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How to watch ‘Free!’ in order

The Iwatobi Swim Club has seen a lot over the years, and it can be a bit much to keep track of. Here's the best 'Free!' viewing order.
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Published: Jan 16, 2024 11:00 am

Free! has everything you could want in an anime: boys, the power of friendship, and swimsuits.

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Kyoto Animation and Animation Do’s adaptations of Kōji Ōji’s High Speed! light novels have been a staple of sports anime over the past decade. Free! has resonated with fans the world over, who have devoured three TV seasons and seven theatrical films across nine years.

Putting everything in order

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Release order is the way to go here, although you will probably want to skip the recap films. In that case, the best watch order would be:

  • Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club
  • Free! – Eternal Summer
  • High Speed! Free! Starting Days
  • Free! Take Your Marks 
  • Free! – Dive to the Future
  • Free! The Final Stroke

If you did want to watch the Free! anime series in the order each takes place, then you’d want to begin with the prequel film High Speed! Free! Starting Days before moving to the first two seasons, Iwatobi Swim Club and Eternal Summer.

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Next you’d jump to Take Your Marks and back to Dive to the Future, or its recap film Road to the World – the Dream, before finishing the journey at The Final Stroke.

You can stream the Free! television season and the films on Crunchyroll.

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Autumn Wright is an anime journalist, which is a real job. As a writer at We Got This Covered, they cover the biggest new seasonal releases, interview voice actors, and investigate labor practices in the global industry. Autumn can be found biking to queer punk through Brooklyn, and you can read more of their words in Polygon, WIRED, The Washington Post, and elsewhere.
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