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Free! Dive to the Future Anime's Promo Video Previews Oldcodex's Theme Song

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Series premieres on July 11

The official website for the Free! Dive to the Future television anime began streaming the show's first promotional video on Monday. The video previews OLDCODEX's opening theme song "Heading to Over."

The series will premiere on ABC TV on July 11 late at night at 2:15 a.m. (effectively July 12). The series will also air on Tokyo MX 1, TV Aichi, and BS11.

The anime stars:

Nobunaga Shimazaki as Haruka Nanase


Mamoru Miyano as Rin Matsuoka


Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Makoto Tachibana


Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Asahi Shiina


Kōki Uchiyama as Ikuya Kirishima


Ryōhei Kimura as Hiyori Tono


Yoshimasa Hosoya as Sosuke Yamazaki


Kenji Nojima as Natsuya Kirishima


Satoshi Hino as Nao Serizawa


Tsubasa Yonaga as Nagisa Hazuki


Daisuke Hirakawa as Rei Ryugazaki


Kōki Miyata as Aiichiro Nitori


Kenichi Suzumura as Momotaro Mikoshiba


Other returning cast members include:

New cast members include:

  • Atsushi Abe as Romio Hayahune, a rookie member of the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club
  • Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Shizuru Isurugi, a rookie member of the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club
  • Ryō Hirohashi as Ayumu Kunikida, a rookie member of the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club

The screenings for the show's unaired "episode 0" that screened on June 23 also screened the first episode of the new series.

Eisaku Kawanami, who served as a storyboarder and episode director for the two television anime series and director of the two compilation films and the Free! -Take Your Marks- film, is directing the series at Kyoto Animation and Animation DO. Masahiro Yokotani is returning to oversee the series scripts, and Futoshi Nishiya is returning as the character designer and chief animation director. Tatsuya Katō is also returning to compose the music. Style Five, the five main voice cast members in the anime, are again performing the new ending theme song "Gold Evolution."

In the new series, Haruka, who is attending college in Tokyo, meets Asahi again and reawakens his memories from his middle school years, including those of Ikuya. Makoto is working toward a new dream while he is in Tokyo together with Haruka. Rin has an unexpected meeting in Sydney. As they await their new futures, will they see a new fight ahead? Or will they instead confront the past they left behind?

Source: Free! Dive to the Future anime website


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