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Free! -Take Your Marks- (movie)

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Alternative title:
Tokubetsuban Free! –Take Your Marks– (Japanese)
特別版 Free!-Take Your Marks- (Japanese)
Genres: tournament
Plot Summary: Haruka visits Tokyo to look for a place to live for when he starts his college life there next month. Coach Sasabe recommended a real estate agent to Haruka, but when he arrives at the agent's office, he meets an unexpected character. Aiichirō and Momotarō are considering what to give Rin and Sōsuke as a graduation present. As they try to think of something that might surprise Rin and Sōsuke, Momotarō wins a premium lottery. The Iwatobi High School Swim Club members plan a surprise party to say goodbye to Rin before he goes to Australia. But Rin happens to see Gou and Momotarō as they run errands together all around town for the party.
User Ratings: 38 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Very good: 14 votes (sub:14)
 Good: 16 votes (sub:13, dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
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 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 73 users, rank: #5930 (of 9858)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.237 (Good+), std. dev.: 0.985, rank: #2838 (of 10013)
Weighted mean: 7.286 (Good+), rank: #2499 (of 10013) (seen all: 7.29)
Bayesian estimate: 7.335 (Good+), rank: #2049 (of 7550)
Vintage: 2017-10-28
Premiere date:
2017-10-28 (Japan)
2018-03-14 (USA)
2018-11-11 (Argentina)
Opening Theme:
"FREE-STYLE SPIRIT" by STYLE FIVE
Ending Theme:
"What Wonderful Days!!" by Iwatobi Machi no Yukai na Nakama-tachi
Insert song:
"Rising Free" by STYLE FIVE
Reviews:
Free! -Take Your Marks- (Mar 19, 2019)
Free! -Take Your Marks- (Mar 15, 2018)
News: Show:
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Free! The Final Stroke Films Will Be Released in U.K. Cinemas on August 31 (Aug 11, 2022)
2nd Free! The Final Stroke Film's Trailer Previews Franchise Finale (Mar 31, 2022)
1st Free! The Final Stroke Film's 1st 10 Minutes Streamed (Oct 1, 2021)
1st Free! The Final Stroke Film's Full Trailer Streamed (Aug 26, 2021)
Free! Anime Cast Member Tatsuhisa Suzuki to Continue Voicing Makoto (Aug 19, 2021)
1st Free! The Final Stroke Film's Theme Song, Trailer Put on Hold Due to OLDCODEX's Hiatus (Aug 17, 2021)
All-New Free! Anime Film Delayed From Summer 2020 (Nov 11, 2019)
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Idolm@ster SideM, Bungo Stray Dogs Film Win Top Newtype Anime Awards (Oct 7, 2018)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 30-October 6 (Oct 2, 2018)
2nd Free! Compilation Film, Take Your Marks Film Opens in Indonesia on August 10 (Aug 2, 2018)
Funimation Reveals Home Video Release Details for Free! Anime Films, ReLIFE OVA (Jul 6, 2018)
Free! Dive to the Future TV Anime Reveals More Cast, Ending Song Artists (Jun 13, 2018)
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Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, May 7-13 (May 15, 2018)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, April 23-29 (May 1, 2018)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, April 16-22 (Apr 24, 2018)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, April 16-22 (Apr 24, 2018)
Free! Take Your Marks Anime Film Opens in Singapore on April 12 (Apr 4, 2018)
Free! Take Your Marks Film's Chinese Trailer Reveals April 12 Opening in Hong Kong (Mar 16, 2018)
Exclusive: Free! Take Your Marks Anime Film's English-Subtitled Clip Focuses on Rin's Surprise Party (Feb 26, 2018)
Free! Take Your Marks Anime Film's English-Subtitled Theatrical Trailer Posted (Feb 22, 2018)
Free! Take Your Marks Anime Film Opens in Hong Kong in April (Feb 20, 2018)
Free! Take Your Marks Anime Film's English-Subtitled Teaser Video Previews 1st Story (Feb 15, 2018)
New Free! TV Anime's 'Episode 0' Event Screening Slated for June 23 (Feb 15, 2018)
Funimation Licenses All 4 Free! Anime Films, Screens Take Your Marks in Theaters (Jan 16, 2018)
Precure Ranks #1 Over Blade Runner 2049 in Tickets Sold, Not Yen Earned (Oct 30, 2017)
Free! Take Your Marks Film Ends With 'See You Next Stage' Message (Oct 27, 2017)
Free! Take Your Marks Anime Film's Trailer Previews Style Five's Theme Song (Sep 15, 2017)
Free! Take Your Marks Teaser Video Previews Film's 4 Stories (Aug 4, 2017)
Free! -Take Your Marks- Sequel Film to Open on October 28 (Jul 4, 2017)
2017 Free! Anime Films Reveal Cast, Staff, Story Premise (Mar 19, 2017)
Free! Anime Franchise Gets 2 Compilation Films, New Theatrical Anime This Year (Mar 19, 2017)
Interest:
Kyoto Animation Grills Fans With Trivia Questions Before New Films' Premieres (Jul 26, 2017)
Press Release:
"Free! -Take Your Marks-" Splashes Into Theaters This March (Jan 17, 2018)
Other articles: Show:
The Incredible Artists of Kyoto Animation: Part 1 (Aug 21, 2019)
Catching Up With Free! (Jul 13, 2018)
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Free! -Take Your Marks- (BD+DVD) 2018-10-02 (from $32.21)
    Free! Movie Collection [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2018-10-02 (from $399.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Eisaku Kawanami
Script: Masahiro Yokotani
Storyboard:
Eisaku Kawanami
Takuya Yamamura
Unit Director:
Eisaku Kawanami
Naoko Yamada
Takuya Yamamura
Yasuhiro Takemoto
Music: Tatsuya Katō
Original Concept: Kōji Ōji
Character Design: Futoshi Nishiya
Art Director: Joji Unoguchi
Chief Animation Director: Futoshi Nishiya
Animation Director:
Futoshi Nishiya
Miku Kadowaki
Nobuaki Maruki
Tatsunari Maruko
3D Director: Yūji Shibata
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Kazuya Takao
Executive producer:
Masayuki Nishide
Shunji Inoue
Yoko Furukawa
Yōko Hatta
Producer:
Kazusa Umeda
Shigeru Saitō
Shinichi Nakamura
Shinichirō Hatta

