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Free! ~Road to the World~ Yume Movie In The Works; First Trailer, Visual, Cast Revealed

Written By Samantha Ferreira

Earlier today, an official website for a new Free! compilation film, titled Free! ~Road to the World~ Yume opened its doors. The site includes a key visual and trailer, as well as details on the main cast and crew members attached to the project.

We break the details down below.

Trailer

The 30-second teaser cuts through scenes from Free! -Dive to the Future-, as a high-paced musical theme plays in the background.

Key Visual

The image features Rei, Nagisa, and Haruka standing at the bottom of a pool. The headshots of the Iwatobi Swim Team can be seen above.

Free! ~Road to the World~ Yume visual. The image features Rei, Nagisa, and Haruka standing at the bottom of a pool. The headshots of the Iwatobi Swim Team can be seen above.

Staff

The core staff from Free! -Dive to the Future will return to work on the film. Eisaku Kawanami (Free! -Take Your Marks-, Free! The Movie -Timeless Medley-) will return to direct the project at Kyoto ANimation and Animation DO, with Futoshi Nishiya (Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club, A Silent Voice) providing character designs. Masahiro Yokotani (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, All Out!!) is penning the script.

Cast

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Haruka Nanase: Nobunaga Shimazaki
  • Makoto Tachibana: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
  • Rin Matsuoka: Mamoru Miyano
  • Ikuya Kirishima: Kouki Uchiyama
  • Asahi Shiina: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
  • Nagisa Hazuki: Tsubasa Yonaga
  • Rei Ryugazaki: Daisuke Hirakawa
  • Hiyori Toono: Ryohei Kimura
  • Sōsuke Yamazaki: Yoshimasa Hosoya
  • Natsuya Kirishima: Kenji Nojima
  • Nao Serizawa: Satoshi Hino

The film will retell the events of Free! -Dive to the Future, while adding in “new episode.” The film is intended to be a bridge for an upcoming Free! film that will hit theaters in 2020.

Free! -Dive to the Future aired in the Summer 2019 broadcast season.

Crunchyroll streamed Free! -Dive to the Future- on their digital platform, while Funimation produced a SimulDub. Funimation describes the show as:

Your favorite swimming boys are back and ready to race towards their dreams! But what will happen when the boys face unexpected reunions?

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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