Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Fruits Basket 2001 TV series follows an orphan named Tohru Honda who lives in a tent and discovers the Sohma household. The Sohma family carries a secret curse where thirteen members transform into animals of the Chinese zodiac when they embrace someone of the opposite sex or face extreme stress.
The main cursed characters in the Fruits Basket 2001 TV series include Yuki the Rat, Kyo the Cat, and Shigure the Monkey. Kyo the Cat is an outcast shunned by the rest of the family for being the one animal not part of the zodiac.
Ritsuko Okazaki composed the music for the Fruits Basket 2001 TV series and provided three distinct theme songs. In the English dub, voice actresses Meredith McCoy, Laura Bailey, and Daphne Gere reimagined the music to bring authenticity to the series.
The Fruits Basket 2001 TV series was released on a 16th anniversary Blu-ray box set on the 1st of August 2017. This release included a 24-page series guide art booklet and new extras.
The Fruits Basket 2001 TV series was released to DVD in nine individual volumes by King Records. The first volume contained two episodes while the remaining eight volumes contained three episodes each.