Free!

Free! (フリー！ Furī!) is a Japanese anime television series directed by Hiroko Utsumi and produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. It is based on the light novel High☆Speed! by Kōji Ōji. Free! aired in Japan between July 4 and September 26, 2013. A second season under the name of Free! Eternal Summer aired in July 2014.

Plot
Free! revolves around members of a high school boy's swimming team. Haruka, Rin, Makoto, and Nagisa were members of the same swimming club in elementary school before parting ways, with Rin moving to Australia. Years later, they reunite when Rin challenges Haruka to a race and wins. Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa and then later on Rei form the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club. Rin, meanwhile, joins the swim team at Samezuka Academy, a swimming powerhouse.

Main Characters

 * Haruka Nanase (CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki)
 * Makoto Tachibana (CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
 * Nagisa Hazuki (CV: Tsubasa Yonaga)
 * Rei Ryugazaki (CV: Daisuke Hirakawa)
 * Rin Matsuoka (CV: Mamoru Miyano)
 * Sosuke Yamazaki (CV: Hosoya Yoshimasa) (season 2 only)

Secondary Characters

 * Gou Matsuoka (CV: Akeno Watanabe)
 * Miho Amakata (CV: Satsuki Yukino)
 * Aiichiro Nitori (CV: Kōki Miyata)
 * Seijuro Mikoshiba (CV: Kenjiro Tsuda)
 * Goro Sasabe (CV: Hiroshi Yanaka)

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

Musical Production: Lantis

Production: Iwatobi High School Swimming Club

TV
ABC: 3 July 2013, 26:44  (4 July 2013, 02:44)

TOKYO MX: 3 July 2013, 24:30 (4 July 2013, 00:30)

TV Aichi: 3 July 2013, 26:05 (4 July 2013, 02:05)

BS11: 7 July 2013, 24:00

AT-X: 10 July 2013, 22:00

Animax: 20 August 2013, 22:00

Online Streaming
Nico Nico Douga: 8 July 2013, 22:00

ABC Video Club: 8 July 2013, 22:00

※The dates and times are in accordance with Japanese time zone.