The official web site for the brand new anime of Natsuki Takaya‘s Fruits Basket manga introduced on Friday that the anime will get a compilation movie titled Fruits Basket -prelude- that may open in Japan on February 18. The movie will embrace the beforehand introduced Kyо̄ko to Katsuya no Monogatari (Kyо̄ko and Katsuya’s Story) anime that may heart on the backstory of Tohru’s mother and father Kyо̄ko and Katsuya, which the 2019-2021 sequence didn’t adapt. The movie may also embrace new scenes — written particularly for the movie by Takaya — depicting occasions from after the tv anime’s story.

The 2019-2021 tv anime’s predominant workers at TMS Leisure and predominant forged are returning for the movie. The Blu-ray Disc launch of the movie will likely be accessible on the identical day it opens in theaters.

Funimation streamed the primary episode of Fruits Basket the Closing with an English dub on March 19, two weeks earlier than its April 5 tv premiere in Japan. Funimation and Crunchyroll each streamed the anime because it aired in Japan.

The Fruits Basket 2nd Season anime premiered in Japan in April 2020, and continued on into the summer season season for a complete of 25 episodes. Funimation streamed an English dub of the present, after halting its English simuldub manufacturing in March 2020 because of the new coronavirus illness (COVID-19). Crunchyroll additionally streamed the sequence because it aired.

The 2 2019 and 2020 anime sequence adapt Takaya’s Fruits Basket manga. The variation has a completely new Japanese forged and workers from the earlier model, as per Takaya’s request. The anime covers your complete manga’s story.

Yoshihide Ibata (Pikaia!!, FLCL Progressive) returned to direct the brand new season at TMS Leisure. Taku Kishimoto (Silver Spoon, Haikyu!!, 91 Days, Hanebad!) was once more in command of sequence scripts. Masaru Shindō (Macross Delta, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) was again to design the characters. Takaya herself served as government supervisor.

Sources: Fruits Basket anime’s web site, Comedian Natalie