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Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club (TV)

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Alternative title:
Free!
Genres: comedy, drama, tournament
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Four boys named Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa and Rin all participated in a swimming tournament shortly before graduating elementary school and later parted ways. Years later, they reunite when Rin challenges Haruka to a race and wins. Not wanting to be defeated so easily, Haruka gathers Makoto and Nagisa and a new recruit named Rei to form the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club.
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User Ratings: 771 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 47 votes (sub:43, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 115 votes (sub:99, dub:10, raw:1, others:5
4 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 229 votes (sub:207, dub:15, raw:1, others:6
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 219 votes (sub:199, dub:8, Eng:1, others:11
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 91 votes (sub:82, dub:5, ?:2, others:2
2 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 31 votes (sub:28, raw:2, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:14, dub:1)
 Weak: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 1584 users, rank: #776 (of 9789)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.370 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5918, rank: #2338 (of 9926)
Weighted mean: 7.332 (Good+), rank: #2303 (of 9926) (seen all: 7.42 / seen some: 7.19 / won't finish: 4.21)
Bayesian estimate: 7.335 (Good+), rank: #2042 (of 7497)
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2013-07-03
2015-10-12 (Philippines - Hero)
Opening Theme:
"Rage on" by OLDCODEX
Ending Theme:
"SPLASH FREE" by STYLE FIVE - Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Mamoru Miyano, Tsubasa Yonaga, Daisuke Hirakawa
#2: "EVER BLUE" by STYLE FIVE - Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Mamoru Miyano, Tsubasa Yonaga, Daisuke Hirakawa (ep 12)
Trivia: We have 1
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Free! Iwatobi Swim Club - Season 1 [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2019-02-05 (from $26.92)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Free! Iwatobi Swim Club - Season 1 (BD+DVD) 2017-05-09 (from $69.00)
    Free! Iwatobi Swim Club - Season 1 [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2017-05-09 (from $76.23)
DVD (Region 1)
    Free! - Season 1 (Sub.DVD) 2015-05-04 (from $17.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroko Utsumi
Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani
Script:
Masahiro Yokotani (9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 10-11
)

Reiko Yoshida (eps 6, 9)
Storyboard:
Eisaku Kawanami (eps 2, 5)
Hiroko Utsumi (OP; ED; eps 1, 4)
Naoko Yamada (ep 7)
Noriyuki Kitanohara (ep 10)
Rika Ōta (eps 6, 11)
Taichi Ogawa (eps 3, 9)
Yasuhiro Takemoto (eps 5, 8)
Episode Director:
Eisaku Kawanami (eps 2, 5)
Hiroko Utsumi (ep 1)
Ichirou Miyoshi (ep 4)
Naoko Yamada (ep 7)
Noriyuki Kitanohara (ep 10)
Rika Ōta (eps 6, 11)
Taichi Ogawa (eps 3, 9)
Yasuhiro Takemoto (ep 8)
Unit Director: Hiroko Utsumi (OP; ED)
Music: Tatsuya Katō
Original Concept: Kōji Ōji
Character Design: Futoshi Nishiya
Art Director: Joji Unoguchi
Chief Animation Director: Futoshi Nishiya
Animation Director:
Chiyoko Ueno (ep 8)
Futoshi Nishiya (OP; ED; ep 1)
Hiroyuki Takahashi (ep 6)
Kayo Hikiyama (eps 2, 5, 11)
Nao Naitō (ep 7)
Nobuaki Maruki (eps 3, 9)
Shoko Ikeda (ep 10)
Yukiko Horiguchi (ep 4)
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Kazuya Takao
Producer:
Masayuki Nishide (ABC Asahi)
Shigeru Saitō (Lantis)
Shinichi Nakamura (Pony Canyon)
Shinichirō Hatta (Kyoto Animation)

