Fire Force

Fire Force (炎炎ノ消防隊) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ohkubo. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from September 2015 to February 2022, with its chapters collected in 34 volumes. In North America, the manga has been licensed for English language release by Kodansha USA.

It follows a youth of firefighters with pyrokinetic abilities who joins a special force developed to counter pyrokinetic monsters threatening Tokyo, which is the sole remaining city in a world ravaged by a global fire. The series acts as a prequel to Ohkubo's previous manga series, Soul Eater.

An anime television series adaptation, produced by David Production, aired its first season from July to December 2019, with a second season following from July to December 2020. A third and final season aired in two split cours, with the first airing from April to June 2025, and the second airing from January to April 2026.

By May 2022, the Fire Force manga had over 20 million copies in circulation.

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Manga

Written and illustrated by Atsushi Ohkubo, Fire Force was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from September 23, 2015,[5][6] to February 22, 2022.[7][8] In the final chapter, it is hinted that Fire Force is connected to Ohkubo's other manga series Soul Eater.[9] Kodansha collected its 304 chapters in thirty-four volumes, released from February 17, 2016, to May 17, 2022.[10][11]

The series is licensed for English release in North America by Kodansha USA,[12] which published the volumes from November 8, 2016, to October 3, 2023.[13][14]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation produced by David Production was announced in November 2018.[15] The series was directed by Yuki Yase, with Yamato Haishima handling the series' scripts, Hideyuki Morioka designing the characters and Kenichiro Suehiro composing the music.[16] To promote the series, voice actors Gakuto Kajiwara and Kazuya Nakai were appointed as official firefighters for a day on March 2, 2019, in cooperation with the Tokyo Fire Department's Kanda fire station, where they participated in a simulated drill at the Akihabara Radio Kaikan.[17] The series aired from July 6 to December 28, 2019, on the Super Animeism programming block on all JNN affiliates, including MBS and TBS.[18]

Stage plays

In 2020, a stage-play adaptation of the series ran from July 31 to August 2 at the Umeda Arts Theater in Osaka and from August 7 to August 9 at KT Zepp Yokohama in Kanagawa. The play was directed by Sho Kubota, script written by Yusei Naruse, and music composed by Masaki Miyoshi; the protagonist Shinra Kusakabe was played by Hikaru Makishima.[49] In 2022, a second stage-play ran from January 18–23 at KT Zepp Yokohama and from January 27–30 at the Sankei Hall Breeze in Osaka; it featured the same staff and Makishima reprised his role as Shinra.[50][51] Also in 2022, a third stage-play ran from September 17–25 at the Sunshine Theatre in Tokyo and from September 29 to October 2 at the Kyoto-Gekijo in Kyoto; Shinra was played by Ryoga Ishikawa.[52][53]

Video game

In May 2022, a video game titled Fire Force: Enbu no Shō (炎炎ノ消防隊炎舞ノ章) was announced. It was released for iOS and Android on January 30, 2023. Mrs. Green Apple performs the game's theme song "Enen".[34][54] The game ended service on August 29, 2025.[55]

type	tv series
director	Yuki Yase (S1) Tatsuma Minamikawa (S2–3)
producer	Hiroshi Kamei Chiho Tochikura (S1–2) Du Yi (S1–2) Rina Shinoda (#1–14) Chris Han (#1–14) Maya Fujino (#15–48) Emiko Iijima (#15–48) Hayato Kanno (S3) Yoshiyuki Shioya (S3) Nobuhiko Kurosu (S3) Daijirou Morita (S3)
writer	Yamato Haishima (S1) Tatsuma Minamikawa (S2) Sei Tsuguta (S3)
music	Kenichiro Suehiro
studio	David Production
licensee	Crunchyroll
network	JNN (MBS, TBS) (S1) MBS, TBS, BS-TBS (S2–3) HBC, tbc, TUF, BSN, RCC, tys, itv, RKB, RBC, MRT, SBC, OBS (S2) CBC, SBS, NBC (S3)
first	July 6, 2019
last	April 4, 2026
episodes	73
episode list	List of Fire Force episodes

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