Free! Movie 4: The Final Stroke - Zenpen

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Synonyms: Gekijouban Free! The Final Stroke Zenpen

Japanese: 劇場版 Free!-the Final Stroke-

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Sep 17, 2021

Producers: ABC Animation

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Kyoto Animation

Source: Original

Genre: Sports

Theme: School

Duration: 1 hr. 26 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.74¹ (scored by 8,956 users)

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Ranked: #1123²

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Popularity: #2859

Members: 58,790

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Haruka Nanase's new stage is Sydney, the place of his dreams that he once visited. One day while taking a short break before his departure, Haru has a chance confrontation with a fellow athlete from the All-Japan Invitational. Carrying all the feelings from those he's swam with in his heart, Haru takes his first step forward into a new world.

Waiting for him there is the unmistakable champion, Albert Volandel.

In the lead up to the Sydney tournament, all the competitors attempt to boost their morale. What is each competitor feeling, and what do they swim for, as they attempt to compete at the top of the world?

Their passionate struggle against the water begins from here――！

(Source: Free! website, Translated)

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Prequel:	Free! Dive to the Future, Free! Movie 3: Road to the World - Yume
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Matsuoka, Rin

Main

Miyano, Mamoru
Japanese

Nanase, Haruka

Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga
Japanese

Kirishima, Ikuya

Main

Uchiyama, Kouki
Japanese

Tachibana, Makoto

Supporting

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa
Japanese

Hazuki, Nagisa

Supporting

Yonaga, Tsubasa
Japanese

Ryuugazaki, Rei

Supporting

Hirakawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Yamazaki, Sousuke

Supporting

Hosoya, Yoshimasa
Japanese

Matsuoka, Gou

Supporting

Watanabe, Akeno
Japanese

Shigino, Kisumi

Supporting

Suzuki, Chihiro
Japanese

Mikoshiba, Momotarou

Supporting

Suzumura, Kenichi
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Nakamura, Shinichi

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Saitou, Shigeru

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Suzuki, Megumi

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Nishide, Masayuki

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"Heading to Over - Version:Free -" by OLDCODEX

Reviews

Feb 18, 2023

No-Life-101

Recommended

The animation is absolutely amazing! The sheer amount of detail they add to each character, background, lighting and environment is beautiful, the reflections and textures look realistic and they act like they would if it were real life and it's pretty impressive. The music is powerful but doesn't overpower the scenes, it goes nicely with the storytelling and helps us get a deeper understanding of how the scene is being played out.

It was nice seeing the characters again after some time, and I still love them all. I love how they all know each other and we get to see different relationships instead ...

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Aug 1, 2022

gabi11

Recommended

The first part of the final installment of the Free! franchise, here we (sadly) are!

I could never perceive nor understand the ones who had an "attacking" state towards the franchise during it's run. Understandably it's the fact that the plot of this anime may be not liked by everyone, and the pace of this anime is not easily followed by others, but honestly, why the hate?
Free! it's a unique anime in it's part of the section of sports anime, being one of the only swimming animes out there, and that's only one thing that makes it truly special.

Covering now one of the most ever hated ... parts about this anime(and hopefully clearing it out), and the thing that upset me the more when reading comments/reviews about this anime, the characters. You see...if you are a real Free! fan you'll understand, and like the characters as a whole for real, if you're not...then you'll most probably hate them.
I agree with the character's state being sometimes "fruity" or "suspicious", but that's definitely not what the author(s) wanted to go after.
The characters were been made to form a team as in every team sport in anime, and ultimately and obviously a bond between each other, like in every sports anime. Each one has a unique and different personality like every human does in real life. If you think the interaction between big and muscly guys is summed up and portrayed only as gay, then you have a problem. The hate and the bad light that these characters have been put in during the years is useless and pointless, and it resulted from a misconfusion mixed with frustration over the years.
If I cleared myself enough on this point, which I hope I did, I'll jump to the rating of the movie.

*The story of this particular movie kind of sets apart from the usual Free! movies that we got over the year which acted only as a recap, or a prequel of the series. This movie followed the continuation of the "Dive to the Future" season. The movie was well adapted, and the flow was coherent. The story was clear enough and it even went different, setting it apart from the usual template of the show. I appreciate the author's work to give us something different for this movie, being also the last one, feeling it very special, unique, and unexpected. This is the most intense Free! ever got, and you have to witness it. I can't say much that this, as I'll give spoilers, you have to watch it, in order to discover it.

*The characters were obviously the standpoint of this sequel, bringing the story forward into a succession of acts provided by them. This movie is probably the only one in the franchise to feature mostly all characters from the show, making it feel like sort of a happy reunion, for an end. A load of character development happened during this sequel, provoking even more intensity, as proven by the high number of characters reappearing in the movie. They establish new goals, and they went through a lot, and especially a special lesson is cast upon the watchers, that to "never give up on your dream, no matter your obstacles"! This movie really sets you off on everything you will imagine.

*Kyoto animation undoubtedly understood the assignment for this movie. The art and the sounds and nothing on an irregular note for them, and I don't have to say more or less about this subject, they are miriffic.

I'm excited to finish this installment. I don't know what the future holds for the ending of this franchise, but I'm betting big for it even while being fully aware that it may give us a non-concrete ending. The best I hope for everyone in the movie!

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Jun 7, 2022

mrsbokuto

Mixed Feelings

I myself am a competitive swimmer, so obviously i should love this, correct?

No. This series gives me an ick. I came into this franchise thinking that this anime would scratch the itch that ive had to see my own sport in an anime. Of course, i couldnt expect it to be like haikyuu or slam dunk tier, but i wanted to see a story that centered around the highs and lows of swimming. All that my sport had been reduced to here is a backdrop for pretty fruity boys.

First off "I only swim free" You have to agree to be put in any event ...

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