Saki Hanajima	Satomi Satō	Jad Saxton	1-3
	Mayuko Shiraki	Hitomi Nabatame	Anastasia Muñoz	1-3
	Makoto Takei	Jun Fukushima	Kyle Hebert	1-3
	Hiroshi	Wataru Komada	Ricco Fajardo	1-3
	Yusuke	Gen Satō	Shawn Gann	1-3
	Class Vice President	Yuka Nukui	Dani Chambers	1-3
Student Council Members
	Kakeru Manabe	Takuya Eguchi	Aaron Dismuke	1-3
	Machi Kuragi	Ai Kakuma	Caitlin Glass	1-3
	Kimi Toudou	Rumi Ōkubo	Cherami Leigh	2-3
	Naohito Sakuragi	Aoi Ichikawa	Micah Solusod	2-3
Prince Yuki Fan Club
	Motoko Minagawa	Mao Ichimichi	Jamie Marchi	1-3
	Minami Kinoshita	Shizuka Ishigami	Natalie Hoover	1-3
	Mio Yamagishi	Anzu Haruno	Emily Neves	1-3
	Mai Iwata	Miho Okasaki	Terri Doty	1-3
	Rika Aida	Chika Anzai	Amber Lee Connors	1-3
	Chie	Kaori Maeda	Kristen McGuire	1-2
Other Characters
	Kyoko Honda	Miyuki Sawashiro	Lydia Mackay	1-3
	Tohru's Grandfather	Ken Uo	Doug Jackson	1-3
	Megumi Hanajima	Yukiyo Fujii	Leah Clark	1, 3
	Mitsuru / Mii	Chinatsu Akasaki	Cynthia Cranz	1-3
	Mine Kuramae	Yuka Iguchi	Monica Rial	1-3

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Season One
	Cooking Class Teacher	Airi Otsu	Brianna Roberts	1
	Tohru's Cousins	Ryōko Maekawa	Kristin Sutton	5
		Akinori Egoshi	Stephen Fu
	Tohru's Aunt	Mie Sonozaki	Nazia Chaudhry	5, 39
	TV Reporter	Sayumi Watabe	Morgan Berry	8
	Arisa's Father	Masashi Nogawa	Josh Martin	8, 17, 40
	Mogeta	Etsuko Kozakura	Josh Martin	10, 20, 35
	Artemis Donpanina Talos	Haruka Tomatsu	Terri Doty
	Demon Lord	Junji Majima	Sonny Strait
	Akimoto	Nanako Mori	Mallorie Rodak	16 - 17
	Ito	Shiori Izawa	Lindsay Seidel	16-17, 26
	Ishihara	Minami Takahashi	Madeleine Morris
	Takemura	Yūki Wakai	Leah Clark
	Angry Teacher	¿?	Gloria Benavides	17
	Motoko's Mother	Kyō Yaoya	Felecia Angelle	21, 26
	Saki's Father	Hirofumi Nojima	Christopher Wehkamp	22
	Saki's Grandmother	Misa Watanabe	Linda Young
	Saki's Mother	Yumi Kakazu	Jenny Ledel	22, 40, 51
	Kyo's Mother	Atsuko Yuya	Wendy Powell	24, 57
	Kazuma's Grandfather	Mitsuru Ogata	Bruce DuBose	25
Season Two
	Kunimitsu Tomoda	Atsushi Tamaru	Jason Liebrecht	27, 36, 63
	Kagura's Mother	Akiko Kimura	Clarine Harp	33, 36
	Mayuko's Mother	Sayuri Sadaoka	Alex Moore	37
	Servants	Hodaka Mieno	Macy Anne Johnson	39
		Misa Katō	Meg McClain	39, 46
	Hiro's Father	Kenji Nojima	Ivan Jasso	41
	Isuzu's Father	Masayuki Katō	Robert McCollum	43
	Isuzu's Mother	Fuyuka Ono	Kenneisha Thompson
	Doctor	Sōshirō Hori	Aaron Campbell
	Inoue	¿?	Oscar Seung	47
	Machi's Brother	¿?	Aaron Campbell	49
	Machi's Mother	Ryōka Yuzuki	Brianna Roberts	49, 53
Season Three
	Ren's Handservant	Misa Kato	Marisa Duran	51, 54, 57
	Shigure's Mother	Kaori Nakamura	Felecia Angelle	52
	Kakeru and Machi's Father	Eiji Takemoto	David Wald	53
	Maid	Ayaka Shimizu	Anairis Quiñones	54, 57
	Kazuma's Grandmother	Nao Fujita	Sarah Roach	56
	Hinata Sohma	Kaede Hondo	Luci Christian	57, 61
	Housekeeper	Harumi Sakurai	Emi Lo	60
	God	Hiroshi Kamiya	Matthew Mercer	61 - 62
	Katsuya Honda	Yoshimasa Hosoya	J. Michael Tatum	62
	Father	Daisuke Hirakawa	Austin Tindle	63
	Mother	Rie Kawamura	Alexis Tipton
	Daughter	Saya Aizawa	Jill Harris

