# Where to Watch Free!

**Free! streams on Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video — a competitive-swimming series built on gorgeous animation and the deep bonds between its cast. It's sports anime with real style and heart.**

## Where to Watch

- [Amazon Prime Video](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B072WLY3MN/)
- [Crunchyroll](http://www.crunchyroll.com/free-iwatobi-swim-club)
- [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/80186018)

Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video all carry the series — take your pick.

## Synopsis

As kids, Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rin swam a relay together and then drifted apart. Years later, Haruka — happiest in the water and indifferent to almost everything else — reunites with his old friends and a fierce, estranged Rin, and the group revives their high school's swim club. As they train for competition, old rivalries and unspoken feelings resurface, and the relay becomes about far more than winning. Beneath the sun-drenched pools and dazzling animation, it's a story about friendship, ambition, and finding the thing that makes you feel alive.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** TV
- **Episodes:** 12
- **Premiered:** 2013
- **Studio:** kyoto animation co., ltd., animation do
- **Score:** 7.2

## Watch Order

This first season is the entry point; begin here before the later seasons and films.

- Free!: FrFr - Short Movie — side\_story
- Free! Eternal Summer — sequel
- High☆Speed! Movie: Free! Starting Days — prequel
- Free! Movie 1: Timeless Medley - Kizuna — sequel

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## FAQ

### Where can I watch Free!?

It streams on Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video depending on your region.

### How many episodes is the first season?

The first season runs for 12 episodes.

### Where should I start?

Begin with this first season before moving on to the later seasons and movies.