3D CG:
Norihiro Tomiita
Rin Yamamoto
Tatsunori Kase
Tetsuo Umetsu
Advertising Producer: Yasushi Miwa
Assistant producer:
Haruka Yabu
Midori Nonoue
Rie Miyai
Background Art:
Emi Toya (Anime Workshop Basara)
Etsuko Abe (Anime Workshop Basara)
Ikuko Tamine
Ji Hee Kim (Studio Blue)
Joji Unoguchi
Jung Ah Park (Studio Blue)
Kazuki Ikeda (Anime Workshop Basara)
Kōji Maruyama (Anime Workshop Basara)
Manae Yamatogi
Mi Jin Lee (Studio Blue)
Mikiko Watanabe
Miyuki Hiratoko
Momoka Nagatani
Mutsuo Shinohara
Naoki Hosokawa
Noriko Ooishi (Anime Workshop Basara)
Nozomi Ōishi
Ryōko Yamada
Sagako Itakura (Anime Workshop Basara)
Sayaka Ichiyama
Shingo Kasai
Shōko Ochiai
Shūhei Okude
Tomoki Hiraishi
Toru Hasegawa
Color Check:
Azumi Kubo
Naomi Takahashi
Color design: Yūka Yoneda
Color Design Assistant: Azumi Kubo
Color Specification: Azumi Kubo (OP, ED)
Copyright: Natsuki Soejima
Digital Cinema Engineer: Michihiro Ichihara
Distribution Coordination:
Kōta Kuroda
Toshio Iizuka
Yūnosuke Uno
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
Finish Animation:
Akiyo Takeda
Aya Toyosawa
Ayumi Shimoura
Ayumi Yamamori
Chieko Okumura
Emi Ebisu
Erika Nishiyama
Fuyuki Ohtsuka
Hitomi Imaizumi
Ikuna Ōhashi
Kaeko Maki
Kana Miyata
Mayumi Nagayasu
Mihoko Eda
Nanako Kitaoka
Naomi Ishida
Norie Ōtō
Rie Takagi
Rina Miura
Rina Sasaki
Shizuko Kanbara
Shōko Doi
Shoko Sasaki
Tomoko Shima
Yasumi Kawai
Youko Shukuya
Yūki Mori
Yuki Semori
Finish Check:
Azumi Kubo
Naomi Takahashi
Goods Production:
Arisa Yamaoka
Eri Matsuo
Gouto Muroichi
Hiroaki Kanbara
Kou Tanabe
Kumi Kuroda
Kyōko Matsuno
Masato Fukushima
Ruiko Tajima
Yurie Nagasaka
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Higaki
Atsushi Ishida
Atsushi Miyaji
Aya Hikita
Aya Satō
Chitose Nakamine
Emi Nakano
Fumiyasu Kodaka
Hana Hosoda
Hiroko Kuroda
Jun'ichi Uda
Kaori Furukawa
Kazuhiko Horikawa
Kazuki Kawamura
Kenji Murayama
Kyouko Kashihara
Maiko Mibu
Maki Inoue
Manami Natsumeda
Masafumi Tamura
Mei Isai
Minako Usugi
Naoki Nakanishi
Naoko Fujita
Natsumi Tada
Noriko Kashihara
Rie Maekawa
Sayaka Ikeda
Takaya Funahashi
Tamami Tokuyama
Teruyoshi Shidou
Tomofumi Sugitani
Youhei Kawasaki
Yukiko Kai
Yumi Ookawa
Yumiko Hashi
Yūsuke Miyahara
Yuuki Noguchi
In-Between Check: Motoki Matsumura
Insert Song Arrangement: Takuya Watanabe
