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 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 »
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 »
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 »
It’s time for the next stage of swimming anime with the announcement that season three of Free! is set for July. Titled Free!-Dive to the Future-, the latest TV anime chapter will have the boys of Kouji Ohji and illustrator Futoshi Nishiya‘s light novel series …Read more »
Free! Take Your Marks, the latest film in the Free! franchise, is headed to U.S. theaters March 14, and Funimation has just released an English-subtitled trailer. Take Your Marks is the fourth Free! film (or the second, if you don’t count the Timeless Medley compilation …Read more »
As Funimation gears up for the March 14 U.S. theatrical release of the Free! -Take Your Marks- anime film, a new English-subtitled trailer made its way online. One of the film’s stories centers on Haru Nanase and Makoto Tachibana as they hunt for an apartment, …Read more »
Fans of Kyoto Animation and Animation Do’s hit swimming anime Free! have a lot to look forward to, starting with U.S. screenings of the new movie, Free! -Take Your Marks-. Funimation announced plans for a one-night-only screening of the feature, which is is coming to …Read more »
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