Fire Force (anime)

***Fire Force*** (炎炎ノ消防隊, *En En no Shōbōtai*) is an anime produced by david production, based on the manga written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo.

## Description

In Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, Special Fire Force's are fighting against a phenomenon called Spontaneous Human Combustion where humans beings are turned into living infernos called “Infernals.” While the Infernals are First Generation cases of spontaneous human combustion, later generations possess the ability to manipulate flames while retaining human form. Shinra Kusakabe, a youth who gained the nickname Devil’s Footprints for his ability to ignite his feet at will, joins the Special Fire Force Company 8 which composes of other flames users as they work to extinguish any Infernals they encounter. As a faction that is creating Infernals appears, Shinra begins to uncover the truth behind a mysterious fire that caused the death of his family twelve years ago.

## Overview

The anime was officially announced via the Fire Force twitter account, on 14th of November 2018. It was also announced via a colour page released in Weekly Shōnen Magazine on the 21st of November 2018, in its 51st issue.

On the 25th of February 2019, Funimation officially announced via their Twitter that they had claimed official rights to the anime, and would be streaming it via their platform FunimationNow in the same year.

On the 17th of March 2019, the official Japanese and English Fire Force Twitter accounts released a second PV, which confirmed the air date to be July 6th, 2019, as well as for it to be broadcasted on the Japanese TV program block "Super Animeism" by television channel MBS.

Adult Swim began airing Funimation's English dub on their Toonami programming block on July 28th, 2019 in the United States.

## Cast

* Gakuto Kajiwara (Japanese) and Derick Snow (English) as Shinra Kusakabe
* Yusuke Kobayashi (Japanese) and Eric Vale (English) as Arthur Boyle
* Mao Ichimichi (Japanese) and Alexis Tipton (English) as Iris
* Saeko Kamijou (Japanese) and Sarah Roach (English) as Maki Oze
* Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese) and Christopher Wehkamp (English) as Takehisa Hinawa
* Kazuya Nakai (Japanese) and Jeremy Inman (English) as Akitaru Ōbi
* Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese) and Sonny Strait (English) as Joker
* Daisuke Sakaguchi (Japanese) and Ian Sinclair (English) as Viktor Licht
* Aoi Yuki (Japanese) and Jad Saxton (English) as Tamaki Kotatsu
* Taiten Kusunoki (Japanese) and Phil Parsons (English) as Leonard Burns
* Tomokazu Seki (Japanese) and Kellen Goff (English) as Rekka Hoshimiya
* Kazuyuki Okitsu (Japanese) and Ricco Fajardo (English) as Karim Flam
* Satoshi Hino (Japanese) and Josh Bangle (English) as Huo Yan Li
* Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese) and Cris George (English) as Takeru Noto
* Lynn (Japanese) and Colleen Clinkenbeard (English) as Hibana
* Kengo Kawanishi (Japanese) and Kyle Philips (English) as Tōru Kishiri
* Mamoru Miyano (Japanese) and Aaron Roberts (English) as Benimaru Shinmon
* Tomoaki Maeno (Japanese) and Jeff Plunk (English) as Konro Sagamiya
* Taku Yashiro (Japanese) and Jason Liebrecht (English) as Vulcan Joseph
* Ayaka Asai (Japanese) and Elizabeth Maxwell (English) as Lisa Isaribi
* Shōya Chiba (Japanese) and Kristen McGuire (English) as Yū

## Music

### Opening Theme:

**- Season 1:**

* Inferno by Mrs. Green Apple
* MAYDAY feat. Ryo from CRYSTAL LAKE by coldrain

**- Season 2**

* Spark Again by Aimer - TV size Opening
* Torch of Liberty by KANA-BOON

### Ending Theme:

**- Season 1:**

* veil by Keina Suda
* Nounai by Lenny code fiction

**- Season 2:**

* ID by Cidergirl - TV size Ending
* Desire by Pelican Fanclub

## Episodes

The first episode aired in Japan on July 6th, 2019; with an English subbed version released by Crunchyroll an hour later, as well as an English dubbed version released by Funimation an hour after the Japan broadcast. The third episode, scheduled to air on July 20, 2019, was delayed due to an arson attack which took place at Kyoto Animation a day prior to the premiere.

The English air dates in the chart below reflect its U.S. broadcast on Adult Swim rather than its Funimation simuldub release.

A second season was announced in December 2019, and it premiered on July 4, 2020. The English dubbed version premiered on Toonami on November 8, 2020.

## Promotional Material

### Gallery

Key Visual 4 for the second half of Season 1.Japanese anime visual.2nd anime key visual featuring Special Fire Force Company 8.3rd Key Visual released by Funimation.Anime key visual featuring the 119.Official title.
## References

1. ↑ http://fireforce-anime.jp/caststaff/
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/FUNimation/status/1100093130861408256