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Free! Take Your Marks

“Four-part film bridging Free! seasons, following seniors' final summer through apartment hunting, hot springs, recruitment, and farewell party.”

Free! Take Your Marks

7.75
1,243 rank · 91,338 viewers · 158 favorites
Slice of Life School
1 episodes · 1 hr 48 min min · Kyoto Animation · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Four-part film bridging Free! seasons, following seniors' final summer through apartment hunting, hot springs, recruitment, and farewell party.

Taking place between the events of Free!: Eternal Summer and Free!: Dive to the Future, Free!: Take Your Marks plays out the graduated seniors' last summer through four different stories before they set sail for the future. Unmei no Choice! (Destined Choice!) follows Haruka Nanase and Makoto Tachibana searching for a new apartment for Haruka as he settles into Tokyo. Hitou no Cooling Down! (Cooling Down at the Secret Hot Spring!) sees Aiichiro Nitori choose a graduation gift for Rin Matsuoka and Sousuke Yamazaki, while Momotaro Mikoshiba wins tickets to the Anago Hot Springs. Hoping for a trip together, Aiichiro and Momotaro invite Rin and Sousuke. Kessoku no Batafurai! (United Butterfly!) shows Rei Ryugazaki, Nagisa Hazuki, and Gou Matsuoka creating a recruitment video to attract new club members for the next school year. Tabidachi no Etanaru Buru! (Departing Eternal Blue!) looks into the Iwatobi and Samezuka swim teams' plans for Rin's surprise going-away party, as he will be departing for Australia soon.

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8.4 /10

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100% recommend
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median 9 mode 9 σ 1.05
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Not enough recommend signal yet

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↓ 0.57

Running avg · Mar 2018 → Mar 2024

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A Movie Production

Kyoto Animation.
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ABC Animation · Lantis

  • Format 1 × 108′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 1h 48m all episodes
  • Aired Oct 2017 – ongoing
  • Source Movie media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-12512 catalog

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