Free!: Take Your Marks

Free!: Take Your Marks

Directed by Eisaku Kawanami

Produced by Animation DO, Kyoto Animation

2017108 min6.8 / 10

A warm, character-driven slice-of-life anime about a swimming club facing graduation, balancing playful comedy with genuine emotional bonds and bittersweet transitions.

This film consists of all-new stories that are direct continuations of the previous two films and are told in four episodic parts. The four short stories take place in March as Haruka Nanase is about to graduate from Iwatobi High School.

Questions people ask

  • Is Free!: Take Your Marks scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.

  • Is Free!: Take Your Marks easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.

  • Is Free!: Take Your Marks violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Does Free!: Take Your Marks end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of films.

  • Is Free!: Take Your Marks sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

43/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity21

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise55

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love60

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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