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New Fruits Basket Anime Casts Miyuki Sawashiro, Reveals April 5 Debut (Updated)

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Sawashiro plays Tohru's mother Kyōko in new series

This year's seventh issue of Miyuki Sawashiro s the show's cast as Kyōko Honda, Tohru's mother.

Miyuki Sawashiro as Kyōko Honda

The issue also revealed that the anime will premiere on TV Aichi.

The 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:

The anime's English dub cast includes: (* denotes a returning cast member)

Funimation 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.

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. re-released the manga in 12 updated omnibus volumes beginning in June 2016.

The original manga inspired a television anime adaptation in 2001.

Update: Kyōko image added. Source: Comic Natalie

Update 2 Lydia Mackay is voicing Kyōko in the English dub. Thanks, Raebo101.

Source: Hana to Yume issue 7


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