Fire Force is an anime television series based on Atsushi Ohkubo's manga series of the same name. An anime series adaptation produced by David Production was announced in November 2018. [1] The series is directed by Yuki Yase, with Yamato Haijima handling the series' scripts, Hideyuki Morioka designing the characters and Kenichiro Suehiro composing the music. [2] The first season aired from July 6 to December 28, 2019 on Japan News Network stations MBS and TBS as part of the Super Animeism programming block and ran for 24 episodes. [3] [4] [5] [6] Crunchyroll has licensed the series. [7] Due to the Kyoto Animation arson attack on July 19, 2019, the third episode, which was originally scheduled to air on July 20, 2019, was postponed and aired a week later on July 27, 2019. [8] [9] In July 2019, it was announced that the series would premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on July 28, 2019. [10]
A second season aired in Japan from July 4 to December 12, 2020. [5] A third season was announced in May 2022. [11]
In July 2024 at Anime Expo, it was announced that the third season would also be its last and premiere in two split cours, with the first cours scheduled for April 2025 and the second cours set for January 2026. [12] [13]
No. overall | No. in season | Title [14] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date | English air date |
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1 | 1 | "Shinra Kusakabe Enlists" Transliteration: "Shinra Kusakabe, Nyūtai" (Japanese: 森羅 日下部、入隊) | Yuki Yase | Yamato Haijima | Yuki Yase | July 6, 2019 | July 28, 2019 |
2 | 2 | "The Heart of a Fire Soldier" Transliteration: "Shōbōkan no Kokoro" (Japanese: 消防官の心) | Shuntarō Tozawa | Yoriko Tomita, Yamato Haijima | Hiroko Kazui | July 13, 2019 | August 4, 2019 |
3 | 3 | "The Rookie Fire Soldier Games" Transliteration: "Shōbōkan Shinjin Taikai" (Japanese: 消防官新人大会) | Hideya Itō | Yoriko Tomita, Yamato Haijima | Katsumi Terahigashi | July 27, 2019 | August 11, 2019 |
4 | 4 | "The Hero and the Princess" Transliteration: "Hīrō to Hime" (Japanese: ヒーローと姫) | Shuntarō Tozawa | Yamato Haijima | Shuntarō Tozawa, Mamoru Kurosawa | August 3, 2019 | August 18, 2019 |
5 | 5 | "The Battle Begins" Transliteration: "Kaisen" (Japanese: 開戦) | Yūji Tokuno | Yoriko Tomita | Yūji Tokuno | August 10, 2019 | August 25, 2019 |
6 | 6 | "The Spark of Promise" Transliteration: "Yakusoku no Hibana" (Japanese: 約束の火華) | Kazuomi Koga | Yamato Haijima | Mamoru Kurosawa | August 17, 2019 | September 1, 2019 |
7 | 7 | "The Investigation of the 1st Commences" Transliteration: "Dai Ichi Chōsa Kaishi" (Japanese: 第1調査開始) | Masaru Kitamura | Yoriko Tomita | Takashi Kawabata | August 24, 2019 | September 8, 2019 |
8 | 8 | "Infernal Insects" Transliteration: "Homura no Mushi" (Japanese: 焰の蟲) | Shuntarō Tozawa | Yoriko Tomita | Hiroko Kazui | August 31, 2019 | September 15, 2019 |
9 | 9 | "The Spreading Malice" Transliteration: "Moehirogaru Akui" (Japanese: 燃え拡がる悪意) | Yūji Tokuno | Yamato Haijima | Katsumi Terahigashi | September 7, 2019 | September 22, 2019 |
10 | 10 | "The Promise" Transliteration: "Yakusoku" (Japanese: 約束) | Shūji Miyazaki | Yamato Haijima | Yūji Tokuno | September 14, 2019 | October 6, 2019 |
11 | 11 | "Formation of Special Fire Force Company 8" Transliteration: "Dai Hachi Tokushu Shōbōtai Kessei" (Japanese: 第8特殊消防隊結成) | Yūshi Ibe | Yoriko Tomita | Akitoshi Yokoyama | September 21, 2019 | October 13, 2019 |
"The Strongest Hikeshi" Transliteration: "Saikyō no Hikeshi" (Japanese: 最強の火消し) | |||||||
