Written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket is one of the best selling shōjo manga of all time, with 30 million copies in print worldwide.
As the series progresses, Tohru meets the rest of the zodiac as well as the family's mysterious head, Akito Sohma, and eventually resolves to break the curse that burdens them.
[4][5] Hakusensha reprinted the series in twelve aizōban (collector's edition) volumes under the Hana to Yume Comics Special imprint from September 4, 2015, to July 20, 2016.
[6][7] The collector's edition features new cover artwork by Natsuki Takaya, as well as color pages from the manga's original magazine serialization.
[9] Fruits Basket was originally licensed for an English-language release in North America and the United Kingdom by Tokyopop and in Singapore by Chuang Yi.
[16] In 2015, Yen Press licensed the series for an updated English-language release, published in twelve omnibus editions in North America and the United Kingdom.
[citation needed] On 4 September 2015, a new series, Fruits Basket Another (フルーツバスケットanother, Furūtsu Basuketto Anazā), began serialization in HanaLaLaOnline.
[44] A 3-chapter series, titled Fruits Basket: Three Musketeers Arc (フルーツバスケット:マブダチ特別編, Furūtsu Basuketto Mabudachi Tokubetsu-hen) was published in Hana to Yume on 20 April 5 June and 5 July 2019.