Fruits Basket: Prelude - the anime film of 2022
Fruit Basket: Prelude (Japanese original title: フ ル ー ツ バ ス ケ ッ ト －prelude－, Hepburn: Furūtsu Basuketto － Pureryūdo－) is a 2022 Japanese animated film based on the manga series Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya. Produced by TMS Entertainment and distributed by Avex Pictures, the film consists of an anime adaptation of the 2019 series, a prequel story titled Kyо̄ko to Katsuya no Monogatari focusing on Tohru Honda's parents, and an original epilogue written by Takaya. It stars Miyuki Sawashiro, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Manaka Iwami, Nobunaga Shimazaki and Yuma Uchida.
A new anime focusing on Tohru's parents was announced at the end of the anime's final episode of 2019. In October 2021, it was revealed that it was part of a compilation, with the return of the anime's main cast and staff. of 2019.
Fruit Basket: Prelude premiered in Japan on February 18 and grossed $ 1,12 million at the Japanese box office.
The film is directed by director Yoshihide Ibata and scripted by Natsuki Takaya and Taku Kishimoto
History
Kyo Sohma has been plagued with guilt ever since he allowed Kyoko Honda, a woman he met as a child, to die to avoid exposing her curse. Somehow, against all odds, he met his daughter Tohru and the two fell in love. But first there were Kyo and Tohru, or even Kyo and Kyoko, there were Kyoko and Katsuya. Kyoko was a problematic teenager; Katsuya is a student teacher with no real interest in education. Together they were a couple of misfits, but they gave birth to little Tohru.
Characters
Kyoko Honda
Katsuya Honda
Tohru-Honda
Kyo Soma
Asuna Tomari (young)
Suzie Yeung (young)
Yuki Soma
Shigure Soma
Momiji Soma
Hatsuharu Soma
Akito Soma
Saki Hanajima
Katsuya's father
Kyoko's father
Kyoko's mother
Kyo's mother
Images of Fruits Basket: Prelude
Fruit Basket: Prelude premiered in 25 theaters in Japan on February 18, 2022. Multiple items were given to viewers during several weeks of the film's screening: a 20-page booklet containing a manga adaptation of the film's epilogue story, a replica of the key frame from the 2019 anime depicting Kyo and Tohru hugging, and postcards designed by character designer Masaru Shindō.
Golden Harvest premiered the film in Hong Kong on June 9. Crunchyroll acquired the film's distribution rights in the US, Canada and the UK. The company will screen the film on 25, 28 and 29 June in the US and Canada, in Japanese and with an English dub, and on 20 July in the UK with dubbing only.
Technical data
Directed by: Yoshihide Ibata
Film script: Taku kishimoto
Music: Masaru Yokoyama
Author: Natsuki Takaya
Character design: Masaru Shindō
Artistic director: Tamako Kamiyama
Sound Director: Jin aketagawa
Photography director: Baek Ryun Chae
