Free!

Free! (フリー！ Furī!) is a Japanese anime television series directed by Hiroko Utsumi and produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. It is based on the light novel High☆Speed! by Kōji Ōji. Free! aired in Japan between July 4 and September 26, 2013. A second season came out and was under the name of ''Free! Eternal Summer'' aired in July 2014.

Plot
Free! revolves around members of a high school boy's swimming team. Haruka, Rin, Makoto, and Nagisa were members of the same swimming club in elementary school before parting ways, with Rin moving to Australia. Years later, they reunite when Rin challenges Haruka to a race and wins. Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa and then later on Rei form the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club. Rin, meanwhile, joins the swim team at Samezuka Academy, a swimming powerhouse.

Characters

 * Nobunaga Shimazaki (Japanese), Todd Haberkorn (English) as Haruka "Haru" Nanase
 * Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese), Johnny Yong Bosch (English) as Makoto Tachibana
 * Tsubasa Yonaga (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English) as Nagisa Hazuki
 * Daisuke Hirakawa (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English) as Rei Ryugazaki
 * Mamoru Miyano (Japanese), Vic Mignogna (English) as Rin Matsuoka
 * Hosoya Yoshimasa (Japanese), Ian Sinclair (English) as Sousuke Yamazaki
 * Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English) as Gou Matsuoka

Fanon
The fandom seemed to come out of nowhere, the show being an instant hit. In fanfiction, one common trope is to explore the world of the end credits theme's.

YouTuber Octopimp created an abridged series called "50% off". The abridged series pulls jokes from the fandom, as well as confirming some fan favorite pairings. Many consider it to have its own fanbase.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Free! on FanFiction.Net
 * Free! on FanFiction.Net

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