{"id":33268,"date":"2022-03-10T22:03:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T06:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=33268"},"modified":"2022-03-11T02:38:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T10:38:24","slug":"new-key-visual-for-free-the-final-stroke-the-second-volume-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/03\/10\/new-key-visual-for-free-the-final-stroke-the-second-volume-released\/","title":{"rendered":"New Key Visual for Free!-the Final Stroke- The Second Volume Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kyoto Animation<\/strong> has released a new key visual<\/a> for Free!-the Final Stroke- The Second Volume<\/em>, the second film in the Free!-the Final Stroke- <\/em><\/a>duology. The movie is set to premiere in Japan on April 22.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Free! anime franchise, which is loosely based on the High Speed!<\/em> light novels by Kouji Ooji<\/strong>, began in 2013 and includes three TV series and multiple films. Free!-the Final Stroke- The First Volume <\/em>was released in 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crunchyroll describes Free!<\/em>\u2018s first season as:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Free!\u2013the Final Stroke\u2013 the second volume<\/em>\u2018s staff includes Eisaku Kawanami<\/strong> (Free! -Dive to the Future-<\/em>) as director, story composer, and scriptwriter, Masahiro Yokotani<\/strong> (Re:Zero \u2212 Starting Life in Another World Season 2<\/i>) as co-scriptwriter, the late Futoshi Nishiya<\/strong> (Free! -Dive to the Future-<\/em>, Liz and the Blue Bird<\/em>) as character designer, and Kouhe<\/span>i Okamura<\/strong> (Free! -Dive to the Future- <\/em>assistant chief animation director) and Miku Kadowaki<\/strong> (Miss Kobayashi\u2019s Dragon Maid S<\/em> character designer) as chief animation directors.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other staff include Shingo Kasai <\/strong>(Free! -Dive to the Future-<\/em>) as art director, Yuuka Yoneda<\/strong> (Violet Evergarden: The Movie<\/em>) as color designer, Kazuya Takaoka<\/strong> (Free! -Dive to the Future-<\/em>) as photography director, and Tatsuya Katou <\/strong>(Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight<\/em> movie) as music composer. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the cast of includes\u00a0Nobunaga Shimazaki<\/strong>\u00a0as Haruka Nanase,\u00a0Tatsuhisa Suzuki<\/strong>\u00a0as Makoto Tachibana,\u00a0Mamoru Miyano<\/strong>\u00a0as Rin Matsuoka,\u00a0Kouki Uchiyama<\/strong>\u00a0as Ikuya Kirishima,\u00a0Toshiyuki Toyonaga<\/strong>\u00a0as Asahi Shiina,\u00a0Yoshimasa Hosoya<\/strong>\u00a0as Sosuke Yamazaki,\u00a0Ryouhei Kimu<\/span>ra<\/strong>\u00a0as Hiyori Tono,\u00a0Tsubasa Yonaga<\/strong>\u00a0as Nagisa Hazuki,\u00a0<\/strong>Daisuke Hirakawa<\/strong>\u00a0as Rei Ryugazaki,\u00a0Daisuke Ono<\/strong>\u00a0as Kaede Kinjo, and\u00a0Jeff Manning<\/strong>\u00a0as Albert Volandel.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The High Speed! <\/em>books are published under KyoAni’s KA Esuma Bunko label. The first volume was released in 2013 with the second volume following in 2014. KyoAni\u2019s Osaka branch Animation Do<\/strong>, which merged with its parent company in 2020, had a prominent role in the production of most of the Free! <\/em>anime.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: @iwatobi_sc<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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