Free! (2013)
Free! (2013)
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Plot.
The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways. Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.
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Cast & Crew.
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Haruka Nanase (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Jamie Marchi
Gou Matsuoka
Daisuke Hirakawa
Rei Ryugazaki (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Akeno Watanabe
Gou Matsuoka (voice)
Johnny Yong Bosch
Makoto Tachibana
Todd Haberkorn
Haruka Nanase
Kenjiro Tsuda
Seijuro Mikoshiba (voice)
Mamoru Miyano
Rin Matsuoka (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Hiroshi Yanaka
Gorou Sasabe (voice)
Greg Ayres
Nagisa Hazuki
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Makoto Tachibana (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Satsuki Yukino
Miho Amakata (voice)
Vic Mignogna
Rin Matsuoka
Kouki Miyata
Aiichiro Nitori (voice)
Tsubasa Yonaga
Nagisa Hazuki (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
Yoshiji Kigami
Opening/Ending Animation / Director / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
J. Michael Tatum
Rei Ryugazaki
Kenichi Suzumura
Momotaro Mikoshiba (voice)
Sae Sawada
Opening/Ending Animation / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Shingo Kasai
Art Direction / Background Designer / Art Direction
Eisaku Kawanami
Series Director / Opening/Ending Animation / Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director / Assistant Director / Key A...
Kayo Hikiyama
Opening/Ending Animation / Animation Director / Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Megumi Suzuki
Producer
Ryosuke Shirakawa
Opening/Ending Animation / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Sana Suzuki
Opening/Ending Animation / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Sachie Tsuda
Special Effects
Joji Unoguchi
3D Artist / Background Designer / Art Direction
Masayuki Nishide
Executive Producer / Producer / Executive Producer / Producer
Miku Kadowaki
Opening/Ending Animation / Animation Director / Opening/Ending Animation
Seiya Kumano
Opening/Ending Animation / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Yuji Shibata
3D Director / 3D Animator / 3D Director
Yuko Myouken
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director / Opening/Ending Animation
Takuya Yamamura
Opening/Ending Animation / Storyboard Artist / Director / Assistant Director / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Minoru Ota
Opening/Ending Animation / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Maiko Hado
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Yoko Kogawa
Executive Producer
Shinpei Sawa
Opening/Ending Animation / Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Ryouhei Muta
Opening/Ending Animation / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Gen Itakura
Online Editor
Shigeru Saito
Music Producer / Producer
Eiko Morikawa
Sound Effects
Satoshi Yano
Sound Recordist
Koji Oji
Original Story
Masahiro Yokotani
Series Composition / Writer / Series Composition
Shinichi Nakamura
Producer
Yota Tsuruoka
Sound Director
Yuka Yoneda
Color Designer
Kengo Shigemura
Editor
Shinichiro Hatta
Producer
Tatsuya Satou
Opening/Ending Animation / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Futoshi Nishiya
Supervising Animation Director / Character Designer / Key Animation / Animation Director / Supervising Animation Directo...
Kazuya Takao
Director of Photography
Hiroyuki Takahashi
Opening/Ending Animation / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Shunji Inoue
Executive Producer
Chiyoko Ueno
Opening/Ending Animation / Animation Director / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Nami Iwasaki
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Seiichi Akitake
Prop Designer / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Kunihiro Hane
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Yoko Hatta
Executive Producer
Tatsuya Kato
Original Music Composer
Tomoki Hiraishi
Background Designer
Naoki Hosokawa
Background Designer
Yukiko Takeuchi
Background Designer
Momoka Hase
Background Designer
Ikuko Tamine
Background Designer
Shuhei Okude
Background Designer
Miyuki Hiratoko
Background Designer
Aki Yamatogi
Background Designer
Lee Mi-jin
Background Designer
Sagako Itakura
Background Designer
Marie Kitai
Background Designer
Park Jung-ah
Background Designer
Kim Ji-hee
Background Designer
Akihiro Ura
Assistant Director of Photography / Compositing Artist
Nozomi Oishi
Background Designer
Mutsuo Shinohara
Background Designer
Kazuki Ikeda
Background Designer
Kouji Maruyama
Background Designer
Ayami Hidaka
Background Designer
Yoshikatsu Matsumoto
Background Designer
Sayaka Ichiyama
Background Designer
Shuuko Uematsu
Background Designer
Shuuya Uchiyama
Background Designer
Sin So-yeon
Background Designer
Hiroko Utsumi
Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Mikiko Watanabe
Background Designer
Yuri Kabasawa
Background Designer
Moon Mi-ran
Background Designer
Shouko Ochiai
Background Designer
Lee Cheon-bok
Background Designer
Kim Ju-ran
Background Designer
Ryu Yun-su
Background Designer
Toru Hasegawa
Background Designer
Taichi Ogawa
