- Acting for Two: In the 2001 anime:
- Akemi Okamura voices Mitsuru Sohma and the younger Hatsuharu Sohma.
- Yuka Imai voices both Arisa Uotani and Akito Sohma.
- Haruhi Nanao voices Kana Sohma and Kisa Sohma's mother.
- Reiko Yasuhara voices Saki Hanajima and Kyoko Honda.
- All-Star Cast:
- Both the 2001 and 2019 anime adaptations have featured a cast of well-known voice actors, including Yui Horie and Manaka Iwami.
- 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 Caitlin Glass, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Brina Palencia, Ian Sinclair, Luci Christian, Cherami Leigh, J. Michael Tatum, just to name a few. The dub even has those who rarely pop up in Funimation dubs like Erica Mendez and Matthew Mercer.
- Children Voicing Children: Kate Bristol and Aaron Dismuke 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.
- Creative Differences: While the 2001 anime adaptation was in production, Natsuki Takaya and director Akitaroh Daichi had problems from the get-go – for example, she demanded well-known voice actors be cast, something Daichi normally avoids. Takaya also had issues with Daichi's direction making the anime's tone Lighter and Softer with more emphasis on comedy, as well as the character designs. Unfortunately, Studio DEEN refused to let anyone other than Daichi handle the series, leading a disgruntled Takaya to go her separate ways with DEEN and Daichi. A more faithful adaptation, produced by TMS Entertainment, premiered on TV Tokyo 18 years later.
- Creator Backlash: 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.
- Creator Couple: In the 2001 anime, Yuji Ueda voiced Makoto Takei and his wife Omi Minami voiced Megumi Hanajima.
- Crossdressing Voices: Yuki, Ritsu, and Hiro in Japanese (but not English); and Momiji in both English and Japanese. Technically, 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.
- The Danza: Akira Sohma shares the same first name as his voice actor for the 2019 anime, Akira Ishida.
- Defictionalization:
- 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.
- 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.
- Directed by Cast Member:
- In the 2001 anime's English dub, Justin Cook was the ADR director and Hatsuharu Sohma's voice actor.
- For the 2019 anime:
- Caitlin Glass directed the English dub, in addition to voicing Machi Kuragi.
- In the anime's Latin American Spanish dub, Miguel Ángel Ruiz was the ADR director and one of the additional voices.
- Disowned Adaptation: Though Natsuki Takaya liked the 2001 anime's opening theme "For Fruits Basket", she was dissatisfied with the finished product thanks to the Creative Differences with Akitaro Daichi and Studio DEEN.
- Executive Meddling: Takaya was heavily involved as an executive supervisor for the 2019 anime's production, to make sure it stayed Truer to the Text 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.
- Executive Veto: When the 2001 anime was in production, Studio DEEN and Akitaroh Daichi frequently vetoed several of Takaya's recommendations and changed the character designs.
- God Never Said That: 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.
- Hostility on the Set: 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.
- International Coproduction: Starting with the 2nd season's 14 episode, the 2019 anime features Funimation as part of the production committee.
- Milestone Celebration: The 2019 series was announced during the manga's 20th anniversary and its third season coincided with the 20th anniversary of the first anime.
- The Other Darrin:
- None of the Japanese actors of the Hana to Yume Drama CD adaptation reprised their roles for the 2001 anime.
- For the voice comic, Kōki Miyata replaces Ayaka Saitou as Momiji and Junko Minagawa replaced Murasaki Wakaba as Akito.
- 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.
- Manaka Iwami replacing Yui Horie as Tohru.
- Nobunaga Shimazaki plays Yuki Sohma, replacing Aya Hisakawa, who turned 50 a few days before the anime was announced.
- Yūma Uchida voices Kyo Sohma, replacing Tomokazu Seki.
- Satomi Sato voices Saki Hanajima instead of Reiko Yasuhara.
- Takahiro Sakurai voices Ayame Sohma instead of Mitsuru Miyamoto, who was 60 when the anime premiered.
- Rie Kugimiya voices Kagura Sohma instead of Kotono Mitsuishi.
- Megumi Han voices Momiji Sohma instead of Ayaka Saitou.
- Makoto Furukawa voices Hatsuharu Sohma instead of Akio Suyama.
- Reina Ueda voices Kisa Sohma instead of Kaori Nazuka.
- Kengo Kawanishi voices Ritsu Sohma, succeeding Mina Tominaga, who was in her early 50s.
- Kazuyuki Okitsu voices Hatori Sohma instead of Kazuhiko Inoue, who turned 65 ten days before the anime premiered.
- Yūichi Nakamura voices Shigure Sohma instead of Ryōtarō Okiayu, who was in his late 40s.
- Yo Taichi voices Hiro Sohma instead of Yuriko Fuchizaki.
- Yuichiro Umehara and Aki Toyosaki respectively voice Kureno Sohma and Isuzu Sohma instead of their voice comic actors Susumu Chiba and Houko Kuwashima.
- Yukiyo Fujii voices Megumi Hanajima instead of Omi Minami.
- Atsumi Tanezaki plays Arisa Uotani, replacing Yuka Imai, who retired in 2018.
- Maaya Sakamoto replaced Murasaki Wakaba as Akito, due to the later reveal in the manga that Akito was Raised as the Opposite Gender.
