So remember last year when I talked about that article where the author of Soul Eater, Atsushi Ohkubo, was planning to start a new project in 2015 and speculated that it might be a new Soul Eater anime?

 

Well, even after I realized that was super unlikely due to Ohkubo obviously not really having the power to do something like that on his own and Studio Bones currently being busy with Blood Blockade Battlefront, I still had some hope... but uh, this pretty much confirmed how wrong I really was.

 

Yep. Atsushi Ohkubo is back ladies and gentlemen... but it has nothing to do with Soul Eater. He's starting a brand new manga seres called "En En No Shobotai" (translated as "Fire Brigade of Flames") that will premiere in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine.

 

The new manga is described to be about a phenomenon where people are randomly bursting into flames... huh... and I guess it will focus on the firefighters who combat this crisis based on the title and artwork.

 

Well, this is just... weird... but also kind of hilarious and awesome, and considering Ohkubo's work in Soul Eater, which was also hilarious, awesome, and definitely on the strange side, this new manga sounds like it could be a hit. Plus, it's about fire, so I already love it based on principle. lol

 

So I can honestly say I'm looking forward to it, but how do you guys feel? 

Edited July 10, 201510 yr by Firaga Sensei

I feel..... not cool.

 

I feel..... not cool.

 

Because it's not Soul Eater?

I feel..... not cool.

 

We can't give up hope bro. We have to believe that if theres some demand for it: it will happen

Oh yeah, I remember that a while back you had speculated that the new project would be a Soul Eater anime!

 

But well, even though this isn't Soul Eater, the concept of Fire Brigade Of Flames seems intriguing, so I'm sure this will be one to look out for!  And who knows?  Some time after, we may get an anime of said new manga!

Strange concept. I wonder what exactly it will be about. A slice of life about the firefighters, with the spontaneous combustion as a side thing? A mystery with them finding out what's causing it? Just a regular battle shounen? It'll be interesting to see how he'll pull it off, at the least.

I just think that Fire Brigade of Flames is a miserable name. I will be calling it En En No Shobotai once I begin reading it. Which I will do.

Well, uh... it sounds interesting, but I must admit I'm slightly disappointed it's not Soul Eater related. I still want a proper anime adaptation of the manga...

Considering that the creator of Soul Eater is working on a new manga, can we expect a reference to Soul Eater in the manga?

Well, uh... it sounds interesting, but I must admit I'm slightly disappointed it's not Soul Eater related. I still want a proper anime adaptation of the manga...

 

But probably not. ;_;