Manga Written and illustrated by
Masahito Soda, with the assistance of Kuro Tomiyama,
Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange started in
Kodansha's
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 volumes. The first volume was released on April 16, 2021. 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, 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.
Episodes Other media An official guidebook, titled , was published by
Kodansha on October 17, 2023. == Reception ==