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High Speed! -Free! Starting Days- (movie)

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Genres: comedy, drama, tournament
Plot Summary: Haruka Nanase feels something special when he touches water. The medley relay was the last competition he was able to participate in during elementary school. Haruka, along with Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka, saw something they'd never seen before. In spring, with the cherry blossoms in full bloom. Haruka moves on to Iwatobi Middle School with Makoto and starts a new life. Both enter the swim team, and plan to compete in the medley relay together with Asahi Shiina and Ikuya Kirishima. All four students have different objectives and ways of thinking, and different baggage they're carrying, and so their practice for the relay hasn't been going well.
User Ratings: 54 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (sub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 12 votes (sub:7, dub:2, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 16 votes (sub:16)
 Good: 12 votes (sub:11, raw:1)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 94 users, rank: #5312 (of 9583)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.741 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4296, rank: #1168 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 7.699 (Very good−), rank: #1148 (of 9705) (seen all: 7.70)
Bayesian estimate: 7.654 (Very good−), rank: #964 (of 7286)
Running time: 110 minutes
Vintage: 2015-12-05
Premiere date:
2015-12-05 (Japan)
2016-01-16 (Germany)
2016-02-19 (Taiwan)
2016-02-27 (Korea)
2016-05-05 (Hong Kong)
Ending Theme:
"Aching Horns" by OLDCODEX
Official website:
Official Website (Japanese)
Official Twitter (Japanese)
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Free! Movie Collection [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2018-10-02 (from $499.99)
    High Speed! -Free! Starting Days- (BD+DVD) 2018-10-02 (from $28.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto
Script: Maiko Nishioka
Music: Tatsuya Katō
Original creator: Kōji Ōji
Character Design: Futoshi Nishiya
Art Director: Joji Unoguchi
Chief Animation Director: Futoshi Nishiya
3D Director: Yūji Shibata
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Kazuya Takao
Producer:
Masayuki Nishide (ABC Asahi)
Shigeru Saitō (Lantis)
Shinichi Nakamura (Pony Canyon)
Shinichirō Hatta (Kyoto Animation)

Assistant Director of Photography: Akihiro Ura
Color design: Yūka Yoneda
Color Design Assistant: Akiyo Takeda
Color setting:
Akiyo Takeda
Yūka Yoneda
Design Coordinator: Hiroshi Ono
Digital Cinema Engineer: Michihiro Ichihara
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
In-Between Check: Motoki Matsumura
Legal Manager: Katsuhiko Muramoto
Literature Manager: Hitomi Saitō
Logo Design: Yayoi Sueoka
Materials Assistant:
Hiroshi Okada (Kyoto Swimming Association)
Taiji Konishi (Kyoto Swimming Association)
Music A&R: Yuki Takamura
Music Engineer: Kōtarō Takada
Music producer: Shigeru Saitō
Online Editing Manager:
Ayaka Minami
Gen Itakura
Overseas Sales: Masayuki Nishide
Planning Producer: Hideaki Hatta
Production Committee:
Akihiro Itai (Asahi Broadcasting)
Atsuko Tanaka (Kyoto Animation)
Chie Nakamura (Kyoto Animation)
Chika Matsuki (Kyoto Animation)
Chisa Minami (Kyoto Animation)
Chiyo Kurita (Kyoto Animation)
Daiki Ōkawa (Asahi Broadcasting)
Haruna Matsuda (Kyoto Animation)
Hiroshi Noshita (Asahi Broadcasting)
Hitomi Satoya (Kyoto Animation)
Ikuna Ōhashi (Kyoto Animation)
Keiko Deguchi (Kyoto Animation)
Kōichi Takenishi (Kyoto Animation)
Mako Nishino (Kyoto Animation)
Masashi Nishikawa (Kyoto Animation) 
Mayumi Taguchi (Kyoto Animation)
Miho Sawa (Kyoto Animation)
Mikiko Watanabe (Kyoto Animation)
Mio Nishimura (Kyoto Animation)
Nagaharu Ohashi (Kyoto Animation)
Naoko Yamada (Kyoto Animation)
Noriko Ōhashi (Kyoto Animation)
Reina Suzuki (Kyoto Animation)
Riri Senami (Kyoto Animation)
Risa Sakai (Kyoto Animation)
Sadakazu Kikuchi (Pony Canyon)
Shigenobu Hisatsugu (Kyoto Animation)
Takahiro Kurisu (Kyoto Animation)
Takahiro Sasaki (Pony Canyon)
Tatsuya Ishihara (Kyoto Animation)
Yūka Furukawa (Kyoto Animation)
Yusuke Hirota (Kyoto Animation)
Prop Design: Seiichi Akitake
Publicity Producer: Yasushi Miwa
Publicity Tie-Up:
Kanako Horie (Drop)
Mana Matsumoto (Drop)
Munefumi Yamashita (Drop)
Takayoshi Akiyama (Drop)
Tomotoshi Hamaguchi (Drop)
Recording: Satoshi Yano
Recording Assistant: Fumiaki Tanaka
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Production Manager: Tomomi Yano
Special Effects: Sachie Tsuda
Story Composition: Masahiro Yokotani
Studio Coordinator:
Seiko Takenaka
Takayuki Tabata
Theater Publicity:
Isamu Yamagata
Masato Abe
Theme Song Performance: OLDCODEX
Kōki Uchiyama as Ikuya Kirishima
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Haruka Nanase
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Makoto Tachibana
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Asahi Shiina

