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Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-

2026 · 1 season

A steady historical adventure about outcasts banding together against fire and mystery, earnest in spirit and easy to follow.

Created by
Hiroshi Yasumi
Genres
Animation, Action & adventure, Drama
Overview
Gengo Matsunaga, once known as Phoenix, was the greatest samurai fire-slayer in all of Edo. After leaving fire-slaying, Gengo is approached with an offer from the Shinjo Domain. Encouraged by his wife, Miyuki, he sets out to rebuild a fallen firefighting brigade. Gengo gathers a group of misfits, the Ragged Fire-Slayers, as they investigate mysterious fires started by the arsonist Kitsunebi.

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Created by
Hiroshi Yasumi
Genres
Animation, Action & adventure, Drama
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • found family
    • justice
    • survival
    • loyalty
    • redemption
    Places
    • small town
    • countryside
    Era
    period
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action6
    Horror2
    Humour3
    Realism5
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    animation, action & adventure, drama
    Created by
    Hiroshi Yasumi
    Written by
    Ryusuke Mori
    Starring
    Yuuichirou Umehara, Shuichiro Umeda, Subaru Kimura, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kensho Ono, Ayaka Miyoshi, Koji Yusa, Naoya Uchida
    Music
    Yasuharu Takanashi
    Cinematography
    Jun Kubota
    Length
    1 seasons, 12 episodes
    Network
    MBS, TBS, CBC, Tulip Television, SBC, BSN, tys, NBC, HBC, RKK, i-Television, SBS, IBC, BSS, MRO, OBS, TUF, RSK, TUY, tbc, RKB, KUTV, RBC, UTY, RCC, MRT, ATV, MBC
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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