It has a really good lore and quite upsetting stories. You can kind of relate to the characters and the anime has a great story and many good action scenes. This is definitely going to be a good anime when finished.
31 Reviews
Nothing new. But still amazing
newbornmartin925 December 2019
FIRE FORCE
treystarz18 May 2020
Fire Force
0U19 March 2020
Fire Force is a great anime, though many would disagree, first of all the animation is great, most people jump to conclusions, saying that the fanservice is tasteless simply because it was implemented poorly just once, and I'll try to keep the review short:
The story is nice but definitely has some flaws, most villains are more or less generic but they are interesting, though this is my own opinion. you may find the MC to be less than original, which I agree with, but he definitely is an interesting character at least for me.
now then time for the flaws: the first two episodes were fine but after that it got a bit all over the place, there was barely any proper continuity and some parts felt a bit out of place, though I assure you I have read the manga and such issues will soon be fixed, the first major arc was a bit too fastpaced for it to make much sense, and other than that the show is genuinely fun to watch.
The story is nice but definitely has some flaws, most villains are more or less generic but they are interesting, though this is my own opinion. you may find the MC to be less than original, which I agree with, but he definitely is an interesting character at least for me.
now then time for the flaws: the first two episodes were fine but after that it got a bit all over the place, there was barely any proper continuity and some parts felt a bit out of place, though I assure you I have read the manga and such issues will soon be fixed, the first major arc was a bit too fastpaced for it to make much sense, and other than that the show is genuinely fun to watch.
Fire force
cjsaud3 July 2020
Very good 💙
k-71483-5760621 June 2020
Soul Eater + Fairy Tail
alexhayes-077145 October 2020
Great anime, nice style and good action
minihingstar27 July 2019
Great potential but script is loosing it.
bestdesigns12 February 2021
Story is pretty good. Fight scenes are also good. But whats with the captains of each force :/. why are they most useless characters in the whole series. the whole world is burning but the captains are looking at the glass standing in office :/
Very good
cristicismas19 April 2020
Pretty disappointed...but I'd give it a chance
Bright_eyes_1710 July 2020
I think I'm one of the few people that really don't get the hype around this anime. I absolutely love the opening song, and the concept/plot was really intriguing which encouraged me to watch it in the first place. But watching it... was a bit lacklustre. I wish I could say I like the main characters, but I think the majority of them are mediocre at best. Not only that but the repetitive fan service was overwhelming and made me want to quick the show on multiple occasions. It happened too often and most were not funny at all/ forced humour. I watched it for the action/intense scenes, not for clothes flying off every 5 minutes during a serious fight scene. The female characters all have no substance and are just there to support the male characters and it's pretty sad to watch. It is a shame as I really felt like this show had potential. However, I rated it 6/10 because I think it's too premature to write the anime off too early and I'll give season two a second chance but... I don't have high hopes.
Has potential, but disappoints
zaidbhussain5 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Fire Force is AoT meets FMA(B), but everything's on fire.
I started the series incredibly excited by the premise and the promises the show made. I'm in season 2 episode 14 now, and I've lost interest.
The animations are amazing, dare I say it. The fight scenes are action-packed. Music is mostly rock and hard rock, if that's what you're into. The art is definitive. The steampunk Tokyo Empire and the characters are easily recognisable.
But the plot... Oh, the plot. It feels too much like AoT and FMA(B).
Here's Fire Force's story: a boy who lost his mother (but not younger brother) looking for a certain something accidentally stumbles upon a much greater conspiracy.
Sound familiar?
The Infernals would be flaming Titans. They're even created by humans, apparently. The Evangelist, who's like Father, is trying to achieve her ungodly mission by employing her faithful servants to find the Eight Pillars (Eight people with Adolla Bursts, I.e pure flames) to be "sacrifices".
Does that word ring a bell?
People receive an Adolla Burst if they see Hell itself. In FMA(B), they have to see the Truth, or God.
The writer uses expeditions as an excuse to send characters to important plot points. The first two arcs (the tournament and the Hibana-Iris story) didn't have expeditions and they were my favourite arcs. But that's all.
We have an expedition to the 1st Company. An expedition to the Nether. To China. To Haijima Industries.
Expedition. Fight bad guys. Learn a secret. That's it.
Some characters are bland. Tamaki's entire existence is for her clothes to be blown off and her body exposed. Inca, a supposedly independent girl, agrees to serve the Evangelist. New bad guys just keep coming with no reason, motivation or backstories of their own.
The whole story strucutre is repetitive and monotonous.
And finally the fight scenes. Animations aside, characters come in and out of battles for no reason. Scenes change too infrequently.
One example is when they're faced with about eight Infernal dogs but only fight three. The others just disappeared.
The broken fight scenes and irritating plot ruined it for me. I was expecting the show to end from like thirty episodes but the bad guys keep running away.
I've given up on this show. This anime truly disappointed me.
I started the series incredibly excited by the premise and the promises the show made. I'm in season 2 episode 14 now, and I've lost interest.
The animations are amazing, dare I say it. The fight scenes are action-packed. Music is mostly rock and hard rock, if that's what you're into. The art is definitive. The steampunk Tokyo Empire and the characters are easily recognisable.
But the plot... Oh, the plot. It feels too much like AoT and FMA(B).
Here's Fire Force's story: a boy who lost his mother (but not younger brother) looking for a certain something accidentally stumbles upon a much greater conspiracy.
Sound familiar?
The Infernals would be flaming Titans. They're even created by humans, apparently. The Evangelist, who's like Father, is trying to achieve her ungodly mission by employing her faithful servants to find the Eight Pillars (Eight people with Adolla Bursts, I.e pure flames) to be "sacrifices".
Does that word ring a bell?
People receive an Adolla Burst if they see Hell itself. In FMA(B), they have to see the Truth, or God.
The writer uses expeditions as an excuse to send characters to important plot points. The first two arcs (the tournament and the Hibana-Iris story) didn't have expeditions and they were my favourite arcs. But that's all.
We have an expedition to the 1st Company. An expedition to the Nether. To China. To Haijima Industries.
Expedition. Fight bad guys. Learn a secret. That's it.
Some characters are bland. Tamaki's entire existence is for her clothes to be blown off and her body exposed. Inca, a supposedly independent girl, agrees to serve the Evangelist. New bad guys just keep coming with no reason, motivation or backstories of their own.
The whole story strucutre is repetitive and monotonous.
And finally the fight scenes. Animations aside, characters come in and out of battles for no reason. Scenes change too infrequently.
One example is when they're faced with about eight Infernal dogs but only fight three. The others just disappeared.
The broken fight scenes and irritating plot ruined it for me. I was expecting the show to end from like thirty episodes but the bad guys keep running away.
I've given up on this show. This anime truly disappointed me.
A very fun ride
paulbell-6195731 July 2020
It does nothing new right? Well My Hero didn't do anything new and it's amazing. Yes this might have a lot of fanservice but it's very tamed. The animation and characters all stand out and I would put this on my top anime of 2019. Give it a chance. It's pretty damn good
Very fun
juluan-1719325 September 2020
Could be great
hmnz-09328 June 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Fire force is a good anime that i enjoyed watching due to its pacing, but had certain things that stopped it from being great.
The good things about this anime are:
The bad things about the show are:
Overall, this anime is enjoyable but could become much better if they fix the issues mentioned above, atm i would give it a 5.5 but this could easily be a 7 with a little tweak.
The good things about this anime are:
- The story is good, and the world that has been made is quite interesting.
- characters are interesting.
- the show has good comedy.
- the fight scenes are amazing, some of the best animation ive seen.
- the pacing of the show is amazing, its a great relief from animes that just lag out the show as much as possible. Great change of pace to see a show that moves at a good rate.
