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Updated High☆Speed! -Free! Starting Days- Visual, Cast & Trailer Revealed

The official website of the upcoming anime film adaptation of Kouji Ohji and Futoshi Nishiya’s High☆Speed! light novel series, the basis of Animation Do’s Free! anime, has revealed new information about the December 5th film. A brand new visual, the main cast and a brand new trailer were all unveiled.

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The main cast of the upcoming movie was revealed. It will include a few returning anime faces as well as a host of new characters from the novels.

  • Nobunaga Shimazaki (Shidou Itsuka from Date A Live) will return to voice Haruka Nanase

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  • Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Hiroomi Nase from Kyoukai no Kanata) is back to voice Makoto Tachibana

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  • Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Mikado Ryuugamine from Durarara!!) joins the cast to voice Asahi Shiina

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  • Kouki Uchiyama (Raku Ichijou in Nisekoi) will voice Ikuya Kirishima

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  • Kenji Nojima (Nobuchika Ginoza in Psycho-Pass) as Natsuya Kirishima

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  • Satoshi Hino (Momonga from Overlord) is voicing as Nao Serizawa

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The following characters have been revealed to be featured in the film, but no associated cast members have been unveiled:

  • Kisumi Shigino

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  • Sousuke Yamazaki

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  • Nagisa Hazuki

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  • Rei Ryugazaki

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  • Rin Matsuoka

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The second official trailer of High☆Speed! -Free! Starting Days- was also revealed, which introduces the main characters of the film:

Here is the film’s previous trailer:

The production staff of the film consists of:

  • Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto (Amagi Brilliant Park, Hyouka)
  • Scriptwriter: Maiko Nishioka (Amagi Brilliant Park, Hyouka)
  • Anime Character Designer: Futoshi Nishiya (Free!, Nichijou)
  • Art Director: Joji Unoguchi (Free!, Nichijou)
  • Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Free!, Chuunibyou Demo koi ga Shitai!)
  • Music Composer: Tatsuya Katou (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Mirai Nikki)
  • Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation (Hyouka, Clannad)

The High☆Speed! -Free! Starting Days- film will adapting the original High☆Speed! light novels, whereas the Free! and Free! Eternal Summer anime were lightly based on the novels and are set after its events. The novel itself focuses on Haruka and friends in Elementary and Middle school, whilst the Free! anime features them in High school.

Kyoto Animation earlier released the covers for the second volume of the High☆Speed! light novel that released on July 2nd last year. Volume 2 will be set after the first novel as the main characters move on to middle school, where new characters will be introduced. The first novel feature the characters in elementary school.

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Free! (Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club) is a TV anime series based of Kouji Ohji light novel High☆Speed!, which is illustrated by Futoshi Nishiya. The light novel received an honourable mention in the 2011 Kyoto Animation Award contest, and to date a total of 2 volumes have been published by Kyoto Animation. The anime adaptation aired from July 2013 for 12 episodes, animated by Kyoto Animation (Hyouka, Clannad) and Animation Do – with the latter’s animation debut. The second season of the anime, Free! – Eternal Summer, aired in Summer 2014. There were also radio shows and drama CD volumes released to promote the two anime seasons.

Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:

The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways.

Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.

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The Free! anime prequel film High☆Speed! -Free! Starting Days- will be released in Japanese theatres from December 5th. Additional information will be revealed soon.

You can visit the film’s website here: http://movie-highspeed.com/
Visit the anime’s website: http://iwatobi-sc.com/
And follow the official Twitter: @iwatobi_sc

 
Source Article and Images – High☆Speed! -Free! Starting Days- Anime Website
“High☆Speed! -Free! Starting Days-, “Free!”, “Free! Eternal Summer”, “High☆Speed!”, images, videos and all associated tiles © 2015 Kouji Ohji, Futoshi Nishiya, Kyoto Animation and Animation Do