All of our favorite traumatised zodiacs friends are back with the third and final season of Fruits Basket this Spring.
Being based on one of the most popular and acclaimed shojo manga of all time, Fruits Basket is one of the most anticipated anime to air this Spring.
The Fruits Basket Season 3 Episode 1 is scheduled to release on April 6, 2021, at 1:30 AM JST. Funimation screened the first episode on March 20, 2021.
The official website of Fruits Basket recently confirmed that season 3 will run for a single cour which means a total of 12 or 13 episodes.
So we have prepared a Fruits Basket Season 3 Episode Release Schedule which will help you keep track of all of season 3 episodes from 1 to 13 and when they will release.
CONTENTS
Fruits Basket Season 3 Episode Release Schedule
| List of Episodes | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Episode 1 | April 6, 2021 |
| Episode 2 | April 13, 2021 |
| Episode 3 | April 20, 2021 |
| Episode 4 | April 27, 2021 |
| Episode 5 | May 4, 2021 |
| Episode 6 | May 11, 2021 |
| Episode 7 | May 18, 2021 |
| Episode 8 | May 25, 2021 |
| Episode 9 | June 1, 2021 |
| Episode 10 | June 8, 2021 |
| Episode 11 | June 15, 2021 |
| Episode 12 | June 22, 2021 |
| Episode 13 | June 29, 2021 |
Where to Watch Online
You can watch Fruits Basket season 3 through Crunchyroll, Funimation and VRV in North America and parts of Europe. Animelab is streaming the show in Australia. Wakanim is streaming the 2nd season in France, Denmark and Russia. Season 1 which aired from April 6, 2019, to September 27, 2019, for 25 episodes and season 2 which ran from April 6, 2020, to September 21, 2020, for 25 episodes is also available on the following services.
How many episodes will it have?
It has been confirmed on Twitter through Blu-ray/DVD count that the third season will run for a total of 12/13 episodes which will air from April 6, 2021, to June 29, 2021. A new episode will be released every week on Tuesday at 1:30 AM JST.
Fruits Basket Season 3 English Dub Release
Funimation and Animelab are releasing the 2nd season with an English dub on the same day as the Japanese Tv broadcast. The following cast members have been confirmed to return for the third season:
- Eric Vale – Yuki Sohma
- Jerry Jewell – Kyo Sohma
- John Burgmeier – Shigure Sohma
- Laura Bailey – Tohru Honda
- Aaron Dismuke – Kakeru Manabe
- Brina Palencia – Isuzu Sohma
- Caitlin Glass – Machi Kuragi
- Christopher R. Sabat – Ayame Sohma
- Colleen Clinkenbeard – Akito Sohma
- Elizabeth Maxwell – Arisa Uotani
- Ian Sinclair – Kureno Sohma
- Jād Saxton – Saki Hanajima
- Jamie Marchi – Motoko Minagawa
- Justin Cook – Hatsuharu Sohma
- Kate Bristol – Kisa Sohma
- Kent Williams – Hatori Sohma
- Luci Christian – Hiro Sohma
- Lydia Mackay – Kyoko Honda
- Mikaela Krantz – Momiji Sohma
- Mike McFarland – Ritsu Sohma
- Tia Ballard – Kagura Sohma
Fruits Basket Season 3 Trailer
Fruits Basket Season 3 Plot
Fruits Basket centres around Young Honda Tooru has been secretly living on her own in a tent. Her life changes forever when she stumbles upon the secret of the Souma family, whose land she has been living on. The secret is a curse that changes some members of the family into animals of the Chinese Zodiac when they are hugged by someone of the opposite sex. Now, living with the Souma family, Tooru is in the middle of ancient conflicts between Zodiac rivals as she wears the burden of the Souma family secret. Despite this, the members of the Souma family find peace thanks to the presence of Tooru.
After last season’s revelations, the Souma family moves forward, but the emotional chains that bind them are not easily broken. Unable to admit why she wants the cure, Tooru wrestles with the truth, aware that time is running out for someone close. And a secret still lurks that could break another’s heart. But hope is not lost as clue to the curse is found.
About Fruits Basket
Fruits Basket is a Japanese shojo manga written by Natsuki Takaya published in a semi-monthly Japanese magazine Hana to Yume, published from 1998 to 2006. The series was adapted by director Akitaro Daichi in July 2001 which ran for 26 episodes.
TMS entertainment is producing a reboot anime which will adapt the whole manga.The adaptation has an entirely new Japanese cast and staff from the previous version, as per Takaya’s request. Yoshihide Ibata directs the reboot with Taku Kishimoto as script writer.
The series centers around Tohru Honda who thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home is discovered by the mysterious Soma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Zodiac!
