Fire Force

The {{Nihongo|Great Cataclysm|大災害|Daisaigai}} is an event that happened two hundred and fifty years ago, 50 years before the Solar year 0. During that event, the world was set on fire, and many nations were wiped out with very few habitable areas left in the aftermath. The survivors took refuge in the Tokyo Empire, which remained mostly stable during the period despite losing some of its landmass. The Tokyo Emperor Raffles I establishes the faith of the Holy Sol Temple as it and Haijima Industries developed the perpetual thermal energy plant Amaterasu to power the country.

In Year 198 of Tokyo's Solar Era, special fire brigades called the Fire Force fight increasing incidents of spontaneous human combustion where human beings are turned into living infernos called {{Nihongo|"Infernals"|焰ビト|Homura Bito}}. While the Infernals are first generation cases of spontaneous human combustion, with more powerful horned variations known as Demons, later generations possess pyrokinesis while retaining human form. The Fire Force was formed by combining people with these powers from the Holy Sol Temple, The Tokyo Armed Forces, and the Fire Defense Agency, and is composed of eight independent companies.

{{See also|List of Fire Force characters{{!}}List of Fire Force characters}}

Shinra Kusakabe is a third generation pyrokinetic youth who gained the nickname "Devil's Footprints" for his ability to ignite his feet at will, and was ostracized as a child for the fire that killed his mother and younger brother Sho twelve years ago. He joins Special Fire Force Company 8, which features other pyrokinetics who dedicated themselves to ending the Infernal attacks for good while investigating Companies 1 through 7 for potential corruption in their ranks. Shinra begins to learn that the fire that killed his mother was a cover for Sho to be taken by the White Clad, a doomsday cult behind the Infernal attacks with agents within the facets of the Tokyo Empire. Company 8 and their allies oppose the White Clad while learning of their goal to gather eight individuals like Shinra and Sho to repeat the Great Cataclysm for an ancient being who manipulated humanity for that very purpose.

{{Main|List of Fire Force chapters{{!}}List of Fire Force chapters}}

Fire Force, written and illustrated by Atsushi Ohkubo, was serialized in Kodansha's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from September 23, 2015,{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Soul Eater's Atsushi Ohkubo Starts En En no Shōbōtai Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-07/soul-eater-atsushi-ohkubo-starts-en-en-no-shobotai-manga/.90152|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 8, 2019|date=July 7, 2015|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410071049/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-07/soul-eater-atsushi-ohkubo-starts-en-en-no-shobotai-manga/.90152|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|script-title=ja:「ソウルイーター」の大久保篤、マガジンで新連載「炎炎ノ消防隊」始動|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/160814|website=Comic Natalie|access-date=December 24, 2020|language=ja|date=September 23, 2015|archive-date=September 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928000526/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/160814|url-status=live}} to February 22, 2022.{{Cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Fire Force Manga Ends in 2 Chapters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-08/fire-force-manga-ends-in-2-chapters/.182403|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 8, 2022|date=February 8, 2022|archive-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208164202/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-08/fire-force-manga-ends-in-2-chapters/.182403|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|script-title=ja:大久保篤「炎炎ノ消防隊」完結、森川ジョージ・荒川弘・和久井健ら記念色紙公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/466611|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=February 21, 2022|language=ja|date=February 21, 2022|archive-date=February 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221110248/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/466611|url-status=live}} In the final chapter, it is hinted that Fire Force is connected to Ohkubo's other manga series Soul Eater.{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Kodansha Asks Fans to 'Look Forward to Atsushi Ohkubo's Next Work' in Final Chapter of Fire Force|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2022-02-22/kodansha-asks-fans-to-look-forward-to-atsushi-ohkubo-next-work-in-final-chapter-of-fire-force/.182891|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 5, 2022|date=February 22, 2022|archive-date=March 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305011712/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2022-02-22/kodansha-asks-fans-to-look-forward-to-atsushi-ohkubo-next-work-in-final-chapter-of-fire-force/.182891|url-status=live}} Kodansha collected its 304 chapters in thirty-four {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from February 17, 2016,{{Cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063955675|script-title=ja:炎炎ノ消防隊（１）|publisher=Kodansha|language=ja|access-date=August 11, 2016|archive-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702131458/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063955675|url-status=live}} to May 17, 2022.{{cite web|script-title=ja:炎炎ノ消防隊（３4）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000366323|publisher=Kodansha|language=ja|access-date=May 16, 2022|archive-date=June 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617012854/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000366323|url-status=live}}

