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Fruits Basket Prelude Movie Release Date, Where to Watch


Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket Prelude Movie Release Date, Where to Watch
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Fruits Basket fans can rejoice; the highly-anticipated prelude movie that adapts what little the 2019-2021 anime left out from the Fruits Basket manga is now in Japanese cinemas. But when will be the Fruits Basket Prelude movie release date in the US and Europe, and where will it be available to watch?

About the Fruits Basket Prelude Movie

For those wondering what the Fruits Basket Movie is all about, the prelude film includes a recap compilation of the 2019 anime as well as a prequel spin-off story about Tohru Honda's parents, Kyoko and Katsuya. As is the case with most Fruits Basket characters, their love story was a heartwarming, but also heartbreaking one, which was told in the manga in the form of flashbacks.

Fruits Basket Season 3 was the most emotionally intense one, so the story of Tohru's parents might have distracted from the main conflict, as it wasn't essential to the plot, making the movie a logical decision. While we cannot expect to see the main characters on a new adventure. However, there will be a short epilogue featuring Tohru with Kyo after the events of the show.

Fruits Basket Prelude Movie Release Date

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There is currently no official release date for the Fruits Basket prelude spinoff movie in the US or Europe. Since the 18th of February, the prelude has been available in Japanese movie theaters and it gathered 33M yen within the first 2 days of theatrical release.

It's an understatement to say that the movie is doing well. Moviegoers in Japan can now get new Yuki and Kyo art postcards in celebration of the prelude success.

The lack of an official release date outside of Japan is annoying for fans, but, unfortunately, this is can be common with anime movies that get theater releases first. Another recent example, the Violet Evergarden Movie, was released in Japan in September 2020, but only in December 2020 did it make it to Australia and New Zealand, with a Funimation release happening six months later, on March 2021.

Hopefully, Fruits Basket won't take that long, and we will update this space with any distribution information that comes up.

Related: Is Fruits Basket Worth Watching? Why You Should Watch the Anime

Fruits Basket Prelude Movie: Where to Watch

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At the time of writing, there is no way to watch the Fruits Basket prelude spinoff outside of Japanese movie theatres. Fruits Basket episodes have been available on Funimation, Crunchyroll, and Hulu.

Following the merge of Funimation and Crunchyroll, we expect the now-expanded Crunchyroll to distribute the movie at some point, though the exact date is not yet known.

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