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Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club- · Episode 1: Reunion at the Starting Block!

Reunion at the Starting Block!
2013-07-0425 min

After spending their first year of high school in peace and quiet, Haruka and Makoto run into Nagisa, a new student who was a member at a swimming club with them when they were kids. That swimming club is being torn down, so the three of them sneak in to dig up a time capsule that they buried in the back, which is when they are reunited with Rin, the fourth member of their group who left to study abroad.

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Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-★ 72%
Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-

Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-

Free!
Free!

Also known as: Free!, フリー！

TV2013★ 72%ComedyDramaSlice of LifeSports

Synopsis

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)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Rin Matsuoka
Rin MatsuokaMain
Mamoru MiyanoJP
Mamoru Miyano
Gou Matsuoka
Gou MatsuokaMain
Akeno WatanabeJP
Akeno Watanabe
Rei Ryuugazaki
Rei RyuugazakiMain
Daisuke HirakawaJP
Daisuke Hirakawa
Nagisa Hazuki
Nagisa HazukiMain
Tsubasa YonagaJP
Tsubasa Yonaga
Makoto Tachibana
Makoto TachibanaMain
Tatsuhisa SuzukiJP
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Haruka Nanase
Haruka NanaseMain
Nobunaga ShimazakiJP
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Miho Amakata
Miho AmakataSupporting
Satsuki YukinoJP
Satsuki Yukino
Seijuurou Mikoshiba
Seijuurou MikoshibaSupporting
Kenjirou TsudaJP
Kenjirou Tsuda
Aiichirou Nitori
Aiichirou NitoriSupporting
Kouki MiyataJP
Kouki Miyata
Chigusa Hanamura
Chigusa HanamuraSupporting
Satomi SatouJP
Satomi Satou
Ran Tachibana
Ran TachibanaSupporting
Miyuki KoboriJP
Miyuki Kobori
Ren Tachibana
Ren TachibanaSupporting
Yuka MaruyamaJP
Yuka Maruyama

Staff

Mamoru Miyano
Mamoru MiyanoTheme Song Performance (ED)
Daisuke Hirakawa
Daisuke HirakawaTheme Song Performance (ED)
Tsubasa Yonaga
Tsubasa YonagaTheme Song Performance (ED)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Tatsuhisa SuzukiTheme Song Performance
Rieke Werner
Rieke WernerScript (German)
Youta Tsuruoka
Youta TsuruokaSound Director
Naoko Yamada
Naoko YamadaStoryboard (ep 7)
Naoko Yamada
Naoko YamadaEpisode Director (ep 7)

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