Fruits Basket

Fruits Basket(フルーツバスケット) is a Japanese manga and anime series about an eponymous student. The manga series ran from 1999 to 2006. An anime television series adaptation aired in 2001.

Fruits Basket
Genre	Fantasy, romance[1]
Manga
Written by	Natsuki Takaya
Published by	Hakusensha
English publisher	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Yen Press SG Chuang Yi UK Tokyopop
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Hana to Yume
Original run	July 1998 – November 2006
Volumes	23 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Akitaro Daichi
Written by	Higuchi Tachibana
Studio	Studio Deen
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation UK MVM Films
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	US Funimation Channel
Original run	July 5, 2001 – December 27, 2001
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Manga
Fruits Basket another
Written by	Natsuki Takaya
Published by	Hakusensha
English publisher	NA Yen Press
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	HanaLaLa online
Original run	September 4, 2015 – present
Volumes	2 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Yoshihide Ibata
Written by	Taku Kishimoto
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Licensed by	NA Funimation
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	2019 – scheduled

Plot

Tohru Honda comes to live with the mysterious Sohma family. She discovers a terrible secret about them - 13 members of the family turn into twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac, and the cat who was left out of the Chinese Zodiac. Whenever they are hugged by members of the opposite sex or become weak, they turn into each animals.

Characters

• Momiji Sohma – He is born in the year of the Rabbit. Momiji is a cute, strange boy who acts like an elementary school student, when he is a freshman in high school.