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Fruits Basket (manga)

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[ serialized in [Hana to Yume] ]

Related anime:
    Fruits Basket (TV) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
Furuba (Japanese)
フルーツバスケット (Japanese)
幻影天使 (Chinese (Taiwan))
水果篮子 (Chinese (PRC))
生肖奇緣 (Chinese (Hong Kong))
魔法水果籃 (Chinese (Taiwan))
후르츠 바스켓
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life, supernatural
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family (both close and distant) hold a curse; if they are hugged by the opposite gender, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Everyday is an adventure for sweet Tohru, as she gets to know all of the very different members of the Sohma family better (especially Yuki and Kyo), in both common and bizarre situations. But, the Sohma family curse is certainly no laughing matter... it also holds horrible cruelity and heartbreak.
User Ratings: 1166 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 518 votes (sub:194, English:155, dub:137, ?:11, edit.dub:8, raw:3, Por.sub:2, Spanish:2, Portuguese:1, French:1, Ger.dub:1, raw:1, Ita.dub:1, Por.edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 313 votes (English:133, sub:84, dub:69, ?:11, edit.dub:5, raw:3, Por.sub:2, Ger.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Italian:1, Portuguese:1, Por.edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 160 votes (English:69, sub:49, dub:28, ?:4, French:4, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Spanish:1)
 Good: 74 votes (English:34, sub:17, dub:15, raw:3, raw:2, French:1, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 34 votes (English:16, sub:12, dub:3, ?:1, German:1, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 12 votes (English:7, sub:3, ?:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 11 votes (English:4, sub:4, dub:3)
 Weak: 12 votes (English:5, sub:4, dub:3)
 Bad: 5 votes (English:2, Ger.sub:1, dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 11 votes (sub:7, dub:2, English:2)
 Worst ever: 16 votes (sub:9, English:3, dub:3, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2719 users, rank: #4
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.714 (Excellent-.28), std. dev.: 1.9267, rank: #250
Weighted mean: 8.759 (Excellent-.24), rank: #225 (seen all: 9.02 / seen some: 8.68 / won't finish: 5.14)
Bayesian estimate: 8.756 (Excellent-.24), rank: #24
Number of tankoubon: 23
Number of pages: 200
Vintage:
1998-07-18 to 2006-11-20 (serialized in Hana to Yume)
2002-08-29 (France)
2005-03-22 to 2007-08-09 (México)
Releases: We have 76
Official website:
Fruits Basket
Fruits Basket Hakusensha browse page (Japanese)
Fruits Basket official website (Japanese)
Madman's Official Fruits Basket (Manga) Website
Tokyopop - Fruits Basket
Links: We have 8
Trivia: We have 14
In the news 157 times:
2009-11-14   Gail Simone Wins Lulu Award over CLAMP, Natsuki Takaya
2009-10-06   CLAMP, Fruits Basket's Takaya Nominated for Lulu Awards (Updated)
2009-10-02   New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 20-26
2009-09-26   Tokyopop Adds Songs & Laughter, Ratman, Seikon no Qwaser
2009-09-25   New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 13-19
2009-09-18   New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 6-13
2009-09-11   New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 30-September 5
2009-09-04   New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 23-29
2009-08-28   New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 16-22
2009-08-21   New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 9-15
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Related reviews:
    Fruits Basket GN 19
    Fruits Basket GN 16

Related releases:
    Fruits Basket - Fan Book: Neko Cat (Artbook) 2007-09-11 (from $7.01)
    Fruits Basket - Sticker Collection (Hard Cover) (Artbook) 2008-06-10 (from $8.93)
    Fruits Basket - Complete Series Box Set (GN) 2009-09-29 (from $89.35)
    Fruits Basket - Ultimate Edition (GN 1) 2007-10-09 (from $8.45)
    Fruits Basket - Ultimate Edition (GN 2) 2008-02-12 (from $8.45)
    Fruits Basket - Ultimate Edition (GN 3) 2008-06-17 (from $8.45)
    Fruits Basket (GN 23) 2009-06-30 (from $6.54)
    Fruits Basket (GN 1) 2004-02-10 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 2) 2004-04-13 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 3) 2004-06-08 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 4) 2004-08-10 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 5) 2004-10-12 (from $6.21)
    Fruits Basket (GN 6) 2004-12-14 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 7) 2005-02-08 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 8) 2005-04-12 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 9) 2005-06-07 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 10) 2005-07-12 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 11) 2005-08-09 (from $6.21)
    Fruits Basket (GN 12) 2005-12-13 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 13) 2006-04-11 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 14) 2006-08-08 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 15) 2006-12-12 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 16) 2007-04-10 (from $5.18)
    Fruits Basket (GN 17) 2007-08-07 (from $6.29)
    Fruits Basket (GN 18) 2007-11-13 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 19) 2008-03-11 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 20) 2008-07-01 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 21) 2008-11-11 (from $5.99)
    Fruits Basket (GN 22) 2009-03-17 (from $6.54)
    Fruits Basket - Box Set 1 (GN 1-4) 2007-10-09 (from $17.86)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Story & Art: Natsuki Takaya

