Hikuidori: Ushu Boro Tobi-gumi Drops All Episodes on Netflix
The full-season drop on Netflix gives the Naoki Prize-winning author's first anime adaptation a second life on the world's largest streamer, paired with his other Netflix series Ikusagami.
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The winter 2026 anime Hikuidori: Ushu Boro Tobi-gumi, based on Shogo Imamura's historical novel series about Edo firefighters, began streaming all episodes at once on Netflix on May 22, 2026. The series aired on TV from January 11, 2026, produced by SynergySP and directed by Hiroshi Yatsumi.
Hikuidori: Ushu Boro Tobi-gumi, the winter 2026 TV anime based on Shogo Imamura's historical novel series, arrived on Netflix in full on May 22. All episodes are now available at once, the streaming service confirmed. The series originally aired on Japanese television starting January 11, 2026, produced by SynergySP and directed by Hiroshi Yatsumi. Imamura, a Naoki Prize winner, wrote the original novel that the anime adapts; his other work Ikusagami is also currently streaming on Netflix. The story follows Gengo Matsunaga, a former firefighting samurai who rebuilds a broke and despised firefighting group in Edo, racing to stop arsons and a coming disaster. Yuichiro Umehara voices Gengo, with a cast including Shuichiro Umeda, Subaru Kimura, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kensho Ono, Ayaka Miyoshi, Koji Yusa, and Junichi Suwabe.
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