OEDO FIRE SLAYER - THE LEGEND OF THE PHOENIX Anime Series Trailers, Images and Poster

Oedo Fire Slayer The Legend Of The Phoenix Anime Series Trailers Images Poster

"Oedo Fire Slayer: The Legend of Phoenix" is a new anime series based on the Japanese novel series "Ushūboro Tobigumi" written by Shogo Imamura. Shodensha publishes the novels in Japan since March 2017, with 13 volumes published to date. Akita Akita Shoten serializes a manga adaptation with artwork by Shinobu Seguchi since April 2025.

The anime is directed by Hiroshi Yasumi at studio SynergySP, with series composition by Ryusuke Mori and music by Yasuharu Takanashi. Amuse Creative Studio is producing the series under their ACS Animation label.

The opening theme song is "Hamidashi Gomen" performed by Porno Graffitti, while the ending theme song is "Kagerō" ("Heat Haze")" performed by Yo Oizumi. The voice cast includes Yūichirō Umehara, Shūichirō Umeda, Subaru Kimura, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kensho Ono and Kent Ito.

"Oedo Fire Slayer: The Legend of Phoenix" has premiered on January 11, 2026 and also streams on Crunchyroll.

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"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."