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NEWS: Free! Anime's Novel Predecessor High Speed! Gets Film


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consignia



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 1:10 pm Reply with quote
Is it actually a prequel? Looking at the information so far it seems to be a new adaptation, changing quite a bit of the setting.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:09 pm Reply with quote
consignia wrote:
Is it actually a prequel? Looking at the information so far it seems to be a new adaptation, changing quite a bit of the setting.

It's based off the High Speed novels.
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consignia



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:12 pm Reply with quote
Yeah, but so is the Free TV series. What I'm saying, is this is a new adaptation, not a prequel like others are suggesting.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:12 pm Reply with quote
This should probably be good.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:17 pm Reply with quote
consignia wrote:
Yeah, but so is the Free TV series. What I'm saying, is this is a new adaptation, not a prequel like others are suggesting.

Well, it depends. Both light novels take place before the anime but the tone is more serious than the anime.

LN 1 is when Rin first meets Haru, Makoto, and Nagisa.
LN 2 is when Rin is Australia. Haru and Makoto are in middle school with four brand new characters, including Kisumi who used to be friends with Rin and Sousuke.

So, it's still a prequel but most likely they will combine the two books somehow. I just really want them to bring up the spoiler[drowning incident] since the TV series never did.
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Ambimunch



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:44 pm Reply with quote
YESS!! So thankful we'll get more Free! goodness, woot!! I assume this show will get the Haruhi treatment, meaning that after this film we'll never see anything to do with this series ever again
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Freyanne



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:26 pm Reply with quote
Had a feeling that this would happen, eventually. Not that I am complaining - bring on more Free!!

tygerchickchibi wrote:
Ah man, no Rei. :\

I am a bit bummed about that as well, but I think it would be kinda neat if they had (young) Rei in as a cameo / "waitasec... Isnt that _____?!" appearance in the background somewhere. Sorta like how spoiler[In episode 2, Rei appeared for a hot second as one of the people Nagisa initially asked to join the swim team (before actually doing so the next episode). ]
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:04 pm Reply with quote
BTW, at the event, it was announced that Rei will get a cameo in this movie.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:09 pm Reply with quote
meepsheeps wrote:
BTW, at the event, it was announced that Rei will get a cameo in this movie.


OH GOOD! That was the one damper on my enthusiasm for this movie: that my favorite character probably wouldn't be in it.
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Hagaren Viper



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:18 pm Reply with quote
Time to start a prayer circle for Sentai to pick this movie up with a different dub cast, may as well be consistently inconsistent with this series.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:42 am Reply with quote
Fujoshi fangasming over middle school boys?
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MaxSouth



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:04 pm Reply with quote
Visual style of those series of anime is as perplexing (contradictory) as ever, however it is still good enough to watch.
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meepsheeps



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:14 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
Fujoshi fangasming over middle school boys?

People enjoying an anime about little children?
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Miyanoai



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enurtsol wrote:
Fujoshi fangasming over middle school boys?

People enjoying background stories about their favorite characters?
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