Talk:Fruits Basket

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Akitaro Daichi and Natsuki Takaya
Has there been other sources about their creative differences (including interviews where Takaya has explicitly stated she did not want a second season)? The only one I found was this post by the founder of Anime News Network, Justin Sevakis: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2//viewtopic.php?p=993823#993823 However, I was hoping a better source would be supplied. lullabying (talk) 00:25, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * In regard to my edit in which I removed this from the article, here is an image of Animage USA April 2006 that confirms what I was saying (this person is a friend of my friend). Whether Sevakis' story is true or not is not confirmable, as I mentioned in the edit. Sarcataclysmal (talk) 04:46, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Madman Entertainment and license (anime)
I realised that one of my edits was reverted because apparently Funimation does not oversee Australian release. However, the licensed by infobox section should list master licensee, not who oversees distribution. Madman certainly does not hold master license in Australia for Fruits Basket (at least currently). A future release by Madman is branded as a Funimation release with Madman only handling distribution (the catalogue number is Funimation's with MM appended to it, and other titles are being distributed the same way). Furthermore, the series is available in Australia and New Zealand through FunimationNow, thus meaning that Funimation holds the streaming rights in Australia and New Zealand. I propose that the listed licensee for Australasia to at least be changed to Funimation. Alex Tenshi (talk) 08:17, 12 December 2018 (UTC)


 * In addition to the evidence above where this title is a Funimation release with Madman handling distribution, Madman staff has confirmed that this distribution deal is indeed not a licensing agreement. As this title is part of the new Madman and Funimation distribution partnership, Madman are local distributors of the series, and NOT licensees, which Madman staff has stated in a public forum is the case. As such, I've changed licensed by section in the infobox for Australasia to Funimation. Alex Tenshi (talk) 13:42, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Differences between anime and manga
I tagged the "Differences between anime and manga" section because most of it contains original research. The sources listed for that section only consists of primary sources. I think having it mentioned slightly in the "anime" section is fine, but I don't see why it is necessary to give it its own section solely for analysis. It violates WP:ORIGINAL. lullabying (talk) 22:15, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Sohma, not Soma
Per recent edits, I'm gonna go ahead and place a hidden comment in the lead specifying that the last name here is Sohma, Soma. Not only is that the romanisation in the actual English-language editions of the manga, but a brief look at the sources used throughout this article show them using Sohma, not Soma.--Ineffablebookkeeper (talk) (&#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me!) 14:19, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Removal of reverse harem category
I really don't think this series fits within the "Category:Male harem anime and manga" category, and am planning to remove it. I understand that the page has sources for the category, but they only contain a brief one-sentence mention of Fruits Basket being a harem, without any elaboration. I believe this misunderstanding is summed up well in this article:

https://www.slashfilm.com/573302/the-quarantine-stream-fruits-basket/ "The idea of several hot men who transform into cute animals living under the same roof of a naive girl has led many to miscategorize Fruits Basket as a reverse harem anime — a trope that describes a fluffy romance between one girl and her many varied suitors."

Labeling it as a harem is drawn more from the synopsis of the series than its actual content. The series' cast is actually very gender-balanced, not comprised of a majority male cast, and the large cast of characters (both male and female) are not presented as romantic interests for the main character (unlike the anime series Clannad for example where the main character has at least 4 romantic interests). There doesn't seem to be much reasoning for why Fruits Basket should be considered a reverse-harem. Wiki-o-media (talk) 02:51, 8 July 2023 (UTC)