Series synopsis
Fruits Basket, also known as フルーツバスケット is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on July 5, 2001. It ended on December 27, 2001. It stars Yui Horie, Kotono Mitsuishi, Aya Hisakawa and Tomokazu Seki.
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 K ...
Premise
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 cruelty and heartbreak.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Yui Horie as Tohru Honda (voice)
- Kotono Mitsuishi as Kagura Sohma (voice)
- Aya Hisakawa as Yuki Sohma (voice)
- Tomokazu Seki as Kyo Sohma (voice)
- Kaori Nazuka as Kisa Sohma (voice)
- Akemi Okamura as Hatsuharu Sohma (voice)
- Reiko Yasuhara as Saki Hanajima / Kyoko Honda (voice)
- Ayaka Saito as Momiji Sohma (voice)
Supporting cast
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Hatori Sohma (voice)
- Akio Suyama as Hatsuharu Sohma (voice)
- Mina Tominaga as Ritsu Sohma (voice)
- Mitsuru Miyamoto as Ayame Sohma (voice)
- Ryotaro Okiayu as Shigure Sohma (voice)
- Murasaki Wakaba as Akito Sohma (voice)
- Yuka Imai as Arisa Uotani (voice)
- Haruhi Nanao as Kana Sohma (voice)
- Harumi Asai as Minami Kinoshita (voice)
- Kaori Shimizu as Motoko Minagawa (voice)
- Hisashi Eguchi as Station Attendant
Guest cast
- Hisashi Eguchi as Station Attendant
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 26 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 26 | July 5, 2001 | December 27, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Strangest Day Losing Tohru Honda's mother was hard enough, but living in a tent, now that's just crazy! One day, leaving for school, Tohru happens to stumble to the prince of her high school 'Yuki Sohma' at his house. As Yuki and his cousin Shigure finds out that Tohru been living in a tent, Yuki and Shigure lets Tohru live with them as their housekeeper. Trouble starts as soon as Kyo, another member of the Sohma family, messes up Tohru's new room causing her to lose her balance. Grabbing onto the Sohma family for support, they all turn into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. |
July 5, 2001 |
| 2 |
The Sohma Curse Tohru is quite surprised to see Yuki, Shigure, and Kyo turn into animals. While still in their animal forms, they tell her about the Sohma Family Curse. Whenever a member of the Sohma family is hugged by a member of the opposite sex, they turn into animals from the Chinese Zodiac. Later on at school, Yuki confronts Tohru and tells her that her memory may have to be erased because she found out the family secret. When they return home, Shigure informs them of Akito's decision: Tohru can stay at the house and won't have her memories erased as long as she doesn't tell anybody about the family secret. |
July 12, 2001 |
| 3 |
All Shapes and Sizes At school, Tohru walks in on Kyo and Yuki fighting. When she tries to stop them she runs into Kyo and he transforms. Kyo gets angry and calls her a stupid girl which makes Tohru think he hates her. Feeling guilty, he decides to pick Tohru up from her job and apologizes in his own way. The next day, on her way home from work, Tohru meets up with Yuki, and they walk home together. After accidentally transforming, Yuki tells Tohru about how he wants to live a normal life. |
July 19, 2001 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 5, 2001 |
| Last aired | December 27, 2001 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 20:00:00 |