Fire Force

Last updated: 1 November 2026

About Fire Force

In a world where people can suddenly combust into living infernos, special fire brigades of pyrokinetic soldiers fight the flames and search for the cause. Shinra Kusakabe, a third-generation pyrokinetic who can ignite his feet, joins Company 8 hoping to become a hero, and to learn the truth about the fire that took his family. From the creator of Soul Eater, Fire Force is stylish, loud and full of blazing battles. Animated by david production, the series ran for 73 episodes across three seasons (2019–2026), adapting Atsushi Ohkubo's complete manga. Its world is rich and strange: a solar-era Tokyo ruled by the Holy Sol Temple, where the Fire Force's eight companies mix firefighters, soldiers and priests, and where the pyrokinetic generations can conjure, control or weaponise flame. Shinra, nicknamed the Devil for the grin fear puts on his face, fights alongside the knight-obsessed Arthur, the unlucky Tamaki, sniper-engineer Maki and the rest of Company 8, the brigade formed to watch the other companies. Behind the fires stands the Evangelist and her White-Clad cult, hunting children with the Adolla Burst. Few shonen anime look or sound like this: soul, funk and cathedral bells over some of the wildest fire animation ever drawn.

Fire Force is a TV anime from 2019, first released in Summer 2019. It belongs to the Action and Supernatural genres and is listed as a completed series. The summary above is written by the AnimeYug team in our own words.

Official Trailer

▶Fire Force Season 3 | Official Trailer | Crunchyroll · Crunchyroll

Story & Plot

Tokyo, Solar Era Year 198. Humanity lives in fear of spontaneous human combustion: without warning, people burst into flame and become Infernals, mindless fire demons that must be destroyed. The Special Fire Force (pyrokinetic soldiers, scientists and priests in firefighter gear) answers every call. Shinra Kusakabe is a third-generation pyrokinetic who fights with flames ignited from his feet. Twelve years ago his home burned, his mother became an Infernal and his baby brother vanished; blamed and feared ever since, Shinra joins Company 8 determined to be a hero and to find the truth.

Company 8 is the brigade that investigates the other seven, and its captain, the unpowered but unshakeable Akitaru Obi, has built a family Shinra never expected: the delusional knight Arthur, the accident-prone Tamaki, Iris, Maki and Lieutenant Hinawa. What they uncover changes everything: the fires are being made, by a cult serving a being called the Evangelist, hunting children who carry the Adolla Burst, the pure flame Shinra possesses. And Shinra's brother Sho is alive, raised as the cult's commander. Saving the world means saving him first.

Story Arcs & Episode Guide

The Fire Force anime is split into story sagas. Here is every saga in order, with its episodes and years.

Why Watch Fire Force

• Fire animated like nothing else: soul, funk and cathedral bells over every battle.
• A superhero fire service: eight rival companies of pyrokinetic soldiers, priests and scientists.
• Shinra and Sho: a hero fighting to save the brother the villains raised.
• A slow-burn mystery (the Infernals, Adolla and the Evangelist) that pays off completely.
• From Soul Eater's creator, and secretly that world's origin story.

Who Is It For?

An action series aimed at teens and up: expect intense battles, deaths by fire at the heart of the premise, dark cult themes and some fanservice comedy around Tamaki. The tone balances this with warmth and humour, but the combustion deaths and apocalyptic final season make it best for older teens and adults.

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Iris

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Takehisa Hinawa

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Akitaru Obi

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Shinmon Benimaru

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Sho Kusakabe

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Victor Licht

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Joker

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Leonard Burns

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Hibana

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Charon

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Voice Actors

The Japanese voices behind the main characters of Fire Force.

