Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-
Free! / フリー！Summary
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.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Where to watch
Platforms
Official and social
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Episodes
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 12
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 4 h 48 min (12 × 24 min)
- Season
- Summer 2013
- Start date
- June 26, 2013
- End date
- September 25, 2013
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Original
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Kyoto Animation
- Romaji title
- Free!
- English title
- Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-
- Native title
- Free!
- Other titles
- フリー！
Characters 13
Main characters
- Rin Matsuoka松岡凛Main
- Gou Matsuoka松岡江Main
- Rei Ryuugazaki竜ヶ崎怜Main
- Nagisa Hazuki葉月渚Main
- Makoto Tachibana橘真琴Main
- Haruka Nanase七瀬遙Main
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- Miho Amakata天方美帆Supporting
- Gorou Sasabe笹部吾朗Supporting
- Seijuurou Mikoshiba御子柴清十郎Supporting
- Aiichirou Nitori似鳥愛一郎Supporting
- Chigusa Hanamura花村千種Supporting
- Ran Tachibana橘蘭Supporting
- Ren Tachibana橘蓮Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Hiroko UtsumiDirector
- Masahiro YokotaniSeries composition
- Futoshi NishiyaCharacter design
- Tatsuya KatouMusic
- Jouji UnoguchiArt director
- Youta TsuruokaSound director
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- Mamoru MiyanoTheme Song Performance (ED)
- Daisuke HirakawaTheme Song Performance (ED)
- Tsubasa YonagaTheme Song Performance (ED)
- Tatsuhisa SuzukiTheme Song Performance
- Nobunaga ShimazakiTheme Song Performance (ED)
- OLDCODEXTheme Song Performance (OP)
- Masahiro YokotaniScript
- Masahiro YokotaniScript (ep 1-5, 7-8, 10-11)
- Haruka SagawaKey Animation (eps 3-5, 9)
- Naoko YamadaStoryboard (ep 7)
- Naoko YamadaEpisode Director (ep 7)
- Naoko YamadaKey Animation (ED)
- Yuki TsunodaKey Animation (eps 4, 10)
- Rieke WernerScript (German)
- René Dawn-ClaudeADR Director (German)
- Renan VidalADR Director (Brazilian Portuguese)