Line #8 Trivia/FruitsBasket


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2	* ActingForTwo: In the 2001 anime:
3	** Creator/AkemiOkamura voices Mitsuru Sohma and the younger Hatsuharu Sohma.
4	** Creator/YukaImai voices both Arisa Uotani and Akito Sohma.
5	** Creator/HaruhiNanao voices Kana Sohma and Kisa Sohma's mother.
6	** Reiko Yasuhara voices Saki Hanajima and Kyoko Honda.
7	* AllStarCast:
8	** Both the 2001 and 2019 anime adaptations have featured a cast of well-known voice actors, including Creator/YuiHorie and Creator/ManakaIwami.
9	** The English dub of the 2019 series too. In addition to those reprising their roles, the voice replacements and the characters who didn't appear in the original series are voiced by well-known and prolific voice actors like Creator/CaitlinGlass, Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard, Creator/BrinaPalencia, Creator/IanSinclair, Creator/LuciChristian, Creator/CheramiLeigh, Creator/JMichaelTatum, just to name a few. The dub even has those who rarely pop up in Funimation dubs like Creator/EricaMendez and Creator/MatthewMercer.
10	* ChildrenVoicingChildren: Creator/KateBristol and Creator/AaronDismuke were 11 and 9 when they voiced Kisa and Hiro (and the child versions of Yuki and Akito respectively) in the 2001 anime. For the 2019 anime, Bristol reprises her role as Kisa while Dismuke would move on to voice Kakeru instead.
11	* CreativeDifferences: While the 2001 anime adaptation was in production, Creator/NatsukiTakaya and director Akitaroh Daichi had [[HostilityOnTheSet problems from the get-go]] – for example, she demanded [[AllStarCast well-known voice actors]] be cast, something Daichi normally avoids. Takaya also had issues with Daichi's direction making the anime's tone LighterAndSofter with more emphasis on comedy, as well as the character designs. Unfortunately, Creator/StudioDeen refused to let anyone other than Daichi handle the series, leading a disgruntled Takaya to go her separate ways with DEEN and Daichi. A [[TruerToTheText more faithful adaptation]], produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment, premiered on TV Tokyo 18 years later.
12	* CreatorBacklash: A minor example. The "Collectors' Edition" double-sized volumes of the manga released in the late 2010s removed Takaya's popular margin comments, according to her because she'd changed as a person so much as to find them embarrassing and didn't want to write a whole new commentary for the new editions.
13	* CreatorCouple: In the 2001 anime, Creator/YujiUeda voiced Makoto Takei and his wife Creator/OmiMinami voiced Megumi Hanajima.
14	* CrossdressingVoices: Yuki, Ritsu, and Hiro in Japanese (but not English); and Momiji in both English and Japanese. Technically, [[spoiler:Akito]] counts too, in both English and Japanese... but this could not even be anticipated, as the anime was made years before the revelation that he is a she.
15	* TheDanza: Akira Sohma shares the same first name as his voice actor for the 2019 anime, Creator/AkiraIshida.
16	* {{Defictionalization}}:
17	** The Japanese release of Volume 6 of the 2019 anime on DVD and Blu-ray includes a picture book version of "The Foolish Traveller" story Momiji tells.
18	** Physical copies of the Zodiac figures Shigure made at the start of the story (plus an onigiri for Tohru and a cat) were made into official items for the 2019 anime's limited editions.
19	* DirectedByCastMember:
20	** In the 2001 anime's English dub, Creator/JustinCook was the ADR director and Hatsuharu Sohma's voice actor.
21	** For the 2019 anime:
22	*** Creator/CaitlinGlass directed the English dub, in addition to voicing Machi Kuragi.
23	*** In the anime's Latin American Spanish dub, Miguel Ángel Ruiz was the ADR director and one of the additional voices.
