Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M

Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M (Japanese: め組の大吾, Hepburn: Megumi no Daigo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masahito Soda. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 1995 to June 1999, with its chapters collected in 20 tankōbon volumes.

Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Daigo Asahina
め組の大吾
(Megumi no Daigo)
Genre
Manga
Written byMasahito Soda
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 6, 1995 – June 16, 1999
Volumes20
Anime film
Directed bySusumu Nishizawa
Music byShirō Hamaguchi
StudioSunrise
ReleasedJuly 27, 1999
Runtime45 minutes
Television drama
Directed by
  • Go Shichitaka
  • Take Narita
  • Hirosuke Mitake
  • Taro Kinoshita
  • Osamu Yonekawa
  • Ryouichi Tanaka
Original networkFuji TV
Original run January 6, 2004 – March 16, 2004
Episodes11
Manga
Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange
Written byMasahito Soda
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 6, 2020 – present
Volumes6
Anime television series
Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange
Directed byMasahiko Murata
Written byShinzō Fujita
StudioBrain's Base
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original run Q4 2023 – scheduled

The manga has been licensed in North America by Viz Media. An anime film produced by Sunrise was released in July 1999. A television drama adaptation was broadcast on Fuji TV in 2004. A manga sequel, titled Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange, started in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine in October 2020. An anime television series adaptation of Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange, produced by Brain's Base, is set to premiere in Q4 2023.

In 1996, Daigo of Fire Company M won the 42nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category. By December 2022, the manga had over 14 million copies in circulation.

Plot

As a child, Daigo Asahina's life was saved by a fireman. He grew up and never forgot the brave, nameless man who rescued and inspired him to become a firefighter himself. Now as a firefighter in training at Medaka-Ga-Hama Fire Station in Sengoku City, Daigo must grow up quickly, learn the ropes, and find out if he truly has what it takes to become a heroic fireman.

Characters
Daigo Asahina (朝比奈大吾, Asahina Daigo)
Voiced by: Wataru Takagi
An 18-year-old young man who thinks he knows everything about firefighting.
Shunsuke Gomi (五味俊介, Gomi Shunsuke)
Voiced by: Yusaku Yara
The captain of Fire Company M whose easy-going attitude is initially off-putting to the overzealous Daigo.
Shizuka Ochiai (落合静香, Ochiai Shizuka)
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue
Daigo's high school teacher who continues to offer encouragement even though he is no longer her student. She treats him as though he is her little brother, though Daigo has feelings for her.
Shirō Amakasu (甘粕 士郎, Amakasu Shirō)
Voiced by: Kazuya Ichijō
Daigo's serious-minded rival at Kujiradai Fire Station, one of the busiest stations in the area.

Kyūkoku no Orange
Daigo Toake (十朱大吾, Toake Daigo)
Voiced by: Junya Enoki[2]
Shun Onoda (斧田駿, Onoda Shun)
Voiced by: Taku Yashiro[2]
Yuki Nakamura (中村雪, Nakamura Yuki)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura[2]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Masahito Soda, Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 6, 1995,[3] to June 16, 1999.[4] Shogakukan collected its chapters in twenty tankōbon volumes, released from January 18, 1996,[5] to August 7, 1999.[6] Shogakukan republished the series into eleven bunkoban volumes from October 4, 2005,[7] to May 13, 2006.[8]

In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga for English language release. The twenty volumes were released from December 10, 2002,[9] to November 13, 2007.[10] In December 2013, Viz Media published the series digitally on their platform.[11][12][13]

In September 2020, the October issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine revealed that a new manga series, titled Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange (め組の大吾 救国のオレンジ, Megumi no Daigo Kyūkoku no Orenji), would start in the November 2020 issue of the magazine, published on October 6, 2020. Soda returned to the series with Kuro Tomiyama serving as his assistant.[14][15] Kodansha released its first tankōbon volume on April 16, 2021.[16] As of December 15, 2022, six volumes have been released.[17]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 January 18, 1996[5]4-09-123681-2December 10, 2002 (LR)[9]
July 1, 2003 (RL)[18]		978-1-56931-860-7 (LR)
978-1-56931-955-0 (RL)
2 March 18, 1996[19]4-09-12368-2-0March 1, 2003[20]978-1-56931-879-9
3 June 18, 1996[21]4-09-123683-9June 1, 2003[22]978-1-56931-881-2
4 August 10, 1996[23]4-09-123684-7September 10, 2003[24]978-1-56931-991-8
5 August 10, 1996[25]4-09-123685-5December 3, 2003[26]978-1-59116-093-9
6 February 18, 1997[27]4-09-123686-3March 3, 2004[28]978-1-59116-137-0
7 April 18, 1997[29]4-09-123687-1June 9, 2004[30]978-1-59116-315-2
8 June 18, 1997[31]4-09-123688-XAugust 31, 2004[32]978-1-59116-464-7
9 September 18, 1997[33]4-09-123689-8December 14, 2004[34]978-1-59116-634-4
10 November 18, 1997[35]4-09-123690-1March 15, 2005[36]978-1-59116-635-1
11 February 18, 1998[37]4-09-125341-5June 7, 2005[38]978-1-59116-795-2
12 April 18, 1998[39]4-09-125342-3September 6, 2005[40]978-1-59116-980-2
13 June 18, 1998[41]4-09-125343-1December 13, 2005[42]978-1-4215-0130-7
14 September 18, 1998[43]4-09-125344-XMarch 14, 2006[44]978-1-4215-0318-9
15 December 10, 1998[45]4-09-125345-8June 13, 2006[46]978-1-4215-0451-3
16 March 18, 1999[47]4-09-125346-6September 12, 2006[48]978-1-4215-0452-0
17 April 17, 1999[49]4-09-125347-4December 12, 2006[50]978-1-4215-0453-7
18 June 16, 1999[51]4-09-125348-2March 13, 2007[52]978-1-4215-0890-0
19 July 17, 1999[53]4-09-125349-0July 10, 2007[54]978-1-4215-0891-7
20 August 7, 1999[6]4-09-125350-4November 13, 2007[10]978-1-4215-0892-4

Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 April 16, 2021[16]978-4-06-521831-0
2 June 17, 2021[55]978-4-06-523730-4
3 October 15, 2021[56]978-4-06-524700-6
4 February 17, 2022[57]978-4-06-526467-6
5 August 17, 2022[58]978-4-06-528610-4
6 December 15, 2022[17]978-4-06-529757-5
7 May 17, 2023[59]978-4-06-531664-1

Anime

An anime film produced by Sunrise premiered on July 27, 1999.[60]

An anime television series adaptation of Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange was announced on December 15, 2022.[61] It is produced by Brain's Base and directed by Masahiko Murata, with scripts supervised by Shinzō Fujita, and character designs handled by Hitomi Tsuruta and Koji Yabuno. The series is set to premiere in Q4 2023.[2] Crunchyroll has licensed the series under the title, Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange.[62]

Drama

A 11-episode Japanese television drama was broadcast on Fuji TV from January 6 to March 16, 2004.[63][64]

Reception

By December 2022, the manga had over 14 million copies in circulation.[65]

Daigo of Fire Company M won the 42nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category in 1996.[66] The manga was awarded an Excellence Award in the Manga Division at the 2nd Japan Media Arts Festival in 1998.[67] The sequel Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange has been nominated for the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2023.[68]

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