Free!-Eternal Summer-

Free!-Eternal Summer- (フリー! エターナル・サマー Furī! Etānaru Samā) 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 later followed by a third season in July 2018, 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 Haru, Makoto, Rin, and Rin's childhood friend, Sosuke, in their final year of high school. The boys struggle with their future dreams in preparation for graduation. Haru 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.

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 R. 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