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Fruits Basket tv Review
Story & Characters
Tohru Honda is an ordinary Japanese high-school girl, with her luck running away. Not only that her mother died, but due
to her Grandfather renovating the house, she is forced to live in a tent, somewhere in the woods. But fortune wanted her
to be found by Yuki Sohma, the prince of her high-school, inviting her to live with him, his cousin Shigure and Kyo, who
seems to be searching for a fight, just about all the time. So she could live with them, she promised to be their maid -
cooking, cleaning and washing for them.
Everything fine and dandy for now, but her clumsiness soon reveals the dark curse, that the Sohma familiy has upon them.
Whenever embraced by a member of the opposite sex, they transform into the animals from the Chinese Zodiac.
It was a first for me tho, to see this kind of "positioning" - it is quite more often to see one guy with three girls around him, than the other way around, as much as I know anime.
The story continues, presenting us with new characters, sharing the same curse and every-one of them having a very sad
history, yet till the very end the aniem is still more or less on the bright side. The last 2 episodes tho, are as sad
and dark as u can find them and my eyes weren't able to hold water for long. And it is just the drama that makes
the anime as good as it is, even tho you won't miss action, romance and comedy, the last one beeing more
situation-chat based than ecchi, so not for those of you who love "nude humour."
Rating:
Art
I'll start from the back as in this case I find it mor sufficient that way...
Backgrounds:
Detailed and peaceful, you'll find yourself resting eyes on some shots. Colors match and the effects shown are
perfect, making the characters in the foreground just enough visible.
Characters:
The style of drawing is quite differend from some action-based anime, as male characters are just about everything else
than muscular and robust - more cute and good loking it slowly wages to the yaoi style drawings actually.
On the other side, girls are well drawn, tho lack on cuteness very much. The most bothersome thing for me was the
collosal size of Tohru size, which is very unusuall, but you can't have everything right.... where would you put
it...
Rating:
Sound
The starting and the ending theme are both very good, giving us a feel how the anime will be like. I must say that "For Fruits Basket" really is one of the best opening themes, slow, gentle and full of emotions, just the perfect for Fruits Basket. The english version of the anime has both translated and they still keep the same feeling as the original. So not much to complain there.
The bg music on the other side isn't as perfect and can be a bit bothersoem sometimes - childish and repetitive it takes away some good moments... Once again tho, just as the story, the last few eps have it made as it should be.
English voices are good acted, go well with the mouth rhytm and are not too long/ too short. Sometimes a bit too loud or too quiet but we've all seen much worse.
Rating:
Presentation
For the end I must say this is one awesome anime and I'd recommend it to everyone that likes romance. The character stories are really cut out to the last detail and You'll just fell in love with every one of them. Even tho episodes are not really that much connected with each other, the main story follows one string and is still one of the best around. Some situations will really make you think, trying to put yourself in the skin of one or another person and u should expect to cry a tear or to... if not anywhere else than the last few eps should be just the hit...
Tho beeing very good, and my favourite anime, I still won't recommned it to everyone - Action and ecchi lovers won't like it as much as some, as it lacks of both, especially the female cuteness which I must admit I missed myself.
And if you can get your hands on the manga you should also read this as that story overcomes even the one of the anime.
Rating:
Final Verdict
9.5000 (excellent)
Reviewed by TheFreak77, Jun 30, 2006
Comments
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GloriaChan Jun 30, 2006
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swen Jul 01, 2006
i love fruits basket. it's one of the greatest anime and manga. it's funny and really nice. although the manga gets sad as it progresses..i hope natsuki takaya will finish the manga soon so i can know the ending even though it'll be sad to see an end to fruits basket...
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Lura-Sharal Jul 01, 2006
I don't know the anime but I read the first few chapters of the manga... and as you said, it's a question of taste whether you like this series or not. In my opinion it's just average. I think it's an interesting storyline, but I really dislike the art. I have to agree with you that this anime/manga lacks cuteness a lot, especially the boys. ^_~
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himura088 Jul 01, 2006
I agree! The manga has a better storyline than the anime.. haha
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RikaChan23rd Jul 01, 2006
I really love this manga...specially Ayame he is the best! But I didn't like at all the way the anime ended xDD i was like ...uh..WHAT?...eh..@.@ *confused* but it's still a good anime and a better manga :P
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deathxmage Jul 01, 2006
I love Fruit Basket, it's soooooooo funny!
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darthmermer Jul 02, 2006
The manga never ceases to be touching and funny. Truly a magnificent series with well rounded characters, realistic emotional situations and wonderful drama.
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leepailong3 Jul 05, 2006
Fruits basket is a touching story...and also funny!
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shoujoboy Jul 07, 2006
I first have to say I'm on the minority with this show as I absolutely hated it. Too much internal monologue and the music was redundant. As for your review, it seems rather disjointed and lacks any kind of flow. I almost can hear a voice in my head reading the review to me and it's like one of those monotone physics teachers. A little bit better flow would be great for future reviews, but then again there is always room for improvement.
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elbonytarzan Jul 08, 2006
i love the anime...but i'm disappointed that the anime does not show the whole manga series...it only ends at book 6 of the manga...i have both the anime and the manga, and now the manga is like up to book 20 already. i really hope to see the whole thing in anime...
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InnocenceCanKill Jul 24, 2006
I love this anime. It's good, and totally worth watching. It was filled with alot of different emotion jerkers. I loved it, but, the anime seems to end short to the manga, which was a little disappointing. But all in all, it was awesome!
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SYMONE1501 Jul 24, 2006
furuba is the best. I love yuki, he is soooo cute. and i also love kisa, also very kawaii. but everyone in the sohma family and tohru is good looking.
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DaitaiOtonashiiOokami Jul 28, 2006
FuRuBa is a good anime. And it's even got it's own shounen ai, so it's good with me X3
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almina Aug 01, 2006
Interesting review !
I love this anime too. But since it's a shoujo and not a shonen romance, it isn't surprising to see more boys than girls.
Personnally, I would still recomend this anime for anyone (well it's nice to change and at least it isn't about a soapy romance so I don't think that it would make some people run away... at least not that quickly) *grins*
But I do like better the subbed version. I have watched some eps of the french version and it quite puzzled me that Yuki has the more male voice, quite annoyingly Tohru's french voice lacked variety in her game and just stressed her high spirit, not her sadness, doubts and hesitations.
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ShadowDreamer16 Sep 29, 2007
I wouldn't say this anime is excellent, I mean it's not bad, but I would only give it max an 8/10. And that's only because the moral of the story and the characters were good, because the animation was definitely not up to par. I also liked the whole concept of the zodiac animals, I always find that interesting, it's too bad that most of the plot was really random, like the ending, I still don't get what the purpose of it was.
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hie Dec 09, 2007
Personally, this is one of my favorite animes. Thought the animation leaves something to be desired at times, the character constructions and overall storyline makes up for it. You cant help but keep watching to see the relationship between Kyo, Yuki, and Toru. I recomend you watch it in Japanese; not that the english translation is terrible or anything, just the Japanese is better ^^
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Takeru623 Dec 14, 2008
This was one of the first anime I watched and the best shoujo series in my opinion.
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rukasu04 Mute Member May 03, 2009
Nice review, but he forgot something
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