The series is licensed for English release in North America by Kodansha USA,{{Cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Kodansha USA Adds Ichi-F, Fire Force Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-02/kodansha-usa-adds-ichi-f-fire-force-manga/.103881|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 8, 2019|date=July 2, 2016|archive-date=January 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108100929/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-02/kodansha-usa-adds-ichi-f-fire-force-manga/.103881|url-status=live}} which published the volumes from November 8, 2016,{{cite web|title=Fire Force, Volume 1|url=https://kodansha.us/product/fire-force-1/|publisher=Kodansha USA|access-date=October 11, 2023|archive-date=October 11, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231011225404/https://kodansha.us/product/fire-force-1/|url-status=live}} to October 3, 2023.{{Cite web|title=Fire Force, Volume 34|url=https://kodansha.us/product/fire-force-34/|publisher=Kodansha USA|access-date=October 11, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231011225138/https://kodansha.us/product/fire-force-34/|archive-date=October 11, 2023|url-status=live}}

{{See also|List of Fire Force episodes{{!}}List of Fire Force episodes}}

An anime television series adaptation produced by David Production was announced in November 2018.{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Fire Force Manga by Soul Eater's Atsushi Ohkubo Gets TV Anime by David Production|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-13/fire-force-manga-by-soul-eater-atsushi-ohkubo-gets-tv-anime-by-david-production/.139441|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 14, 2018|date=November 13, 2018|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806204231/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-13/fire-force-manga-by-soul-eater-atsushi-ohkubo-gets-tv-anime-by-david-production/.139441|url-status=live}} The series was directed by Yuki Yase, with Yamato Haishima handling the series' scripts, {{Ill|Hideyuki Morioka|ja|守岡英行}} designing the characters and Kenichiro Suehiro composing the music.{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Fire Force TV Anime Reveals Main Staff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-25/fire-force-tv-anime-reveals-main-staff/.141314|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 25, 2018|date=December 25, 2018|archive-date=August 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810002515/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-25/fire-force-tv-anime-reveals-main-staff/.141314|url-status=live}} To promote the series, voice actors Gakuto Kajiwara and Kazuya Nakai were appointed as official firefighters for a day on March 2, 2019, in cooperation with the Tokyo Fire Department's Kanda fire station, where they participated in a simulated drill at the Akihabara Radio Kaikan.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:声優・中井和哉＆梶原岳人、消防訓練に参加！「炎炎ノ消防隊」一日消防官イベントレポート|url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2019/03/07/43888.html|website=AnimeAnime.jp|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504201152/https://animeanime.jp/article/2019/03/07/43888.html|archive-date=May 4, 2023|language=ja|date=March 7, 2019|url-status=live}} The series aired from July 6 to December 28, 2019, on the Super Animeism programming block on all JNN affiliates, including MBS and TBS.{{Cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Fire Force Anime Slated for This Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-01-08/fire-force-anime-slated-for-this-year/.141779|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 8, 2019|date=January 8, 2019|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613023142/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-01-08/fire-force-anime-slated-for-this-year/.141779|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Fire Force TV Anime's 2nd Teaser Reveals July 5 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-17/fire-force-tv-anime-2nd-teaser-reveals-july-5-premiere/.144658|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 17, 2019|date=March 17, 2019|quote=the anime wil [sic] premiere on July 5 at 25:25 (effectively July 6 at 1:25 a.m.)