Oedo Fire Slayer-The Legend of Phoenix- Anime Reveals Main Cast, January 2026 Debut

Amuse Creative Studio revealed on Wednesday the main cast and January 2026 debut of Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-, the television anime adaptation of Hikuidori (Fire Eater), the first volume from Shōgo Imamura's Ushūboro Tobigumi historical novel series. The company also revealed a new visual for the anime:The cast who will voice the members of the "Boro Tobi Gumi" are:Amuse Creative Studio describes the anime's story: Imamura launched the Ushūboro Tobigumi novel series with the Hikuidori story in 2017. Shodensha has published 12 volumes of the novel, and a volume of spinoff short story collection, which released in 2022. The novel won in the sixth Yoshikawa Eiji Bunko Award in 2021. Shinobu Seguchi's manga adaptation of the Hikuidori novel, also titled Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-, launched in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion on April 24. The manga will get a digital English release in North America this summer.Imamura also wrote the 2022 Ikusagami (Last Samurai Standing) novels. Katsumi Tatsuzawa launched the novels' manga adaptation in Kodansha's Morning magazine in 2022. Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga. Netflix is producing a live-action series based on Imamura's novels also titled Last Samurai Standing, slated for release in November.Source: Press release