- In the drama CDs, Kaibara Municipal High School council members Machi Kuragi, Kakeru Manabe, Kimi Todou and Naohito Sakuragi were respectively voiced by Yuki Kaida, Kenichi Suzumura, Yukari Tamura and Jun Fukuyama. For their anime debut, they were respectively replaced by Ai Kakuma, Takuya Eguchi, Rumi Ōkubo and Aoi Ichikawa.
- While most of the original English dub's cast, including Laura Bailey, Eric Vale, John Burgmeier, Justin Cook, Kent Williams, Christopher Sabat, Jamie Marchi, Kyle Hebert, Kate Bristol, Mike McFarland, Dameon Clarke, Wendy Powell, and Jerry Jewell, returned to reprise their roles for the 2019 remake, some of the characters were also re-cast:
- Meredith McCoy, the original voice of Kagura Sohma, moved away to Thomasville, Georgia, in August 2018, so the role was recast with Tia Ballard.
- Since Parisa Fakhri moved to Los Angeles long after the series ended, Elizabeth Maxwell replaced Fakhri as Arisa Uotani.
- Due to Daphne Gere relocating to Madrid, Spain, the role of Saki Hanajima was recast with Jad Saxton.
- The role of Momiji Sohma was replaced from Kimberly Grant (who has no other major voice roles since 2004) to Mikaela Krantz.
- For now obvious reasons, Akito's dub VA switched from Chad Cline to Colleen Clinkenbeard. The character's younger self was also recast from Aaron Dismuke to Trina Nishimura.
- Since Aaron Dismuke has long since hit puberty, Hiro is now voiced by Luci Christian.
- Leah Clark replaces Hollie Townson as Megumi Hanajima (the latter has no other credits).
- Monica Rial replaces Amber Cotton as Mine Kuramae, who hasn't been active since about 2009.
- Amanda Lee replaced Kate Bristol as Young Yuki, despite the latter returning to voice Kisa Soma.
- Alison Viktorin 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 Suzie Yeung.
- Lydia Mackay replaced Julie Mayfield as Tohru's mother Kyoko, although the latter still returned to voice Ritsu's mother.
- Doug Jackson replaced the late Brice Armstrong as Tohru's grandfather.
- Amber Lee Connors replaces Elise Baughman as Rika despite the latter returning to voice Momiji's mother.
- Emily Neves replaces Kasey Buckley as Mio, who had moved away about 15 years prior.
- Jessica Cavanaugh replaces Cynthia Cranz as Kisa's mother, although the latter still returned to voice Mitsuru.
- Natalie Hoover replaces Libby Smith as Minami.
- Promoted Fanboy:
- Mikaela Krantz, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Erica Mendez, Elizabeth Maxwell, and Jad Saxton were fans of the series long before the 2019 anime cast them as Momiji, Akito, Satsuki, Arisa, and Hanajima respectively.
- Rumi Ōkubo, who voices Kimi in the 2019 anime, is a huge fan of the original manga and read it when it was still running in Hana to Yume.
- The 2019 anime's director Yoshihide Ibata often read the manga during its serialization.
- Recast as a Regular: Aaron Dismuke, who previously voiced Hiro Sohma in the 2001 anime, voiced Kakeru Manabe in the 2019 remake.
- Referenced by...: In making Turning Red, director Domee Shi has stated that the teen transformation aspect was inspired by this anime and others like it.
- Role Reprise: The 2019 anime's English dub retains as many of its original cast members that are still working and are able to reprise, including Laura Bailey as Tohru Honda, Jerry Jewell as Kyo Sohma and Eric Vale as Yuki Sohma.
- Schedule Slip: Justified with the 2019 anime's season 2 simuldub, as the 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.
- Self-Adaptation: Natsuki Takaya herself was the chief production supervisor for TMS Entertainment's 2019 anime.
- Short Run in Peru: The 2019 anime's final season premiered on Funimation's streaming platform on March 19, 2021, only two weeks from its Japanese premiere date.
- Star-Making Role: In the English dub for the 2001 anime, the role of Tohru was this for Laura Bailey. Dubbing the 2001 anime also got many anime fans to start taking Funimation seriously as a studio, as nearly every show they had dubbed up to that point was a Shonen action series.
- Studio Hop:
- The 2001 anime was produced by Studio DEEN and the 2019 anime was produced by TMS Entertainmentnote . TV Tokyo was still involved as the broadcaster.
- For the Japanese home media releases, the 2001 anime was distributed by King Records and the 2019 anime was distributed by Avex Pictures.
- Technology Marches On: 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.
- What Could Have Been:
- 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.
- Takaya also said that if Akito had actually been a boy she would have been tempted to pair Tohru with him. Later, she also said she had been tempted to pair Tohru off with Momiji. Kyo is very upset to hear that.
- Had the first anime Overtook the Manga, it could have differed from the manga precipitously, sort of like what happened to Fullmetal Alchemist. A combination of Takaya's hand injury and the disagreements between her and Studio DEEN put a premature end to this, and with the amount of time it's been since combined with TMS Entertainment handling another adaptation which is Truer to the Text, it's safe to assume its chances are Deader than Dead.
- 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.
- 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.
- You Sound Familiar: In the English dub of the 2019 anime:
- Kakeru Manabe is voiced by Aaron Dismuke, who played Hiro Sohma in the 2001 anime.
- Akira Sohma's voice actor Chad Cline previously voiced Akito Sohma in the 2001 anime.
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