Insert Song Composition: Takuya Watanabe
Insert Song Lyrics: Saori Kodama
Key Animation:
Ami Kuriki
Chiharu Kuroda
Chinatsu Morimoto
Eisaku Kawanami
Kayo Hikiyama
Kōta Satō
Kunihiro Hane
Maiko Hado
Miku Kadowaki
Minoru Ōta
Momoka Yoshizaki
Ryouhei Muta
Sae Sawada
Saeko Fujita
Sayaka Watanabe
Seiya Kumano
Shiho Morisaki
Sumire Kusano
Takuya Yamamura
Tatsuya Satou
Tomomi Satō
Yuki Yokoyama
Yurika Oono
Legal Affairs:
Katsuhiko Muramoto
Risa Sakai
Logo Design: Yayoi Sueoka
Music A&R: Yuki Takamura
Music producer: Shigeru Saitō
Official Site Production:
Momoyo Kawabata
Natsumi Hamada
Shigenobu Hisatsugu
Shin'ya Tomofuji
Online Editor:
Ayaka Minami
Gen Itakura
Overseas Sales: Masayuki Nishide
Photography:
Akihiro Ura
Akira Matsumoto
Kazuki Ueno
Kazuya Takao (OP, ED)
Kōhei Funamoto
Yoshiko Tanaka
Planning Cooperation:
Shō Takahashi
Taketo Muroichi
Yoshimi Nakajima
Planning Producer: Hideaki Hatta
Production manager: Saki Yasuda
Publicity:
Kōichirō Mukai
Mayumi Yamaguchi
Yūsuke Katayama
Recording: Satoshi Yano
Recording Assistant: Mai Sunaba
Setting: Seiichi Akitake
Setting Manager: Tadashi Kashiwagi
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Effects Assistant: Yuki Hayashi
Sound Production Manager: Tomomi Yano
Special Effects: Sachie Tsuda
Studio Coordinator: Takayuki Tabata
Theater Publicity: Hideaki Miyoshi
Theater Sales:
Chiaki Haruyama
Ken Matsuura
Nobuhiko Kashimura
Theme Song Arrangement:
Keita Miyoshi (OP)
Yūsuke Itagaki (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Keita Miyoshi (OP)
Yūsuke Itagaki (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Saori Kodama (OP, ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Akeno Watanabe (ED)
Daisuke Hirakawa (OP, ED)
Hiroshi Yanaka (ED)
Kenichi Suzumura (ED)
Kenjirō Tsuda (ED)
Kōki Miyata (ED)
Mamoru Miyano (OP, ED)
Nobunaga Shimazaki (OP, ED)
Satsuki Yukino (ED)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki (OP, ED)
Tsubasa Yonaga (OP, ED)
Yoshimasa Hosoya (ED)
Trailer Production: Tomotaka Kawabe
Daisuke Hirakawa as Rei Ryugazaki
Mamoru Miyano as Rin Matsuoka
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Haruka Nanase
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Makoto Tachibana
Tsubasa Yonaga as Nagisa Hazuki