24	* DisownedAdaptation: Though Natsuki Takaya liked the 2001 anime's opening theme "For Fruits Basket", she was dissatisfied with the finished product thanks to the CreativeDifferences with Akitaro Daichi and Creator/StudioDeen.
25	* ExecutiveMeddling: Takaya was heavily involved as an executive supervisor for the 2019 anime's production, to make sure it stayed TruerToTheText than the 2001 anime did. She also requested that the artwork not be one to one with the manga because she felt her art wasn't at its best.
26	* ExecutiveVeto: When the 2001 anime was in production, Creator/StudioDEEN and Akitaroh Daichi frequently vetoed several of Takaya's recommendations and changed the character designs.
27	* GodNeverSaidThat: While it's true Takaya wanted a new voice cast for the 2019 reboot, some fans assumed this also applied to an English dub. However, Takaya never said anything on that matter, and many of the voice actors from the 2001 English dub ''did'' reprise their roles.
28	* HostilityOnTheSet: The 2001 anime's production turned out to be an unpleasant experience for Natsuki Takaya, who frequently clashed with Akitaroh Daichi's vision. It got to the point where Takaya and Daichi refused to work with each other ever again after production was finished.
29	* InternationalCoproduction: Starting with the 2nd season's 14 episode, the 2019 anime features Creator/{{Funimation}} as part of the production committee.
30	* MilestoneCelebration: The 2019 series was announced during the manga's 20th anniversary and its third season coincided with the 20th anniversary of the first anime.
31	* TheOtherDarrin:
32	** None of the Japanese actors of the ''Hana to Yume'' Drama CD adaptation reprised their roles for the 2001 anime.
33	** For the voice comic, Creator/KoukiMiyata replaces Creator/AyakaSaitou as Momiji and Creator/JunkoMinagawa replaced Murasaki Wakaba as Akito.
34	** Due to the first anime dating back to 2001 and some of its cast being too old or having retired since the series first aired, as well as Takaya becoming more involved in the 2019 anime, every role was inevitably re-cast.
35	*** Creator/ManakaIwami replacing Creator/YuiHorie as Tohru.
36	*** Creator/NobunagaShimazaki plays Yuki Sohma, replacing Creator/AyaHisakawa, who turned 50 a few days before the anime was announced.
37	*** Creator/YuumaUchida voices Kyo Sohma, replacing Creator/TomokazuSeki.
38	*** Creator/SatomiSato voices Saki Hanajima instead of Reiko Yasuhara.
39	*** Creator/TakahiroSakurai voices Ayame Sohma instead of Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto, who was 60 when the anime premiered.
40	*** Creator/RieKugimiya voices Kagura Sohma instead of Creator/KotonoMitsuishi.
41	*** Creator/MegumiHan voices Momiji Sohma instead of Creator/AyakaSaitou.
42	*** Creator/MakotoFurukawa voices Hatsuharu Sohma instead of Akio Suyama.
43	*** Creator/ReinaUeda voices Kisa Sohma instead of Creator/KaoriNazuka.
44	*** Creator/KengoKawanishi voices Ritsu Sohma, succeeding Creator/MinaTominaga, who was in her early 50s.
45	*** Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu voices Hatori Sohma instead of Creator/KazuhikoInoue, who turned 65 ten days before the anime premiered.
46	*** Creator/YuuichiNakamura voices Shigure Sohma instead of Creator/RyotaroOkiayu, who was in his late 40s.
47	*** Creator/YoTaichi voices Hiro Sohma instead of Creator/YurikoFuchizaki.
48	*** Creator/YuichiroUmehara and Creator/AkiToyosaki respectively voice Kureno Sohma and Isuzu Sohma instead of their voice comic actors Creator/SusumuChiba and Creator/HoukoKuwashima.
49	*** Creator/YukiyoFujii voices Megumi Hanajima instead of Omi Minami.
50	*** Atsumi Tanezaki plays Arisa Uotani, replacing Creator/YukaImai, who retired in 2018.
