Dedication Through Light
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What is Free!?
A story focusing on the key themes of boys friendship, swimming, and upper body
Genre: Sports, Drama, School
Original Teaser Commercial
PV 1
PV 2 (with swimming)
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll Every Wednesday at 3:15 p.m. EDT | United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Turkey, Latin America (Central and South America including Caribbean), Spain, and Portugal.
Story:
Free! revolves around members of a high school boy's swimming team. Four boysHaruka, Makoto, Nagisa and Rinall participated in a swimming tournament shortly before graduating elementary school and later parted ways. Years later, they reunite when Rin challenges Haruka to a race and wins. Not wanting to be defeated so easily, Haruka gathers Makoto and Nagisa and a new recruit named Rei to form the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club.
Characters
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Makoto Tachibana (CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki) - Haruka's inseparable best friend in 11th grade.
Rei Ryugazaki (CV: Daisuke Hirakawa) - A handsome, intelligent young man who often gets manipulated by Rin for some reason.
Rin Matsuoka (CV: Mamoru Miyano) - Haruka's rival who is also in 11th grade
Nagisa Hazuki: (CV: Tsubasa Yonaga) - An admirer of Haruka's swimming and wanting to swim with him once again, he entered the same school as Haruka was attending.
Haruka Nanase
Staff:
Produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do
Directed by Hiroko Utsumi
Written by Masahiro Yokotani
Character designs by Futoshi Nishiya
Music by Tatsuya Katō
NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR- Upper bodies are filled with dreams. Don't forget to stare at their chests and shoulders.
OP2: Dried Up Youthful Flame - Old Codex
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OP: Rage On - Old Codex
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Evolution of Free
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Relationship Chart
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