The 2019 Fruits Basket anime series is the second based on the manga series of the same name by Natsuki Takaya, this time adapting all 23 volumes of the story. TMS Entertainment handling the 63 episodes-long production from April 2019 to June 2021, divided into three seasons. The reboot is a co-production of Funimation, things to put in a valentine’s day basket released the series through Crunchyroll-Funimation partnership.
The first season adapted the manga’s first 5 volumes and parts of volumes 6 and 7. It ran for 25 episodes from April September 6 to 21, 2019 on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, and TV Aichi. 13 is “Lucky Ending” by Vickeblanka. 25 is “One Step Closer” by INTERSECTION. The second season adapted the rest of volumes 6 and 7 and all content from volume 8 to the beginning of volume 17. It aired from April 7 to September 22, 2020.
38 is “ad meliora” by THE CHARM PARK. The fourth ending theme for episodes 39 onwards is “Eden” by Monkey Majik. The third and final season adapted the remaining content of the manga series. It aired from April 6 to June 29, 2021, titled Fruits Basket: The Final.
The fifth opening theme is “Pleasure”, by WARPs UP, and the fifth ending theme is “Haru Urara” by GENIC. Funimation licensed the 2019 remake anime for a simulcast in partnership with Crunchyroll and produced an English version as part of their simuldub program. Unlike the Japanese version, a good majority of the English dub’s cast reprised their roles from the original anime. Funimation’s English dub of the remake series began airing on ABC Me in Australia starting on June 19, 2020. Tohru Honda, a high school girl living in a tent in the woods, passes by a nearby house where she has an encounter with her classmate Yuki Sohma and meets the house’s owner, Yuki’s cousin Shigure Sohma.
Yuki then accompanies Tohru to school, where she is harassed by some of Yuki’s admirers until she is saved by her friends Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima. Shigure explains to the surprised Tohru that apart from himself, Yuki and Kyo, 10 other members of the Sohma family would transform into an animal of the Chinese zodiac whenever they feel weak, stressed or being embraced by someone of the opposite gender. Tohru promises to keep the Sohmas’ family secret. In preparation for the school cultural festival, the class decides to establish a rice ball stand. Tohru that Yuki will ensure everything runs smoothly. Kyo soon gets baited into playing Rich Man-Poor Man by Tohru’s friends and eventually loses. Transcription: “Nanidoshi no Katana nodesu ka?
The shy girl, named Kagura Sohma, arrives at the house and finds Kyo, then begins to aggressively pummel him for making her worry. Kagura claims that she is Kyo’s fiancée, though Kyo points out that it was under duress when Kagura brandished a knife when they were kids. Tohru announces that the renovations at her grandfather’s house have been completed, and would be moving back in the next day. Her decision leaves the Sohmas seemingly in agreement that her stay with them was only a temporary circumstance.
The next day, Tohru arrives back at her grandfather’s place and is greeted by her relatives whom he was staying with. The rice ball stand at the school festival is a success, mainly due to Yuki reluctantly cross-dressing at the third years’ insistence. Momiji Sohma and Hatori Sohma also visit the stand. Momiji causes chaos when he hugs Tohru and transforms into a rabbit, though Yuki is able to distract the potential witnesses. Tohru is summoned to the Sohma family estate where she is greeted by Hatori and Momiji.