12 | 12 | "Eve of Hostilities in Asakusa" Transliteration: "Asakusa Kaisen Zenya" (Japanese: 浅草開戦前夜) | Tatsuma Minamikawa | Yoriko Tomita | Satoshi Nakagawa | October 12, 2019 | October 20, 2019 |
13 | 13 | "The Trap Is Set" Transliteration: "Shikumareta Wana" (Japanese: 仕組まれた罠) | Ryōta Aikei | Yoriko Tomita | Mamoru Kurosawa | October 19, 2019 | October 27, 2019 |
14 | 14 | "For Whom The Flame Burns" Transliteration: "Da ga Tame no Honō" (Japanese: 誰が為の炎) | Yūji Tokuno | Yamato Haijima | Katsumi Terahigashi | October 26, 2019 | November 3, 2019 |
15 | 15 | "The Blacksmith's Dream" Transliteration: "Kajiya no Yume" (Japanese: 鍛冶屋の夢) | Shuntarō Tozawa | Yoriko Tomita | Mamoru Kurosawa, Shuntarō Tozawa | November 2, 2019 | November 10, 2019 |
16 | 16 | "We Are Family" Transliteration: "Ore-tachi wa Kazoku" (Japanese: 俺たちは家族) | Takahiro Kamei | Mamoru Kurosawa | Mamoru Kurosawa | November 9, 2019 | November 17, 2019 |
17 | 17 | "Black and White and Gray" Transliteration: "Kuro to Shiro to Haiiro" (Japanese: 黒と白と灰色) | Aya Kobayashi | Yamato Haijima | Hiroko Kazui | November 16, 2019 | November 24, 2019 |
18 | 18 | "The Secrets of Pyrokinesis" Transliteration: "Hakka no Gokui" (Japanese: 発火の極意) | Yūji Tokuno | Yoriko Tomita | Katsumi Terahigashi | November 23, 2019 | December 8, 2019 |
19 | 19 | "Into the Nether" Transliteration: "Nezā he no" (Japanese: 地下への) | Daisuke Chiba | Yoriko Tomita | Tomohiro Furukawa | November 30, 2019 | December 15, 2019 |
20 | 20 | "Wearing His Pride" Transliteration: "Hokori wo Matotte" (Japanese: 誇りを纏って) | Shuntarō Tozawa | Mamoru Kurosawa | Mamoru Kurosawa | December 7, 2019 | January 5, 2020 |
21 | 21 | "Those Connected" Transliteration: "Tisunagaru Mono" (Japanese: 繋がる者) | Aya Kobayashi | Yoriko Tomita | Yuki Yase | December 14, 2019 | January 12, 2020 |
22 | 22 | "A Brother's Determination" Transliteration: "Ani no Iji" (Japanese: 兄の意地) | Shinji Osada | Yamato Haijima | Katsumi Terahigashi | December 21, 2019 | January 19, 2020 |
23 | 23 | "Smiles" Transliteration: "Egao" (Japanese: 笑顔) | Shuntarō Tozawa, Shō Sugawara | Yoriko Tomita | Mamoru Kurosawa | December 28, 2019 [lower-alpha 1] | January 26, 2020 |
24 | 24 | "The Burning Past" Transliteration: "Moyuru Kako" (Japanese: 燃ゆる過去) | Yuki Yase | Yamato Haijima | Mamoru Kurosawa, Yuki Yase | December 28, 2019 [lower-alpha 1] | February 2, 2020 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [16] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date | English air date [17] [lower-alpha 2] |
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25 | 1 | "A Fire Soldier's Fight" Transliteration: "Shōbōkan no Tatakai" (Japanese: 消防官の戦い) | Tatsuma Minamikawa | Ken'ichirō Yano | Tatsuma Minamikawa | July 4, 2020 | November 8, 2020 |
"A Man's Fight" Transliteration: "Otoko no Tatakai" (Japanese: 男の戦い) | |||||||
26 | 2 | "Flames of Madness" Transliteration: "Kyōki no Honō" (Japanese: 狂気の炎) | Shuntarō Tozawa | Yoriko Tomita | Mamoru Kurosawa | July 11, 2020 | November 15, 2020 |
27 | 3 | "A New Flashpoint" Transliteration: "Aratana Hidane" (Japanese: 新たな火種) | Shō Sugawara | Yoriko Tomita | Jirō Fujimoto | July 18, 2020 | November 22, 2020 |
28 | 4 | "Groping Through the Fire" Transliteration: "Kachū Mosaku" (Japanese: 火中模索) | Tetsuji Nakamura | Yoriko Tomita | Tetsuji Nakamura | July 25, 2020 | December 6, 2020 |
29 | 5 | "Corna (Sign of the Devil)" Transliteration: "Koruna" (Japanese: 悪魔の型) | Kyōhei Suzuki | Ken'ichirō Yano | Toshiyuki Katō | August 1, 2020 | December 13, 2020 |
