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Free! (Japanese: フリー！Hepburn: Furii!) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. It is loosely based on a light novel written by Kouji Ohji entitled High☆Speed！ (Japanese: ハイ☆スピード！, Hepburn: Hai Supiido！), which received an Honorable Mention in Kyoto Animation's 2nd annual award contest. The series and its related films have been airing in Japan since July 3rd, 2013.

Season 1 focuses on Haruka, Makoto, Rin and Nagisa, all members of the same community swim club in elementary school. They win a tournament just before graduation, after which Rin leaves to study and train in Australia. Upon his return and enrollment at Samezuka Academy and its swim club, the Iwatobi High School boys revitalize their own school's swim club and the two teams compete for national recognition.

Season 2 focuses on Haruka and his troubles over not knowing what to do after high school graduation. With the help of his friends, however, he realizes that he wants to continue swimming competitively at the college level.

Season 3 follows Haruka and Makoto attending university in Tokyo, where they reunite with their former junior high school teammates, Ikuya and Asahi. Rin, meanwhile, trains professionally in Australia. That storyline ends with the All-Japan Invitational, with Haruka, Rin and Ikuya all qualifying for global competition.

Several interim films depict the boys and their acquaintances in stories from their elementary days to the present. The series' finale is a duology that showcases the swimmers' ups and downs in the airy world of elite competition on the global stage. How it will end will be seen in the final film set to debut in April 2022.