Review of Fruits Basket

If you read the manga and liked it, I would not recommend the anime. I watched the anime first, and at the time would have given it a 10/10, but after I read the manga, it dropped a bit. That being said, Fruits basked does stay pretty true to the story, however it leaves out 2-thirds of it. Many of the characters have interesting stories that are never told, and in the anime you don't even get to meet all of the zodiac members. Akito is also sold short in the anime, you never get to hear Akito's story. Instead, Akito is just given asthe bad guy, whose anger stems from his dying. This does not happen in the manga. In the manga, Akito's role in the zodiac is "god", rather than one who is meant to die for them.
The anime has more situations where the Sohma's get transformed, but this adds more to the comedy, and I like it.
The anime's ending happens much earlier in the manga, and is a key point to the development of Tohru and Kyo's relationship. (something I am very disappointed about not having in the anime!)
It's also too bad that they leave out Rin and Kureno, as well as the student council characters, who help Yuki deal with many of his issues.

So while the anime is very enjoyable, and also very well done, it's only a small part of what is actually a much deeper storyline.