Assistant Animation Director:
Hiroyuki Takahashi (ep 5)
Kayo Hikiyama (ep 6)
Kazumi Ikeda (eps 2, 5)
Nobuaki Maruki (OP; ED; ep 4)
Assistant Episode Director:
Rika Ōta (ep 2)
Takuya Yamamura (ep 5)
Assistant producer:
Hiroshi Kogure
Midori Nonoue
Assistant Unit Director: Taichi Ishidate (OP; ED)
Background Art:
Ayami Hidaka (Anime Kobo Basara; ep 8)
Cheon Bok Lee (Studio Blue)
Ikuko Tamine
Ji Hee Kim (Studio Blue)
Joji Unoguchi
Ju Ran Kim (Studio Blue)
Jung Ah Park (Studio Blue)
Manae Yamatogi
Marie Kitai (Anime Kobo Basara)
Mi Jin Lee (Studio Blue)
Mi Ran Moon (Studio Blue)
Mikiko Watanabe
Miyuki Hiratoko
Momoka Nagatani
Mutsuo Shinohara
Naoki Hosokawa
Nozomi Ōishi
Sagako Itakura (Anime Kobo Basara)
Seiki Tamura (Anime Kobo Basara)
Shingo Kasai
Shūhei Okude
Shuuko Uematsu (Anime Kobo Basara)
So Yun Shin (Studio Blue)
Tomoki Hiraishi
Yoshikatsu Matsumoto (Anime Kobo Basara)
Yukiko Takeuchi
Yun Suk Ryeom (Studio Blue)
Background Manager: Joji Unoguchi (OP; ED)
Color Check Assistance:
Naomi Ishida
Yuki Semori
Color design: Yūka Yoneda
Color Design Assistant: Akiyo Takeda
Key Animation:
Ai Yukimura (OP; ED; ep 4)
Akiyoshi Shidou (ep 8)
Chinatsu Morimoto (eps 1-2, 5, 9)
Chiyoko Ueno (ED; eps 1, 8)
Eisaku Kawanami (eps 2, 5, 9)
Emi Kitamura (ep 1)
Emiko Nakano (eps 3-4, 9)
Fumio Tada (eps 1-2, 7)
Hana Hosoda (eps 3-4, 9, 11)
Haruka Fujita (eps 3-4)
Haruka Sagawa (eps 3-5, 9)
Hidehiro Asama (eps 4, 10)
Hira Kashiwagi (eps 1-2, 5, 9)
Hiroshi Karata (OP; eps 7, 9)
Hiroyuki Takahashi (OP)
Kanae Ōkura (eps 3-4)
Kayo Hikiyama (ep 1)
Kazumi Ikeda (OP; ep 2)
Kōhei Nakahara (eps 3-4, 9, 11)
Kunihiro Hane (OP; ep 8)
Kyōhei Andō (eps 5-6, 11)
Maiko Hado (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 11
)

Mariko Takahashi (eps 3-5, 9)
Masanao Murayama (ED; ep 8)
Masaya Makita (ED; eps 1-2, 6, 11)
Minoru Ōta (eps 1-2, 5, 9)
Nami Iwasaki (ED; eps 7, 9)
Naoki Nakanishi (eps 4, 10)
Naoko Machida (eps 8, 10)
Naoko Yamada (ED)
Nobuaki Maruki (eps 1, 3, 9, 11)
Rie Sezaki (OP; ep 8)
Ryouhei Muta (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 11
)

Sana Suzuki (ep 4)
Seiichi Akitake (OP; ep 4)
Shinpei Sawa (OP; ED; eps 4, 11)
Taichi Ogawa (ep 3)
Taira Yamaguchi (eps 3-5, 9, 11)
Takuya Yamamura (ED; eps 1, 5, 9)
Tatsunari Maruko (ep 8)
Tatsuya Satou (OP; eps 1-2, 5, 9)
Tomofumi Sugitani (eps 7, 9)
Tomoko Yoshimura (ED; eps 4, 10)
Yoshinori Urata (OP; ep 10)
Yuki Kakuda (eps 4, 10)
Yuki Tsunoda (eps 4, 10)
Yukiko Horiguchi (OP; eps 2, 7, 9)
Yuko Myouken (eps 7, 9)
Yumi Fujii (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 11
)

Literature: Miyuki Egami
Logo Design: Yayoi Sueoka
Music producer: Shigeru Saitō
Online Editing Manager: Takayuki Tabata
Photography Manager: Kazuya Takao (OP; ED)
Planning Assistant:
Taketo Muroichi
Yoshimi Nakajima
Planning Producer: Hideaki Hatta
Production manager:
Keisuke Yokota (5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 10-11
)

Riri Senami (ep 8)
Risa Sakai (ep 7)
Yōtarō Satō (eps 3-4, 9)
Prop Design: Seiichi Akitake
Publicity Producer:
Rie Miyai
Yasushi Miwa
Recording: Satoshi Yano
Recording Assistant: Fumiaki Tanaka
Setting Manager: Ikuna Ōhashi
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Special Effects: Shizuka Uno
Theme Song Lyrics: Saori Kodama (ED)
Daisuke Hirakawa as Rei Ryugazaki
Mamoru Miyano as Rin Matsuoka
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Haruka Nanase
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Makoto Tachibana
Tsubasa Yonaga as Nagisa Hazuki

Akeno Watanabe as Gō Matsuoka
Hiroshi Yanaka as Gorō Sasabe
Kenjirō Tsuda as Seijūrō Mikoshiba
Satsuki Yukino as Miho Amakata