|archive-date=September 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907101517/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-17/fire-force-tv-anime-2nd-teaser-reveals-july-5-premiere/.144658|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-07-07/fire-force-anime-to-have-24-episodes/.148745|title=Fire Force Anime to Have 24 Episodes|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 7, 2019|date=July 7, 2019|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804084529/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-07-07/fire-force-anime-to-have-24-episodes/.148745|url-status=live}}{{efn|name="S1-Air"|MBS and TBS lists the series premiere on July 5, 2019, at 25:25, which is effectively July 6 at 1:25 a.m. JST.}} The first opening theme song is {{Nihongo|"Inferno"|インフェルノ}}, performed by Mrs. Green Apple, while the first ending theme song is "Veil", performed by Keina Suda.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-18/fire-force-anime-video-previews-opening-theme-song-battle-scenes/.147969|title=Fire Force Anime's Video Previews Opening Theme Song, Battle Scene|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=June 18, 2019|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 18, 2019|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613022938/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-18/fire-force-anime-video-previews-opening-theme-song-battle-scenes/.147969|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-28/keina-suda-performs-fire-force-anime-ending-theme-song/.148398|title=Keina Suda Performs Fire Force Anime's Ending Theme Songs|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=June 28, 2019|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 28, 2019|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613020254/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-28/keina-suda-performs-fire-force-anime-ending-theme-song/.148398|url-status=live}} The second opening theme song is "Mayday", performed by Coldrain feat. Ryo from Crystal Lake, while the second ending theme song is {{Nihongo|"Nо̄nai"|脳内|4=Inside the Brain}}, performed by {{Ill|Lenny Code Fiction|ja|Lenny code fiction}}.{{Cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=coldrain Perform Fire Force Anime's New Opening Theme Song|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-26/coldrain-perform-fire-force-anime-new-opening-theme-song/.150424|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 27, 2019|date=August 26, 2019|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613021640/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-26/coldrain-perform-fire-force-anime-new-opening-theme-song/.150424|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Lenny code fiction Perform Fire Force Anime's New Ending Theme Song|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-11/lenny-code-fiction-perform-fire-force-anime-new-ending-theme-song/.152149|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 11, 2019|date=October 11, 2019|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613083532/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-11/lenny-code-fiction-perform-fire-force-anime-new-ending-theme-song/.152149|url-status=live}} Due to the Kyoto Animation arson attack on July 18, 2019, Episode 3, which was originally scheduled to air on July 20, was postponed to July 27.{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=July 19, 2019|title=Fire Force Anime Halts Friday's Planned Airing, Streaming of 3rd Episode|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-19/fire-force-anime-halts-friday-planned-airing-streaming-of-3rd-episode/.149134|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807161638/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-19/fire-force-anime-halts-friday-planned-airing-streaming-of-3rd-episode/.149134|archive-date=August 7, 2020|access-date=July 19, 2019|website=Anime News Network}}{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=July 25, 2019|title=Fire Force Anime Resumes Broadcast With 3rd Episode on Friday|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-07-25/fire-force-anime-resumes-broadcast-with-3rd-episode-on-friday/.149331|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922220722/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-07-25/fire-force-anime-resumes-broadcast-with-3rd-episode-on-friday/.149331|archive-date=September 22, 2020|access-date=July 25, 2019|website=Anime News Network}}

