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Fruits Basket S1E5 — A Rice Ball in a Fruits Basket

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Fruits Basket•Season 1•Episode 5

A Rice Ball in a Fruits Basket

7.8/10 · 94 votesAug 2, 200124 min

Ranked #17 of 26 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

Things are going great at Shigure's house. Just when Tohru feels the days will always be like this, she gets a call from her grandpa. His house is finished, so Tohru can move back with him.

Directed byKeiji Gotoh

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Cast18

Yui Horie

Yui Horie

Tohru Honda (voice)

Kotono Mitsuishi

Kotono Mitsuishi

Kagura Sohma (voice)

Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa

Yuki Sohma (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Kyo Sohma (voice)

Kaori Nazuka

Kaori Nazuka

Kisa Sohma (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Akemi Okamura

Hatsuharu Sohma (voice)

Reiko Yasuhara

Reiko Yasuhara

Saki Hanajima / Kyoko Honda (voice)

Ayaka Saito

Ayaka Saito

Momiji Sohma (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Hatori Sohma (voice)

Akio Suyama

Akio Suyama

Hatsuharu Sohma (voice)

Mina Tominaga

Mina Tominaga

Ritsu Sohma (voice)

Mitsuru Miyamoto

Mitsuru Miyamoto

Ayame Sohma (voice)

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K

Keiji Gotoh

Director

Haruo Sotozaki

Haruo Sotozaki

Animation Director

M

Mamiko Ikeda

Screenplay

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Keiji Gotoh

Storyboard Artist

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Hidetoshi Sano

Key Animation

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Chuichi Iguchi

Key Animation

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Shogo Morishita

Key Animation

Akemi Hayashi

Akemi Hayashi

Supervising Animation Director

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Kazuyuki Matsubara

Key Animation

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Mitsumasa Kimura

Key Animation

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Hirofumi Morimoto

Key Animation

K

Koji Hirama

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"A Rice Ball in a Fruits Basket" is episode 5 of Fruits Basket season 1. It scored 7.8/10 from 94 votes, ranking #17 of 26 episodes this season (season average 7.9). Directed by Keiji Gotoh, it aired on August 2, 2001.

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