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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

Themes: bishounen, fanservice, school life, sports, swimming

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: -

Awful: -

Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 70 users, rank: #5883 (of 9585)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.237 (Good+), std. dev.: 0.985, rank: #2767 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.286 (Good+), rank: #2432 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.29)
Bayesian estimate: 7.338 (Good+), rank: #1987 (of 7289)

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

Official website:

『特別版 Free!-Take Your Marks-』公式サイト (Japanese)

Free! -Take Your Marks- : Funimation Films

Reviews:

Free! -Take Your Marks- (Mar 19, 2019)

Free! -Take Your Marks- (Mar 15, 2018)

News: Show: 10 +8 +15 unverified

Funimation Adds Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry, Free! Anime Films (Sep 17, 2019)

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)

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)

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: 3 +2 unverified

Catching Up With Free! (Jul 13, 2018)

New Free! TV Anime's 'Episode 0' Event Screening Slated for June 23 (Feb 15, 2018)

Free! Take Your Marks Film Ends With 'See You Next Stage' Message (Oct 27, 2017)

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Blu-ray + DVD combo

Free! -Take Your Marks- (BD+DVD) 2018-10-02 (from $33.99)

Free! Movie Collection [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2018-10-02 (from $499.99)

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: Yota Tsuruoka

Director of Photography: Kazuya Takao

Executive producer:
Masayuki Nishide
Shunji Inoue
Yoko Furukawa
Yoko 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 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 Check: Motoki Matsumura

Insert Song Arrangement: Takuya Watanabe

Insert Song Composition: Takuya Watanabe

Insert Song Lyrics: Saori Kodama

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)
Kenjiro 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

Kenjiro 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

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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