Following the finale of the first season, a second season was announced in December 2019.{{Cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Fire Force Anime Gets 2nd Season, Stage Play in Summer 2020|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-27/fire-force-anime-gets-2nd-season-stage-play-in-summer-2020/.154825|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 27, 2019|date=December 27, 2019|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613092713/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-27/fire-force-anime-gets-2nd-season-stage-play-in-summer-2020/.154825|url-status=live}} Tatsuma Minamikawa replaced Yuki Yase as director, while also serving series composition for the season. The second season aired from July 4 to December 12, 2020, on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, BS-TBS, and other networks.{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=June 17, 2020|title=Fire Force Anime Season 2 Premieres on July 3|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-06-17/fire-force-anime-season-2-premieres-on-july-3/.160721|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806201316/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-06-17/fire-force-anime-season-2-premieres-on-july-3/.160721|archive-date=August 6, 2020|access-date=June 17, 2020|website=Anime News Network}}{{Cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Fire Force Anime's 2nd Season Listed with 24 Episodes|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-07-03/fire-force-anime-2nd-season-listed-with-24-episodes/.161417|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 4, 2020|date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719012626/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-07-03/fire-force-anime-2nd-season-listed-with-24-episodes/.161417|url-status=live}}{{efn|name="S2-Air"|MBS and TBS lists the second season's premiere on July 3, 2020, at 25:55, which is effectively July 4 at 1:55 a.m. JST.}} The first opening theme song is "Spark-Again", performed by Aimer,{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Fire Force Anime's 2nd Season Unveils Video, New Cast & Staff, Opening Song, July Debut (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-05-21/fire-force-anime-2nd-season-unveils-video-new-cast-and-staff-opening-song-july-debut/.159799|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 22, 2020|date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=August 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802114919/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-05-21/fire-force-anime-2nd-season-unveils-video-new-cast-and-staff-opening-song-july-debut/.159799|url-status=live}} while the first ending theme song is "ID", performed by Cider Girl.{{Cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Cider Girl Perform Fire Force Anime's 2nd Season Ending Song|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-05-27/cider-girl-perform-fire-force-anime-2nd-season-ending-song/.159976|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 17, 2020|date=May 27, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728120531/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-05-27/cider-girl-perform-fire-force-anime-2nd-season-ending-song/.159976|url-status=live}} The second opening theme song is "Torch of Liberty", performed by Kana-Boon, while the second ending theme song is "Desire", performed by Pelican Fanclub.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:アニメ「炎炎ノ消防隊 弐ノ章」物語は"灰島の死神篇"へ、第2クールPV公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/398044|website=Comic Natalie|access-date=September 26, 2020|language=ja|date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=April 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418090443/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/398044|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Fire Force Anime Season 2 Previews Haijima Arc, Kana-Boon Song in Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-26/fire-force-anime-season-2-previews-haijima-arc-kana-boon-song-in-video/.164497|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 26, 2020|date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=April 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410001323/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-26/fire-force-anime-season-2-previews-haijima-arc-kana-boon-song-in-video/.164497|url-status=live}}

