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Fruits Basket
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Manaka Iwami
Tohru Honda (voice)
62 eps
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Yuki Sōma (voice)
59 eps
Yuma Uchida
Kyō Sōma (voice)
58 eps
Yuichi Nakamura
Shigure Sōma (voice)
57 eps
Rie Kugimiya
Kagura Sōma (voice)
24 eps
Megumi Han
Momiji Sōma (voice)
38 eps
Makoto Furukawa
Hatsuharu Sōma (voice)
30 eps
Kazuyuki Okitsu
Hatori Sōma (voice)
34 eps
Takahiro Sakurai
Ayame Sōma (voice)
25 eps
Reina Ueda
Kisa Sōma (voice)
23 eps
You Taichi
Hiro Sōma (voice)
22 eps
Kengo Kawanishi
Ritsu Sōma (voice)
15 eps
Miyuki Sawashiro
Kyōko Honda (voice)
29 eps
Aki Toyosaki
Isuzu Sōma (voice)
24 eps
Yuuichirou Umehara
Kureno Sōma (voice)
21 eps
Maaya Sakamoto
Akito Sōma (voice)
33 eps
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Kazuma Sōma (voice)
24 eps
Atsumi Tanezaki
Arisa Uotani (voice)
40 eps
Satomi Sato
Saki Hanajima (voice)
42 eps
Takuya Eguchi
Kakeru Manabe (voice)
24 eps
Ai Kakuma
Machi Kuragi (voice)
22 eps
Yukiyo Fujii
Megumi Hanajima (voice)
4 eps
Yumi Kakazu
Hanajima's Mother (voice)
3 eps
Mao Ichimichi
Motoko Minagawa (voice)
9 eps
Misa Kato
Maid (voice)
5 eps
Misa Ishii
Woman (voice)
3 eps
Miho Okasaki
Mai Iwata (voice)
10 eps
Juri Kimura
Female Student (voice)
4 eps
Airi Ootsu
Old Woman (voice)
4 eps
Kaori Maeda
Chiê (voice)
4 eps
Rie Kawamura
Bad Girl (voice)
6 eps
Kanako Sakuragi
Old Woman (voice)
3 eps
Arisa Sekine
Female Student (voice)
5 eps
Maya Enoyoshi
Female Student (voice)
3 eps
Wataru Komada
Hiroshi (voice)
17 eps
Chika Anzai
Rika Aida (voice)
3 eps
Saya Tanaka
Momo Sōma (voice)
3 eps
Minami Takahashi
Bad Girls Trio (voice)
3 eps
Anzu Haruno
Mio Yamagishi (voice)
8 eps
Momo Ishibashi
Female Student (voice)
8 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Fruits Basket actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Fruits Basket reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Spectacle.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high school student Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out… into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Soma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Somas have a secret of their own—when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 63 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201925 episodes
7.2IMDbTohru Honda thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home is discovered by the mysterious Soma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Zodiac!
Best episode · S01E24 Let's Go Home
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202025 episodes
7.8IMDbTohru Honda continues her life with the Soma family. They get along happily and learn and grow together, but underneath everything is the taint of the Soma curse. Tohru is also finding her own reasons to want the curse broken. Many members of the Soma family are also fighting to break the curse as time grows short and the need to break free becomes more and more desperate.
Best episode · S02E19 There's Just No Way!
Season 3 · Complete
The Final Season
202113 episodes
8.6IMDbAfter last season's revelations, the Soma family moves forward, but the emotional chains that bind them are not easily broken. Unable to admit why she wants the cure, Tohru wrestles with the truth, aware that time is running out for someone close. And a secret still lurks that could break another's heart. But hope is not lost—a clue to the curse is found. Could their imprisonment's end be near?
Best episode · S03E06 It Was So Foolish
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E19
There's Just No Way!
Isuzu spends the night recuperating at Shigure’s, giving a chance for Tohru and Isuzu to get to know each other.
- Directed by Takatoshi Suzuki
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S02E25
I'm Different Now
A winter chill lingers in the air as memories revealing some of Kureno's mysterious past and present emerge.
- Directed by Yasuo Tsuchiya, Nao Umakawa
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S02E23
It's Cinderella-ish
Tohru's class puts on an unconventional retelling of Cinderella at the school culture festival.
- Directed by Takahiro Kawakoshi, Yoshihisa Matsumoto
- Written by Yuichiro Kido
S02E18
Do You Wanna Kiss?
Isuzu, the zodiac Horse, is determined to make change and seeks out Shigure for some answers.
- Directed by Hironori Aoyagi
- Written by Yuichiro Kido
S03E01
I'll Hold Another Banquet
As Season 3 begins, Tohru struggles to digest all the new information she's learned from Kureno.
- Directed by Takatoshi Suzuki
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S01E24
Let's Go Home
Kazuma Soma's visit to the house is more than a casual visit, especially for Kyo. Will we finally find out Kyo's secret?
- Directed by Takahiro Kawakoshi
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S03E13
See You Again Soon
- Directed by Yoshihide Ibata
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S03E12
You Fought Well
- Directed by Yoshihide Ibata, Nao Umakawa
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S03E11
Goodbye
- Directed by Takahiro Kawakoshi, Takatoshi Suzuki
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S03E10
I Just Love Her
- Directed by Yoshihisa Matsumoto
- Written by Yuichiro Kido
S03E09
What's Your Name?
- Directed by Takatoshi Suzuki
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S03E08
I'm Disappointed in You
- Directed by Hironori Aoyagi
- Written by Yuichiro Kido
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Shiro IshiharaProducer
- Yukio KawasakiExecutive Producer
- Fumi YazakiProducer
- Yuuya YoshidaProducer
- Mirai YamauchiProducer
- Toshisuke HiraokaExecutive Producer
Writing
- Yuichiro KidoWriter
- Taku KishimotoWriter
Direction
- Takahiro KawakoshiDirector
- Hiroaki KudouDirector
- Akira YamadaDirector
- Yuji TokunoDirector
- Yoshihisa MatsumotoDirector
- Takashi IgariDirector
Cinematography
- Nozomi ShitaraDirector of Photography
- Tsai Po-lunDirector of Photography
Music
- Masaru YokoyamaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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