Akeno Watanabe as Rin Matsuoka (Young)
Ayaka Suwa as girl (ep 6)
Haruka Terui as girl at registration desk (ep 7)
Haruka Yamazaki as girl (ep 6)
Hiroaki Tajiri as head of tournament committee (ep 12)
Hironori Kondō as Makoto's Father (ep 2)
Jun Yokoyama as
male teacher (ep 6)
man (ep 9)
Samezuka swim team member (eps 10, 12)
shopkeeper (ep 11)
Student (eps 1-2)
Kazuyuki Okitsu as track & field club advisor (ep 2)
Kōki Miyata as Aiichiro Nitori
Kouji Takahashi as male student (ep 2)
Maya Nishimura as boy (ep 9)
Megumi Matsumoto as Haruka Nanase (Young)
Mei Tanaka as elementary school student (ep 10)
Misa Katō as Makoto's Mother (ep 2)
Miyuki Kobori as Ran Tachibana (eps 2, 5)
Nobuyori Sagara as student (ep 11)
Sachiko Chijimatsu as Old Woman (ep 1)
Saki Ōyama as announcer (eps 8, 12)
Satomi Kobayashi as elementary school student (ep 10)
Satomi Satō as
Chigusa Hanamura
Nagisa Hazuki (Young)
Satsuki Yukino as Makoto Tachibana (Young)
Shōta Chōnan as student (ep 11)
Takashi Nagasako as Male Teacher (ep 1)
Takehiro Hasu as principal (ep 9)
Yōko Hikasa as Rei Ryugazaki (Young)
Yuka Maruyama as Ren Tachibana (eps 2, 5)
Yurie Yamashita as elementary school teacher (ep 10)
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
Animation DO
Kyoto Animation
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2013-07-04)
Animax (2013-08-20)
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (2013-07-04)
AT-X (2013-07-10)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2013-07-08)
Tokyo MX (2013-07-04)
Editing: studio2001:
Finish Animation: Studio Blue
In-Between Animation: Studio Blue
Internet Streaming:
Bandai Channel (2013-07-22)
Niconico (2013-07-08)
Music Production: Lantis
Online Editing: Q-Tec
Recording Studio: studio2010:
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Jerry Jewell
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer:
Jeremy Woods (eps 8-12)
William Dewell (eps 1-7)
ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant producer: Zach Bolton
Blu-Ray Compression: Duncan Yan
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Ryan Urbanovsky
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Ethan Gallardo
Blu-Ray Producer:
Clarine Harp
Susie Nixon
DVD Compression: Duncan Yan
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Ryan Urbanovsky
DVD Menu Design: Ethan Gallardo
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Lead ADR Engineer:
Jeremy Woods (eps 1-7)
William Dewell (eps 8-12)
Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Engineer: Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Greg Ayres as Nagisa Hazuki
J. Michael Tatum as Rei Ryugazaki
Johnny Yong Bosch as Makoto Tachibana
Todd Haberkorn as Haruka Nanase
Vic Mignogna as Rin Matsuoka

Caitlin Glass as Miho Amakata
Christopher R. Sabat as Gorō Sasabe
Jamie Marchi as Gō Matsuoka
Robert McCollum as Seijūrō Mikoshiba

Colleen Clinkenbeard as
Makoto Tachibana (Young)
Makoto's Mother (ep 2)
Jerry Jewell as Makoto's Father (ep 2)
Josh Grelle as Aiichiro Nitori
Kristin Sutton as Tamura (ep 1)
Lara Woodhull as Haruka Nanase (Young)
Maxey Whitehead as Rin Matsuoka (Young)
Megan Vanderpluym as Ran Tachibana (eps 2, 5) 
Sarah Wiedenheft as Ren Tachibana (eps 2, 5) 
Tia Ballard as Chigusa Hanamura

English companies
Blu-ray Quality Control: BluFocus, Inc.
Distributor:
Discotek Media (2015; DVD)
FUNimation Entertainment (2017; BD/DVD)
Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)
DVD Quality Control: BluFocus, Inc.
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Subbed & Dubbed)
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
Crunchyroll
Translation: Crunchyroll (Courtesy of)
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
Korean cast
(none)
French cast
French staff
Dubbing Director: Erwin Grunspan
Translation:
Aurélie Brun (Crunchyroll)
Kevin Stocker (S1 OVA)

Gauthier De Fauconval as Rei Ryūgazaki
Gregory Praet as Haruka Nanase
Maxime Donnay as Rin Matsuoka
Maxime Van Stantfoort as Makoto Tachibana
Thibaut Delmotte as Nagisa Hazuki

Alexandre Crépet as Seijuro Mikoshiba
Antoni LoPresti as Goro Sasabe
Claire Tefnin as Miho Amakata
Emilie Guillaume as Aichirou Nitori
Fanny Dumont as Chigusa Hanamura
Marie Du Bled as Gō Matsuoka