• Shinra KusakabeCompany 8's rookie, the 'Devil' who ignites his feet
  Japanese voiceGakuto Kajiwara
• Arthur BoyleCompany 8's self-proclaimed Knight King, Shinra's rival
  Japanese voiceYusuke Kobayashi
• Tamaki KotatsuA nun-trainee and pyrokinetic with a cat-like flame and terrible luck
  Japanese voiceAoi Yuki
• Maki OzeCompany 8's gentle witch, a former soldier who shapes flames
  Japanese voiceSaeko Kamijo
• IrisA sister of the Holy Sol Temple serving with Company 8
  Japanese voiceM.A.O
• Takehisa HinawaCompany 8's lieutenant, a marksman who controls bullet velocity
  Japanese voiceKenichi Suzumura
• Akitaru ObiCompany 8's captain, an unpowered firefighter of pure resolve
  Japanese voiceKazuya Nakai
• Shinmon BenimaruCaptain of Company 7, Asakusa's strongest and its king of destruction
  Japanese voiceMamoru Miyano
• Sho KusakabeShinra's lost younger brother, commander of the White-Clad knights
  Japanese voiceMaaya Sakamoto
• Victor LichtCompany 8's forensic scientist, a Haijima researcher with his own agenda
  Japanese voiceDaisuke Sakaguchi
• JokerA mysterious anti-hero who knows the truth about Shinra's past
  Japanese voiceKenjiro Tsuda
• Leonard BurnsCaptain of Company 1, the one-eyed lion of the Fire Force
  Japanese voiceTaiten Kusunoki
• HibanaCaptain of Company 5, the sadistic 'Princess' of petals and flame
  Japanese voiceLynn
• CharonA White-Clad commander who turns kinetic energy into explosions
  Japanese voiceHiroki Yasumoto

Staff & Production

Original Creator

Atsushi Ohkubo

Animation Studio

david production

Series Director

Yuki Yase (Season 1), Tatsuma Minamikawa (Seasons 2–3)

Series Composition

Yamato Haishima (Season 1), Tatsuma Minamikawa (Season 2), Sei Tsuguta (Season 3)

Music

Kenichiro Suehiro

Manga & Source Material

Fire Force adapts the manga by Atsushi Ohkubo, the creator of Soul Eater, and is that world's distant prequel.

• Written and illustrated by Atsushi Ohkubo
• Serialised in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from September 2015 to February 2022
• 304 chapters collected in 34 volumes; the manga is complete
• Ohkubo has said Fire Force was conceived as the culmination of his work, and its ending connects directly into Soul Eater
• The anime's third season adapts the manga's final arcs, completing the story in 2026

Music

Mrs. GREEN APPLE's 'Inferno' became one of the defining anime themes of 2019, while Kenichiro Suehiro's score fuses orchestral and choral writing with funk, the sound of Company 8's soul.

Opening Themes

• “Inferno”by Mrs. GREEN APPLESeason 1, first opening: the franchise anthem
• “MAYDAY”by coldrain feat. Ryo from CRYSTAL LAKESeason 1, second opening
• “SPARK-AGAIN”by AimerSeason 2, first opening
• “Torch of Liberty”by KANA-BOONSeason 2, second opening
• “Tsuyobi (High Flame)”by Queen BeeSeason 3, first opening
• “Ignis”by Takanori NishikawaSeason 3, final opening

Ending Themes

• “veil”by Keina SudaSeason 1, first ending
• “Nōnai”by Lenny Code FictionSeason 1, second ending
• “Urusiren”by Umeda CypherSeason 3 ending
• “Speak of the Devil”by Survive Said The ProphetSeason 3 ending

Series Timeline

1. 2015

   Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force manga begins in Weekly Shonen Magazine on 23 September.

2. 2019

   david production's anime premieres on 5 July; 'Inferno' becomes a breakout hit.

3. 2020

   Season 2 airs, following the hunt for the Pillars and the expedition to the Chinese Peninsula.

4. 2022

   The manga ends in February after 304 chapters, with its Soul Eater connection confirmed.

5. 2025

   Season 3's first cour airs in spring, beginning the final arcs after a five-year wait.

6. 2026

   Season 3's second cour airs from January; the anime completes Ohkubo's story on 4 April 2026.

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