A third season was announced in May 2022.{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Fire Force Gets 3rd Anime Season, Original Video Game|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-16/fire-force-gets-3rd-anime-season-original-video-game/.185670|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 16, 2022|date=May 16, 2022|archive-date=May 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516151409/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-16/fire-force-gets-3rd-anime-season-original-video-game/.185670|url-status=live}} In July 2024 at Anime Expo, it was announced that the third and final season would air in two split cours, with the first cours premiering on April 5, 2025, on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, CBC, and other networks,{{Cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Final Fire Force Season's Trailer Reveals April 4 Premiere, Theme Song by Queen Bee|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-26/final-fire-force-season-trailer-reveals-april-4-premiere-theme-song-by-queen-bee/.221674|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 27, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227033635/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-26/final-fire-force-season-trailer-reveals-april-4-premiere-theme-song-by-queen-bee/.221674|archive-date=February 27, 2025|date=February 26, 2025|url-status=live}}{{efn|name="S3P1-Air"|MBS, TBS, and CBC lists the third season's first cours premiere on April 4, 2025, at 25:53, which is effectively April 5 at 1:53 a.m. JST.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:「炎炎ノ消防隊」第3期は4月4日放送開始　新PV公開、OPは女王蜂「強火」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/613335|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=February 27, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227034315/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/613335|archive-date=February 27, 2025|language=ja|date=February 27, 2025|url-status=live}}}} and the second cours scheduled for January 2026.{{Cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Fire Force Anime's 3rd/Final Season Debuts in April 2025 With 2nd Part Airing in January 2026|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-06/fire-force-anime-3rd-final-season-debuts-in-april-2025-with-2nd-part-airing-in-january-2026/.212929|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707010403/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-06/fire-force-anime-3rd-final-season-debuts-in-april-2025-with-2nd-part-airing-in-january-2026/.212929|archive-date=July 7, 2024|date=July 6, 2024|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|script-title=ja:「炎炎ノ消防隊」第3期は原作を最後までアニメ化、来年4月から分割2クールで放送|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/581194|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707013453/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/581194|archive-date=July 7, 2024|language=ja|date=July 7, 2024|url-status=live}} Sei Tsuguta replaced Tatsuma Minamikawa on series composition for the season, while the latter returns as series director. For the first cours, the opening theme song is {{Nihongo|"Tsuyobi"|強火|High Flame}}, performed by Queen Bee, while the ending theme song is {{Nihongo|"Urusiren"|ウルサイレン}}, performed by {{Ill|Umeda Cypher|ja|梅田サイファー}}.{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Umeda Cypher Performs 1st Ending Theme for Fire Force Anime's Final Season|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-03-07/umeda-cypher-performs-1st-ending-theme-for-fire-force-anime-final-season/.222071|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 8, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308005745/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-03-07/umeda-cypher-performs-1st-ending-theme-for-fire-force-anime-final-season/.222071|archive-date=March 8, 2025|date=March 7, 2025|url-status=live}}

Funimation (later Crunchyroll) streamed the series on its now-defunct FunimationNow service.{{Cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-25/funimation-to-stream-fire-force-anime/.143892|title=Funimation to Stream Fire Force Anime|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 26, 2019|date=February 26, 2019|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226023513/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-25/funimation-to-stream-fire-force-anime/.143892|url-status=live}} The series was simulcast in Southeast Asia on Aniplus Asia. On July 19, 2019, it was announced that Funimation's English dub of the series would begin simulcasting on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block which aired from July 28, 2019, to February 2, 2020.{{Cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Fire Force TV Anime Debuts on Toonami on July 27|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-19/fire-force-tv-anime-debuts-on-toonami-on-july-27/.149159|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 19, 2019|date=July 19, 2019|quote=July 27 at 12:00 a.m. EDT (effectively July 28)|archive-date=July 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719210340/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-19/fire-force-tv-anime-debuts-on-toonami-on-july-27/.149159|url-status=live}} The second season aired on the same programming block from November 8, 2020 (two weeks later than its original scheduled date),{{Cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Toonami Premieres Fire Force Anime's 2nd Season on October 24|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-27/toonami-premieres-fire-force-anime-2nd-season-on-october-24/.162289|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 28, 2020|date=July 27, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728013404/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-27/toonami-premieres-fire-force-anime-2nd-season-on-october-24/.162289|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Schedule – Adult Swim|url=https://www.adultswim.com/schedule/|publisher=Adult Swim|access-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107214436/https://www.adultswim.com/schedule/|archive-date=November 7, 2020}} to May 9, 2021.{{cite web|title=Schedule – Adult Swim|url=https://www.adultswim.com/schedule/|publisher=Adult Swim|access-date=December 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508060624/https://www.adultswim.com/schedule/|archive-date=May 8, 2021}}

