Fire Force

Synopsis

Heros always arrive from the skies!!!

Spontaneous Human Combustion: a chaotic phenomenon that has plagued humanity for years, randomly transforming ordinary people into flaming, violent creatures known as Infernals. While Infernals make up the first-generation accounts of Human Combustion, the second and third generations became known as pyrokinetics—people gifted with the ability to manipulate and control their flames while remaining human. To combat the Infernal threat and discover the cause, the Tokyo Armed Forces, Fire Defense Agency, and Holy Church of Sol produced their answer: the Special Fire Force.

Young and eager third-generation pyrokinetic Shinra Kusakabe, nicknamed Devil's Footprints for his explosive ability to ignite his feet at will, becomes a member of the lively Special Fire Force Company 8. Upholding the brigade's duty to extinguish the blazing Infernals and lay their souls to rest, Shinra is determined to become a hero who will save the lives of those threatened by the flame terror.

However, this is not the hero's game Shinra imagined. The Fire Force is a fractured mess of feuding brigades, abnormal Infernal sightings are increasing all over Tokyo, and a shadowy group is claiming to have answers to the strange fire that caused the death of Shinra's family 12 years ago. Faced with many obstacles within and outside the Fire Force, Shinra fights to uncover the truth behind the burning mysteries that have kept him in the dark.

Summary

CloverWorks (A-1 Pictures rebrand of Kōenji Studio) has come out swinging with having 3 hit animes since its founding in Oct 2018 (Darling in the Franxx, Fairy Tail and now The Promised Neverland). And scored another home run with this beautiful masterpiece. Its very rare for an anime to get such hype without some major plot holes or discrepancies within in continuity, however the neverland delivers on all these fronts.

Without giving to much away Kaiu Shirai has created a elaborate yet satisfying dark world which is bursting with great characters, chilling atmosphere and plot twist that leave you feeling hollow and satisfied at the same time. What is remarkable about the show is the perspective in which information is delivered to the audience. Following a group of kids ranging from 3 to 12 year olds delivers a sense of childlike innocence to the dark twisted world. This in itself creates at atmosphere quite new to the anime world.

This combined with the outstanding soundtrack and accomping openings of Uverworld (used in OP's for Blue Exorcist and My Hero Acadamia) and you have a masterpiece in the works. The pacing of the show could annoy a few however this centres around building the tension to the epic season finale which sets the show up to so much possibilities and after conferring with our manga readers (no spoilers), this is the set to up multiple 'brilliant' storylines and action sequences.

Conclusion

We at Phoenix Soul try to take every anime with a pinch a salt. Anime hype trains can lead to vast levels of disappointment. This will become more apparent as the anime industry grows internationally with other cultures playing influence to settings and tropes within our shows. Sometimes this works like we saw with Vinland Saga, which stays relatively truthful to the culture surrounding medieval nordic civilization. However The Promised Neverland creates its on culture with its superb characters and premise. Unfortunately there is not much more that can be said without risking possible spoilers however, if there is ever a show to trust our recommendation on it would this.

The Promised Neverland being a early contender to the 2019 anime year smashes all contenders and take the top spot with ourselves on our 'Anime of the Year'!