However, during the prefectural tournament, Iwatobi's swim team reminds Rin of their friendship through a medley relay. While the team trains for tournaments, Haruka and Rin's rivalry continues to sour from Rin facing setbacks in improvement, though his desire to swim competitively escalates. In addition to his childhood friends, Makoto Tachibana and Nagisa Hazuki, Rei Ryugazaki is recruited onto the team. After encountering his childhood rival, Rin Matsuoka from Samezuka Academy, he and his friends revitalize Iwatobi High School's swim team. The story is centered on high school student Haruka Nanase, a gifted swimmer.
A film duology entitled Free!–the Final Stroke– debuted in Japanese theaters in two parts: Part 1 in September 2021 and Part 2 in April 2022.įree is set in the town of Iwatobi, Japan, which is based on Iwami, Tottori. The next installment of the franchise was slated for release alongside the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, but both were postponed until 2021. A compilation film encompassing the third season, titled Free! Road to the World - the Dream, debuted in July 2019. The third film in the trilogy titled, Free! Take Your Marks, features four new vignettes. The film High Speed! Free! Starting Days, 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 both seasons of the anime series titled, Free! Timeless Medley - the Bond and Free! Timeless Medley - the Promise. Prior to season three, several films depict events preceding, including and following the events of seasons one and two.
Hiroko Utsumi directed the first two seasons, while season three was directed by Eisaku Kawanami. A third season of the anime series titled, Free! - Dive to the Future, aired in 2018. 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. 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. May 8 will mark the first time an English-dubbed version of the episodes was made available on streaming platforms.Free! is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. The novel was originally published in Japan in December 2014 by Kodansha, with publisher Vertical having released an English version in June 2016.Īll eight episodes were previously available to stream in English-subtitled versions via Funimation and Crunchyroll since December 19, 2021. These are entitled “ Lost in the cruel world,” “ Wall Sina, Goodbye,” and “ Lost Girls.” The English subtitled version was bundled with limited edition English releases of the 18th and 19th volumes.Įpisodes 6-8 are the anime adaptation of Hiroshi Seko’s Lost Girls spinoff novel, which features three short stories centered around Mikasa and Annie. No Regrets was originally bundled with the limited edition 15th and 16th volume releases in Japan. This is an adaption of artist Kikaru Suruga and writer Gun Snark’s spinoff manga of the same name. Episodes 4-5 will consist of the two-episode OAD series No Regrets.
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