The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force (En En no Shōbōtai) manga has announced that Daisuke Ono will join the cast of the anime's second season as the character Pan Ko Paat.
Pan Ko Paat is the Captain of Company 4 who was also Shinra and Arthur's instructor in their Academy days. He's known for his use of a whistle.
The opening theme song, "SPARK-AGAIN" is performed by Aimer. Cider Girl will be performing the ending theme song.
Fire Force: Chapter 2 premiere in July 2020.
New cast members include:
The staff for season 2 includes:
Original: Atsushi Ohkubo (serialized in Kodansha "Weekly Shonen Magazine")
Director/Series Composition: Tatsumi Minamikawa
Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Hideyuki Morioka
Chief Animation Director: Yoshio Kosakai and Yumenosuke Tokuda
Key Animator: Kazuhiro Miwa
Main Animator: Hiroyuki Ohkaji, Tsutomu Matsuura, Neito Hirohara
Color Designer: Naoko Satou
Art director: Yoshito Takamine, Kazunori Miyazato
Director of Photography: Yousuke Motoki
CGI Director: Shin'ya Takano
VFX: Ryō Ōhashi
Editor: Kiyoshi Hirose
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Composer: Kenichiro Suehiro
Crunchyroll streamed the first season and describes the story as:
Tokyo is burning, and citizens are mysteriously suffering from spontaneous human combustion all throughout the city! Responsible for snuffing out this inferno is the Fire Force, and Shinra is ready to join their fight. Now, as part of Company 8, he’ll use his devil’s footprints to help keep the city from turning to ash! But his past and a burning secret behind the scenes could set everything ablaze.
Pan Ko Paat is the Captain of Company 4 who was also Shinra and Arthur's instructor in their Academy days. He's known for his use of a whistle.
The opening theme song, "SPARK-AGAIN" is performed by Aimer. Cider Girl will be performing the ending theme song.
Fire Force: Chapter 2 premiere in July 2020.
DAISUKE ONO as PAN KO PAAT
CHARACTER TRAILER:
TRAILER:
New cast members include:
- Miyuri Shimabukuro joins the cast as new character Kasugatani Inka.
- Makoto Furukawa joins the cast as Shinra and Arthur's Academy friend from Company 4 Ogun Montgomery.
The staff for season 2 includes:
Original: Atsushi Ohkubo (serialized in Kodansha "Weekly Shonen Magazine")
Director/Series Composition: Tatsumi Minamikawa
Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Hideyuki Morioka
Chief Animation Director: Yoshio Kosakai and Yumenosuke Tokuda
Key Animator: Kazuhiro Miwa
Main Animator: Hiroyuki Ohkaji, Tsutomu Matsuura, Neito Hirohara
Color Designer: Naoko Satou
Art director: Yoshito Takamine, Kazunori Miyazato
Director of Photography: Yousuke Motoki
CGI Director: Shin'ya Takano
VFX: Ryō Ōhashi
Editor: Kiyoshi Hirose
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Composer: Kenichiro Suehiro
KEY VISUAL:
Crunchyroll streamed the first season and describes the story as:
Tokyo is burning, and citizens are mysteriously suffering from spontaneous human combustion all throughout the city! Responsible for snuffing out this inferno is the Fire Force, and Shinra is ready to join their fight. Now, as part of Company 8, he’ll use his devil’s footprints to help keep the city from turning to ash! But his past and a burning secret behind the scenes could set everything ablaze.