Free!-Eternal Summer-

Free!-Eternal Summer- (フリー! エターナル・サマー Furii! Etaanaru Samaa) is the second season of the Japanese anime television series Free!, directed by Hiroko Utsumi and produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. Free!-Eternal Summer- initially aired in Japan from July 2 to September 24 in 2014. Eternal Summer was followed by a third season in July 2018 titled, Free!-Dive to the Future-. The opening theme for this season is Dried Up Youthful Fame by OLDCODEX and the ending theme is FUTURE FISH by STYLE FIVE.

Plot (Season Two)
Free!-Eternal Summer- is set one year after the first season of Free!. The events revolve around Haruka Nanase, Makoto Tachibana, Rin Matsuoka, and Rin's childhood friend, Sosuke Yamazaki, in their final year of high school.

The boys struggle with their future dreams in preparation for graduation. Haruka faces many troubles deciding on what he's going to do in the future. Also, the team is looking for new members since the third year members will be graduating soon. The original four continue to race in hopes of going on to the nationals.

Series Overview
Free! (フリー！ Furii!) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and its associated studio, Animation Do. The anime is a sequel to the light novel, High☆Speed！, written by Kouji Ohji, which received an Honorable Mention in the second Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2011 and was published in July 2013. Season 1, titled Free!-Iwatobi Swim Club- for international distribution, aired in Japan in 2013 with season 2, titled Free!-Eternal Summer-, airing in 2014. A third season of the anime series titled Free!-Dive to the Future- aired in 2018. Hiroko Utsumi directed the first two seasons, while season three was directed by Eisaku Kawanami.

An animated film adapting the second volume of the light novel, High☆Speed！－Free! Starting Days－, was released in December 2015. 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. The third film in the trilogy titled Free! The Movie -Take Your Marks- featured a quartet of new stories about the ensemble cast.

A compilation film encompassing the third season, titled Free!-Road to the World- the Dream, debuted in July 2019. Free!–the Final Stroke– is a two-part film said to represent the final chapters in the series. Part one (the first volume) was released in September 2021 and part two (the second volume) will release in April 2022. Both films cover Haruka's experience with global competition.

Main Characters

 * Haruka Nanase (CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Japanese), Todd Haberkorn (English) )
 * Makoto Tachibana (CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese), Johnny Yong Bosch (English) )
 * Nagisa Hazuki (CV: Tsubasa Yonaga (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English) )
 * Rei Ryugazaki (CV: Daisuke Hirakawa (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English) )
 * Rin Matsuoka (CV: Mamoru Miyano (Japanese), Vic Mignogna (English) )
 * Sosuke Yamazaki (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya  (Japanese), Ian Sinclair (English) )

Secondary Characters

 * Gou Matsuoka (CV: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English) )
 * Miho Amakata (CV: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English) )
 * Aiichiro Nitori (CV: Kouki Miyata (Japanese), Josh Grelle (English) )
 * Seijuro Mikoshiba (CV: Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese), Robert McCollum (English) )
 * Goro Sasabe (CV: Hiroshi Yanaka (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English) )
 * Kisumi Shigino (CV: Chihiro Suzuki (Japanese), Eric Vale (English) )
 * Momotaro Mikoshiba (CV: Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese), Jerry Jewell (English) )

Production Staff
Studio: Kyoto Animation, Animation DO

Director: Hiroko Utsumi

Script, Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani

Character Design: Futoshi Nishiya

Art Director: Joji Unoguchi

Director of Photography: Kazuya Takao

Music: Tatsuya Kato

Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka