TV ANIMATION『Free!』KANSAI JORIKU SPECIAL

TV ANIMATION『Free!』KANSAI JORIKU SPECIAL (TVアニメ『Free!』関西上陸スペシャル TV Anime『Free!』Kansai Joriku Supeshyaru) is a seiyuu talk event held as part of the Free! series.

Overview
The event itself was similar in format to the previous talk event and featured four of the five main cast seiyuu: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tsubasa Yonaga, & Daisuke Hirakawa, with Mamoru Miyano making a guest appearance via video. The event had only one session this time, at 15:00, and cost ¥5,000 per ticket and was held at Kyoto Miyakomesse.

The event was comprised of five different "corners"; the first being a corner dedicated to what were voted to be the most memorable scenes from the series' first season. Those who attended the event were able to vote on what they considered the most memorable scene prior to the events commencement, and then the seiyuu revealed the top five moments and discussed their own memories and feelings attached to those scenes. The top five moments in order were:
 * 1) S1E09 Hesitant Loosen Up! - when Haru confesses he wants to swim more relays with the other Iwatobi members.
 * 2) S1E12 Distant Free! - when Rin hugs Haru after finishing their relay together.
 * 3) S1E04 Captive Butterfly! - when the Iwatobi High School Swim Club goes shopping for new swimwear.
 * 4) S1E08 Revenge in the Medley! - when Haru wakes up Makoto to ask him about the relay.
 * 5) S1E11 Furious All-out! - when Rei went to Samezuka Academy to ask Rin to help him with his swimming.

The second corner for the event featured the seiyuu reading a special drama scenario, written specifically for the event, in-character in front of the audience.

The third corner was dedicated to Mamoru Miyano's special guest appearance via a pre-recorded video message. To conclude his message Miyano challenged the four Iwatobi seiyuu to a stationary bike race. The four seiyuu had to pedal a set distance as fast as they could, with the shortest time being Iwatobi's representative against Miyano's time as the Samezuka representative. The Iwatobi seiyuu's respective times were: As such, Suzuki was designated as Iwatobi's representative and Miyano's guest appearance was resumed. It was revealed that Miyano's time was exactly 1:00, marking Iwatobi as the victors.
 * Shimazaki - 1:09
 * Suzuki - 0:57
 * Yonaga - 1:14
 * Hirakawa - 1:07

For the fourth corner, the seiyuu performed their own version of the game their characters played during S1E06 Shocking No Breathing! to pass the time when they were stranded. They mostly ended up sharing embarrassing stories relating to recording their lines for the show. At the end of the corner, the seiyuu were challenged to give a thank you to the audience while pretending to be their character.

For the fifth and final corner for the event, the seiyuu had to perform another in-character drama segment similar to the second corner; however, this time they had to perform while also wearing an embarrassing cat-ear headband while the audience called out cat related nicknames and puns.

At the events conclusion the audience were given some sneak peeks at information for the upcoming second season of the anime, Free!-Eternal Summer-. Some of the details shared included the names for the opening and ending songs along with confirmation that they would be performed by OLDCODEX and STYLE FIVE respectively.

Merchandise
As with most events and concerts relating to the series, a variety of merchandise was available for purchase at the event. For more details about the pamphlet that was released as part of the merchandising for this event please see: