S1E01 Reunion at the Starting Block!

Reunion at the Starting Block! (再会のスターティングブロック！ Saikai no Sutaatingu Burokku!) is the first episode of of the Free! anime series. It aired on July 3, 2013.

Synopsis
Haruka Nanase and Makoto Tachibana spend their school life idly until Nagisa Hazuki from their junior swimming club appears. They decide to dig up a time capsule that was buried in the backyard of the club that had collapsed, but in the end, they reunite with Rin Matsuoka, a friend who had gone abroad to study and train with a high-powered swim club.

Characters
List of characters in order of appearance:

Trivia

 * A preview of the episode was aired in an official event in Marunouchi Piccadilly 3, Tokyo on June 26, 2013.
 * Prior to Free!'s English dub release by Crunchyroll the episode was called 'Starting Block of Reunions!' in English

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