Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M (manga)
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 Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 1995 to June 1999. The manga has been licensed in North America by Viz Media.
An anime film produced by Sunrise was released in July 1999. A Japanese television drama was broadcast on Fuji Television in 2004. A manga sequel, titled Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange, began in Kodansha‘s Monthly Shōnen Magazine in October 2020.
In 1996, Daigo of Fire Company M won the 42nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category.
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.
Manga
Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M is written and illustrated by Masahito Soda. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 6, 1995 to June 16, 1999. Shogakukan compiled its chapters into twenty tankōbon volumes, released from January 18, 1996 to August 7, 1999. Shogakukan republished the series into eleven bunkoban volumes from October 4, 2005 to May 13, 2006.
In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga for English language release. The twenty volumes were released from December 10, 2002 to November 13, 2007. In December 2013, Viz Media published the series digitally on their platform.
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. Kodansha released its first tankōbon volume on April 16, 2021. As of February 17, 2022, four volumes have been released.
An anime film produced by Sunrise premiered on July 27, 1999.
A 11-episode Japanese television drama was broadcast on Fuji Television from January 6 to March 16, 2004.
In 1996, Daigo of Fire Company M won the 42nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category. The series won an Excellence Award at the 2nd Japan Media Arts Festival in 1998.
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Manga volume 1 cover
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| め組の大吾 (Megumi no Daigo) |
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| Genre | Drama, thriller |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masahito Soda |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | September 6, 1995 – June 16, 1999 |
| Volumes | 20 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Susumu Nishizawa |
| Music by | Shirō Hamaguchi |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | July 27, 1999 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by |
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| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | January 6, 2004 – March 16, 2004 |
| Episodes | 11 |
| Manga | |
| Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange | |
| Written by | Masahito Soda |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Magazine |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | October 6, 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 2 |
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