The upcoming anime is based on Shogo Imamura’s historical mystery novel series.
The anime adaptation of Shogo Imamura’s historical novel series Ushūboro Tobigumi’s first book Hikuitori just confirmed a January 2026 premiere. Titled Oedo Fire Slayer-The Legend of Phoenix-, the anime also revealed its main cast and other details. Unfortunately, the exact release date is yet to be confirmed.
Oedo Fire Slayer-The Legend of Phoenix- anime cast and other details
The main cast of the series consists of:
- Gengo Matsunaga voiced by Yūichirō Umehara (Jō Togame in Wind Breaker Azure in Nina the Starry Bride)
- Shinnosuke Torigoe voiced by Shūichirō Umeda (Koichi Haimawari in My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, Hikaru Indo in The Summer Hikaru Died)
- Torajiro voiced by Subaru Kimura (Satori Tendō in Haikyu!!, Aoi Todo in Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Hikoya voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki (Seishiro Nagi in Blue Lock, Mojito in Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Kaji Seijuro voiced by Kenshō Ono (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa in Bungo Stray Dogs, Tetsuya Kuroko in Kuroko’s Basketball)
Synergy SP is producing the upcoming anime, although no staff has been confirmed yet. The Hikuitori novel has also received a manga adaptation by Shinobu Seguchi, which has been published since April 2025. The manga is also titled Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-. The story is described as (machine translation):
The firefighter samurai who stopped the blaze was called the Fire-Eating Bird.
Matsunaga Gengo was Edo's leading firefighter samurai, once known as the "Fire-Eating Bird."
For some reason he had quit his job as a fire brigade man, but suddenly he received an invitation to serve in the Shinjo domain.
The Shinjo domain's fire brigade had no money or manpower and was looked down upon by those around them.
With the support of his wife Miyuki, Gengo decides to rebuild the collapsed fire brigade as its president.
Gengo and his friends gather a group of eccentric companions and, despite being mocked as "rag kites," they strive to "save any life." However, a series of mysterious fires known as "fox fires" are occurring in Edo.
An entertaining action drama begins, with refusing-to-give-up firefighters rushing to fight the approaching disaster!
