Free!-Dive to the Future-

Free!-Dive to the Future- is the third season of the Japanese anime television series Free! that premiered on July 11, 2018.

Plot (Season Three)
Haruka, who is attending college in Tokyo, meets Asahi again and reawakens his memories from his middle school years, including those of Ikuya. Makoto is working toward a new dream while he is in Tokyo together with Haruka. Rin has an unexpected meeting in Sydney.

Series Overview
Free! (フリー！ Furī!) is a Japanese anime television series produced by [Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. The anime is a sequel to the light novel, High☆Speed！, written by Kouji Ohji, which received an Honorable Mention in the second Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2011 and was published in July 2013. Season One, titled Free!-Iwatobi Swim Club- for international distribution, aired in Japan in 2013 with Season Two, titled Free!-Eternal Summer-, airing in 2014. A third season of the anime series titled Free!-Dive to the Future- aired in 2018. Hiroko Utsumi directed the first two seasons, while season three was directed by Eisaku Kawanami.

An animated film adapting the second volume of the light novel, High☆Speed！－Free! Starting Days－, was released in December 2015. A film trilogy was released in 2017 with the first two films being compilations of both seasons of the anime series titled Free!-Timeless Medley- the Bond and Free!-Timeless Medley- the Promise. The third film in the trilogy titled Free!-Take Your Marks- featured a quartet of new stories about the ensemble cast. A compilation film encompassing the third season, titled Free!-Road to the World- the Dream, debuted in July 2019 with another film slated for release some time in 2020.

Main Characters

 * Haruka Nanase (CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Japanese) , Todd Haberkorn  (English) )
 * Makoto Tachibana (CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese),  Johnny Yong Bosch (English) )
 * Rin Matsuoka (CV: Mamoru Miyano (Japanese),  Vic Mignogna (English) )
 * Ikuya Kirishima (CV: Koki Uchiyama (Japanese),  Lee George (English) )
 * Asahi Shiina (CV: Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Japanese),  Christopher Llewyn Ramirez  (English) )
 * Hiyori Tono (CV: Ryohei Kimura (Japanese), Jason Liebrecht  (English) )
 * Sosuke Yamazaki (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya  (Japanese) ,  Ian Sinclair  (English) )
 * Nagisa Hazuki (CV: Tsubasa Yonaga (Japanese) , Greg Ayres (English) )
 * Rei Ryugazaki (CV: Daisuke Hirakawa (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English) )
 * Natsuya Kirishima (CV: Kenji Nojima (Japanese) ,  Ricco Fajardo  (English) )
 * Nao Serizawa (CV: Satoshi Hino (Japanese),  Oscar Seung  (English) )
 * Aiichiro Nitori (CV: Kouki Miyata (Japanese), Josh Grelle (English) )
 * Momotaro Mikoshiba (CV: Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese), Jerry Jewell (English) )

Secondary Characters

 * Kisumi Shigino (CV: Chihiro Suzuki (Japanese) , Eric Vale (English) )
 * Gou Matsuoka (CV: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese) , Jamie Marchi (English) )
 * Romio Hayahune (CV: Atsushi Abe (Japanese) , Parker Gray  (English) )
 * Shizuru Isurugi (CV: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese) , Alejandro Saab  (English) )
 * Ayumu Kunikida (CV: Ryo Hirohashi (Japanese) , Apphia Yu  (English) )
 * Seijuro Mikoshiba (CV: Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese) , Robert McCollum (English) )
 * Mikhail Makarovich Nitori (CV: Hidenobu Kiuchi  (Japanese) , Phil Parsons  (English) )
 * Ryuji Azuma (CV: Takeshi Kusao  (Japanese), Brandon Potter (English) )

Production Staff
Original: 「High☆Speed!」 Kouji Ohji

Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto

Script, Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani

Character Design: Futoshi Nishiya

Art Director: Shingo Kasai

3D Art: Joji Unoguchi

Color Design: Yūka Yoneda

Prop Design: Seiichi Akitake

Director of Photography: Kazuya Takao

3D Director: Yuji Shibata

Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka

Music: Tatsuya Kato

Musical Production: Lantis

Studio: Kyoto Animation, Animation DO

Production: Iwatobi High School Swimming Club

TV
ABC: 11 July 2018, 26:43  (12 July 2018, 02:43)

TOKYO MX: 11 July 2018, 24:00 (12 July 2018, 00:00)

TV Aichi: 11 July 2018, 26:05 (12 July 2018, 02:05)

BS11: 11 July 2018, 24:00  (12 July 2018, 00:00)

AT-X: 13 July 2018, 24:30 (14 July 2018, 00:30)

Online Streaming
AbemaTV: 12 July 2018, 23:30

dAnimestore: 14 July 2018, 23:00

Nico Nico Live Broadcasting: 14 July 2018, 23:00

Nico Nico Channel: 14 July 2018, 23:30

au VideoPass: 14 July 2018, 24:00

milplus: 14 July 2018, 24:00

J:COM On Demand Mega Pack: 14 July 2018, 24:00

GYAO: 16 July 2018, 23:00

NTT plala: 16 July 2018, 23:00

U-NEXT: 17 July 2018, 12:00

Anime Hodai: 17 July 2018, 12:00

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