“Legendary firefighter Matsunaga Gengo rebuilds a broke, ridiculed Edo fire brigade while battling mysterious "foxfire" arsons.”
Oedo Fire Slayer: The Legend of Phoenix
火喰鳥 羽州ぼろ鳶組
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Legendary firefighter Matsunaga Gengo rebuilds a broke, ridiculed Edo fire brigade while battling mysterious "foxfire" arsons.
The fire extinguishing samurai who stopped the great fire was called "The fire-eating bird". Matsunaga Gengo, once known as the "Fire-eating Bird", was the best fire-fighting samurai in Edo. He had resigned from the fire brigade for a reason but suddenly received an invitation to serve in the Shinjo clan. The Shinjo clan's fire-fighting team had no money and no personnel and was looked down upon by those around them. With the encouragement of his wife, Miyuki, Gengo decides to rebuild the collapsed fire-fighting clan as its chairman. Gengo and his friends, all of whom have their own peculiarities, struggle to "save any life", despite being ridiculed as "ragged steeplejacks"(= the 'Boro-Tobi-Gumi'.), In Edo, a mysterious series of suspicious fires called "foxfires" continue. (Source: ANN)
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2026 – Apr 2026 Winter 2026
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-28151 catalog
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- CBC Television Producer
- Akita Shoten Producer
- Audio Planning U Producer
- Team-MAX Producer
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