TV Anime 'Free!: Dive to the Future' Announces Staff Members

The official website for the Free! franchise has been revamped with information for the previously announced 3rd Season that includes an announcement for staff members, which are mostly a mix from the main Free! series and the High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days prequel, as well as new ones. The cast members that enters university, including Ikuya Kirishima (CV: Kouki Uchiyama) and Asahi Shiina (CV: Toshiyuki Toyonaga) from High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days, will reprise their roles as this season will feature a University arc. The opening theme song will be "Heading to Over" performed by OLDCODEX. Titled Dive to the Future, the anime is slated for this summer via ABC TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, and BS11.

Staff
Director: Eisaku Kawanami (Musaigen no Phantom World episode director and storyboard)
Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani (the Free! series)
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Futoshi Nishiya (High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days)
Art Director: Shingo Kasai (Violet Evergarden background)
3D Art: Jouji Unoguchi (the Free! series and High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days)
Color Setting: Yuka Mineda (High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days)
Small Item Design: Saiichi Akitake (the Tamako series setting)
Director of Photography: Kazuya Takao (the Free! series)
3D Director: Yuuji Shibata (Sakura Quest animation director)
Sound Director: Yuuta Tsuruoka (the Free! series)
Music: Tatsuya Katou (the Free! series)
Music Production: Lantis
Studio: Kyoto Animation / Animation Do
Production Iwatobi-chou Support Association

Cast
Haruka Nanase: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru)
Makoto Tachibana: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Akkun to Kanojo)
Rin Matsuoka: Mamoru Miyano (Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Kaikou)
Ikuya Kirishima: Kouki Uchiyama (the Nisekoi series)
Asahi Shiina: Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Yuri!!! on Ice)

It has also been announced that the first episode of the new series will be pre-screened along with an episode 0 special screening event on June 23, 2018.

Teaser


Official site: http://df.iwatobi-sc.com/

Source: Moca News