Fruits Basket, Volume 2: What Becomes of Snow? (Episodes 7-12)

Starring:Yui Horie, Aya Hisakawa, Tomokazu Seki, RyÃ´tarÃ´ Okiayu, Yuka Imai, Reiko Yasuhara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Ayaka Saitoh, Kazuhiko Inoue, Laura Bailey (II), Eric Vale, Jerry Jewell, John Burgmeier, Daphne Gere, Parisa Fakhri, Meredith McCoy, Kent Williams, Kimberly Grant, Julie Mayfield, Kasey Buckley
Director: AkitarÃ´ Daichi, Nagisa Miyazaki
Studio: Funimation Prod
Product Type: DVD

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The Sohma family is cursed. This is no ordinary curse, however. When members of this family are touched by the opposite gender, they turn into one of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. So what happens when they take in a young girl who is down on her luck? How long can they keep their family secret ...a secret? To make matters worse, two rivals of the zodiac have decided to pursue the same girl the Sohmas are sheltering. Be sure to add this anime title (based on the #1 manga by Takaya Natsuki) to your basket!

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Fruits Basket, Volume 2: What Becomes of Snow? (Episodes 7-12)
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Fruits Basket, Volume 2: What Becomes of Snow? (Episodes 7-12)
Starring: Yui Horie , Aya Hisakawa , Tomokazu Seki , Ryôtarô Okiayu , and Yuka Imai
Director: Nagisa Miyazaki , and Akitarô Daichi
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Release Date: 2003-01-21

Product Description

The Sohma family is cursed. This is no ordinary curse, however. When members of this family are touched by the opposite gender, they turn into one of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. So what happens when they take in a young girl who is down on her luck? How long can they keep their family secret ...a secret? To make matters worse, two rivals of the zodiac have decided to pursue the same girl the Sohmas are sheltering. Be sure to add this anime title (based on the #1 manga by Takaya Natsuki) to your basket!

System Requirements:
Approx. 60 Min.

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

Cool Gift.......2007-01-06

This was bought for my 13 year old niece who is really into "anime". She tells me she really likes the DVD.

Best Anime Show Ever!.......2006-11-16

Fruits Basket is one of the best anime shows I have ever seen! The characters in this show were amazing too and the plot moved very fast too. I wish this show would make more episodes, because I don't feel that I got enough of it. Again a great show and I am thinking about buying it.

Get it now.......2005-12-27

I bought this show totally blind-sighted. I had no idea what to expect. I might love it automatically (Bebop, Gungrave) or I might loathe it forever (Fushigi Yuugi).
I LOVED IT! It was all so well done. You get through it so unbelievably quickly that it leaves you wanting so much more. It is all so worth it--all the characters are so worth it--all the seemingly pointless plotlines are so worth it.
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Curses... Part 2........2005-09-30

Disc 2 of season one of Fruits Basket begins with an episode about teamwork. The students in Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo's class must make a rice ball stand, and they all have different ideas of how to run it. Ultimately they end up going with an idea of Yuki's, much to Kyo's annoyance. He also reveals to Tohru that he is envious of some of Yuki's personality traits, as Yuki revealed in the previous disc that he sometimes wishes he was like Kyo. This causes Tohru much contemplation, as she wishes that they could each openly admit their admiration for each other. On the day of the sale more Sohma's enter the picture. Momitchi (or Momiji) Sohma, the young boisterous lad who is possessed by the rabbit and Hatari (Ha'ri) Sohma who's animal manifests itself to appear as a seahorse, but in actuality is a dragon. They were both born in 1987 and 1976 respectively, as close as I can figure it.

Hatari becomes an important plot element as some of his past is quickly revealed. He was, in fact, engaged to a woman, a member of the Sohma clan who is not a zodiac member (not all Sohma's are). He encounters difficulty when he tells Akito, the head of the Sohma house hold, that he and Kana are to be wed, and Akito acts out against this by harming Hatari permanently. This scene was actually one of the first in the series that made me cry...one of the first, which implies that there are more tear-jerker moments, and trust me there are many heart sickening moments that these unfortunate cursed people end up having to endure.

Another character is also introduced, in fact it's my favorite character, Hatsuharu Sohma, Haru to the family. This young man is possessed by the spirit of the ox and is born in the year 1985. He physically resembles his animal counterpart, what with his white tipped hair and black roots... his hair is so white that Tohru mistakenly thinks he is an older man passed out on the ground when she first meets him. The thing that draws me to Haru is his "white/black" sides. See, when he is "white" Haru he is docile and pleasant, like a cow, but when he is "black" Haru he becomes enraged like the bull, and it's hard to keep him from harming people. He also seems to suffer Tourette's syndrome when he is black Haru, which I find hysterical. I guess I have always been inclined to split personality characters, I can blame this on the fact that I am a Gemini, I suppose.

Again, the series is wonderful. I can't say enough good things about it. I love the animation, the soundtrack is wonderful, most of the scores are very well done. I have been watching it in the dubbed version (eek, I know, I'm so unfaithful) and I find all of the voice actors to be very good. One thing I have noticed in my years of watching anime is that the dubbed voice acting has improved ten thousand fold. This is good for me, as I can never sit down and just watch anything, so I must have the dubbed on in order to be able to hear it with whatever else I am doing. I guess my only complaint is that there are not enough girls in it, but there are enough beautiful boys in it that I am not unhappy. It is Shojo after all, and what would Shojo anime be without bizarre circumstances, beautiful boys, and gut wrenching scenarios... oh, and there is, indeed, the delicious love story/triangle in place, which I imagine will only become juicier as the series progresses. What's not to love about this series?

Meet the Cousins.......2005-08-06

In this volume, Tohru meets three more Zodiac members as word of her starts to spread through the Sohma family.

First there's Momiji the Rabbit, a hyper, friendly boy who's both more childish and wiser than his years. He hits it off with Tohru immediately and in most ways it's perhaps her easiest introduction. She'll need it, because soon after she's unnerved by a meeting with Hatori the Dragon. Although decent in and of himself, it's Hatori who will have to erase Tohru's memories if that's what word eventually comes down from Akito, so Yuki warns her never to let him see her alone. Finally there's Hatsuharu the Ox, who's pretty tight with Yuki (and not so much with Kyo) as the Zodiac legend told earlier implied. Haru's just about the nicest guy you could meet, his street tough appearance contrasting a sweet personality. Unfortunately he suffers a split personality that makes Kagura's seem tame by comparison, which makes his first meeting with Tohru a bit of an experience.

After the meetings, we get one of the funniest episodes so far. Let's just say it involves Kyo, Kagura and Valentine's day. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

As usual, mixed in with comedy is more than a little drama. Tohru sees Hatori in a different light when Momiji tells her his story; and she learns a little more about Yuki from Haru, who tells her how he developed a crush on him when Yuki helped him overcome his humiliation at being the family joke because the Ox blindly gave the Rat a free ride to the banquet.

A wonderful continuation.

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