Chihiro Suzuki as Kisumi Shigino
Kenji Nojima as Natsuya Kirishima
Satomi Satou as Nagisa Hazuki (young)
Satoshi Hino as Nao Serizawa
Yōko Hikasa as Rei Ryugazaki (young)

Akeno Watanabe as Rin Matsuoka (young)
Aoi Yūki as Sōsuke Yamazaki (young)
Hironori Kondō as Makoto's father
Hiroshi Yanaka as Gorō Sasabe
Hitomi Nabatame as Asahi's older sister
Mamoru Miyano as Rin Matsuoka
Mayuno Yasokawa as Haruka's mother
Misa Katō as Makoto's mother
Miyuki Kobori as Ran Tachibana
Naomi Shindoh as Ikuya's mother
Naoya Nosaka as Iwatobi Middle School Swim Club advisor
Seiichirō Yamashita as Yūma Mochizuki
Shiho Kokido as Ikuya Kirishima (young)
Shinya Takahashi as Yōichi Numata
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Sōsuke Yamazaki
Yuka Maruyama as Ren Tachibana
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Kyoto Animation
Animation Production Assistance: Animation DO
Digital Cinema Studio: Q-Tec
Distributor: Shochiku
HD Editing: studio2001:
In-Between Animation: Studio Blue
Merchandise Licensing: Kyoto Animation
Music Production:
I Will
Lantis
Paint: Studio Blue
Publicity Tie-Up: DROP.
Recording Studio:
studio2001:
studio2010:
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Caitlin Glass
Script: Jamie Marchi
Translation: Nita Lieu
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant ADR Director:
Anthony Bowling
Todd Haberkorn
Assistant producer:
Samantha Herek
Zach Bolton
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
DVD Compression: Duncan Yan
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Ryan Urbanovsky
DVD Production Assistant: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Lead ADR Engineer: Zachary Davis
Materials Coordinator: Trenton Jons
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Christopher Llewyn Ramirez as Asahi Shiina
Johnny Yong Bosch as Makoto Tachibana
Lee George as Ikuya Kirishima
Todd Haberkorn as Haruka Nanase

Eric Vale as Kisumi Shigino
Greg Ayres as Nagisa Hazuki
J. Michael Tatum as Rei Ryugazaki
Oscar Seung as Nao Serizawa
Ricco Fajardo as Natsuya Kirishima

Aaron Michael as Morita
Alex Mai as Yoichi Numata
Anastasia Munoz as Miyako Matsuoka
Christopher R. Sabat as Gorō Sasabe
Chuck Huber as Katsumi Shigino
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Makoto's Mother
Cory Phillips as Yuma Mochizuki
Dani Chambers as
Ikuya Kirishima (young)
Ikuya's Mother
Emily Fajardo as Natsuya Kirishima (young)
Gloria Benavides as Haruka's Mom
Ian Sinclair as Sōsuke Yamazaki
Jason Liebrecht as Hiyori Toono
Jeannie Tirado as Asahi's Sister
Jerry Jewell as Makoto's Father
Maxey Whitehead as Rin Matsuoka (young)
Megan Vanderpluym as Ren Tachibana
Ryan Reynolds as Sōsuke Yamazaki (young)
Sarah Wiedenheft as Ran Tachibana
Seth Magill as Makoto's Dad
Vic Mignogna as Rin Matsuoka

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)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Distributor: Arcade Media (Latin America)
Licensed by: Jonu Media (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
ADR Director: René Dawn-Claude
Translation: Diana Hesse
Asad Schwarz as Makoto Tachibana
Ricardo Richter as Haruka Nanase

Christian Zeiger as Nagisa Hazuki (young)
Jan Makino as Rei Ryuugazaki (young)
Julien Haggege as Natsuya Kirishima
Konrad Bösherz as Kisumi Shigino
Maximilian Artajo as Ikuya Kirishima
René Dawn-Claude as Nao Serizawa
Sebastian Fitzner as Asahi Shiina

Anna Gamburg as Rin Matsuoka (young)
Christopher Kohn as Yuuma Mochizuki
Franca Orlia as Haruka's Mother
Fritz Rott as Gorou Sasabe
Jenny Maria Meyer as Student
Lina Rabea Mohr as Sousuke Yamazaki (young)
Marc Bluhm as Student
Marios Gavrilis as Sousuke Yamazaki
Tim Knauer as Rin Matsuoka
Yeşim Meisheit as Makoto's Mother
German companies
Distributor: Peppermint Anime
Internet Streaming: Wakanim (German speaking countries)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Distributor: Arcade Media (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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