Free!–the Final Stroke– the first volume

Free!–the Final Stroke– the first volume

86 mins | Drama, Comedy, Animation | Sept. 17, 2021

Haruka Nanase's new stage to take on the world is Sydney – a place he once visited, a place of dreams. One day, while taking a short break before his departure, Haruka coincidentally runs into a swimmer that competed at the All Japan National Championships, andi s burning for a challenge. With the feelings of his friends whom he swam together brimming in his heart, Haruka steps forward into a brand new world. What awaits him is the world champion, Albert Volandel. The swimmers mentally prepare themselves for the competition in Syndey. What will they fell and what will they swim for as they compete for a place at the top of the world? Their intense battle with the water begins here!

Free!–the Final Stroke– the first volume

86 mins | Drama, Comedy, Animation | Sept. 17, 2021

Free!–the Final Stroke– the first volume
Haruka Nanase's new stage to take on the world is Sydney – a place he once visited, a place of dreams. One day, while taking a short break before his departure, Haruka coincidentally runs into a swimmer that competed at the All Japan National Championships, andi s burning for a challenge. With the feelings of his friends whom he swam together brimming in his heart, Haruka steps forward into a brand new world. What awaits him is the world champion, Albert Volandel. The swimmers mentally prepare themselves for the competition in Syndey. What will they fell and what will they swim for as they compete for a place at the top of the world? Their intense battle with the water begins here!
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd., Kyoto Animation, Lantis, Pony Canyon, Rakuonsha, ABC Animation, Bandai Namco Arts, Heart Company
Original title 劇場版 Free!–the Final Stroke– 前編
Directors Minoru Ota, Shinpei Sawa, Eisaku Kawanami, Takuya Yamamura, Taichi Ogawa
Writers Eisaku Kawanami, Koji Oji, Masahiro Yokotani

Cast

Nobunaga Shimazaki

as Haruka Nanase (voice)

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

as Makoto Tachibana (voice)

Mamoru Miyano

as Rin Matsuoka (voice)

Koki Uchiyama

as Ikuya Kirishima (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

as Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

as Asahi Shiina (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

as Hiyori Tono (voice)

Tsubasa Yonaga

as Nagisa Hazuki (voice)

Daisuke Hirakawa

as Rei Ryugazaki (voice)

Kouki Miyata

as Aiichiro Nitori (voice)

Kenichi Suzumura

as Momotaro Mikoshiba (voice)

Kenji Nojima

as Natsuya Kirishima (voice)

Satoshi Hino

as Nao Serizawa (voice)

Chihiro Suzuki

as Kisumi Shigino (voice)

Daisuke Ono

as Kaede Kinjou (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

as Ryuji Azuma (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi

as Mikhail (voice)

Jeff Manning

as Albert Volandel (voice)

Chris Koprowski

as Lucas (voice)