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Fire Force
Cover of the first volume of the manga featuring Shinra.
炎炎ノ消防隊
(En'en no Shōbōtai)
GenreAdventure,[1] dark fantasy[2]
Manga
Written byAtsushi Ōkubo
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 23, 2015 – present
Volumes15 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byYuki Yase
Written byYamato Haishima
StudioDavid Production

Fire Force (Japanese: 炎炎ノ消防隊, Hepburn: En'en no Shōbōtai, literally "Blazing Firefighting Corps") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo. It is published by Kodansha and has been serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Magazine since September 23, 2015, with the chapters collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes as of November 2018. An anime television series adaptation by David Production has been announced.

Plot

Main article: List of Fire Force characters

Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where humans beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals" (焰ビト, Homura Bito). 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, Shira begins to uncover the truth behind a mysterious fire that caused the death of his family twelve years ago.

Media

Manga

See also: List of Fire Force chapters

Fire Force is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo. It began its serialization in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine on September 23, 2015. Its individual chapters have been collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, the first released on February 17, 2016. The series is licensed for English language release in North America by Kodansha USA, which has published the first volume on November 8, 2016.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation by studio David Production was announced on November 14, 2018.[3] The series will be directed by Yuki Yase, with Yamato Haishima handling the series' scripts and Hideyuki Morioka designing the characters.[4]

Reception

As of January, 2018, the manga had 1.8 million copies in print.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Fire Force Vol. 1". ComiXology. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "大久保篤『炎炎ノ消防隊』がTVアニメ化　人体自然発火現象と"特殊消防隊"を描く灼熱のダークファンタジー". ほんのひきだし (in Japanese). NIPPAN. November 15, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  3. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (November 13, 2018). "Fire Force Manga by Soul Eater's Atsushi Ohkubo Gets TV Anime by David Production". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  4. ^ Loo, Egan (December 25, 2018). "Fire Force TV Anime Reveals Main Staff". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  5. ^ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-01-18/atsushi-ohkubo-fire-force-manga-has-1.8-million-copies-in-print/.126514
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