Akeno Watanabe as Gō Matsuoka
Kenichi Suzumura as Momotarō Mikoshiba
Kōki Miyata as Aiichirō Nitori
Satsuki Yukino as Miho Amakata
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Sōsuke Yamazaki

Chihiro Suzuki as Kisumi Shigino
Hiroshi Yanaka as Gorō Sasabe
Kenji Nojima as Natsuya Kirishima
Kenjirō Tsuda as Seijurō Mikoshiba
Kentarō Kumagai as Aoba Usami
Kōki Uchiyama as Ikuya Kirishima
Kōtarō Nishiyama as Tooru Iwashimizu
Masayoshi Sugawara as Kazuteru Minami
Nobuyori Sagara as Takuya Uozumi
Ryōhei Kimura as Hiyori Toono
Satoshi Hino as Nao Serizawa
Takuma Suzuki as Katsumi Shigino
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Asahi Shiina
Yuka Terasaki as Misaki Kuramoto
Yukana as Miyako Matsuoka
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
Animation DO
Kyoto Animation
Background Art: Studio Blue
Commercialization: Kyoto Animation
Digital Cinema Studio: Q-Tec
Distributor: Shochiku
Finish Animation: Studio Blue
HD Editing: studio2001:
In-Between Animation: Studio Blue
Music Production: Lantis
Production:
ABC Animation
Kyoto Animation
Lantis
Pony Canyon
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Caitlin Glass
Script: Clayton Browning
Translation: Nita Lieu
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
Producer:
Justin Cook
Michael Harcourt

ADR Engineer:
Geoff Bisente
Jamal Roberson
James Baker
Matt Grounds
Peter Hawkinson
William Dewell
ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant ADR Director: Anthony Bowling
Assistant producer:
Samantha Herek
Zach Bolton
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Christine Bertolino
Trace Furniss
Blu-Ray Compression: Duncan Yan
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Ryan Urbanovsky
Blu-Ray Producer:
Clarine Harp
Susie Nixon
Blu-ray Production Assistant: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Blu-Ray Quality Control:
Ben Phillips
Jarrod Greene
Jonathan Allen
Sharon Randall
DVD Authoring:
Christine Bertolino
Trace Furniss
DVD Compression: Duncan Yan
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Ryan Urbanovsky
DVD Producer:
Clarine Harp
Susie Nixon
DVD Production Assistant: Sarah Alys Lindholm
DVD Quality Control:
Ben Phillips
Jarrod Greene
Jonathan Allen
Sharon Randall
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead ADR Engineer: Zachary Davis
Linguistic Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes
Linguistic Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Materials Coordinator: Trenton Jons
Mix Engineer:
Adrian Cook
Gino Palencia
Production Assistant:
Jordan Dreasher
Sally Haden
Sharon Randall
Victoria Keller
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Subtitling:
Alyssa Tieman
Ashley Hayward
Emily Walker
Freddie Arnold
Hailey Tran
Jacklyn Svatek
Jonathan Castleman
Paul Bisnette
Sara Bachmeyer
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Aya Spann
Brittany Smith
Issa Currie
Josh Tyler
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Greg Ayres as Nagisa Hazuki
J. Michael Tatum as Rei Ryugazaki
Johnny Yong Bosch as Makoto Tachibana
Todd Haberkorn as Haruka Nanase
Vic Mignogna as Rin Matsuoka

