Fruits Basket: Prelude (2022)

Original title

フルーツバスケット－prelude－

Directed by

Yoshihide Ibata

Genre

romance anime, drama anime

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

15

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film covers the backstory of Tohru Honda's parents, showing how they met and fell in love. It also includes a recap of the main series and a new epilogue about Tohru's future.

romanticbittersweetreflectivetenderslow-pacedemotionalnostalgicmelancholic

What happens

Fruits Basket: Prelude (Japanese: フルーツバスケット－prelude－, Hepburn: Furūtsu Basuketto－Pureryūdo－) is a 2022 Japanese animated film based on Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket manga series. Produced by TMS Entertainment and distributed by Avex Pictures, the film consists of a recap of the series' 2019 anime adaptation, a prequel story titled Kyoko and Katsuya's Story that focuses on Tohru Honda's late parents, and an original epilogue story written by Takaya. It stars Miyuki Sawashiro, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Manaka Iwami, Nobunaga Shimazaki and Yuma Uchida. A new anime focusing on Tohru's late parents was announced at the end of the 2019 anime's finale episode. In October 2021, it was revealed to be part of a compilation film, with the main cast and staff of the 2019 anime returning. Fruits Basket: Prelude premiered in Japan on February 18, and has grossed $1.12 million at the Japanese box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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