| Free!-Eternal Summer- | |
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| Kanji | フリー! エターナル・サマー |
| Rōmaji | Furī! Etānaru Samā |
| Genre | Sport |
| Anime | |
| Director | Hiroko Utsumi |
| Script | Masahiro Yokotani |
| Character Design | Futoshi Nishiya |
| Music | Tatsuya Kato |
| Licensor | Madman Entertainment Funimation Anime Limited |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation Animation DO |
| Network | ABC BS11 TVA Tokyo MX NHK G Tottori AT-X Nico Nico Douga (stream) |
| Original Run | July 2, 2014 - September 24, 2014 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Free! Eternal Summer (フリー! エターナル・サマー Furī! Etānaru Samā) is the second season of the Japanese anime television series Free!, directed by Hiroko Utsumi and produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. Free! Eternal Summer initially aired in Japan from July 2 to September 24 in 2014. Eternal Summer was later followed by a third season in July 2018, Free!-Dive to the Future-. The opening theme for this season is Dried Up Youthful Fame by OLDCODEX and the ending theme is FUTURE FISH by STYLE FIVE.
Plot
Free! Eternal Summer is set one year after the first season of Free!. The events revolve around Haru, Makoto, Rin, and Rin's childhood friend, Sosuke, and their final year of high school. The boys struggle with their future dreams in preparation for graduation. Haru faces many troubles deciding on what he's going to do in the future while going through clinical depression. Also, the team is looking for new members since the third year members will be graduating soon. The original four continue to race in hopes of going on to the nationals.
Characters
Main Characters
- Haruka Nanase (CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Japanese), Todd Haberkorn (English))
- Makoto Tachibana (CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese), Johnny Yong Bosch (English))
- Nagisa Hazuki (CV: Tsubasa Yonaga (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English))
- Rei Ryugazaki (CV: Daisuke Hirakawa (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English))
- Rin Matsuoka (CV: Mamoru Miyano (Japanese), Vic Mignogna (English))
- Sosuke Yamazaki (CV: Hosoya Yoshimasa (Japanese), Ian Sinclair (English))
Secondary Characters
- Gou Matsuoka (CV: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English))
- Miho Amakata (CV: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English))
- Aiichiro Nitori (CV: Kōki Miyata (Japanese), Josh Grelle (English))
- Seijuro Mikoshiba (CV: Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese), Robert McCollum (English))
- Goro Sasabe (CV: Hiroshi Yanaka (Japanese), Christopher R. Sabat (English))
- Kisumi Shigino (CV: Chihiro Suzuki (Japanese), Eric Vale (English))
- Momotaro Mikoshiba (CV: Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese), Jerry Jewell (English))