8.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Fruits Basket (2019)
Fruits Basket (2019)
Overview
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high school student Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out… into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Soma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Somas have a secret of their own—when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Viewer Rating
8.2
Overview
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high school student Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out… into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Soma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Somas have a secret of their own—when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central focus on universal themes of family trauma, emotional healing, and the power of interpersonal connection through empathy and self-acceptance positions it as politically neutral, as its solutions are rooted in individual and relational transformation rather than explicit political ideology.
Fruits Basket, as a Japanese anime, features a cast predominantly of Japanese ethnicity, which is consistent with its cultural origin and does not involve recasting traditionally white roles. The narrative explores complex character dynamics and themes of trauma and acceptance, but it does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Fruits Basket features Ritsu Sohma, a character who frequently cross-dresses, often linked to their anxiety. While there are minor comedic elements, the narrative's focus is on Ritsu's journey of self-acceptance and overcoming anxiety, treating them with empathy. The portrayal of gender non-conformity is present but not central, avoiding strong positive or negative arcs, resulting in a neutral net impact.
Fruits Basket does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While a male character, Ritsu Sohma, frequently cross-dresses, this is consistently portrayed as a coping mechanism for severe anxiety rather than an expression of gender identity. The narrative does not explore transgender identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2019 anime faithfully adapts the manga, including all characters' canonical genders. While some characters present as a different gender within the story, their true canonical gender remains consistent with the source material, and no character's established gender is altered for the adaptation.
The 2019 anime adaptation of "Fruits Basket" maintains the established racial and ethnic depictions of its characters from the original manga. There are no instances where a character canonically established as one race is portrayed as a different race in this adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.5
8.0
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
More Like This
Center
6.7
The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
(1989)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Leans Progressive
6.6
Kite
(1998)
Political: Center
Diversity: High
Female Combat: Yes
Center
8.4
Gintama: The Very Final
(2021)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Female Combat: Yes
Leans Traditional
6.8
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Golden Wings
(1992)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Center
7.6
Summer Days with Coo
(2007)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.9
Weathering with You
(2019)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Progressive
6.7
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM
(2024)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Center
7.9
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song
(2020)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Center
6.9
SHIROBAKO the Movie
(2020)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Center
7.7
Kino's Journey: Life Goes On
(2005)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Center
8.0
Millennium Actress
(2002)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Center
7.7
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
(2006)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Center
7.2
Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond
(2018)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Leans Progressive
8.4
The Boy and the Heron
(2023)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
Center
6.8
Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper
(2014)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Center
7.8
Mirai
(2018)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Leans Progressive
6.9
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
(2021)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Center
7.6
Kino's Journey: Country of Illness -For You-
(2007)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Center
8.6
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
(2020)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Center
7.4
Stand by Me Doraemon
(2014)
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate