Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime
• Premiere date: 2026-01-11
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 89544
• IMDb ID: tt38646977
• TVDB ID: 460693

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-01-11; final listed air date 2026-04-05.

Source and licence

Adapted from Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix- on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.