KEY POINTS

  • "Fruits Basket" Season 3, Episode 1 English dub is releasing Friday
  • Tohru and her friends return for the final season
  • The Japanese broadcast is scheduled to air from April 5

The much-awaited final season of "Fruits Basket" is gearing up for an early release. The English dub of Season 3’s debut episode is landing two weeks before the official Japanese broadcast.

"Fruits Basket" Season 3, Episode 1’s English dub is set to stream at 12 p.m. ET, Friday, Funimation reported. The special premiere will have the first episode along with special messages from the English voice actors namely, Eric Vale as Yuki Soma, Jerry Jewell as Kyo Soma, Colleen Clinkenbeard as Akito Soma, Ian Sinclair as Kureno Soma, and Brina Palencia as Isuzu Soma.

Fans in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and the U.K. can watch "Fruits Basket" Season 3, Episode 1's English dub version on Funimation. Meanwhile, viewers in Australia and New Zealand can catch the episode on AnimeLab.

The opening theme song of the final season is titled "Pleasure" and performed by WARPs UP, while the ending theme song, titled "Haru Urara," is composed and performed by GENIC.

“Tohru Honda thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home is discovered by the mysterious Soma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Zodiac!” the series synopsis read.

The cast of "Fruits Basket" anime includes Ari Orikasa as Ren Soma, Maaya Sakamoto as Akito Soma, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Yuki Soma, Yūichi Nakamura as Shigure Soma, Ai Kakuma as Machi Kuraki, Yūma Uchida as Kyo Soma, Akira Ishida as Akira Soma, Aki Toyosaki as Isuzu Soma, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Hatori Soma, Atsumi Tanezaki as Arisa Uotani, Kengo Kawanishi as Ritsu Soma, Megumi Han as Momiji Soma, Makoto Furukawa as Hatsuharu Soma, Rie Kugimiya as Kagura Soma, Reina Ueda as Kisa Soma, Takuya Eguchi as Kakeru Manabe, Satomi Satou as Saki Hanajima, Yuichiro Umehara as Kureno Soma and Yō Taichi as Hiro Soma.

"Fruits Basket" Season 3, Episode 1’s Japanese television broadcast begins on April 5.

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