The Flame Fire Fighting Corps YouTube channel has uploaded a new 16-second promotional video for the Fire Force character Arthur Boyle (voiced by Yuusuke Kobayashi). The video is breaking down Arthur's look or design for the show. He is holding a saber, just like his manga counterpart. These quick video makes it seem like Fire Force will be releasing others as well, keep it here to stay updated on the series.
Yuki Yase is the director guiding this project with David Production helping bringing it to fruition. Yamato Haishima is the scriptwriter and Hideyuki Morioka is the character designer.
It was recently revealed that the Black Clover actor Gakuto Kajiwara has been cast in the role of protagonist Kusakabe Shinra. Shinra is the leading man of Fire Force and has a character design image you can find below, a new teaser visual has been shared as well. Fans chatting in Twitter want studio Bones to be handling the animation. As soon as there is more on the studio animating this project, we will let you know.
Fire Force is written and illustrated by Atsushi Okubo and it tells the story of fire brigades fighting this mysterious force known as spontaneous human combustion where humans become living infernos called Infernals. The story follows Shinra Kusakabe, a.k.a Devil's Footprints, he can ignite his feet at will and is one of the best at the Special Fire Force Company 8. The story revolves around the battles between Infernals and humans.
Kodansha publishes it and Kodansha USA has the English license, the manga has 14 volumes out right now and has been publishing since September 23, 2015. The chapters have been collected into tankobon volumes. As soon as more information pops up on the anime, we will let you know.
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". 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.
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