The official Twitter account for the TV anime adaptation of Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force (En En no Shōbōtai) manga has shared a photo of an advertisement revealing the anime's July 3 premiere date.
The advertisement can be found on platforms at Tokyo Station and other train stations in the Kanto area.
The opening theme song, "SPARK-AGAIN" is performed by Aimer. Cider Girl will be performing the ending theme song.
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.
The advertisement can be found on platforms at Tokyo Station and other train stations in the Kanto area.
The opening theme song, "SPARK-AGAIN" is performed by Aimer. Cider Girl will be performing the ending theme song.
🔥第8特殊消防隊駅のベンチに出動！🔥— TVアニメ『炎炎ノ消防隊 弐ノ章』公式｜2020年7月放送開始 (@FireForce_PR) June 16, 2020
東京駅、上野駅をはじめ、船橋、大宮など関東近郊の駅のホーム30箇所で、
炎炎ノ消防隊のビジュアルが掲出中です🤘
見つけた際は、ぜひ写真に収めてください✨
🔥弐ノ章2020年7月放送スタート🔥https://t.co/sIxThYnxck pic.twitter.com/gDvuzpSGlv
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.