Fire Force (anime)

is an upcoming anime produced by david production, based on the manga written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo.

Description
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, 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 5th 2019, as well as for it to be broadcasted on the Japanese TV progamme block "Super Animeism" by television channel MBS.

Cast

 * Gakuto Kajiwara as Shinra Kusakabe
 * as Arthur Boyle
 * as Iris
 * Saeko Kamijou as Maki Oze
 * as Takehisa Hinawa
 * as Akitaru Ōbi
 * as Joker
 * as Viktor Licht
 * as Tamaki Kotatsu
 * as Leonard Burns
 * as Rekka Hoshimiya
 * as Karim Fulham
 * as Foien Li
 * as Takeru Noto
 * as Hibana
 * as Tōru Kishiri
 * as Benimaru Shinmon
 * as Konro Sagamiya

Music
Opening Theme:
 * Inferno by

Ending Theme:
 * 『veil』 by Keina Suda

Episodes
The first episode aired in Japan on July 5th, 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.

Promotional Videos
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 * left|335 px|Arthur Boyle's character PV.]]
 * 335 px|Iris' character PV.]]
 * 335 px|Maki Oze's character PV.]]
 * 335 px|Takehisa Hinawa's character PV.]]
 * 335 px|Akitaru Ōbi's character PV.]]