Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange (Japanese: め組の大吾 救国のオレンジ, Hepburn: Megumi no Daigo Kyūkoku no Orenji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masahito Soda. It is a sequel to Soda's Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M series. It has been serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine since October 2020, with its chapters collected in 12 tankōbon volumes as of August 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Brain's Base aired from September 2023 to March 2024.
Contents
Characters
Daigo Toake (十朱 大吾, Toake Daigo)
Voiced by: Junya Enoki
Shun Onoda (斧田 駿, Onoda Shun)
Voiced by: Taku Yashiro
Yuki Nakamura (中村 雪, Nakamura Yuki)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura
Sadaie Matoi (纏 定家, Matoi Sadaie)
Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura
Kyōsuke Yamagami (山上 恭介, Yamagami Kyōsuke)
Voiced by: Tetsu Inada
Hasebe (長谷部)
Voiced by: Yōhei Azakami
Watari (渡)
Voiced by: Ryota Iwasaki
Daigo Asahina (朝比奈 大吾, Asahina Daigo)
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi
Shirō Amakasu (甘粕 士郎, Amakasu Shirō)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu
Teppei Igarashi (五十嵐 哲平, Igarashi Teppei)
Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi
Riku Usui (碓井 陸, Usui Riku)
Voiced by: Takashi Onozuka
Takuto Tsubaki (椿 拓人, Tsubaki Takuto)
Voiced by: Takuya Satō
Sakura Nagata (永田 桜, Nagata Sakura)
Voiced by: Marina Inoue
Toyomu Altonen (アルトーネン 響, Arutōnen Toyomu)
Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa
Hiromi Kittaka (橘高 洋海, Kittaka Hiromi)
Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki
Narrator (ナレーション, Narēshon)
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Masahito Soda, with the assistance of Kuro Tomiyama, Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange started in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine on October 6, 2020. The manga finished its first part on February 6, 2024, and it was announced that the manga would enter on hiatus before starting the second part. It resumed in May 2024 and in October 2025 it was announced that the manga would enter indefinite hiatus. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 16, 2021. As of August 12, 2025, twelve volumes have been released.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in December 2022. It is produced by Brain's Base and directed by Masahiko Murata, with scripts supervised by Shinzō Fujita, character designs handled by Hitomi Tsuruta and Koji Yabuno, and music composed by Norihito Sumitomo. The series received an early screening at Anime Expo on July 3, 2023, and aired from September 30, 2023, to March 23, 2024, on all NNS affiliates, including ytv and Nippon TV. The main opening theme song is "Anthropos" by Kanjani Eight, while the first ending theme song is "Perfect World" by LMYK, and the second ending theme song is "Mission" by Mika Nakashima.
On the occasion of the Autumn Fire Prevention Campaign and to promote the series, voice actors Junya Enoki, Taku Yashiro, and Ayane Sakura were appointed as rescue captains for a day at the Tokyo Fire Department's Musashino fire station on November 9, 2023, where they experienced rope-crossing and water-discharge training. J Rescue Magazine featured Yuki Nakamura on the November 2023 cover, a first for Icarus Publishing Co., Ltd to feature an anime character since the magazine was first launched in 2001. It featured an interview with Ayane Sakura and a glossary containing words used in firefighting.
Crunchyroll streamed the series worldwide outside of Asia. Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia and is streaming it on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.
Other media
An official guidebook, titled Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange Official Guidebook – The Story of Passionate Rescue Team Members (め組の大吾 救国のオレンジ 公式ガイドブック 熱き救助隊員たちの物語, Megumi no Daigo Kyūkoku no Orenji Kōshiki Gaidobukku Atsuki Kyūjotaiin Tachi no Monogatari), was published by Kodansha on October 17, 2023.
Reception
The manga was nominated for the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2023.