Honda becomes a homeless orphan. Still in high school, she can’t support herself and resorts to camping in the woods. The school jock, Yuki, discovers her plight, and he and his cousin invite Tooru to live with them. Things get complex though, when she discovers that they are 2 of the 12 descendants of the animals in an ancient fable. When they hug or are hugged by members of the opposite sex, they change into the animals from which they descended. Usually, people who discover their secret have their memories erased, but as an exception, Tooru gets to keep her memory as long as she never tells anyone else their secret.
- parts of this synopsis paraphrased from Tetrisnomiko's defunct Fruits Basket page.
Released: 2001
Language: English dub / Japanese
Style: 2D animation
Number of Episodes: 26
[ Japanese ] Featuring the voices of:
[ English dub ] Featuring the voices of:
| Laura Bailey | ... Tohru Honda |
| Eric Vale | ... Yuki Sohma |
| Jerry Jewell | ... Kyo Sohma |
| John Burgmeier | ... Shigure Sohma |
| Daphne Gere | ... Saki Hanajima |
| Parisa Fakhri | ... Arisa Uotani |
| Meredith McCoy | ... Kagura Sohma |
| Kent Williams | ... Hatori Sohma |
| Kimberly Grant | ... Momiji Sohma |
| Julie Mayfield | ... Kyoko Honda |
| Brice Armstrong | ... Tohru's Grandfather |
| E. Bailey | ... Momiji's Father, Kyo's Father |
| Elise Baughman | ... Momiji's Mother |
| Kate Bristol | ... Kisa Sohma, Young Yuki |
| Dameon Clarke | ... Kazuma Sohma |
| Chad Cline | ... Akito Sohma |
| Justin Cook | ... Hatsuharu Sohma |
| Amber Cotton | ... Mine Kuramae |
| Aaron Dismuke | ... Young Akito, Hiro Sohma |
| Kyle Hebert | ... Takei |
| Joshua Huber | ... Young Hatsuharu |
| Sarah Hussey | ... Young Ritsu |
| Bradford Jackson | ... Evilman, Motoko's Mother, Kazumas' Grandfather |
| Jamie Marchi | ... Motoko Minagawa |
| Mike McFarland | ... Ritsu Sohma |
| Stephanie Nadolny | ... Ari |
| Wendy Powell | ... Kyo's Mother |
| Antimere Robinson | ... Head Chef |
| Christopher Sabat | ... Ayame |
| Steve Sanders | ... Narrator |
| Libby Smith | ... Minami Kinoshita |
| Hollie Townson | ... Megumi Hanajima |
| Heaven Tubbs | ... Young Kazuma |
| Avery Williams | ... Young Kyo |
Produced by: Daniel Cocanougher .
Musical Score by: Jun Abe and Seji Mutô
Based on: Fruits Basket manga by Natsuki Takaya
John Burgmeier, who voiced Shigure in the dub, also did the translation and wrote the English script. There are two Easter eggs in the US version DVDs. On Discs 1 and 3, go to the Extras menu and enter '10.' On Disc One you will get an audio of the English voice actors making bloopers. On Disc 3, you get an audio which includes more bloopers, the English version of the Serenade song, and the original auditions of Laura Baily and Eric Vale. In the manga, it's made clear that Momiji's mother is German, and Momiji often expresses himself in German phrases, which accounts for the oompah music they sometimes give him on the anime soundtrack. The anime covers events up to about Book 8 of the manga. The story continues! As of this writing, Book 14 has just been released in the US...and book 20 has appeared in Japan. By all accounts, the end of the story is near.
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