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The Fire Hunter
The Fire Hunter

The Fire Hunter Anime’s 2nd PV Reveals Opening Theme

By AzailDecember 23, 2022

The official Twitter account for the TV anime adaptation of Reiko Hinata and Akihiro Yamada’s fantasy novel series The Fire Hunter (Hikari no Ō) has began streaming the second PV, which introduces the opening theme song “Usotsuki” (Liar) by Leo Ieiri. The video also includes a of Maaya Sakamoto’s ending theme song “Mada Tōku ni Iru” (You Are Still Far Away).

The series will launch on January 14 at 10:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. EST) on the premium subscription TV channel WOWOW. In Japan, the first episode of the anime will be broadcasted for free on the channel. Crunchyroll will stream the anime simultaneously as it airs in Japan.

The cast includes: 

Misaki Kuno as Tōko

Tōko from The Fire Hunter

Shōya Ishige as Kōshi

Kōshi from The Fire Hunter

Maaya Sakamoto as Akira

Akira from The Fire Hunter

Yoshimasa Hosoya as Roroku

Roroku from The Fire Hunter

Saori Hayami as Kira

Kira from The Fire Hunter

Megumi Yamaguchi as Hinako.

Hinako from The Fire Hunter

The other recently announced 16 cast members include:

Sachi Kokuryu as Kun

Kun from The Fire Hunter

Chiaki Kobayashi as Shōzō

Shōzō from The Fire Hunter

Makoto Koichi as Kaho

Kaho from The Fire Hunter

Kenta Miyake as Yuoshichi

Yuoshichi from The Fire Hunter

Kaori Nazuka as Hibana

Hibana from The Fire Hunter

Mamoru Miyano as Takimi

Takimi from The Fire Hunter

Shinichiro Miki as Haijū

Haijū from The Fire Hunter

Yuko Hara as Benio

Benio from The Fire Hunter

Yume Miyamoto as Hotaru

Hotaru from The Fire Hunter

Shun’ichi Maki as Sakuroku

Sakuroku from The Fire Hunter

Yōji Ueda as Enzen

Enzen from The Fire Hunter

Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Hitō

Hitō from The Fire Hunter

Akira Ishi as Hibari

Hibari from The Fire Hunter

(Characters with no visuals yet).

Sayaka Ohara as Yanagi

Yu Shimamura as Kiri

Yoshiko Sakakibara as Narrator

The Fire Hunter Key Visual

READ MORE: The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague 2nd PV Previews Opening Song

The staff includes:

  • Director: Junji Nishimura
  • Assistant Director: Sachiko Kanno
  • Series Composition & Script: Mamoru Oshii
  • Music: Kenji Kawai
  • Original Creator: Reiko Hinata
  • Original Character Design: Akihiro Yamada
  • Character Design: Takuya Saitō
  • Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
  • Chief Animation Directors: Kazuchika Kise, Takuya Saitō, Toshihisa Kaiya
  • Mechanical Design: Kaoru Kamigiku
  • Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
  • CGI Director: Masayoshi Nishimuta
  • Director of Photography: Eiji Arai
  • 2D Work: Makiko Yamazaki
  • Art Setting: Mika Nakajima
  • Color Design: Youko Watanabe
  • Creature Design: Tomohiro Matsubara
  • Editing: Junichi Uematsu
  • Effect Animation Director: Kazunori Ozawa
  • Image Illustration & Prop Design: Goichi Iwahata
  • Painting: Uta Mizuno
  • Special Effects: Hideo Sakurai
  • Telop: Mayumi Katsumata
  • Title Logo Design: Makimo Yamazaki
  • Animation Production: Signal MD
  • CG Production: REIRS
  • Music Production: Flying Dog
  • Sound Production: Production I.G.

READ MORE: Toilet-bound Hanako Kun Anime Announces a ‘Restart’

The Fire Hunter Key Visual

WHAT IS THE FIRE HUNTER ABOUT?

The Fire Hunter is a fantasy novel series written by Reiko Hinata and illustrated by Akihiko Yamada. Holp Shuppan released four volumes of the novel between December 2018 and September 2020. The novel’s plot takes place on a planet devastated by humanity’s Last War. The globe is covered in a large forest filled with flameling creatures and other fallen beasts, with pockets of mankind living in small protected communities. 

Humans spontaneously combust when they get too close to a small source of fire, thanks to a particular weapon employed during the Last War. The only safe energy source for humanity is contained with the bodies of flamelings, and it is the task of a sickle-wielding firecatchers who enter the depths of the great forest to hunt them down.

They tell stories among the firecatchers about a “Firecatcher Lord”, someone who will be able to harvest the fire of the thousand-year comet, the “Wandering Spark,” which has been flying in the sky since before the Last War, but is now returning to earth.

The story begins with Tōko, a girl from a paper-making town being attacked by a flameling in the forbidden forest when a flamecatcher rushes to protect her. In another location, a young capital-born boy named Kōshi protects his younger sister after losing their mother from factory toxins.

Reiko Hinata released the first book of the series in December 2018, with illustrations by The Twelve Kingdoms illustrator and RahXephon character designer Akihiro Yamada. Hinata released the fourth book of the series on September 3, 2020, followed by a side-story volume on December 21, 2021.

WATCH THE FIRE CATCHER HUNTER PV HERE:

⚠特報⚠
|◤第2弾PV🎥解禁🎊◢|

灯子(#久野美咲)、煌四(#石毛翔弥)の新シーン🔥#家入レオ 、#坂本真綾 の楽曲も収録🎶

📺2023/1/14(土)午後10:30https://t.co/BRxq08IiZ3#火狩りの王 #西村純二 #押井守 #細谷佳正 #早見沙織 #山口愛 #三宅健太 #名塚佳織 #小林千晃 #三木眞一郎 #宮野真守 #WOWOW pic.twitter.com/KvPiy47gKW

— 「火狩りの王」アニメ公式🔥🌙 (@HikarinoOuAnime) December 21, 2022

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Azail is a former high school teacher who loves her cats, anime, manga, and video games. She spends her free time streaming video games and getting cozy with her cats.

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