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The Free! anime has been celebrating its 10th anniversary lately, and 2013 is when the swimmers of the series first hit the water. To mark this momentous occasion for the Kyoto Animation anime—which is based on the High Speed novel by Koji Oji—a celebratory visual …Read more »
Next year will mark the 10th anniversary of the Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club anime, which first hit the small screen back on June 26, 2013. With the milestone on the horizon for the Kyoto Animation swimming saga, plans have been put in place for a …Read more »
The boys of Kyoto Animation’s Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club anime recently had a big theatrical outing, and now it’s time to look ahead to the future of the series. Next up for the club is a very fitting collaboration that has them partnering with …Read more »
Following up on the first that hit theaters in Japan on September 17, a teaser is here for the second of two Free -the Final Stroke anime films. This one is set to open in Japan on April 22, 2022, and it’s being billed as …Read more »
If you’re getting excited for the new Free! movie from Kyoto Animation, Free!-the Final Stroke-, you now have a chance to see how it begins. The official KyoaniChannel YouTube page uploaded a video showcasing the first 10 minutes of the movie, which opened in Japan …Read more »
The Free! The Final Stroke two-parter movie project was set to release its theme song on September 15, and to debut a full trailer featuring the theme song this Thursday. However, those plans were scrapped now that singer and voice actor Tatsuhisa Suzuki has announced …Read more »
The first part of the new Free! film project, Free! -the Final Stroke- hits theaters in Japan on September 17, and Kyoto Animation is here to tease some more of the feature. The second part of the duology will follow on April 22, 2022, but for …Read more »
Sometimes patience really pays off. In the case of the delayed Free! 2020 anime film, the project is coming back stronger than ever. In celebration of the 8th anniversary of the first episode’s airing, Kyoto Animation announced plans to release the film in two parts …Read more »
If you want to get in some virtual otaku time this weekend, the Penn State Anime Organization is offering Setsucon as a virtual convention. “Setsucon Community – the upcoming 2021 edition of our annual convention will be transitioning to an online-only event occurring April 10th-11th, …Read more »
In the wake of last year’s tragedy, it’s amazing to see Kyoto Animation on the rebound now. Hot on the heels of the Miss Kobayashi‘s Dragon Maid season two announcement, the studio also revealed plans for a completely new Free! anime film in 2021. This …Read more »
When Kyoto Animation’s new Free! anime film was first announced, it was planned to hit around the same time as next summer’s Tokyo Olympics. Those plans have since changed in the light of this past July’s arson attack and the recovery period following the tragedy, and it …Read more »
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With Tokyo’s 2020 Summer Olympics on the not-so-distant horizon, it’s only right that there be some thematically appropriate anime available around the same time. Kyoto Animation is on top of it, because a brand new Free! anime film has officially been revealed for summer of …Read more »
It looks like the popular Free! series isn’t ending anytime soon. The final episode of Free! Dive to the Future, the latest season of the series, ended with a frame that read “See You in 2020…” The tease, of course, leaves it unclear whether Free!’s …Read more »
It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here! Ever since the release of the movie Free! Take Your Marks and the announcement of the new season last October, fans have been on the edge of their starting blocks waiting for the upcoming Free!-Dive to the Future-, set …Read more »
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