The bad things about the show are:
- The fan service, I'm not a fan of it in general in anime, but this was another level. There was a fights where the main character is in a serious fight and some how end ups touching a female colleagues chest. It is just weird and is not called for, especially in a serious fight scene. This is just one example, there is continual scenes like this that just make the anime seem sad.
- The animation for fight scenes is amazing, but for the rest of the show is mediocre. Constant still images, the characters don't blink, and for some reason when they are speaking you see a still from far away and the characters eyes go missing.
Overall, this anime is enjoyable but could become much better if they fix the issues mentioned above, atm i would give it a 5.5 but this could easily be a 7 with a little tweak.
Underrated anime
alaanaser-3767829 November 2020
Seriously Missed Potential
voidfox-2539320 January 2022
The action for this show is on point. Its the sole reason why I checked it out. The animation is rich and really well done. Unfortunately, the pros start and end there. The plot is mediocre and they tried too hard to make the characters unique and just ended up with some really dumb and ridiculous ones.
Then there's so FRICKING much FANSERVICE. I know this is an anime, but half the time it's a girl's clothes falling off because "the laws of gravity don't seem to apply to her". Most if not all the female characters are HEAVILY over sexualised, and usually it wouldn't really bother me, but it's so over done in Fire Force.
Then there's so FRICKING much FANSERVICE. I know this is an anime, but half the time it's a girl's clothes falling off because "the laws of gravity don't seem to apply to her". Most if not all the female characters are HEAVILY over sexualised, and usually it wouldn't really bother me, but it's so over done in Fire Force.
Quite nice
alyssiablue4 September 2020
Fire Force got me hooked again to anime (after a very big break from it, I might add). There are a couple of fanservice moments but if you focus on the story and the characters' development and tragic pasts, you can actually get to like it. Planning on reading the manga now, since the episodes don't come out subbed fast enough =))
Coolest anime of 2019
its-me66117 January 2021
Everything about Fire force is devilishly cool. Cool character design, cool power, cool villains and cool twists. If beautiful animation is your thing, this is a must watch.
9/10
Shinra's family died in a strange fire accident and he got special fire power. 12 years later Shinra joins Special Fire Force Company 8 to become a hero and save others.
The story is based in a post war Tokyo Empire where fire and spontaneous combustion is common. People turns into fire monster and starts attacking blindly. Only force to stop them is the Fire force as most of the fire force staff have some kind of cool fire super power. The story revolves around Shinra and other members of Special Fire Force Company 8. Most of the characters introduced here are well designed and very likable. Each has a unique power which is gorgeously animated. While Shinra goes on with trying to be a hero there is a group of people who are one the move to destroy the Tokyo Empire.
The animation is fantastic. The fight scenes are elaborately choreographed and the animation during the fights are out of this world. This has the best sound design of 2019. Every time Shinra uses his signature move there is this boom like sound which just makes the attack almost 3 dimensional. Voice acting is very well done and fitting to the characters. Loved the story and with second season the story got even better.
For any action anime fans this is a must watch. Season one started with a bang. Amazing character design, breath taking action sequences, out of the world OST and an interesting story with one of the coolest bunch of villains I have seen in a while. Season two takes it all up a notch. What I truly loved about Fire force is how fun it is to watch. This is the best shonen to come after Black clover. Recommended.
9/10
Shinra's family died in a strange fire accident and he got special fire power. 12 years later Shinra joins Special Fire Force Company 8 to become a hero and save others.
The story is based in a post war Tokyo Empire where fire and spontaneous combustion is common. People turns into fire monster and starts attacking blindly. Only force to stop them is the Fire force as most of the fire force staff have some kind of cool fire super power. The story revolves around Shinra and other members of Special Fire Force Company 8. Most of the characters introduced here are well designed and very likable. Each has a unique power which is gorgeously animated. While Shinra goes on with trying to be a hero there is a group of people who are one the move to destroy the Tokyo Empire.
