What You Need to Know:
- New character songs for the upcoming sequel to the anime movie Free!-the Final Stroke- have been announced. They will be sung by Haruka Nanase and other characters from the movie. Details about the CD release lineup were also revealed.
- There will be eight volumes in total, with eleven characters singing songs—Haruka Nanase, Makoto Tachibana, Rin Matsuoka, Ikuya Kirishima, Asahi Shiina, Nagisa Hazuki, Rei Ryugazaki, Natsuya Kirishima, Nao Serizawa, Kaede Kinjou and Hiyori Tono. Each volume will contain two songs—a newly written song for one of the characters and a group song where everyone sings together. The CD jackets will feature illustrations of the characters drawn by Kyoto Animation.
- Don’t miss out on this compilation of character songs sung by the characters themselves from the Free! series!
- Free!-the Final Stroke- the second volume will hit theaters in Japan on April 22, 2022. It is the final chapter that will conclude the Free! series produced by Kyoto Animation and first aired in 2013. The movie depicts Haruka Nanase, a young man who developed friendships through swimming and has pulled off the impossible time and time again. Carrying all of his past experiences and feelings with him, he is now competing on the world stage.
*All eight volumes are scheduled for release on music streaming services on August 31, 2022.
CD INFORMATION
Free!-the Final Stroke- Character Songs Vol.1 Haruka Nanase (CV. Nobunaga Shimazaki)
Release date: May 25, 2022
Artist: Haruka Nanase (CV. Nobunaga Shimazaki)
Product no.: LACM-24281
Price: ¥1,430 (inc.10% tax) / ¥1,300 (excl. tax)
Free!-the Final Stroke- Character Songs Vol.2 Ikuya Kirishima (CV. Koki Uchiyama)
Release date: June 29, 2022
Artist: Ikuya Kirishima (CV. Koki Uchiyama)
Product no.: LACM-24282
Price: ¥1,430 (inc.10% tax) / ¥1,300 (excl. tax)
Free!-the Final Stroke- Character Songs Vol.3 Asahi Shiina (CV. Toshiyuki Toyonaga)
Release date: June 29, 2022
Artist: Asahi Shiina (CV. Toshiyuki Toyonaga)
Product no.: LACM-24283
Price: ¥1,430 (inc.10% tax) / ¥1,300 (excl. tax)
Free!-the Final Stroke- Character Songs Vol.4 Kaede Kinjou (CV. Daisuke Ono) & Hiyori Tono (CV. Ryōhei Kimura)
Release date: July 27, 2022
Artist: Kaede Kinjou (CV. Daisuke Ono) & Hiyori Tono (CV. Ryōhei Kimura)
Product no.: LACM-24284
Price: ¥1,430 (inc.10% tax) / ¥1,300 (excl. tax)
Free!-the Final Stroke- Character Songs Vol.5 Nagisa Hazuki (CV. Tsubasa Yonaga) & Rei Ryugazaki (CV. Daisuke Hirakawa)
Release date: July 27, 2022
Artist: Nagisa Hazuki (CV. Tsubasa Yonaga) & Rei Ryugazaki (CV. Daisuke Hirakawa)
Product no.: LACM-24285
Price: ¥1,430 (inc.10% tax) / ¥1,300 (excl. tax)
Free!-the Final Stroke- Character Songs Vol.6 Natsuya Kirishima (CV. Kenji Nojima) & Nao Serizawa (CV. Satoshi Hino)
Release date: July 27, 2022
Artist: Natsuya Kirishima (CV. Kenji Nojima) & Nao Serizawa (CV. Satoshi Hino)
Product no.: LACM-24286
Price: ¥1,430 (inc.10% tax) / ¥1,300 (excl. tax)
Free!-the Final Stroke- Character Songs Vol.7 Makoto Tachibana (CV. Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
Release date: August 24, 2022
Artist: Makoto Tachibana (CV. Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
Product no.: LACM-24287
Price: ¥1,430 (inc.10% tax) / ¥1,300 (excl. tax)
Free!-the Final Stroke- Character Songs Vol.8 Rin Matsuoka (CV. Mamoru Miyano)
Release date: August 24, 2022
Artist: Rin Matsuoka (CV. Mamoru Miyano)
Product no.: LACM-24288
Price: ¥1,430 (inc.10% tax) / ¥1,300 (excl. tax)
*All eight volumes are scheduled for release on music streaming services on August 31, 2022.
Source: Official Press Release