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| Fruits Basket | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Tohru Honda | |
| フルーツバスケット (Furūtsu Basuketto) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Natsuki Takaya |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Hana to Yume Comics |
| Magazine | Hana to Yume |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | 18 July 1998 – 20 November 2006 |
| Volumes | 23 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Akitaro Daichi |
| Written by | Higuchi Tachibana |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | 5 July 2001 – 27 December 2001 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoshihide Ibata |
| Written by | Taku Kishimoto |
| Music by | Masaru Yokoyama |
| Studio | TMS/8PAN |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVO, TVA, AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | 6 April 2019 – 29 June 2021 |
| Episodes | 63 |
| Manga | |
| Fruits Basket: The Three Musketeers Arc | |
| Written by | Natsuki Takaya |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | Hana to Yume |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | 20 April 2019 – 5 July 2019 |
| Manga | |
| Fruits Basket: The Three Musketeers Arc 2 | |
| Written by | Natsuki Takaya |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | Hana to Yume |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | 20 April 2020 – 5 August 2020 |
| Anime film | |
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| Other | |
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Fruits Basket (Japanese: フルーツバスケット, Hepburn: Furūtsu Basuketto), sometimes abbreviated Furuba or Fruba (フルバ), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume, published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from the name of a popular game played in Japanese elementary schools, which is alluded to in the series.
Fruits Basket tells the story of Tohru Honda, an orphan girl who, after meeting Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Sohma, learns that 13 members of the Sohma family are possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac and are cursed to turn into their animal forms when they are weak, stressed, or when they are embraced by anyone of the opposite gender who is not possessed by a spirit of the zodiac. As the series progresses, Tohru learns of the hardships and pain faced by the afflicted members of the Sohma family, and through her own generous and loving nature, helps heal their emotional wounds. As she learns more about Yuki, Kyo, and the rest of the mysterious Sohma family, Tohru also learns more about herself and how much others care for her.
Takaya began a sequel titled Fruits Basket Another in September 2015, and the spin-off series The Three Musketeers Arc in April 2019. The original manga was first adapted into a 26-episode anime television series in 2001, produced by Studio Deen and directed by Akitaro Daichi. A second anime television series adaptation, by TMS Entertainment and directed by Yoshihide Ibata, premiered from April 2019, with its first season airing from April to September 2019, its second season airing from April to September 2020, and its third and final season airing from April to June 2021. The reboot anime series was initially a co-production of Funimation, who released the series through a partnership with Crunchyroll, although the series would later be completely moved under the latter. A compilation film titled Fruits Basket: Prelude premiered theatrically in Japan in February 2022, and was released theatrically in the United States and Canada in June 2022 and in the United Kingdom in July 2022.
By December 2018, the manga had over 30 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series, as well as one of the best-selling shōjo manga series of all time. It has been described in academic works as "a classic fan favorite in shoujo manga around the world".[6]
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