Free! Eternal Summer


Free! - Eternal Summer

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club 2, Free! 2nd Season
Japanese: Free!-Eternal Summer-
English: Free! - Eternal Summer
Spanish: Free! Eternal Summer
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 3, 2014 to Sep 25, 2014
Premiered: Summer 2014
Broadcast: Thursdays at 00:00 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Source: Original
Genre: SportsSports
Theme: SchoolSchool
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.621 (scored by 226188226,188 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #13702
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #529
Members: 409,692
Favorites: 2,565

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Synopsis

Even though it has been a year since the Iwatobi High School Swim Club has been created, new members have yet to join the club. Now that Haruka Nanase and Makoto Tachibana are senior students, along with their younger friends Nagisa Hazuki and Rei Ryuugazaki, they have to find a way to attract new members. If not, the club will be forced to close the following year due to a lack of membership.

Meanwhile, with impending graduation, it is also time for the seniors to decide their plans for the future. Unlike their friend Rin Matsuoka, the new captain of Samezuka Academy Swim Club who is determined to fulfill his dream of being a professional swimmer, Haruka and Makoto are unsure about what career path they want to take.

Further problems arise when an old friend of Rin's, Sousuke Yamazaki, comes to the city to study at Samezuka Academy; the recently scouted swimmer's arrival causes tension in the relationship among him, Rin, and Haruka.

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Background

The series won the 2014 Animage's Anime Grand Prix Award.

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Staff

Cook, Justin
Producer
Utsumi, Hiroko
Director
Tsuruoka, Youta
Sound Director
Yamada, Naoko
Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Assistant Director


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"Dried Up Youthful Fame" by OLDCODEX (eps 1-12)
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Ending Theme

Hosoya), Aiichirou Nitori (Kouki Miyata), Momotarou Mikoshiba (Kenichi Suzumura) (ep 13)
1: "FUTURE FISH" by STYLE FIVE (Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Mamoru Miyano, Tsubasa Yonaga, Daisuke Hirakawa)  (eps 1-12)
2: "Clear Blue Departure" by Haruka Nanase (Nobunaga Shimazaki), Makoto Tachibana (Tatsuhisa Suzuki), Nagisa Hazuki (Tsubasa Yonaga), Rei Ryuugazaki (Daisuke Hirakawa), Rin Matsuoka (Mamoru Miyano), Sousuke Yamazaki (Yoshimasa Hosoya), Aiichirou Nitori (Kouki Miyata), Momotarou Mikoshiba (Kenichi Suzumura)




Reviews

Apr 8, 2023
Well, I must say, Free!: Eternal Summer is truly a masterpiece of anime storytelling. The plot is so riveting and complex that you'll need a Ph.D. in physics just to understand what's going on.

As for the style, it's so unique and groundbreaking that I'm sure it will be studied by film students for centuries to come. The animation is so lifelike that you'll swear you're watching real people swim.

Let's talk about some of the main characters, shall we? They are so deep and multi-dimensional that you'll need a therapist to help you unravel their complexities. Each character has their own personal demons to conquer, and ...
May 24, 2016
Mixed Feelings
I realize this series is more of a fan service anime for girls. I would recommend any girls to watch this anime, but if you're a guy you probably won't get as much enjoyment out of this anime. I gave this anime a 5 because the anime didn't show much competitive swimming. The show focused a lot on fan service. For me, the first season was much better and this season was more of just a copy of the first, they just got better at swimming. Although the characters did evolve throughout this season.

The good points of this series for me was the soundtrack ...
Feb 19, 2021
Free Eternal Summer


As with the predecessor, we mostly have the same problems here.
Must note, however, that things improved slightly here.

The strength of this work is still on animation, representation and implementation of the topic. Unfortunately, that's all.

The characters are still mostly flat, although at least one tries to build conflicts, strengths and weaknesses of the respective characters. The drama genre is still very much in focus. If it were at least good, one could disregard this. Unfortunately, it is a showcase play by some adolescent teenagers who have problems with each other for completely senseless reasons. Melodrama is on the agenda here.
And to make matters ...

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