Iwatobi Junior High School Swim Club

The Iwatobi Junior High School Swim Club is featured in two forms of media under the Free! series umbrella. It first appeared in novel form as   High☆Speed！ (ハイ☆スピード！, Hai☆Supīdo！), written by Koji Oji. The novel served as the inspiration for the first season of the anime Free!, which has expanded into three seasons, multiple short films, several feature films and a large catalogue of music. The novel itself was animated as a stand-alone movie bearing the same title in 2015.