New Fruits Basket Anime Reveals '1st season' Title, New Promo, Visual, Theme Song Artists

The official website for the new television anime of Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket manga revealed a new promotional video on Saturday. Funimation is streaming the video with English subtitles

The video and the website also revealed the show's "1st season" subtitle, opening and ending theme song artists, and a new visual. Beverly is performing the opening theme song "Again," and Vickeblanka is performing the ending theme song "Lucky Ending."

he new anime will have an entirely new Japanese cast and staff, as per Takaya's request. The new anime will cover the entire manga's story. The previously announced new cast includes:

Manaka Iwami as Tohru Honda
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Yuki Sohma
Yūma Uchida as Kyo Sohma
Yūichi Nakamura as Shigure Sohma
Atsumi Tanezaki as Arisa Uotani
Satomi Satou as Saki Hanajima
Rie Kugimiya as Kagura Sohma
Megumi Han as Momiji Sohma
Makoto Furukawa as Hatsuharu Sohma
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Hatori Sohma
Takahiro Sakurai as Ayame Sohma
Maaya Sakamoto as Akito Sohma
Miyuki Sawashiro as Kyōko Honda
The anime's English dub cast includes: (* denotes a returning cast member)

Laura Bailey* as Tohru Honda
Eric Vale* as Yuki Sohma
Jerry Jewell* as Kyo Sohma
John Burgmeier* as Shigure Sohma
Tia Ballard as Kagura Sohma
Mikaela Krantz as Momiji Sohma
Justin Cook* as Hatsuharu Sohma
Elizabeth Maxwell as Arisa Uotani
Jad Saxton as Saki Hanajima
Kent Williams* as Hatori Sohma
Christopher R. Sabat* as Ayame Sohma
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Akito Sohma
Lydia Mackay as Kyōko Honda
The anime will premiere in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 5 late at night at 1:23 a.m. (effectively April 6), before airing less than an hour later on both TV Osaka and TV Aichi. Funimation will stream the anime on FunimationNow. Funimation has also licensed the home video rights. The company will screen the first two episodes of the anime in theaters in the United States on March 26 (English-dubbed) and March 27 (English-subtitled). The screenings will feature an "exclusive gift pack" and Japanese and English voice actor commentary.

Yoshihide Ibata (Pikaia!!, FLCL Progressive) is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment. Taku Kishimoto (Silver Spoon, Haikyu!!, 91 Days, Hanebad!) is in charge of series composition. Masaru Shindō (Macross Delta, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) is drawing the character designs. Takaya herself is serving as executive supervisor.

Takaya serialized the original Fruits Basket manga in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine from 1998-2006. Tokyopop released the manga in English from 2004 to 2009, and Yen Press re-released the manga in 12 updated omnibus volumes beginning in June 2016. The original manga inspired a television anime adaptation in 2001.