), written by Kōji Ōji, which received an honorable mention in the second Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2011 and was published in July 2013.
- Iwatobi Swim Club for international distribution, aired in Japan in 2013; and the second season titled, Free!
Starting Days, was released in December 2015 and depicts events from volume two of the series' prequel light novel, High Speed!
[2] The next installment of the franchise was slated for release alongside the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, but both were postponed until 2021.
After encountering his childhood rival, Rin Matsuoka from Samezuka Academy, he and his friends revitalize Iwatobi High School's swim team.
In addition to his childhood friends, Makoto Tachibana and Nagisa Hazuki, Rei Ryugazaki is recruited onto the team.
However, during the prefectural tournament, Iwatobi's swim team reminds Rin of their friendship through a medley relay.
Eternal Summer, Haruka, now in his final year in high school, has not decided on what to do after graduating.
During the regionals, Haruka becomes overwhelmed from the pressure of performing in front of scouts and becomes lost on what to do for the future.
However, with help from his friends and a trip to Sydney, Australia, where he visits the International Aquatic Centre, he decides to continue his swimming career and compete on the college level.
Dive to the Future, Haruka attends Hidaka University and reconnects with his friends from junior high school, with the exception of Ikuya Kirishima, who is still bitter about their former team breaking up without explanation.
In order to make amends with Ikuya, Haruka begins training in other strokes besides freestyle and eventually competes in an Individual Medley alongside him.
Although they mend their friendship, Haruka is faced with the reality that he will be competing against swimmers at his level and higher.
The Final Stroke (the first volume), Haruka, Rin, Ikuya and others make the Japan National Swim Team and compete at the global level in qualifying events and at the Fukuoka Tournament.
The Final Stroke (the second volume), Haruka, Rin, Ikuya and Sosuke compete in a medley race, win gold medals, and become national champions.
[34] Eisaku Kawanami returned to direct the third season, while all the staff and cast reprised their roles.
[35] An animated film based on the second volume of the original light novel, titled High Speed!
Yokotani worked on the story composition, and Nishiya served as character designer and chief animation director.
Road to the World - the Dream was released on July 5, 2019, with the staff and cast from the third season reprising their roles.
[43][44] An information event previewing the trailer for that film project was originally supposed to take place on July 19, 2019, but it was cancelled in the wake of the Kyoto Animation arson attack.
The ending theme for episode 13 is "Clear Blue Departure" by Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tsubasa Yonaga, Daisuke Hirakawa, Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Kōki Miyata and Kenichi Suzumura.
Ōji entered it into the second Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2011, and it won an honorable mention in the novel category.
[73] A second volume was published on July 2, 2014, and the story takes place when Haruka and Makoto are in middle school.
The show is hosted by Nobunaga Shimazaki and Tatsuhisa Suzuki, who voice Haruka Nanase and Makoto Tachibana from the anime, respectively.