The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force (En En no Shōbōtai) manga has announced that Takahiro Sakurai will join the cast of the anime's second season as Yuichirō Kurono.
Yuichirō Kurono is a head researcher of pyrokinesis at Hajima Industries. This Third Generation Pyrokinetic is nicknamed "Death," and he is fond of bullying the weak.
The opening theme song, "SPARK-AGAIN" is performed by Aimer. Cider Girl will be performing the ending theme song.
You can watch the upcoming season on Funimation and Crunchyroll starting July 3.
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.
Yuichirō Kurono is a head researcher of pyrokinesis at Hajima Industries. This Third Generation Pyrokinetic is nicknamed "Death," and he is fond of bullying the weak.
The opening theme song, "SPARK-AGAIN" is performed by Aimer. Cider Girl will be performing the ending theme song.
You can watch the upcoming season on Funimation and Crunchyroll starting July 3.
TAKAHIRO SAKURAI as YUICHIRO KURONO
CHARACTER TRAILER:
TRAILER:
New cast members include:
- Miyuri Shimabukuro joins the cast as new character Kasugatani Inka.
- Makoto Furukawa joins the cast as Ogun Montgomery, Shinra and Arthur's Academy friend from Company 4.
- Daisuke Ono joins the cast as 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.
- Kentaro Ito joins the cast as the mole Scop, a former inhabitant of Oasis.
- Sho Hayami joins the cast as the crow Yata, a former inhabitant of Oasis and Scop's friend.
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.