Adrien Dussaiwoir as
Makoto enfant
Rei enfant
Fanny Dumont as Haruka enfant
Monia Douieb as Tamura
Olivia Auclair as Rin enfant

French companies
Broadcaster: Nolife
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (France)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Enrique Cervantes (Mexican dub)
Translation: Alejandra Delint (Mexican dub)

Adaptation:
Alejandra Delint (Mexican dub)
Enrique Cervantes (Mexican dub)
Bruno Coronel as Nagisa Hazuki (Mexican dub)
Dan Frausto as Rei Ryugazaki (Mexican dub)
Diego Becerril as Haruka Nanase (Mexican dub)
Eleazar Muñoz as Makoto Tachibana (Mexican dub)
Miguel Angel Leal as Rin Matsuoka (Mexican dub)

Alejandra Delint as Gō Matsuoka (Mexican dub)
Betzabe Jara as Miho Amakata (Mexican dub)
Enrique Cervantes as Gorō Sasabe (Mexican dub)
Fabián Rétiz as Seijuro Mikoshiba (Mexican dub)

German Fabregat as Professor (Mexican dub)
Héctor Cuevas Ireta as Aiichiro Nitori (Mexican dub)
Tenyo Vargas as Ren Tachibana (Mexican dub; eps 2, 5)
Varenka Carrillo as Chigusa Hanamura (Mexican dub)

Desireé González (Mexican dub)
Eduardo Curiel (Mexican dub)
Herman Lopez (Mexican dub)
Spanish companies
ADR Production: SDI Media México (Latin America)
ADR Studio:
SDI Media México (eps 1-6)
Sensaciones Sónicas (eps 7-12)
Broadcaster: ETC...TV
Distributor: Arcade Media (Latin America)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Spanish speaking countries)
Licensed by: Crunchyroll
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Italian speaking countries)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: René Dawn-Claude
Script: Rieke Werner
Translation: Diana Hesse
Asad Schwarz as Makoto Tachibana
Jan Makino as Rei Ryugazaki
Ricardo Richter as Haruka Nanase
Tim Knauer as Rin Matsuoka

Fritz Rott as Gorou Sasabe
Julia Fölster as Gou Matsuoka
Nick Forsberg as Seijuurou Mikoshiba
Tanja Schmitz as Miho Amakata
Vincent Borko as Aiichirou Nitori

Anna Gamburg as Rin Matsuoka (young)
Birte Baumgardt as Haruka Nanase (young)
Charlotte Uhlig as
Makoto Tachibana (young)
Ren Tachibana (eps 2, 5)
Christian Zeiger as Nagisa Hazuki
René Dawn-Claude as
Student (eps 1-2)
Student A (ep 3)
Rieke Werner as
Chigusa Hanamura (eps 1, 9, 11-12)
Ran Tachibana (eps 2, 5)
German companies
Distributor: Peppermint Anime
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (German speaking countries)
Wakanim (German speaking countries)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Russian speaking countries)
Russian cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Jefferson Utanes
Carlo Eduardo Labalan as Nagisa Hazuki
Mark Ivan Uy as Rin Matsuoka
Pipooh Villavicencio as Tachibana Makoto
Raki Diga as Rei Ryugazaki
Wilbert Herrera as Haruka Nanase

Jefferson Utanes as Seijūrō Mikoshiba

Tagalog companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
ADR Director: Renan Vidal
Translation: Paloma Nascimento
ADR Script: Paloma Nascimento
Producer: Peterson Adriano (Som de Vera Cruz)

ADR Engineer: Bruno Valle
Andreas Avancini as Haruka Nanase
Cadu Paschoal as Nagisa Hazuki
Fabrício Vila Verde as Rei Ryugasaki
Marcos Souza as Rin Matsuoka
Renan Vidal as Makoto Tachibana

Flávia Saddy as Miho Amakata
Gabriela Medeiros as Gō Matsuoka
Guilherme Briggs as Gorō Sasabe
Rodrigo Antas as Seijūrō Mikoshiba

Alfredo Martins as Male professor (ep 1)
Ana Paula Martins as Chigusa Hanamura
Arthur Salerno as Rin Matsuoka (child)
Enzo Dannemann as Makoto Tachibana (child)
Izabel Lira as Makoto's mother (ep 2)
Márcio Aguena as Makoto's father (ep 2)
Mário Cardoso as Male Teacher (ep 1)
Marize Motta as Old woman (ep 1)
Rafael Mezadri as Nagisa Hazuki (child)
Victor Hugo Fernandes as Haruka Nanase (child)
Wagner Follare as Aiichiro Nitori

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
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Rede Brasil
Distributor: Arcade Media (Brazil)
Dubbing Studio: Som de Vera Cruz
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil and Portugal; dubbed and subbed)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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