"A Secret Plan" Transliteration: "Hisaku" (Japanese: 秘策) | |||||||
30 | 6 | "The Time to Choose" Transliteration: "Sentaku no Toki" (Japanese: 選択の時) | Daishi Katō | Ken'ichirō Yano | Shinji Itadaki | August 8, 2020 | January 3, 2021 |
31 | 7 | "Road to the Oasis" Transliteration: "Oashisu e no Michi" (Japanese: 楽園への道) | Shuntarō Tozawa | Yoriko Tomita | Mamoru Kurosawa | August 15, 2020 | January 10, 2021 |
32 | 8 | "Smoldering Malevolence" Transliteration: "Moe Hisomu Akui" (Japanese: 燃え潜む悪意) | Ryōta Aikei | Yoriko Tomita | Ryōta Aikei | August 22, 2020 | January 17, 2021 |
33 | 9 | "The Core" Transliteration: "Kakushin" (Japanese: 核心) | Yūya Horiuchi | Yoriko Tomita | Hiroko Kazui | August 29, 2020 | January 24, 2021 |
34 | 10 | "The Woman in Black" Transliteration: "Kuro no On'na" (Japanese: 黒の女) | Tetsuji Nakamura | Ken'ichirō Yano | Tetsuji Nakamura | September 5, 2020 | January 31, 2021 |
35 | 11 | "Dark Hero" Transliteration: "Dāku Hīrō" (Japanese: ダークヒーロー) | Jun'ichirō Hashiguchi | Ken'ichirō Yano | Katsumi Terahigashi | September 12, 2020 | February 7, 2021 |
36 | 12 | "Shadows Cast by Divine Light" Transliteration: "Shinkō ga Umu Kage" (Japanese: 神光が生む影) | Shuntarō Tozawa | Yoriko Tomita | Yasufumi Soejima | September 19, 2020 | February 14, 2021 |
37 | 13 | "A Pair of One-Eyes" Transliteration: "Tsui no Sekigan" (Japanese: 対の隻眼) | Daisuke Chiba | Yoriko Tomita | Jirō Fujimoto | September 26, 2020 | February 21, 2021 |
38 | 14 | "The Ashen Reaper" Transliteration: "Hai no Shinigami" (Japanese: 灰の死神) | Daishi Katō | Ken'ichirō Yano | Shinji Itadaki | October 3, 2020 | February 28, 2021 |
39 | 15 | "A Three-Way Melee" Transliteration: "Sanshoku Konsen" (Japanese: 三色混戦) | Shō Sugawara | Ken'ichirō Yano | Mamoru Kurosawa | October 10, 2020 | March 7, 2021 |
40 | 16 | "Mind Blown" Transliteration: "Bakuhatsu Suru Kokoro" (Japanese: 爆発する心) | Jun'ichirō Hashiguchi | Ken'ichirō Yano | Jun'ichirō Hashiguchi | October 17, 2020 | March 14, 2021 |
41 | 17 | "Boys, Be Weak" Transliteration: "Shōnen'yo, Yowaku Are" (Japanese: 少年よ、弱くあれ) | Ryōta Aikei | Yoriko Tomita | Ryōta Aikei | October 24, 2020 | March 21, 2021 |
42 | 18 | "The Holy Woman's Anguish" Transliteration: "Seijo no Kunō" (Japanese: 聖女の苦悩) | Makoto Katō | Yoriko Tomita | Makoto Katō | October 31, 2020 | March 28, 2021 |
"The Man, Assault" Transliteration: "Otoko, Asaruto" (Japanese: 男、突撃) | |||||||
43 | 19 | "The Oze Family" Transliteration: "Oze Ichimon" (Japanese: 尾瀬一門) | Tetsuji Nakamura | Ken'ichirō Yano | Tetsuji Nakamura | November 7, 2020 | April 4, 2021 |
44 | 20 | "Weapon of Destruction" Transliteration: "Hakai Heiki" (Japanese: 破壊兵器) | Jun'ichirō Hashiguchi | Ken'ichirō Yano | Jun'ichirō Hashiguchi | November 14, 2020 | April 11, 2021 |
45 | 21 | "Enemy Contact" Transliteration: "Setteki" (Japanese: 接敵) | Shō Sugawara | Yoriko Tomita | Katsumi Terahigashi | November 21, 2020 | April 18, 2021 |
46 | 22 | "Plot for Extinction" Transliteration: "Metsubō no Takurami" (Japanese: 滅亡の企み) | Ryōta Aikei | Yoriko Tomita | Yasufumi Soejima | November 28, 2020 | April 25, 2021 |
47 | 23 | "Firecat" Transliteration: "Enbyō" (Japanese: 炎猫) | Shuntarō Tozawa | Ken'ichirō Yano | Mamoru Kurosawa | December 5, 2020 | May 2, 2021 |
48 | 24 | "Signs of Upheaval" Transliteration: "Gekidō no Kizashi" (Japanese: 激動の兆し) | Tatsuma Minamikawa | Ken'ichirō Yano | Tatsuma Minamikawa | December 12, 2020 | May 9, 2021 |
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