shadowlurker wrote:is fruits basket worthy of watching? i was going to watch it sooner or later, but gotta hear wat u guys think
...echoing madbunny. You have to tell us what your tastes are, too, because everyone has different tastes. (Your org profile doesn't have too much on it, so I can't really go by that.)
Anyway. I love the pants off it, but I am a sucker for character-driven drama. It's shoujo all over. Light, sweet fluff, a lot of Be Happy / All You Need Is Love with a dark undercurrent and a moderately dark ending. (Not an unhappy ending; it just gets angsty for a while.) It's got mild message-of-the-day-itis, but that doesn't bother me, personally.
It's a somewhat quiet show, by which I mean if you're looking for giant laughs or giant action or fanservice or obvious romance you're not going to find it. So if you're the sort who likes really exciting stuff, it may bore you. I mean, it's shoujo. So y'know. (No fanservice for straight boys, anyway.)
To recap:
- Sweet. And more sweet. And more. And so on. The protagonist is a giant optimist, and though life doesn't always go her way, the show definitely takes on that optimist slant.
- This is a show where people get hooked on particular characters rather than the plot. The plot is about how people evolve and learn about life, etc. If this bores you, that's okay, but you're gonna get bored. (I, for one, eat that up with chocolate syrup.)
- It's well-made, the animation seems nice to me (well, for its time, you whippersnappers), and as a nice little bonus the dub is quite good. Also - at least in North America - it's packaged on four DVDs instead of the usual 6-8, so it's pretty cheap.
As for previews, I'd also recommend A Song for Everyone, which is a very popular FB AMV - I saw it before I saw the series, and though it's much more entertaining after the fact, it did have an influence on my decision to get it.
End rambling.