Caitlin Glass as Miho Amakata
Ian Sinclair as Sōsuke Yamazaki
Jamie Marchi as Gō Matsuoka
Jerry Jewell as Momotaro Mikoshiba
Josh Grelle as Aiichiro Nitori
Morgan Berry as Misaki Kuramoto

Alexander Gross as Tōru Iwashimizu
Alexis Tipton as Hayato
Anastasia Munoz as Miyako Matsuoka
Christopher Llewyn Ramirez as Asahi Shiina
Christopher R. Sabat as Gorō Sasabe
Chuck Huber as Katsumi Shigino
Clifford Chapin as Takuya Uozumi
Dawn M. Bennett as Veronica
Eric Vale as Kisumi Shigino
Jason Liebrecht as Hiyori Toono
Lee George as Ikuya Kirishima
Micah Solusod as Kazuteru Minami
Oscar Seung as Nao Serizawa
Ricco Fajardo as Natsuya Kirishima
Robert McCollum as Seijūrō Mikoshiba
Stephen Fu as David
Taylor Harris as Aoba Usami

Aaron Michael
Alex Mai
Alex Moore
Cory Phillips
Dawn M. Bennett
Howard Wang
Kristen McGuire
Nazeeh Tarsha
Oscar Seung
Rachel Glass
Stephen Fu
English companies
Blu-ray Menu Design: Shiny Side Up Creative
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Menu Design: Shiny Side Up Creative
Internet Streaming: Wakanim (Nordic countries and the Netherlands)
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment
Spanish companies
Spanish staff
(none)
Distributor: Village Cinemas (Argentina; subtitled)
Internet Streaming: Odaiba VOD (subtitled)
Licensed by:
ConComics Cine
Jonu Media (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Asad Schwarz as Makoto Tachibana
Christian Zeiger as Nagisa Hazuki
Henning Nöhren as Rei Ryuugazaki
Ricardo Richter as Haruka Nanase
Tim Knauer as Rin Matsuoka

Dirk Petrick as Momotarou Mikoshiba
Julia Fölster as Gou Matsuoka
Marios Gravilis as Sousuke Yamazaki
Tanja Schmitz as Miho Amakata
Vincent Borko as Aiichirou Nitori

Constantin von Jascheroff as Tooru Iwashimizu
Fabian Oscar Wien as Takuya Uozumi
Fritz Rott as Gorou Sasabe
Jasmin Arnoldt as Miyako Matsuoka
Jeffrey Wipprecht as Kazuki Minami
Julien Haggege as Natsuya Kirishima
Konrad Bösherz as Kisumi Shigino
Maximilian Artajo as Ikuya Kirishima
Melinda Rachfahl as Misaki Kuramoto
Nick Forsberg as Seijuurou Mikoshiba
Nils Nelleßen as Aoba Usami
Peter Sura as Katsumi Shigino
René Dawn-Claude as Nao Serizawa
Sebastian Fitzner as Asahi Shiina
German companies
Distributor: Peppermint Anime

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