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NEWS: Hana to Yume Magazine Lists New Anime for Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket Manga

I'll admit I'm kinda hoping for a recast, which is the norm when a series this high-profile gets an outright reboot. Not out of dislike for the original cast (who I simultaneously adore as performers but hardly remember in those roles), but because I think there are a number of newer/younger seiyuu in the industry who could do really well with it.

I wonder why people keep assuming that Funimation will be dubbing the new version?

According to this old post from Justin, this was one of the things that Takaya butted heads with Daichi over with the original because she was said to had wanted an established cast while he didn't.

I'll be surprised if that changes for this since most of the old cast is still around.

@Inverti Herikawa

Your guess turned out to be correct. Congratulations.

As to Justin's comment. That was eight years ago, and even then he indicated things could change. It is not really that ironic.

It's long enough ago now that I can say this: The reason there will never be any more Fruits Basket anime is because Akitaroh Daichi and Natsuki Takaya drove each other crazy. Daichi hates the things she insisted on (the voice cast, for example... he hates established seiyuu and never uses them for main roles if he has a choice), and she doesn't like the anime and has a lot of nit-picks (like, she never told them that Kyo's bracelet is supposed to be white and red, not white and black) but probably more accurately just hates Daichi's trademark spastic comedic streak that's so prominent in the show. It's my understanding that neither one remembers the experience fondly, and so I doubt either one is up to trying again years later.

So yeah, no more Fruits Basket anime. But hey, with the economy, who knows. People get desperate.