In 2020, a stage-play adaptation of the series ran from July 31 to August 2 at the Umeda Arts Theater in Osaka and from August 7 to August 9 at KT Zepp Yokohama in Kanagawa. The play was directed by Sho Kubota, script written by Yusei Naruse, and music composed by Masaki Miyoshi; the protagonist Shinra Kusakabe was played by Hikaru Makishima.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-07/fire-force-stage-play-reveals-more-cast-staff-run-dates/.158360|title=Fire Force Stage Play Reveals More Cast, Staff, Run Dates|website=Anime News Network|access-date=2020-04-07|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407063230/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-07/fire-force-stage-play-reveals-more-cast-staff-run-dates/.158360|url-status=live}} In 2022, a second stage-play ran from January 18–23 at KT Zepp Yokohama and from January 27–30 at the Sankei Hall Breeze in Osaka; it featured the same staff and Makishima reprised his role as Shinra.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:舞台「炎炎ノ消防隊」第2弾のビジュアル公開、田中涼星・TAKAら新キャストも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/452433|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 18, 2022|language=ja|date=November 6, 2021|archive-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018155816/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/452433|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|script-title=ja:舞台「炎炎ノ消防隊」第2弾、初日＆千秋楽公演をDMMでライブ配信|url=https://natalie.mu/stage/news/460483|website=Stage Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 18, 2022|language=ja|date=January 5, 2022|archive-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018155819/https://natalie.mu/stage/news/460483|url-status=live}} Also in 2022, a third stage-play ran from September 17–25 at the Sunshine Theatre in Tokyo and from September 29 to October 2 at the {{ill|Kyoto-Gekijo|ja|京都劇場}} in Kyoto; Shinra was played by Ryoga Ishikawa.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:舞台「炎炎ノ消防隊」地下（ネザー）編を描く第3弾、森羅日下部役は石川凌雅|url=https://natalie.mu/stage/news/486918|website=Stage Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 18, 2022|language=ja|date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018155817/https://natalie.mu/stage/news/486918|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|script-title=ja:舞台「炎炎ノ消防隊」スタート！石川凌雅が意気込み「臨場感をお届けしたい」|url=https://natalie.mu/stage/news/494175|website=Stage Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 18, 2022|language=ja|date=September 17, 2022|archive-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018155818/https://natalie.mu/stage/news/494175|url-status=live}}

In May 2022, a video game titled {{Nihongo|Fire Force: Enbu no Shō|炎炎ノ消防隊 炎舞ノ章}} was announced. It was released for iOS and Android on January 30, 2023. Mrs. Green Apple performs the game's theme song "Enen".{{Cite web|script-title=ja:「炎炎ノ消防隊 炎舞ノ章」のサービスが本日開始に。スマホとPCでデータ連携が可能，ガチャ40回分のアイテムなど事前登録特典も配布|url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/631/G063188/20230130045/|website=4Gamer.net|access-date=October 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011223518/https://www.4gamer.net/games/631/G063188/20230130045/|archive-date=October 11, 2023|language=ja|date=January 30, 2023|url-status=live}}

