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- Region:Japan
- Type:TV
- English name:Free! / Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
- Official name:Free!
- Chinese name:Free!
- Other names:フリー! / 水泳部 / 男子游泳部 / 岩鸢高中游泳部 / Free!Free! Iwatobi Swim Club / FREE! 男子游泳部
- Premiered:July 3, 2013
- Status:Finished Airing
- Tags:Campus / Youth / Sports / For female / Source original
- Director:内海紘子
- Scenario:吉田玲子 / 横谷昌宏
- Storyboard:河浪栄作 / 武本康弘 / 太田里香 / 山田尚子 / 小川太一
- Co-director:太田里香 / 木上益治 / 武本康弘 / 河浪栄作 / 山田尚子
- Studios:京都アニメーション / アニメーションDo
- Copyright:©おおじこうじ・京都アニメーション / 岩鳶高校水泳部
- Family:Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
- Rating:12+
Free!
The story revolves around Nanase Haruka, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it.
Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Tachibana Makoto, Hazuki Nagisa and Matsuoka Rin. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways.
Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power.
Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Ryuugazaki Rei to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.
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Main EpisodesTiles view / List view
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EP1 - Reunion at the Starting Block!
After spending their first year of high school in peace and quiet, Haruka and Makoto run into Nagisa, a new student who was a member at a swimming club with them when they were kids. That swimming club is being torn down, so the three of them sneak in to dig up a time capsule that they buried in the back, which is when they are reunited with Rin, the fourth member of their group who left to study abroad.
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EP2 - Memories in the Distance!
Makoto and Nagisa watch with their breaths held as Haruka and Rin engage in an intense race. However, they notice that Rin appears to be have changed. At the same time, Nagisa prepares to start up a swim club with help from Rin's sister Gou.
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EP3 - Theoretical Dolphin Kick!
The Iwatobi Swim Club needs one more member before it can participate in relays. Nagisa has set his sights on his classmate Rei, who is a member of the track team. Despite Rei's refusal to join, but Nagisa appears intent on recruiting Rei into the swim club.
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EP4 - Captive Butterfly
The Iwatobi Swim Club has a full roster now.As they begin to practice, they run into a little trouble.After a certain member claims that his swimsuit is to blame, the club makes a trip to buy new swimsuits.
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EP5 - Trial in Open Water
Haruka and the other club members decide to hold a training camp to prepare for prefectural. Each member follows his own regimen. However, Rei is unhappy about falling behind and heads back into the ocean at night to practice.
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EP6 - Shocking No Breathing
There's trouble at the beach. The four swim club members are forced to revisit their motivation to swim. After Rei asks Makoto about his odd behavior during the training camp, Makoto tells them about his past.
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EP7 - One Style Final!
As prefecturals draw near, Haruka and the other swim club members continue to improve. Meanwhile, Rin reveals his motivations for swimming. The swimmers must now show what they have accomplished at the tournament.
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EP8 - Revenge in the Medley!
Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei swim in their individual events. Rin becomes irritated as he remembers watching them swim back in grade school. Afterwards, the four Iwatobi Swim Club members must prepare for the medley relay.
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EP9 - Hesitant Loosen Up
Prefecturals are over and the Iwatobi Swim Club members are pleased by the progress they have made. A local summer festival gives them an opportunity to relax. When Nagisa finds out that Rin is also at the festival, he orders Rei to follow Rin and make sure that Haruka and Rin do not meet.
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EP10 - Irritated Heart Rate
Coach Sasabe begins training the Iwatobi Swim Club for the upcoming tournament. Meanwhile, Rei is unhappy about the fact that he's the only one who doesn't know about what happened with Rin in the past. After Rin expresses his frustration, Haruka decides to tell him about what happened when they were in grade school.
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EP11 - Furious All-out
After hearing about what happened in the past, Rei goes to Samezuka Academy to ask Rin what he wants. The night before Iwatobi and Samezuka leave for regionals, Rin calls Rei to explain how he feels about the relay. And then, Samezuka announces its lineup for the relay.
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EP12 - Distant Free
The Iwatobi Swim Club must win to advance to nationals. As the tournament draws near, the members get nervous. Meanwhile, Rin grows increasingly irritated. As it comes time for the medley relay, each member must find their own answer as they step up to the start line