After seeing a limited theatrical release in Japan, the Fruits Basket prequel film, titled Fruits Basket -prelude-, is finally making its way over to theaters in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom this summer.
After the Japanese premiere of Fruits Basket -prelude- in February, both subbed and dubbed versions of the film will open in select theaters in the United States and Canada on June 25, 28, and 29. Tickets go on sale June 3.
The film will then see a theatrical release in the United Kingdom on July 20 where only the dubbed version will be available. Tickets for the UK release will go on sale June 24.
According to the film’s press release, Fruits Basket -prelude- “officially concludes” high school student Tohru Honda’s story, taking viewers back to before she joined forces with the cursed Soma family and focusing on the life of Tohru’s parents, Kyoto and Katsuya Honda, before they died.
The official synopsis of the film reads:
“Before there was Tohru and Kyo – there was Katsuya and Kyoko. Discover the turbulent beginning of Tohru’s mom’s dark past, and the man who breathed new hope into her. Watch the evolution of their love story and the birth of the Honda family, as this chapter completes the full adaptation of the heartwarming Fruits Basket story.”
Directed by the series’ director Yoshihide Ibata and with a screenplay written by fellow Fruits Basket veteran Taku Kishimoto, the film is animated by TMS Entertainment and 8PAN, which also animated the 2019 series. The 88-minute long film will be distributed by Crunchyroll.
The Fruits Basket franchise has been running since the manga began in 1998 — the most recent addition to the beloved series was the final season of the 2019 anime reboot, which hit streaming services last year. We named the 2019 revival of Fruits Basket one of the best anime series of the year.
Amelia Zollner is a freelance writer at IGN. Find them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.
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After the Japanese premiere of Fruits Basket -prelude- in February, both subbed and dubbed versions of the film will open in select theaters in the United States and Canada on June 25, 28, and 29. Tickets go on sale June 3.
The film will then see a theatrical release in the United Kingdom on July 20 where only the dubbed version will be available. Tickets for the UK release will go on sale June 24.
According to the film’s press release, Fruits Basket -prelude- “officially concludes” high school student Tohru Honda’s story, taking viewers back to before she joined forces with the cursed Soma family and focusing on the life of Tohru’s parents, Kyoto and Katsuya Honda, before they died.
The official synopsis of the film reads:
“Before there was Tohru and Kyo – there was Katsuya and Kyoko. Discover the turbulent beginning of Tohru’s mom’s dark past, and the man who breathed new hope into her. Watch the evolution of their love story and the birth of the Honda family, as this chapter completes the full adaptation of the heartwarming Fruits Basket story.”
Directed by the series’ director Yoshihide Ibata and with a screenplay written by fellow Fruits Basket veteran Taku Kishimoto, the film is animated by TMS Entertainment and 8PAN, which also animated the 2019 series. The 88-minute long film will be distributed by Crunchyroll.
The Fruits Basket franchise has been running since the manga began in 1998 — the most recent addition to the beloved series was the final season of the 2019 anime reboot, which hit streaming services last year. We named the 2019 revival of Fruits Basket one of the best anime series of the year.
Amelia Zollner is a freelance writer at IGN. Find them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.
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