By January 2018, the manga had 1.8 million copies in circulation;{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force Manga Has 1.8 Million Copies in Print|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-01-18/atsushi-ohkubo-fire-force-manga-has-1.8-million-copies-in-print/.126514|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 8, 2019|date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026032552/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-01-18/atsushi-ohkubo-fire-force-manga-has-1.8-million-copies-in-print/.126514|url-status=live}} 7.3 million copies in circulation by June 2020;{{Cite web|script-title=ja:はずれ無しのオンラインくじ「カワセルくじ」第7弾は 7月より『弐ノ章』が放送開始のTVアニメ『炎炎ノ消防隊』！美麗デザインの大型タペストリーや大型クッションなど圧巻の品揃え！|url=https://www.asahi.com/and_M/pressrelease/pre_13479324/|website=The Asahi Shimbun|access-date=July 9, 2020|language=ja|date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709051448/https://www.asahi.com/and_M/pressrelease/pre_13479324/|archive-date=July 9, 2020}} 10 million copies in circulation by July 2020;{{Cite web|script-title=ja:コミックスの世界累計発行部数で1,000万部を突破！！TVアニメ『炎炎ノ消防隊 弐ノ章』のキービジュアルがインクルーズよりLINE着せかえとなって新登場！|url=https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000219780/|website=Excite Japan|access-date=April 23, 2021|language=ja|date=July 30, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025072252/https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000219780/|url-status=live}} 12 million copies in circulation by October 2020;{{Cite web|script-title=ja:絶賛放送中！ TVアニメ『炎炎ノ消防隊 弐ノ章』の特別情報をお届け！|url=https://pocket.shonenmagazine.com/article/entry/enen_20201022|website=Pocket Shōnen Magazine|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024064756/https://pocket.shonenmagazine.com/article/entry/enen_20201022|archive-date=October 24, 2020|language=ja|date=October 27, 2020|url-status=live}} 15 million copies in circulation by April 2021;{{Cite tweet|user=FireForce_PR|number=1380339909605482498|date=April 8, 2021|script-title=ja:【原作情報】『炎炎ノ消防隊』最新28巻4月16日(金)発売です！！発売まであと1週間！|language=ja|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210409092443/https://twitter.com/FireForce_PR/status/1380339909605482498|archive-date=April 9, 2021|url-status=live}} 16 million copies in circulation by June 2021;{{Cite tweet|user=FireForce_PR|number=1405106403639906308|date=June 16, 2021|access-date=June 16, 2021|script-title=ja:【原作情報】 『炎炎ノ消防隊』最新29巻 明日6月17日(木)発売です！！皆様の応援のおかげで、世界累計部数1600万部突破です ついに大災害発動…！？世界を絶望が包み、カロン、ドラゴンたち 強敵が立ちはだかる！表紙はカロン&ハウメア！ぜひチェックしてみて下さい #炎炎ノ消防隊}} 17.5 million copies in circulation as of February 2022;{{Cite web|script-title=ja:漫画『炎炎ノ消防隊』完結記念 『はじめの一歩』『東京卍』…マガジン作家が色紙で祝福|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2225359/full/|website=Oricon News|access-date=March 5, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220305011103/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2225359/full/|archive-date=March 5, 2022|language=ja|date=February 21, 2022|url-status=live}} and over 20 million copies in circulation by May 2022.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:炎炎ノ消防隊：テレビアニメ第3期「参ノ章」制作 初のスマホゲームも|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20220516dog00m200050000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=May 16, 2022|language=ja|date=May 17, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619154934/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20220516dog00m200050000c.html|url-status=live}}

The series ranked thirteenth on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2017" poll by Honya Club online bookstore.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-02/japanese-bookstores-recommend-15-top-manga-for-2017/.111755|title=Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2017|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=February 2, 2017|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 2, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321021718/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-02/japanese-bookstores-recommend-15-top-manga-for-2017/.111755|url-status=live}} Gadget Tsūshin listed the prayer for Infernals, "Látom", on their 2019 most popular anime-related buzzwords list.{{Cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-12-04/demon-slayer-dr-stone-zombie-land-saga-buzzwords-make-gadget-tsushin-2019-list/.153903|title=Demon Slayer, Dr. Stone, Zombie Land Saga Buzzwords Make Gadget Tsūshin 2019 List|work=Anime News Network|first1=Lynzee|last1=Loveridge|first2=Kim|last2=Morrissy|date=December 4, 2019|access-date=December 14, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208161539/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-12-04/demon-slayer-dr-stone-zombie-land-saga-buzzwords-make-gadget-tsushin-2019-list/.153903|url-status=live}} On TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Fire Force ranked 84th.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日『国民15万人がガチで投票!漫画総選挙』ランキング結果まとめ！ 栄えある1位に輝く漫画は!?|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=5|website=animate Times|publisher=Animate|access-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103112636/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=5|archive-date=January 3, 2021|language=ja|date=January 3, 2021|url-status=live}} The manga was nominated for the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} category in 2021.{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=45th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-07/45th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-nominees-announced/.171524|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 7, 2021|date=April 7, 2021|archive-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801210724/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-07/45th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-nominees-announced/.171524|url-status=live}}

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