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Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange, 'Overtake!,' More Anime Simulcast in India
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Ani-One Asia is streaming all three anime titles in India as well as in Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. Overtake! and Dekoboko Majo no Oyako Jijō are also in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Additionally, Overtake! is streaming in Fiji, Mauritius, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Solomon Island, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu, while Dekoboko Majo no Oyako Jijō is streaming in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange premiered on the YTV and NTV channels on Saturday.
Ani-One Asia describes the series:
This is the story of the growth of three young firefighters who will eventually save Japan. Daigo burns with remarkable talent and unparalleled determination. Shun struggles against the walls blocking his own path. Yuki hopes to become one of the few female members of the special rescue corps known as "Orange." When these three young firefighters who share the goal of becoming members of Orange come together, the story of how Japan will one day be saved begins... and what looms before them is a crisis that endangers the entire country!
Masahiko Murata (Naruto Shippūden, To Your Eternity) is directing the series at Brain's Base. Hitomi Tsuruta (World Trigger) and Koji Yabuno (Space Brothers) are designing the characters. Shinzō Fujita (To Your Eternity) is in charge of series composition.
Soda and Tomiyama launched the manga in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine in October 2020. Viz Media published all 20 volumes of Soda's original Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M (Megumi no Daigo) manga. Soda serialized the original manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine from 1995 to 1999.
The story centers on the motor sport Formula 4 (F4). Freelance photographer Kōya Madoka finds himself in a slump due to a certain reason. He goes to Fuji International Speedway to work on a story, and he meets the highschool F4 racer Haruka Asahina. He suddenly finds his heart racing after not feeling much for a long time. With that, he starts supporting Haruka and the "Komaki Motors" youth team to help Haruka achieve his dreams.
Kadokawa and Troyca are credited with the original work. Ei Aoki (Fate/Zero, Aldnoah.Zero, Girls Bravo, Wandering Son) is directing the anime at Troyca. Ayumi Sekine (IDOLiSH7 franchise, Technoroid Overmind) is overseeing the series scripts. Masako Matsumoto is adapting Takako Shimura's (Wandering Son, Aldnoah.Zero) original character designs for animation. Katsuhiko Takayama (series composition for Aldnoah.Zero, Two Car) is supervising the project. Kana Utatane (The Legendary Hero is Dead!) is composing the music.
The gag comedy centers on Alissa, who is a witch who lives alone in a forest. One day she finds a human baby, and she names her Viola. Alissa raises Viola for 16 years, but Viola grows beyond even Alissa's imagination. The comedy series focuses on the parent-and-child relationship where appearances are deceiving as to who is the parent and who is the child.
Masahiro Takata (Libra of Nil Admirari, High-Rise Invasion) is directing the anime at A-Real and is also directing the sound at Saber Links. GyroKnuckle is in charge of the series scripts, and Miwa Yoshida (key animation for The Seven Deadly Sins, Sword Art Online: Alicization) is designing the characters.
Risa Arai is designing the props, and Risa Nakamura is serving as the color key artist. Masaaki Kawaguchi is directing the art, and Masato Makino is the compositing director of photography. Masaki Utsunomiya (Zero-G) is editing. The musician myu is composing the soundtrack.
Piroya launched the ongoing manga on Flex Comix Inc.'s Comic Meteor website in July 2019.
Sources: Ani-One Asia's Facebook page (link 2) (link 3), Crunchyroll
