Crunchyroll will release Fruits Basket -prelude- in North America and U.K. theaters this summer
Fruits Basket -prelude- will be heading to theaters in North America and the U.K. this summer.
Announced today, Crunchyroll will handle the theatrical distribution for the film. Select North American theaters will have screenings in both dubbed and subbed formats on June 25, 28 and 29. Select U.K. theaters will only offer the dubbed version on July 20. A trailer for the film can be seen below. Tickets are on sale to the general public right now.
A synopsis for the prequel film reads:
Before there was Tohru and Kyo – there was Katsuya and Kyoko. Discover the turbulent beginning of Tohru’s mom’s dark past, and the man who breathed new hope into her. Watch the evolution of their love story and the birth of the Honda family, as this chapter completes the full adaptation of the heartwarming Fruits Basket story.
Fruits Basket -prelude- is directed by Yoshihide Ibata (2019 Fruits Basket series director) and written by Taku Kishimoto (2019 Fruits Basket series composition) with its character design done by Masaru Shindo (2019 Fruits Basket series character design).
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