 (none)
Japanese companies 

Publisher: Hakusensha

English staff 

Art director:
Anne Horne (vol. 15, 16)
Matt Alford

Translation:
Alethea Nibley
Athena Nibley

Adaptation:
Jake Forbes
Kelly Sue DeConnick
Lianne Sentar (vol. 15-19)

Additional Translation: Alexis Kirsch

Associate Editor:
Kelly DeConnick (vol. 2, 3)
Peter Ahlstrom

Contributing Writer: Adam Arnold

Copy Editor:
Carol Fox
Kathy Schilling (vol. 2)
Lillian Diaz-Przybyl
Nikhil Burman (vol. 19)
Shannon Watters (vol. 19)
Stephanie Duchin (16)

Cover Design:
Aaron Suhr
Christian Lownds (vol. 11, 13, 15, 16, 17)
Gary Shum (vol. 3)

Digital Imaging Manager: Chris Buford

Editing:
Alexis Kirsch (Vol. 23)
Jake Forbes
Paul Morrissey (vol. 11, 13, 15-19)

Graphic Design:
Deron Bennett
Louis Csontos (Vol. 23)
Tina Corrales (vol. 19)

Managing Editor: Jill Freshney

Production Artist:
Adriana Rivera (vol. 11)
Fawn Lau (vol. 13)
James Dashiell
Jihye Hong (vol. 15)
Jose Macasocol Jr.
Lauren O'Connell (vol. 19)
Michael Paolilli (vol. 18)
Rui Kyo (vol. 18)
Vicente Rivera, Jr.
Yoohae Yang

Production Coordination: Antonio DePietro

Production manager:
Jennifer Miller
Liz Brizzi
Mutsumi Miyazaki

Publisher:
Mike Kiley
Stuart Levy

Retouch & Lettering:
Deron Bennett
Dongjin Oh (vol. 15)
James Lee
Yoohae Yang (vol. 2)

English cast 
(none)
English companies 

Distributor (Australia): Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd.

Licensed by: TOKYOPOP

Licensed By (Singapore): Chuang Yi

Retouch And Lettering: Star Print Brokers

French staff 
French cast 

Translation: Victoria-Tom

Adaptation:
Alexandre Tisserand
Bruno Pham (volume 12-19)
Célia Carle (volume 19-23)

Lettering:
Eliette Blatché (volume 1-14)
Simona Maccaroni (volume 18-23)
Teayi Yun (volume 15-17)

 (none)
French companies 

Publisher: Akata/Delcourt

Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 

Publisher:
Grupo Editorial Vid (Mexico)
Norma Editorial (Spain)

Spanish cast 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 

Translation: Nina Olligschläger

Copy Editing: Hartmut Klotzbücher

 (none)
German companies 

Publisher: Carlsen Comics

Serialized: Daisuki

Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Publisher: Glénat Benelux

Dutch cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: Japonica Polonica Fantastica (JPF) "

Polish cast 
(none)

Portuguese cast 
Portuguese staff 

Translation: Graciela Naguisa Kushihara

Edition: Marcelo Del Greco

(none)
Portuguese companies 

Publisher: JBC

Swedish staff 
Swedish companies 

Translation: Simon Lundström (The Whole Series)

 

Publisher: Bonnier Carlsen

Serialized: Shojo Stars

Swedish cast 
(none)
Chinese (PRC) staff 
Chinese (PRC) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: China Children Press & Publication Group

Chinese (PRC) cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by:
Da Ran Culture Enterprise Co., Ltd. (幻影天使)
Tong Li Publishing Co., Ltd. (魔法水果籃)

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) staff 
Chinese (Hong Kong) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Jade Dynasty Publications Ltd.

Chinese (Hong Kong) cast 
(none)
 
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