Hobby Stock (manufactured by Alter) is going to re-release the Tachibana Makoto ( 橘真琴 ) 1/8 PVC figure from the anime “Free!” ( フリー ). Will be re-released in January 2016. Around 230mm tall, 8,800 [...]
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Teshirogi Shiori (Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas) will be in charge of the Manga adaptation.Read more...
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Milestone is going to release the BathDefo ( バスでふぉ ) Nanase Haruka ( 七瀬遙 ) non-scale PVC figure from the anime series “Free!” ( フリー ). Will be released in September 2015. Around 95mm tall, 3,980 yen. [...]
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Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. Earlier today, the official website for High Speed! -Free! Starting Days- announced the film’s main staff. Amagi Brilliant Park director Yasuhiro [...]
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As reported yesterday, Alter officially opens pre-orders today for their Matsuoka Rin ALTAiR figure from popular anime "Free!". Rin is proposed
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Hobby Stock (manufactured by Alter) is going to release the Matsuoka Rin ( 松岡 凛 ) 1/8 PVC figure from the anime “Free!” ( フリー ). Will be released in August 2015. Around 225mm tall, 8,800 yen. You can [...]
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Alter releases today the official preview for long awaited figure of Matsuoka Rin from popular anime “Free!”, figure we saw a lot since it was revealed painted back in February. The figure is sculpted [...]
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While there have been no plans for another season of overly feminine males swimming in fluids, prepare for a tidal wave of fujoshis as Free! regrettably gains a movie release, dubbed "Free! Starting [...]
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Yowamushi Pedal isn’t the only one getting a movie later this year. It was revealed via Twitter this morning that swimming series Free! will be getting a prequel movie which will premiere on December [...]
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So you know how sometimes I complain about companies announcing too many licenses at once which leads to really long news posts? Well, get comfortable because last night Discotek Media graduated up to [...]
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Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. Last night, Discotek announced that they will release 14 new titles: Free! Iwatobi Swim Club Robot Carnival Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Arpeggio of [...]
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This is the third and final interview I’ve translated from the Free! Eternal Summer fanbook released from Kyoto Animation. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading these. Series composer Masuhiro Yokotani [...]
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This is the second of three interviews I’ve translated with the three big staff members of Free! Eternal Summer. Character Designer/Chief Animation Director Futoshi Nishiya – Looking back, what were [...]
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This is the first of three posts that will translate the three interviews with the big staff members for Free! Eternal Summer. Director Hiroko Utsumi This time it’s about the “future” – The tagline [...]
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Hobby Stock (manufactured by Max Factory) is going to release the figma Tachibana Makoto ( 橘真琴 ) action figure from the anime “Free!” ( フリー ). Will be released in April 2015. Around 160mm tall, 4,630 [...]
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This holiday season, our staff is intent on giving to the less fortunate, and we’re doing so by running a charitable campaign to raise funds for Samaritan’s Purse to aid orphans, children with [...]
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With summer nationals still many months away, there's plenty of time for character growth; most of it goes to Rin, but everyone else gets much more development than they had in the previous season, as [...]
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Today, watch Hayao Miyazaki to receive honorary Oscar, Free dub cast announcement and Clannad English translation goes Kickstarter. Sources: Story 1 Story 2 Story 3
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No one was surprised that Free! got a second season, but I was sure surprised to see a season called "Eternal Summer" start in the middle of winter. It makes some sense—no one on the Iwatobi team was [...]
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As predicted, there was a second season of Free!. Very probably there will be more, too. And I must say, I didn’t mind. This second season did a lot of things wrong, but a lot of things right as well. [...]
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