FUNimation Acquires Free! Eternal Summer


Source: FUNimation
Summary:

FUNimation announced that they acquired the simulcast and video rights to Free! Eternal Summer. The first episode is set to stream on July 2, 2014 at 11:30AM Eastern, with new episodes following every week at the same time.

Free! Eternal Summer is the sequel to 2013’s Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club.


FUNimation announced that they acquired the simulcast and video rights to Free! Eternal Summer. The first episode is set to stream on July 2, 2014 at 11:30AM Eastern, with new episodes following every week at the same time.

Free! Eternal Summer is the sequel to 2013’s Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club.

FUNimation Entertainment acquires FREE!- Eternal Summer

Flower Mound, TX –(6/27/14)– FUNimation Entertainment announced today at that it has acquired simulcast and home video rights for Free! -Eternal Summer-, the new continuation of the hit swimming anime that made waves across the internet.

Episode one will premiere this coming Wednesday, July 2, at 11:30 AM EST (10:30 CDT/8:30 PDT), with new episodes every Wednesday following at the same time.  Be sure to watch at www.funimation.com , and on our brand-new XBox app for subscribers!

Synopsis: The boys of summer are back! Haru, Makoto, Nagisa, Rei, and Rin are reunited for a second season in Free! Eternal Summer. After the last swimming meet, the bonds of friendship have only gotten stronger, and with each passing day these boys continue to grow. This summer brings new rivals and new challenges. So get ready, the competition is about to get fierce!

Free! –Eternal Summer- reunites the boys of the Iwatobi and Samezuka Swim Clubs, along with newcomer Sosuke Yamazaki, Rin’s childhood friend!

The season features the voice talents of:

Character                      Voice Actor

Haruka Nanase           Nobunaga Shimazaki (Ryo Sakurai from Kuroko’s Basketball, Kenji Nakanishi from Say I Love You)

Makoto Tachibana     Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Ranmaru Kurosaki from Uta no Prince-sama,  Hiroomi Nase from Beyond the Boundary, Haru Yoshida from Say I Love You)

Nagisa Hazuki             Tsubasa Yonaga (Ren Mihashi from Big Windup, Sangaku Manami from Yowamushi Pedal)

Rei Ryugazaki             Daisuke Hirakawa (Ukyo Asahina from Brothers Conflict, Laito Sakamaki from Diabolik Lovers)

Rin Matsuoka              Mamoru Miyano (Tamaki Suoh from Ouran High School Host Club, Tokiya Ichinose from Uta no Prince-sama, Zero Kiryu from Vampire Knight)

Sosuke Yamazaki        Yoshimasa Hosoya (Yusuke Asahina from Brothers Conflict, Subaru Hidaka from Robotics;Notes, Asahi Azumane from Haikyu!!)

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