Crunchyroll announced that on Wednesday, it has acquired the rights to the Fruits Basket -prelude- anime movie for the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States and will screen it in theaters this summer.
The film will screen in selected theaters in Canada and the United States on June 25, 28, and 29 in both English-dubbed and subtitled versions, and in the United Kingdom on July 20 with the English dub only. Tickets will go on sale for the United States and Canada this Friday and for the United Kingdom on June 24.
Crunchyroll is now streaming both an English-subtitled and the English-dubbed trailer for the movie.
English Dubbed Trailer:
Source: Crunchyroll Dubs
The movie's returning English dub cast includes Lydia Mackay as Kyoko Honda, J. Laura Bailey as Tohru Honda, Michael Tatum as Katsuya Honda, and Jerry Jewell as Kyo Soma.
The film opened in 25 theaters in Japan on February 18 and also sold 20,000 tickets in its first two business days to earn 33 million yen (about US$287,000). The movie topped the mini-theater rankings for the weekend of February 19-20. The movie earned about 130 million yen (about US$1.12 million) in its first 18 days of release in theaters.
Aside from a digest compilation of the show, the film also includes the Ky?¯ko to Katsuya no Monogatari (Ky?¯ko and Katsuya's Story) anime series that centers on the backstory of Tohru's parents, Kyoko and Katsuya, which the 2019-2021 series did not adapt. The movie also includes new scenes — written especially for the film by the original manga creator Takaya — representing events from after the television anime's story. And additionally, filmgoers from February 18 to March 4 also received a 20-page booklet with a 16-page epilogue manga story newly created by Takaya.
The 2019-2021 television anime's main staff at TMS Entertainment and the main cast returned for the film. Yoshimasa Hosoya voices Katsuya Honda and Miyuki Sawashiro voices Kyoko Honda. A special edition of the Blu-ray Disc release of the film also became available the same day it opened in theaters.
The film's theme song, "Niji to Kaito" (Rainbow and Kite), is performed by Ohashi Trio.