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Free! S3E3 — First Swim in Another Country!

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Free!•Season 3•Episode 3

First Swim in Another Country!

8.1/10 · 35 votesJul 26, 201824 min

Ranked #4 of 12 in Season 3•+0.1 vs season avg

Rin, now living in Australia, trains hard every day with swimmers from all around the world. Then a Japanese guy shows up where his team is training, challenging each of his teammates to races and beating them one by one. Even Rin is surprised when

Directed byYasuhiro Takemoto

Written byMasahiro Yokotani

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Cast10

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)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)

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R

Rin Yamamoto

3D Animator

K

Kohei Funamoto

Compositing Artist

N

Norihiro Tomiita

3D Animator

A

Akihiro Ura

Compositing Artist

T

Tetsuo Umetsu

3D Animator

Y

Yoshiko Tanaka

Compositing Artist

H

Hiroki Ueda

Compositing Artist

Masahiro Yokotani

Masahiro Yokotani

Writer

Yoshiji Kigami

Yoshiji Kigami

Key Animation

I

Ikuko Tamine

Background Designer

N

Nami Iwasaki

Key Animation

Y

Yasuhiro Takemoto

Director

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Episode Summary

"First Swim in Another Country!" is episode 3 of Free! season 3. It scored 8.1/10 from 35 votes, ranking #4 of 12 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto and written by Masahiro Yokotani, it aired on July 26, 2018.

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