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Free! S1E1 — Reunion at the Starting Block!

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Free!•Season 1•Episode 1

Reunion at the Starting Block!

7.0/10 · 116 votesJul 4, 201324 min

Ranked #12 of 12 in Season 1•−0.7 vs season avg

After spending their first year of high school in peace and quiet, Haruka and Makoto run into Nagisa, a new student who was a member at a swimming club with them when they were kids. That swimming club is being torn down, so the

Directed byHiroko Utsumi

Written byMasahiro Yokotani

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Nobunaga Shimazaki

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Haruka Nanase (voice)

Daisuke Hirakawa

Daisuke Hirakawa

Rei Ryugazaki (voice)

Akeno Watanabe

Akeno Watanabe

Gou Matsuoka (voice)

Kenjiro Tsuda

Kenjiro Tsuda

Seijuro Mikoshiba (voice)

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Rin Matsuoka (voice)

Hiroshi Yanaka

Hiroshi Yanaka

Gorou Sasabe (voice)

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Makoto Tachibana (voice)

Satsuki Yukino

Satsuki Yukino

Miho Amakata (voice)

Kouki Miyata

Kouki Miyata

Aiichiro Nitori (voice)

Tsubasa Yonaga

Tsubasa Yonaga

Nagisa Hazuki (voice)

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R

Ryuta Nakagami

3D Animator

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Tadashi Kashiwagi

Key Animation

Masahiro Yokotani

Masahiro Yokotani

Writer

R

Ryouhei Muta

Key Animation

M

Mutsuo Shinohara

Background Designer

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Emi Kitamura

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Hiroko Utsumi

Director

Yoshiji Kigami

Yoshiji Kigami

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Ikuko Tamine

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Yumi Fujii

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Maiko Hado

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Chiyoko Ueno

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Episode Summary

"Reunion at the Starting Block!" is episode 1 of Free! season 1. It scored 7.0/10 from 116 votes, ranking #12 of 12 episodes this season (season average 7.7). Directed by Hiroko Utsumi and written by Masahiro Yokotani, it aired on July 4, 2013.

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