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Aniplus Asia Premieres Fire Force Anime on May 1
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Anime premieres with 1st 4 episodes
Aniplus-Asia announced on Tuesday that it will begin airing the anime of Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force (En En no Shōbōtai) manga on May 1 at 7:00 p.m. GMT +8, with the first four episodes premiering on the same day.
Kodansha Comics is publishing the manga in English, and it describes the story:
Terror has paralyzed the clockwork metropolis of Tokyo! Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Fire Force, ready to roll on a moment's notice to fight spontaneous combustion anywhere it might break out. The team is about to get a very unique addition: Shinra, a boy who possesses the unique power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous "devil's footprints" (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can the Fire Force discover the source of this strange phenomenon and put a stop to it? Or will the city burn to ashes first?
The television anime series premiered last July. The anime's third episode was delayed in consideration of the fire at Kyoto Animation's 1st Studio building, and it aired a week later with edits. The anime will have a second season that will premiere this summer.
Aniplus-Asia initially planned to simulcast the first season, but the simulcast did not go ahead as planned.
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