the final movie of ‘Free!’ is about to candy for its premiere in Japan, so kyoto animation has unveiled the final trailer to close its successful anime franchise.
The end for Club Iwatobi
The first season of ‘Free!’ premiered back in 2013 and sports anime quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. Two more seasons have since been released, with various films filling in the gaps between seasons.
After the last batch of chapters, it was revealed that the outcome of the saga would come in two anime films. The pandemic and the arson against Kyoto Animation caused some delays in the animation studio’s productions, so the first part of ‘Free! The Final Stroke’ premiered in September of last year.
The second part of ‘Free! The Final Stroke’ marks the end of the franchise, almost ten years after the release of the anime. From what we can see in the trailer, the movie is going to be full of nostalgia by recovering many of the characters that we have been getting to know throughout the series and the entire original dubbing cast. And, how could it be otherwise, even more competitions and underwater scenes.
The series focuses on Nanase Harukawho loves to swim and as a child went to swimming lessons at Tachibana Makoto, Matsuoka Rin, and Hazuki Nagisa. Years later she lives a rather nondescript life in high school, which changes when she meets Rin again. After Rin shows her in a swimming race that she has become much stronger, Haruka begins to have an interest in swimming again. . Along with Makoto, Nagisa and his classmate Ryugazaki Reiform the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club to compete again.
The movie It will hit theaters in Japan on April 22., although he is still not too sure how the international distribution of the film is planned. Meanwhile, all three seasons of the anime are available within the Crunchyroll catalog.