Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club second season release date and new character revealed in new promo
The newest promotional video for the second season of Free! debuted on the Akihabara UDX Vision screen in Tokyo’s Akihabara district this Saturday and revealed the new season’s official title, Free! Eternal Summer, and confirmed a July 2014 release in Japan. The minute long video featured clips of the characters engaging in moist and publicly acceptable activities in the pool as per the show’s standard, but also revealed an unnamed new character whose identity was later revealed on Kyoto Animations official website as Sosuke Yamazaki a friend of Rin from his elementary school days. According to Kyoto Animation’s website, Sosuke is a strong character who isn’t bothered by most things and has a very tough stance on swimming. Other small details in the video showed the series’ protagonists dressed in winter clothing which hints that at least part of the series will remain high and dry, but otherwise revealed little about possible plot developments. Hints about the second season of Free! was revealed at the end of the first season of the show by