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation
Etsuko Abe
Background Designer
Yasuhiro Takemoto
Storyboard Artist / Director
Kim Eun-kyung
Background Designer
Naoko Yamada
Storyboard Artist / Director / Opening/Ending Animation
Seiki Tamura
Background Designer
Noriyuki Kitanohara
Storyboard Artist / Director / Opening/Ending Animation
Tatsuya Ishihara
Storyboard Artist / Director
Rika Ota
Storyboard Artist / Director / Assistant Director
Nam Hyun-ji
Background Designer
Haruka Fujita
Storyboard Artist / Director / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Ai Yukimura
Storyboard Artist / Director / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Taichi Ishidate
Storyboard Artist / Director / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Shizuka Uno
Special Effects
Haruka Yasumoto
Online Editor
Susumu Okinaka
Executive Producer
Atsushi Isoyama
Executive Producer
Shinya Yamamoto
Executive Producer
Yoshiko Tanaka
Compositing Artist
Hiroki Ueda
Compositing Artist
Kohei Funamoto
Compositing Artist
Norihiro Tomiita
3D Animator
Tetsuo Umetsu
3D Animator
Rin Yamamoto
3D Animator
Kazumi Ikeda
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Hiroshi Karata
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Rie Sezaki
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Yoshinori Urata
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Tomoko Yoshimura
Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Chinatsu Morimoto
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Yuki Tsunoda
Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation / Animation Director
Nobuaki Maruki
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Kohei Okamura
Opening/Ending Animation / Animation Director / Key Animation
Yumi Fujii
Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Ryuuta Nakagami
Compositing Artist / 3D Animator
Masaya Makita
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Yukiko Horiguchi
Key Animation / Animation Director / Opening/Ending Animation
Mariam Agha
Compositing Artist
Masanao Murayama
Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Rika Kashiwagi
Compositing Artist
Tatsunori Kase
3D Animator
Kazuki Ueno
Compositing Artist
Teru Matsumoto
Compositing Artist
Mitsuki Takaki
3D Animator
Taira Yamaguchi
Key Animation
Kyohei Ando
Key Animation
Mariko Takahashi
Key Animation
Tadashi Kashiwagi
Key Animation
Tatsunari Maruko
Animation Director / Key Animation
Akiko Takase
Key Animation / Animation Director
Hidehiro Asama
Key Animation
Kanae Okura
Key Animation
Kota Sato
Key Animation
Tomofumi Sugitani
Key Animation
Haruka Sagawa
Key Animation
Naoki Nakanishi
Key Animation
Hana Hosoda
Key Animation
Keita Nagahara
Key Animation
Teruyoshi Shidou
Key Animation
Naoko Machida
Key Animation
Fumie Okano
Key Animation
Emiko Nakano
Key Animation
Tomomi Sato
Key Animation
Yurika Ono
Key Animation
Sayaka Watanabe
Key Animation
Shouko Ikeda
Animation Director / Key Animation
Mei Isai
Key Animation
Momoka Yoshizaki
Key Animation
Shiho Morisaki
Key Animation
Yuka Murakami
Key Animation
Ryo Miyaki
Key Animation
Yuki Yokoyama
Key Animation
Akiko Watanabe
Key Animation
Ayaka Nagahama
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 4, 2013
StatusEnded
Seasons3
Episodes37
Running Time24m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
spokon
high school
friendship
sport
training
rivalry
slice of life
school
tournament
swimming
swimming club
school life
anime
school club
bishounen
swimming team
Scripted
Wiki.
Free! is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. The series is loosely based on the light novel, High Speed! (Japanese: ハイ☆スピード!, Hepburn: Hai Supīdo!), written by Kōji Ōji, which received an honorable mention in the second Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2011 and was published in July 2013. The first season titled, Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club for international distribution, aired in Japan in 2013; and the second season titled, Free! - Eternal Summer, aired in 2014. A third season of the anime series titled, Free! - Dive to the Future, aired in 2018. Hiroko Utsumi directed the first two seasons, while season three was directed by Eisaku Kawanami.
Prior to season three, several films depict events preceding, including and following the events of seasons one and two. The first feature film, High Speed! Free! Starting Days, was released in December 2015 and depicts events from volume two of the series' prequel light novel, High Speed! A film trilogy was released in 2017 with the first two films being compilations of seasons one and two of the anime series titled, Free! Timeless Medley - the Bond and Free! Timeless Medley - the Promise. The third film in the trilogy titled, Free! Take Your Marks, features four new vignettes. A compilation film encompassing the third season titled, Free! Road to the World - the Dream, debuted in July 2019.
The next installment of the franchise was slated for release alongside the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, but both were postponed until 2021. A final film duology titled, Free! The Final Stroke, debuted in Japanese theaters in two parts: Part 1 in September 2021 and Part 2 in April 2022.
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