{"id":23680,"date":"2021-08-26T04:30:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T11:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=23680"},"modified":"2021-10-01T01:38:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T08:38:56","slug":"free-the-final-stroke-movie-releases-new-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/08\/26\/free-the-final-stroke-movie-releases-new-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Free!-the Final Stroke- Movie Releases New Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The first part of Kyoto Animation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?s=free+the+final+stroke\"><em>Free!-the Final Stroke-<\/em><\/a> movie has released a new trailer. The first part is set to release in Japan on September 17, while the second part will be released on April 22, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Free!-the Final Str<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">oke-<\/span><\/em> <em>the first volume<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">will see its characters heading to Sydney, where the champion Albert Volandel awaits them.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The trailer was <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/08\/17\/free-the-final-stroke-part-1-halts-theme-song-trailer-release\/\">originally meant to be released on August 19<\/a>, but it was put off due to reasons pertaining to the hiatus of the band <strong>OLDCODEX<\/strong>, which performs the movie&#8217;s theme song \u201cHeading to Over -Version:Free-.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Free!-the Final Stroke-<\/em> <em>the first volume<\/em>&#8216;s staff includes<strong> Eisaku Kawanami<\/strong> (<em>Free! -Dive to the Future-<\/em>) as director, story composer, and scriptwriter, <strong>Masahiro Yokotani<\/strong> (<i>Re:Zero \u2212 Starting Life in Another World Season 2<\/i>) as co-scriptwriter, the late <strong>Futoshi Nishiya<\/strong> (<em>Free! -Dive to the Future-<\/em>,<em>&nbsp;Liz and the Blue Bird<\/em>) as character designer, and <strong>K\u014dhei Okamura<\/strong> (<em>Free! -Dive to the Future-&nbsp;<\/em>assistant chief animation director) and&nbsp;<strong>Miku Kadowaki<\/strong> (<em>Miss Kobayashi\u2019s Dragon Maid S<\/em>&nbsp;character designer) as chief animation directors.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u5287\u5834\u7248 Free!-the Final Stroke-\u300f \u524d\u7de8 \u4e88\u544a\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J5xtbQi6c_0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Other staff include <strong>Shingo Kasai <\/strong>(<em>Free! -Dive to the Future-<\/em>) as art director, <strong>Y<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u016b<\/span>ka Yoneda<\/strong> (<em>Violet Evergarden: The Movie<\/em>) as color designer, <strong>Kazuya Takaoka<\/strong> (<em>Free! -Dive to the Future-<\/em>) as photography director, and<strong> Tatsuya Kat\u014d<\/strong> (<em>Sh\u014djo\u2606Kageki\u00a0Revue Starlight<\/em> movie) as music composer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the cast of <em>Free!-the Final Stroke-<\/em> <em>the first volume <\/em>includes <strong>Nobunaga Shimazaki<\/strong> as Haruka Nanase, <strong>Tatsuhisa Suzuki<\/strong> as Makoto Tachibana, <strong>Mamoru Miyano<\/strong> as Rin Matsuoka, and <strong>K\u014dki Uchiyama<\/strong> as Ikuya Kirishima.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Other cast members include <strong>Yoshimasa Hosoya<\/strong> as Sosuke Yamazaki, <strong>Ry\u014dhei Kimura<\/strong> as Hiyori Tono, <strong>Tsubasa Yonaga<\/strong> as Nagisa Hazuki,<strong> Daisuke Hirakawa<\/strong> as Rei Ryugazaki, <strong>Daisuke Ono<\/strong> as Kaede Kinjo, and <strong>Jeff Manning<\/strong> as Albert Volandel.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The&nbsp;Free!&nbsp;anime franchise, which is loosely based on the light novels by K\u014dji \u014cji, began in 2013 and includes three TV series and multiple films. KyoAni\u2019s Osaka branch Animation Do, which merged with its parent company in 2020, had a prominent role in the production of most of the&nbsp;<em>Free!&nbsp;<\/em>instalments.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Free!-the Final Stroke-<\/em> <em>the first volume <\/em>was originally meant to release in summer 2020, but was delayed following the KyoAni arson attack in July 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Crunchyroll describes&nbsp;<em>Free!<\/em>\u2018s first season as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i>Nanase Haruka loved to be in the water \u2013 loved swimming. In elementary school, Nanase Haruka, Tachibana Makoto, Matsuoka Rin, and Hazuki Nagisa attended the same swimming class together. Time passed, and as Haruka was living an uneventful high school life, he suddenly encountered Rin again. Rin challenged Haruka to a race and showed him how much stronger he had become. Soon enough, Makoto and Nagisa also rejoined the group, and along with a new classmate, Ryugazaki Rei, they established the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Source: KyoaniChannel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first part of Kyoto Animation&#8217;s Free!-the Final Stroke- movie has released a new trailer. 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