The official website for the television anime adaptation of Masahito Soda and Kuro Tomiyama's Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange (Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange) manga revealed on Sunday two additional cast member and the ending theme song. The anime is set to broadcast on September 30 at 5:30 p.m. on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV-affiliated channels.

Katsuyuki Konishi (Kimetsu no Yaiba) and Takehito Koyasu (Gintama) are joining the cast as Daigo Asahina and Shirou Amakasu, respectively. The two characters were previously main characters in the Megumi no Daigo manga.

Kanjani8 (Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On) performs the opening theme "Anthlopos" and LMYK (Vinland Saga Season 2) performs the ending theme "Perfect World."

Masahiko Murata (Baby Steps) is directing the anime at animation studio Brain's Base. Shinzou Fujita (Fumetsu no Anata e) is handling the series composition. Hitomi Tsuruta (World Trigger) and Kouji Yabuno (Uchuu Kyoudai) are designing the characters.

Soda serialized the original action drama manga series in 20 volumes on the Shounen Sunday magazine from August 1995 to June 1999.

The sequel manga, Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange, began serialization on the Monthly Shounen Magazine in October 2020. Kodansha shipped the seventh volume on May 17.

Source: Comic Natalie