Fruits Basket", Maaya Sakamoto will play the role of "Kusama Satato", the head of the Kusama family! Preliminary screening of episodes 1 and 2 will be held at an event on 3/16 (Sat)!

The TV anime "Fruits Basket," which has been attracting a great deal of attention since its full-length anime adaptation with a new staff and cast, has released additional cast members and character setting drawings.

Fruits Basket" (original story by Natsuki Takaya) is a very popular girls' manga serialized in "Hana to Yume" (Hakusensha) from 1998 to 2006. The manga has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, and was adapted into an animated TV series by TV Tokyo in 2001, with 26 episodes broadcast, followed by a stage adaptation in 2009. In September 2015, a spin-off manga, "Fruits Basket Another," began serialization on the web, with a total of 340,000 copies of the manga in print (two volumes already published).

The story is about a high school girl, Honda Toru. She has been living alone in a tent since the death of her mother, the only family she had left, but the place where she pitched her tent was on the grounds of the Kusama family, which has a long history!　Toru, who was bought by Shigure Kusama for his housekeeping skills, ends up living with Yuki Kusama, the prince of the school, and Ri Kusama, who is hostile toward Yuki. But what Toru doesn't know yet is that the "Kusama Family" has been in existence for hundreds of years. However, Toru does not yet know that the Kusama family has been bound by an abominable curse for hundreds of years. ......
The show has received overwhelming support from a wide range of audiences, especially women, for its one-of-a-kind worldview with the thrill of a shoujo manga and deep, unexpected content that is hard to escape once you get into it.

It is scheduled to be broadcast from April 2019 on TV Tokyo and other stations.
⇒ That masterpiece is coming back! The full-length anime adaptation of "Fruits Basket" will be supervised by Natsuki Takaya, the original author of "Fruits Basket! A new series with a new cast and new staff!

It has been announced that Maaya Sakamoto will play the role of Satato Kusama, the head of the Kusama family, who is a key person in the story.

In addition, the first two episodes will be screened at the "Anime Adaptation Commemorative Event" on Saturday, March 16, 2019, where appearances by Maika Ishimi (Toru Honda), Nobunaga Shimazaki (Yuki Kusama), Yuma Uchida (Rene Kusama), Yuichi Nakamura (Shikure Kusama), Atsumi Tanazaki (Arisa Uoya) and Satomi Sato (Saki Hanashima) have already been confirmed. (Hanashima Saki) will appear in the event.
Tickets are already sold out, but a live viewing of the daytime session will also be held.
The special bonus for visitors to the live viewing will be a "glitter card case with glitter".
This will be the first event of this newly reborn production, so please take this opportunity to visit the various venues.

Additional cast members and character sketches have been revealed!

Satato Kusama (CV: Maaya Sakamoto)

Event Information】 ※Titles omitted
Commemorative event for the anime adaptation of the TV anime "Fruits Basket

Date: Saturday, March 16, 2019
Time: Afternoon Session: Doors open 13:00, Concert begins 14:00 / Evening Session: Doors open 17:00, Concert begins 18:00
Venue: Makuhari International Training Center
Cast: Maika Ishimi (Toru Honda), Nobunaga Shimazaki (Yuki Kusama), Yuma Uchida (Lunar Kusama), Yuichi Nakamura (Shikou Kusama), Atsumi Tanezaki (Arisa Uoya), Satomi Sato (Saki Hanashima)
Contents: Advanced screening of episodes 1 and 2, talk show by the cast, etc.

Live Viewing Information
Date: Saturday, March 16, 2019
Time: Afternoon screening starts at 14:00 (live broadcast from Makuhari International Training Center)
Visitor benefits: Glitter card case with glitter

Visitor benefits will be distributed at all Live Viewing theaters nationwide.
Visitor benefits will be distributed at all Live Viewing theaters nationwide.
Ticket: 3,800 yen (tax included) with visitor's bonus
All seats reserved *Additional play guide fee will be charged.
Pre-Request 1st Advance Order
　Entry period: Thursday, February 14, 18:00 - Monday, February 18, 23:59
　How to apply: via web/mobile (PC/mobile/smartphone)
　Pre-request advance URL #
*Registration for Lawson Ticket free membership is required in advance.
*Please check the reception page for details.

For details, go to the event page.

Production Information】 ※Honorific titles are omitted.
TV animation "Fruits Basket
Broadcasting will begin in April 2019 on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, and others!

＜INTRODUCTION>
A high school student, Tohru Honda, has been living alone in a tent since the death of his mother, the only family he had left.
However, the place where he pitched his tent was on the grounds of the "Kusama Family", a family with a long history!
Shigure Kusama buys Toru's housekeeping skills, and Toru moves in with Yuki Kusama, the prince of the school, and Ri Kusama, who sees Yuki as an enemy.
But what Toru doesn't know yet is that the "Kusama family" has been in existence for hundreds of years.
However, Toru does not yet know that the Kusama family has been bound by an abominable curse for hundreds of years. ......

A new series with a completely new cast and crew!

<Staff>
Original Story and Supervisor：Natsuki Takaya "Fruits Basket" (Hakusensha, Hana to Yume COMICS)
Director：Yoshihide Ibata
Series Composition : Taku Kishimoto
Character Design : Yu Shindo
Animation Production : TMS Entertainment

＜Cast

Toru Honda : Mainaka Ishimi
Yuki Kusama: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Kusama Olei: Uchida Yuma
Kusama Shigure: Nakamura Yuichi
Kusama Rakura: KUGIMIYA Rie
Kusama Beniha: Ban Megumi
Kusama Sprightly Spring ：Shin Furukawa
Kusama Hatori ：Kazuyuki Okitsu
Kusama Ayame ：Takahiro Sakurai
Kusama Satoshi : SAKAMOTO Maaya

Arisa Uoya : Atsumi Tanezaki
Hanashima Saki ：Satomi Sato

and others

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