Review of Fruits Basket

You know what they say when something turns out awful --read the source material. That is exactly the case with Fruits Basket. The anime is still beautifully done with cute designs for the characters. However, the anime left something short. The anime is 26 episodes long, which is a fair length for a cute lil anime. Even so, the manga runs 136 chapters long. That's a lot left unsaid in the anime. The last scene in the anime does come from the corresponding chapter in the manga, however, the editor decided to end the anime there. In an interview, he even stated that he wouldn't listen tothe fans when they were crying for him to complete the anime. No, apparently leaving off on the spot that they did in the anime was fulfilling enough. Not quite for the more hardcore fans.

I absolutely recommend reading the manga for Fruits Basket, even if it's after you watch the anime. I enjoyed the anime a lot, it was great to see my favorite characters with voices and animated. But there's something to be said when an anime leaves empty feelings in the end if you know the source material.