51	*** Creator/MaayaSakamoto replaced Murasaki Wakaba as Akito, due to the later reveal in the manga that Akito was RaisedAsTheOppositeGender.
52	*** In the drama [=CDs=], Kaibara Municipal High School council members Machi Kuragi, Kakeru Manabe, Kimi Todou and Naohito Sakuragi were respectively voiced by Creator/YukiKaida, Creator/KenichiSuzumura, Creator/YukariTamura and Creator/JunFukuyama. For their anime debut, they were respectively replaced by Creator/AiKakuma, Creator/TakuyaEguchi, Creator/RumiOokubo and Aoi Ichikawa.
53	** While most of the original English dub's cast, including Creator/LauraBailey, Creator/EricVale, Creator/JohnBurgmeier, Creator/JustinCook, Creator/KentWilliams, Creator/ChristopherSabat, Creator/JamieMarchi, Creator/KyleHebert, Creator/KateBristol, Creator/MikeMcFarland, Creator/DameonClarke, Creator/WendyPowell, and Creator/JerryJewell, [[RoleReprise returned to reprise their roles]] for the 2019 remake, some of the characters were also re-cast:
54	*** Meredith [=McCoy=], the original voice of Kagura Sohma, moved away to Thomasville, Georgia, in August 2018, so the role was recast with Creator/TiaBallard.
55	*** Since Parisa Fakhri moved to Los Angeles long after the series ended, Creator/ElizabethMaxwell replaced Fakhri as Arisa Uotani.
56	*** Due to Daphne Gere relocating to Madrid, Spain, the role of Saki Hanajima was recast with Creator/JadSaxton.
57	*** The role of Momiji Sohma was replaced from Kimberly Grant (who has no other major voice roles since 2004) to Creator/MikaelaKrantz.
58	*** For [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender now obvious reasons]], Akito's dub VA switched from Chad Cline to Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard. The character's younger self was also recast from Creator/AaronDismuke to Creator/TrinaNishimura.
59	*** Since Aaron Dismuke has long since hit puberty, Hiro is now voiced by Creator/LuciChristian.
60	*** Creator/LeahClark replaces Hollie Townson as Megumi Hanajima (the latter has no other credits).
61	*** Creator/MonicaRial replaces Amber Cotton as Mine Kuramae, who hasn't been active since about 2009.
62	*** Amanda Lee replaced Kate Bristol as Young Yuki, despite the latter returning to voice Kisa Soma.
63	*** Creator/AlisonViktorin initially replaced Avery Rice Williams as Kyo's younger self, but due to her retirement from anime voice acting in 2021, she herself was replaced with Creator/SuzieYeung.
64	*** Creator/LydiaMackay replaced Julie Mayfield as Tohru's mother Kyoko, although the latter still returned to voice Ritsu's mother.
65	*** Doug Jackson replaced the late Brice Armstrong as Tohru's grandfather.
66	*** Creator/AmberLeeConnors replaces Elise Baughman as Rika despite the latter returning to voice Momiji's mother.
67	*** Creator/EmilyNeves replaces Kasey Buckley as Mio, who had moved away about 15 years prior.
68	*** Jessica Cavanaugh replaces Creator/CynthiaCranz as Kisa's mother, although the latter still returned to voice Mitsuru.
69	*** Creator/NatalieHoover replaces Libby Smith as Minami.
70	* PromotedFanboy:
71	** Creator/MikaelaKrantz, Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard, Creator/EricaMendez, Creator/ElizabethMaxwell, and Creator/JadSaxton were fans of the series long before the 2019 anime cast them as Momiji, Akito, Satsuki, Arisa, and Hanajima respectively.
72	** Creator/RumiOokubo, who voices Kimi in the 2019 anime, is a huge fan of the original manga and read it when it was still running in ''Magazine/HanaToYume''.
73	** The 2019 anime's director Yoshihide Ibata often read the manga during its serialization.
74	* RecastAsARegular: Creator/AaronDismuke, who previously voiced Hiro Sohma in the 2001 anime, voiced Kakeru Manabe in the 2019 remake.
75	* ReferencedBy: In making ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', director Domee Shi has stated that the teen transformation aspect was inspired by this anime and others like it.
76	* RoleReprise: The 2019 anime's English dub retains as many of its original cast members that are still working and are able to reprise, including Creator/LauraBailey as Tohru Honda, Creator/JerryJewell as Kyo Sohma and Creator/EricVale as Yuki Sohma.
77	* ScheduleSlip: Justified with the 2019 anime's season 2 simuldub, as the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]] forced the cast and crew to have to put together the episodes from their homes. However, they were far enough ahead of schedule that it was okay to announce Kureno's English VA on the weekend before he debuted in the subbed simulcast.
78	* SelfAdaptation: Natsuki Takaya herself was the chief production supervisor for TMS Entertainment's 2019 anime.
79	* ShortRunInPeru: The 2019 anime's final season premiered on Funimation's streaming platform on March 19, 2021, only two weeks from its Japanese premiere date.
80	* StarMakingRole: In the English dub for the 2001 anime, the role of Tohru was this for Creator/LauraBailey. Dubbing the 2001 anime also got many anime fans to start taking Creator/{{Funimation}} seriously as a studio, as nearly every show they had dubbed up to that point was a Shonen action series.
81	* StudioHop:
82	** The 2001 anime was produced by Creator/StudioDeen and the 2019 anime was produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment[[note]]With the only studios carried over during the switch being Creator/NakamuraProductions, Creator/StudioLive, Creator/MouseAnimationStudio, and Studio Gash; albeit in differing capacities for the 2019 series[[/note]]. Creator/TVTokyo was still involved as the broadcaster.
83	** For the Japanese home media releases, the 2001 anime was distributed by King Records and the 2019 anime was distributed by Avex Pictures.
84	* TechnologyMarchesOn: In the 2019 anime, Shigure's house has a flatscreen TV and DVD player replacing the tube television and VHS player he originally had, and most characters have smart phones.
85	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
86	** [[WordOfGod Natsuki Takaya]] said she planned to have Ritsu and Mitsuru develop a relationship but she couldn't find a spot to fit it into the story. By the time she realized the story was still sitting there (and Ritsu hadn't made an appearance since his introduction) the manga was ending. Though a small mention at the finale gives the impression that it happened off-screen.
87	** [[WordOfGod Takaya]] also said that if Akito [[spoiler:had actually been a boy]] she would have been tempted to pair Tohru with [[spoiler:him]]. Later, she also said she had been tempted to pair Tohru off with Momiji. Kyo is very upset to hear that.
88	** Had the first anime OvertookTheManga, it could have differed from the manga precipitously, sort of like what happened to ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist''. A combination of Takaya's hand injury and the disagreements between her and Creator/StudioDEEN put a premature end to this, and with the amount of time it's been since combined with Creator/TMSEntertainment handling another adaptation which is TruerToTheText, it's safe to assume its chances are DeaderThanDead.
89	** Daphne Gere says she was approached by Funimation to reprise her role of Saki Hanajima for the English dub of the 2019 reboot, but she was living in Madrid at the time and the logistics didn't work out.
90	** Likewise, Meredith [=McCoy=] also says that she was approached to reprise Kagura, and it almost worked out, but she had to pass at the last minute, as she couldn't fit it in her schedule. She says it's the biggest regret of her voiceover career.
91	* YouSoundFamiliar: In the English dub of the 2019 anime:
92	** Kakeru Manabe is voiced by Creator/AaronDismuke, who played Hiro Sohma in the 2001 anime.
93	** Akira Sohma's voice actor Chad Cline previously voiced Akito Sohma in the 2001 anime.

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