A new trailer and poster for the upcoming Fruits Basket compilation movie have been released.Both the trailer and the poster concentrate on the relationship between Kyoko and Katsuya, the parents of Fruits Basket's central protagonist, Tohru Honda. The trailer previews Kyoko's origins as the leader of a gang of delinquents and the couple's first meeting. The poster showcases the pair sometime after they give birth to their daughter, as they enjoy a trip to the beach. While anyone who has read the manga or seen either of the Fruits Basket anime series is already aware of the couple's tragic fate, the movie will be the first time that their entire story will be animated.
Fruits Basket -prelude- is a compilation film that will mostly retell the events of the 2019 TV anime reboot. The movie is mostly made of re-edited footage from TMS' anime adaptation, but will also feature prequel content centered on Tohru's parents, as well as an all-new epilogue seen that shows Tohru and Kyo after the events of the main series. The cast and crew from the anime will all reprise their roles for the movie. The movie will be released simultaneously in theaters and on Blu-ray in Japan on Feb. 18, 2022.
Fruits Basket began in 1998 with a manga created by Natsuki Takaya. The series tells the story of Tohru Honda, a recently orphaned but nonetheless cheerful girl who gets taken in by the Sohma family, which includes the kind and handsome Yuki and the brash Kyo. Tohru's life changes when she discovers the Sohma family harbors a bizarre secret: when they feel weak or are embraced by a member of a different gender, they transform into one of the animals from the Chinese Zodiac. Â The series received widespread acclaim upon its initial release and is widely regarded as one of the most influential shojo manga for the 1990s and early 2000s.
Takaya's manga was originally adapted into a 26-episode anime series in 2001 by Studio DEEN. This original animes featured numerous changes to the story and while it was well-received at the time, Takaya has publicly stated her disappointment with this adaptation. A rebooted anime series, this time handled by animation studio TMS, began airing in 2019. The series was co-produced by Funimation and ran for three seasons. While it also cut some content from the original manga, the reboot aimed to be a more faithful adaptation of Takaya's source material than the 2001 anime, and was generally liked by both critics and viewers alike.