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Fruits Basket: Complete Anime Natsuki Takaya Illustrations

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In commemoration of the all-new anime adaptation of Natsuki Takaya’s beloved manga Fruits Basket, illustrations inspired by each episode, along with commentary from the author, have been collected into a single volume. Follow along with the zodiac members’ journey from start to finish as they attempt to break the curse once more!

192 pages, Paperback

Published December 12, 2023

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Natsuki Takaya

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Name (in native language) : 高屋奈月

Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月 Takaya Natsuki, real name Naka Hatake) is the penname of a Japanese manga artist best-known for creating the series Fruits Basket. She was born on July 7, 1973; (Tanabata). Takaya is left-handed and once revealed that she wanted to be a mangaka since first grade, when her sister started drawing.

She was born in Shizuoka, Japan, but was raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut in 1992. She enjoys video games such as the Final Fantasy series or Sakura Wars, or working on her different manga series, such as Fruits Basket, which is the second best-selling shōjo manga ever in Japan, and the top selling shōjo manga in North America. Fruits Basket has also been adapted into a twenty-six-episode anime series.

In 2001, Takaya received a Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga for Fruits Basket.

According to Takaya (in a sidebar of a Fruits Basket manga volume), she enjoys drawing girls (girly ones) more than she does boys. Takaya also enjoys electronics and music, but dislikes talking about herself. Also revealed in a sidebar of Fruits Basket, Takaya broke her drawing arm (left) after Fruits Basket volume six was published. She had to go into surgery, and as a result, had put Fruits Basket on a brief hiatus. Takaya made a full recovery, but complains that her handwriting had gotten uglier, due to the surgery. During her hospital stay, she gained an interest in baseball.

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25 reviews
December 26, 2023
This just made me fall in love with Fruits Basket all over again. The artwork is so incredible, and the emotion you get from it is unmatched. I loved reading the comments from Takaya, too!
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June 3, 2024
Reading this made me fall in love with fruits basket all over again <3
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221 reviews58 followers
November 29, 2024
Recommend reading/watching the full series and reading the sequel manga, Fruits Basket Another, before reading this. There are so many gorgeous illustrations, and there were several of characters who we rarely (if ever) got to see in color in the OG manga.
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31 reviews
February 1, 2024
Im obsessed with fruits basket . My husband surprised me with this for my birthday among other things. After reading it now I want to watch the anime all over again.
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262 reviews5 followers
June 23, 2024
Words can never express how dear this series, and all of its art, is to my heart. 💖🌸🧡
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28 reviews1 follower
June 14, 2025
J’ai adoré retrouver les magnifiques remakes de l’anime couplés aux commentaires de Takaya, shoujo à jamais dans mon cœur ❤️
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