Free! Free! Dive to the Future Episode 1 Sprouting Dive Start! ( Air Date 2018-07-12 ) Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama category. Overview "Haruka has entered Hidaka University, where he's now training with the swim club to prepare for a newcomer tournament. One day, he runs into Asahi, a swim teammate from middle school. Haruka is later joined by Makoto, who also moved to Tokyo, at a coffee shop to catch up with Asahi... and the topic quickly turns to Ikuya, another teammate they swam with in middle school. On the day of the newcomer tournament, Haruka and Asahi are in the same race for the first time in years... and the spectacle is watched by Hiyori, who calls Haruka an "inferior copy of Ikuya." After the race, as Haruka is walking through the halls with Asahi, he catches sight of Ikuya passing by..".
Free! Free! Dive to the Future Episode 1 Sprouting Dive Start!
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- Stars: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Daisuke Hirakawa, Akeno Watanabe, Kenjiro Tsuda, Mamoru Miyano, Hiroshi Yanaka, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Satsuki Yukino, Kouki Miyata, Yoshimasa Hosoya
- Director: Shingo Kasai, Megumi Suzuki, Ryosuke Shirokawa, Eisaku Kawanami, Yuji Shibata, Masayuki Nishide, Joji Unoguchi, Eisaku Kawanami, Miku Kadowaki, Kayo Hikiyama, Sae Sawada, Sachie Tsuda, Yoshiji Kigami, Seiya Kumano, Sana Suzuki, Minoru Ota, Takuya Yamamura, Maiko Hado, Yoko Kogawa, Yuko Myouken, Chiyoko Ueno, Masahiro Yokotani, Nami Iwasaki, Eiko Morikawa, Satoshi Yano, Yota Tsuruoka, Koji Oji, Shinichi Nakamura, Shigeru Saito, Futoshi Nishiya
