And finally we have a release window for the highly-anticipated 2nd season of the newest iteration of beloved shoujo anime series Fruits Basket! A promotional video released by the series’ official website confirms that season 2 is set for a spring premiere this year. The said video, which you can watch here, summarizes the first season before teasing some scenes for the second season. What is exciting about this promo video is that we get glimpses of scenes that were never animated in the anime’s 2001 adaptation!
The second season will feature a returning cast. Two new characters have been previously announced: Takuya Eguchi (Takeo Gouda in My Love Story!) will be playing Kakeru Manabe, who will serve as the student council vice-president (minor spoilers ahead) during Yuki’s term as president. Ai Kakuma (Isuzu Sento from Amagi Brilliant Park) will be playing Machi Kuragi, Kakeru’s half-sibling and the student council treasurer. For the English dub, Aaron Dismuke will be voicing Kakeru while Caitlin Glass will be Machi.
The first season of Fruits Basket 2019 aired in Japan on April 5. Funimation has gained the exclusive rights to stream the series and release it on home video.
The Furuba reboot is produced by TMS Entertainment under the direction of Yoshihide Ibata. The script is penned by Taku Kishimoto, and character designs are done by Masaru Shindo.
The first anime adaptation of Furuba, which was released in 2001, was famously denounced by the series’ author Natsuki Takaya because she and Studio Deen ran into numerous creative disagreements. The end result was the series deviating from the original story in the manga, causing Takaya to reject offers for a remake or a second season—that is, until news came out last year that Takaya has finally agreed to a new adaptation. According to reports, she agreed on the condition of hiring an all-new cast and staff. TMS Entertainment, the studio handling the new adaptation, has also given Takaya lots of input in the process by naming her as the series’ Executive Supervisor.
Serialized from 1998 to 2006 in Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine, Fruits Basket follows the story of sweet orphan girl Tohru Honda who ends up living with the members of the Soma clan. She is sworn to secrecy when she finds out that the Somas are cursed to turn into zodiac animals when they are hugged by someone of the opposite sex.
Source: Anime News Network