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Fruits Basket seasons

Fruits Basket has two anime adaptations. The first, by Studio Deen, ran for 26 episodes on TV Tokyo in 2001 and covered only the early part of the manga. The 2019 series, made by TMS Entertainment and directed by Yoshihide Ibata with a new cast, adapts Natsuki Takaya's entire 23-volume manga from start to finish. It ran in three seasons from 2019 to 2021 for a total of 63 episodes: 25, 25 and 13. A film, Fruits Basket: Prelude, followed in Japanese theaters on 18 February 2022. This page covers the 2019 version.

Season	Premiere	End	Episodes	Studio
Season 1	April 6, 2019	September 21, 2019	25	TMS Entertainment
Season 2	April 7, 2020	September 22, 2020	25	TMS Entertainment
Fruits Basket: The Final (Season 3)	April 6, 2021	June 29, 2021	13	TMS Entertainment
Fruits Basket: Prelude (film, 2022)	February 18, 2022

Season 1

Season 1 aired from 6 April to 21 September 2019 with 25 episodes on TV Tokyo. Tohru moves in with Shigure, Yuki and Kyo, discovers the zodiac curse and meets more of the Sohma family one by one, from Kagura and Momiji to Hatori and Ayame. The season mixes school comedy with the private troubles each cursed family member hides.

Season 2

Season 2 ran from 7 April to 22 September 2020 with 25 episodes. Yuki becomes student council president and meets Kakeru and Machi, while Tohru gets to know zodiac members who stayed in the background, such as Rin. The tone grows more serious as Tohru starts asking whether the curse itself could ever be broken.

Fruits Basket: The Final (Season 3)

Fruits Basket: The Final, the third and last season, aired from 6 April to 29 June 2021 with 13 episodes. It adapts the closing part of the manga, bringing the zodiac curse, Tohru's bonds with Kyo and Yuki and the family's long history to an ending. It is the shortest season, and it completes the adaptation of the whole manga.

Next season Anime finished

There is no new season to wait for. The 2019 Fruits Basket anime adapted the whole manga across three seasons and ended in June 2021, and the Prelude film about Tohru's parents followed in February 2022. As of October 2026 no new Fruits Basket anime has been announced; a CBR report from January 2026 on the Prelude re-release noted that nothing new is in production. The sequel manga Fruits Basket Another has no anime adaptation.

FAQ

How many seasons does Fruits Basket (2019) have?

The 2019 Fruits Basket has three seasons: Season 1 (25 episodes, 2019), Season 2 (25 episodes, 2020) and The Final (13 episodes, 2021), for 63 episodes in total. The Prelude film was released in 2022.

Will there be a Fruits Basket season 4?

No season 4 is planned. The 2019 series adapted the manga all the way to its ending in The Final, and no new Fruits Basket anime has been announced as of October 2026.

Is the 2019 Fruits Basket a remake of the 2001 anime?

It is a new adaptation of the same manga with a new studio and cast. The 2001 Studio Deen series had 26 episodes and stopped early, while the 2019 TMS version covers the complete story.

In what order should I watch Fruits Basket?

Watch the 2019 series in order: Season 1, Season 2, then The Final. Fruits Basket: Prelude comes after that, since it recaps part of the story and tells how Tohru's parents met. The 2001 series is optional.

Who is the main character of Fruits Basket?

Tohru Honda is the main character. She is a kind high school student who moves into Shigure Sohma's house with Yuki and Kyo and learns the family's zodiac curse.

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Updated October 28, 2026