Additional Voices

Season One

Felecia Angelle Sakyiwaa Baah - Female Librarian A (ep. 4), Additional Voices Josh Bangle Katelyn Barr - Female Delinquent 16 (ep. 16), Additional Voices Dawn M. Bennett - Female Classmate E (ep. 2), Additional Voices Morgan Berry Anthony Bowling Justin Briner - Boy Classmate B (ep. 22), Male Park B (ep. 22), Additional Voices Ben Bryant Aaron Campbell Jessica Cavanagh - Female Coworker B (ep. 1), Additional Voices Dani Chambers Clifford Chapin - Male TV Character A (ep. 3), Additional Voices Leah Clark - Female Thug A (ep. 16) Hayden Daviau - Female Classmate A (ep. 3), Female TV Character B (ep. 3), Female Delinquent 16 (ep. 16), Female Newscaster B (ep. 17), Middle School Girl A (ep. 17), Additional Voices Terri Doty R. Bruce Elliott Marti Etheridge - Boy 17B (ep. 17), High School Girl 17C (ep. 17), Additional Voices Emily Fajardo - Female Classmate A (ep. 2), Female Admirer A (ep. 21), Additional Voices Ricco Fajardo Shawn Gann - Male Student A (ep. 1), Additional Voices Morgan Garrett Kimberly Grace - Female Classmate B (ep. 22), Girl Student B (ep. 22), Hanajima's Female Teacher A (ep. 22), Additional Voices Ariel Graham - Female Classmate B (ep. 17), Boy A (ep. 18), Additional Voices

Jessie James Grelle - Employee (ep. 19), Boy Student A (ep. 22), Male Park C (ep. 22), Additional Voices Christopher Guerrero Jill Harris - Female Delinquent A (ep. 17), Middle School Girl B (ep. 17) Kasi Hollowell - Female Classmate D (ep. 22), Girl Student A (ep. 22), Additional Voices Matt Holmes Natalie Hoover Emily Hornsby Kyle Igneczi - Businessman A (ep. 3), Male Classmate A (ep. 3), Additional Voices Ivan Jasso - Paper Boy A (ep. 4) Brittney Karbowski - Female Classmate A (ep. 1), Additional Voices Krystal LaPorte Brittany Lauda - Female Admirer B (ep. 21), Additional Voices Amanda Lee Comona Lewin Emi Lo - Female Classmate D (ep. 2), Additional Voices Gregory Lush - Father A (ep. 22), Hanajima's Male Teacher A (ep. 22), Male Park E (ep. 22), Additional Voices Josh Martin - Male Narrator A (ep. 20), Additional Voices Meg McClain - High School Girl A (ep. 17), Female Student A (ep. 22), Additional Voices Margaret McDonald - Female Newscaster A (ep. 17), High School Girl B (ep. 17), Additional Voices Kristen McGuire Skyler McIntosh - Female Park E (ep. 22), Female Student D (ep. 22), Girl Classmate B (ep. 22), Additional Voices Alex Moore - Female Classmate B (ep. 2), Female Newscaster A (ep. 3), Additional Voices Madeleine Morris - Female Thug C (ep. 16) Kim Morton Caitlin Myers - Boy A (ep. 17), Female Classmate A (ep. 17), Additional Voices Trina Nishimura Rebecca Paige Phil Parsons

