Kyoto Animation
Free! is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. The first two seasons are loosely based on the light novel, , written by Kōji Ōji, which received an honorable mention in the second Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2011 and was published in July 2013. The first season titled, "Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club" for international distribution, aired in Japan in 2013; and the second season titled, "Free! - Eternal Summer", aired in 2014. A third season of the anime series titled, "Free! - Dive to the Future", aired in 2018. Hiroko Utsumi directed the first two seasons, while season three was directed by Eisaku Kawanami.