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 the Free! anime. It aired on July 3, 2013.

Synopsis
Haruka Nanase and Makoto Tachibana were spending their school life idly until Nagisa Hazuki from their Iwatobi Swimming Club days appears. They then decide to try to dig up a time capsule buried in the backyard of the dilapidated club, but in actuality, they reunite with Rin Matsuoka, a former teammate who had gone to study abroad.

Characters
List of characters in order of appearance:

Trivia

 * A preview of the episode was aired as an official event on 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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