Tiffany Patterson Cory J. Phillips Kyle Phillips Christopher Dontrell Piper - Male Park D (ep. 22), Male Pedestrian A (ep. 22), Male Pedestrian B (ep. 22) Sara Ragsdale - Female Classmate C (ep. 22), Female Classmate E (ep. 22), Additional Voices Sarah Roach - Female Student B (ep. 22), Mother A (ep. 22), Old Woman A (ep. 22), Additional Voices Brianna Roberts - Kana's Friend (ep. 7), Female Admirer C (ep. 21), Additional Voices Michelle Rojas Kristi Rothrock - Female Classmate C (ep. 17), Boy B (ep. 18), Additional Voices Cody Savoie Lindsay Seidel - Female Thug B (ep. 16) Matt Shipman - Boy Classmate A (ep. 22) Megan Shipman - Female Classmate C (ep. 2), Boy A (ep. 21), Additional Voices Kylie Stewart - Female Classmate A (ep. 22), Female Lunch Student A (ep. 22), Female Park C (ep. 22), Female Pedestrian B (ep. 22), Female Pedestrian C (ep. 22), Female Student C (ep. 22), Girl Student C (ep. 22), Additional Voices Mark Stoddard - Old Man A (ep. 22) Sonny Strait Howard Wang Christopher Wehkamp T.C. Wong - Female Student (ep 1), Female Classmate 3B (ep. 3), Female TV Character 3A (ep. 3), Boy Classmate 22C (ep. 22), Additional Voices Barry Yandell Linda Young - Female Coworker A (ep. 1), Female Park D (ep. 22), Additional Voices

Season Two

Ben Balmaceda Katelyn Barr Gloria Benavides Dawn M. Bennett - Female Student (ep. 40), Additional Voices Aaron Campbell Dani Chambers Hayden Daviau Terri Doty Kara Edwards - Crying Boy (ep. 37) Emily Fajardo - Female Student (ep. 40), Additional Voice Gary Furlong Lee George - Student (ep. 45) Amanda Gish Jarrod Greene

Ivan Jasso Macy Anne Johnson - Confessing Girl (ep. 42) Brad Kurtz Brittany Lauda - Student (ep. 38) Marissa Lenti Linda Leonard Emi Lo - Female Servant (ep. 40) Alex Mai Meg McClain - Soma Maid (ep. 46) Daman Mills Alle Mims Alex Moore Rebecca Paige Brina Palencia - White Cat (ep. 42) Brianna Roberts

Michelle Rojas - Bullying Girl A (ep. 48) Alejandro Saab Oscar Seung Matt Shipman Joshua Sherman Marcus D. Stimac Kristin Sutton Chris Sykes Austin Tindle David Wald Kiba Walker Howard Wang Carson Wright Caleb Yen Suzie Yeung - Bullying Girl B (ep. 48)

Season Three

Ben Balmaceda Katelyn Barr Kate Bristol Kimmie Britt Dani Chambers Y. Chang Hayden Daviau Jalitza Delgado Marisa Duran Hope Endrenyi Kimberly Grace Jill Harris

Macy Anne Johnson Mikaela Krantz Emi Lo Lydia Mackay Julie Mayfield Meg McClain Erica Mendez Daman Mills Alle Mims Trina Nishimura Brina Palencia Celeste Perez

Ben Phillips Anairis Quiñones Sarah Roach Zeno Robinson Kristi Rothrock Alejandro Saab Austin Tindle Alexis Tipton Kiba Walker Howard Wang Sarah Wiedenheft

Multimedia

Cast Reveal

Official

VA Reveals

Notes

• While half of the cast from the original anime series return to reprise their roles for the 2019 anime including:
  • Laura Bailey as Tohru.
  • Eric Vale as Yuki.
  • Jerry Jewell as Kyo.
  • John Burgmeier as Shigure.
  • Kent Williams as Hatori.
  • Justin Cook as Hatsuharu.
  • Christopher Sabat as Ayame.
  • Kate Bristol as Kisa.
  • Mike McFarland as Ritsu.
  • Dameon Clarke as Kazuma.
  • Julie Mayfield as Okami.
  • Wendy Powell as Kyo's Mother.
  • Elise Baughman as Momiji's Mother.
  • Kyle Hebert as Makoto.
  • Jamie Marchi as Motoko.
  • Cynthia Cranz as Mitsuru.
• However, some actors were recast:
  • Elizabeth Maxwell replaces Parisa Fakhri as Arisa.
  • Jad Saxton replaces Daphne Gere as Saki.
  • Lydia Mackay replaces Julie Mayfield as Kyoko most likely due to Mayfield also reprising as Okami.
  • Colleen Clinkenbeard replaces Chad Cline as Akito due to the plot twist where Akito was actually born female, but raised as male
    • Cline would eventually voice Akira in this series.
  • Tia Ballard replaces Meredith McCoy as Kagura.
  • Mikaela Krantz replaces Kimberly Grant as Momiji.
  • Luci Christian replaces Aaron Dismuke as Hiro due to Dismuke going through puberty.
  • Trina Nishimura also replaces Aaron Dismuke as Young Akito.
    • Dismuke would eventually voice Kakeru in this series.
  • Amanda Lee replaces Kate Bristol as Young Yuki most likely due to Bristol also reprising as Kisa.
  • Alison Viktorin replaces Avery Rice Williams as Young Kyo.
    • Suzie Yeung would eventually replaces Alison Viktorin as young Kyo due to Viktorin's retirement.
  • Morgan Berry replaces Joshua Huber as Young Hatsuharu.
  • Katelyn Barr replaces Sarah Hussey as Young Ritsu.
  • Jessica Cavanagh and Nazia Chaudhry replaces Cynthia Cranz as Kisa's Mother and Tohru's Aunt most likely due to Cranz also reprising as Mitsuru.
  • Doug Jackson replaces Brice Armstrong as Tohru's Grandfather due to his death.
  • Stephen Fu replaces Chris Cantrell as Tohru's Male Cousin.
  • Emily Neves and Kristin Sutton replaces Kasey Buckley as Mio and Tohru's Female Cousin.
  • Kara Edwards and Natalie Hoover replaces Libby Smith as Kana and Minami.
  • Amber Lee Connors replaces Elise Baughman as Rika most like due to Baughman also reprising as Momoji's mother.
  • Leah Clark replaces Hollie Townson as Megumi.
  • Monica Rial replaces Amber Cotton as Mine due to the latter's retirement.
  • Felecia Angelle and Bruce DuBose replaces Brad Jackson as Motoko's Mother and Kazuma's Grandfather.
  • Ben Bryant and Aaron Roberts replaces Eddie Hord as Momiji's Father and Kyo's Father.
  • Emily Fajardo replaces Heaven Tubbs as Young Kazuma.
  • Terri Doty replaces Stephanie Nadolny as Artemis Donpanina Talos.
  • Josh Martin replaces Stacie Jolley as Mogeta.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2020-present	ABC Me	Australia

Transmission via Streaming

Company	Date(s)	Category	Format	Classification	Content		Country
	April 5, 2019 - September 21, 2019	Anime	Digital	TV-14	Season 1	25 Eps.	United States
	April 6, 2020 - December 21, 2020				Season 2	25 Eps.
	March 19, 2021 - June 28, 2021				Season 3	13 Eps.
	March 1, 2022				Season 1	25 Eps.
					Season 2	25 Eps.
					Season 3	13 Eps.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
	2019-2021		Episodes 1-50	A DVB-T	United States
			4 Volumes
	2021		Episodes 1-50
			2 Volumes (TBC)
	2022		1 Volume (TBC)

See Also

• Fruits Basket
• Fruits Basket -prelude-

External Links

• Fruits Basket at the Internet Movie Database.
• Fruits Basket (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
• Fruits Basket on Behind The Voice Actors.