The animation is fantastic. The fight scenes are elaborately choreographed and the animation during the fights are out of this world. This has the best sound design of 2019. Every time Shinra uses his signature move there is this boom like sound which just makes the attack almost 3 dimensional. Voice acting is very well done and fitting to the characters. Loved the story and with second season the story got even better.
For any action anime fans this is a must watch. Season one started with a bang. Amazing character design, breath taking action sequences, out of the world OST and an interesting story with one of the coolest bunch of villains I have seen in a while. Season two takes it all up a notch. What I truly loved about Fire force is how fun it is to watch. This is the best shonen to come after Black clover. Recommended.
Premise has a lot of potential, but stays below it significantly
Bamboo114 February 2022
The premise is cool, similar to Avatar, however, you can directly see how it misses depth.
It also relies on overused story plots and has no really interesting twists.
It has some cool fights, visually, but not so much intelligently like with Dragonball, Avatar, Hero Academia, AOT, where you really have to figure out how to beat someone.
It also relies on overused story plots and has no really interesting twists.
It has some cool fights, visually, but not so much intelligently like with Dragonball, Avatar, Hero Academia, AOT, where you really have to figure out how to beat someone.
Mind Blowing
divitpatidar19 July 2021
Your Typically Shonen - Done right
jhovanne-8199426 June 2021
If you love shonen like I do then you will love this anime. It is not boring at all however the story isn't original but is any anime or show ever? It's got The brotherly rival, friendship, to be the greatest - goal, dope action, and of course the harem. Sometimes you just wanna watch something that you love like Naruto,DBZ, & HxH and that's what FireForce does. Although the story isn't quite unique - it's not all the same as each story has it's own quirk. One thing for certain the action segments in this anime are "GODLY" if you have surround sound or 3D headphones make sure to put them on because the audio and music this anime has to offer are on a whole different level than any anime I've ever seen + the visuals are just a bonus a cherry on top if you will.
The author/artist of Soul Eater created FireForce but this time without the wacky and crazy characters that Soul Eater has - this anime appears to be more grounded and if you loved Soul Eater make sure to watch FireForce because they're a couple of references made in this anime from Soul Eater that you will see.
All in all it's a great anime not a sophisticated or very deep kind of one but one that many people who grew up on DBZ and Naruto will come to love.
Last but not least before I make my exit here I just wanna say that... I love how they added break dancing into the Main Character's fighting style as one who used to break dance I instantly fell in love with it I'm not one who usually likes the MC but yeah don't take my word for it, watch it up until episode 5 and if that still hasn't got you reeled In then go on and watch another anime.
The author/artist of Soul Eater created FireForce but this time without the wacky and crazy characters that Soul Eater has - this anime appears to be more grounded and if you loved Soul Eater make sure to watch FireForce because they're a couple of references made in this anime from Soul Eater that you will see.
All in all it's a great anime not a sophisticated or very deep kind of one but one that many people who grew up on DBZ and Naruto will come to love.
Last but not least before I make my exit here I just wanna say that... I love how they added break dancing into the Main Character's fighting style as one who used to break dance I instantly fell in love with it I'm not one who usually likes the MC but yeah don't take my word for it, watch it up until episode 5 and if that still hasn't got you reeled In then go on and watch another anime.
Spontaneous Human Combustion
martin_merelesc7 April 2022
Season 1: Offers one of the most original takes on Shonen, instead of being about a boy looking to get stronger or take over the world, we have a story about a world where humans live in constant fear of suddenly exploding and turn into flaming monsters.
Season 2: An already impressive anime taken to the next level, giving characters layers of much-needed development, answering important story questions, developing a rich world, and incredible action sequences.
Season 2: An already impressive anime taken to the next level, giving characters layers of much-needed development, answering important story questions, developing a rich world, and incredible action sequences.
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