{"id":144382,"date":"2026-01-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=144382"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:22:57","slug":"emaqi-adds-oedo-fire-slayer-the-legend-of-phoenix-manga-series-2-more-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/09\/emaqi-adds-oedo-fire-slayer-the-legend-of-phoenix-manga-series-2-more-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Emaqi Adds Oedo Fire Slayer \u2013The Legend of Phoenix\u2013 Manga Series &amp; 2 More Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Three <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/12\/19\/emaqi-adds-sham-harigane-serve-against-all-odds-more-manga-series\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">new manga series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are joining the digital catalog of AI localization company Orange Inc\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/12\/05\/emaqi-adds-yankee-jk-kuzuhana-chan-more-manga-series-for-december-2025\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">emaqi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> platform, including the first volume of the historical action series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oedo Fire Slayer \u2013The Legend of Phoenix\u2013<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Here are the details on the new manga series joining emaqi:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><b>Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"144385\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/09\/emaqi-adds-oedo-fire-slayer-the-legend-of-phoenix-manga-series-2-more-titles\/hikuidori\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?fit=1920%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hikuidori\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?fit=696%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-144385\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?resize=600%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix- hikuidori emaqi manga visual\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?resize=1536%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?resize=696%2C348&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?resize=1068%2C534&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?resize=840%2C420&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story: <\/span><b>Shogo Imamura<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Art: <\/span><b>Shinobu Seguchi<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A manga adaptation of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hikuidori<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 the first novel in the historical Ushuboro Tobigumi series. A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/12\/03\/oedo-fire-slayer-the-legend-of-phoenix-gets-1st-trailer-january-11-premiere\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TV anime series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is also set to premiere in Japan on January 11, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once hailed as \u201cThe Phoenix,\u201d Edo&#8217;s greatest fire slayer, Gengo Matsunaga has fallen from grace. After a fateful incident forced his retirement, he now lives as a penniless ronin with his wife Miyuki. But when an unexpected offer arrives from the Dewa Shinjo domain \u2014 \u201dReturn as fire brigade chief and save Edo once more\u201d \u2014 Gengo&#8217;s fighting spirit reignites.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With mysterious fires threatening lives throughout the city, he resolves to become a fire slayer once again. Rebuilding the nearly-decimated brigade mockingly called the \u201cRagtag Hawks,\u201d Gengo stands against the raging infernos to protect Edo and its people!!<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will The Phoenix rise from the ashes to save the city he once swore to protect?<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><b>Can I Touch Those, Mino?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"144387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/09\/emaqi-adds-oedo-fire-slayer-the-legend-of-phoenix-manga-series-2-more-titles\/minosan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?fit=1920%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"minosan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?fit=696%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-144387\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?resize=600%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Can I Touch Those, Mino? emaqi manga visual\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?resize=1536%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?resize=696%2C348&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?resize=1068%2C534&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?resize=840%2C420&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minosan.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story and Art: <\/span><b>Yo Ikoma<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">This is a special digital edition that contains an exclusive bonus page at the end of the volume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mino, the mysterious girl who sits beside Sota in class, has a little \u201csomething\u201d on her head that Sota can\u2019t help but notice. But as his gaze follows her, even more curious things about her just keep popping up\u2026?! Spend time with the well-developed and mysterious Mino in this super exciting, slice-of-life comedy!!<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><b>Curious People: Welcome to the Folklore Club<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"144386\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/09\/emaqi-adds-oedo-fire-slayer-the-legend-of-phoenix-manga-series-2-more-titles\/komatta\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?fit=1920%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"komatta\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?fit=696%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-144386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?resize=600%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Curious People: Welcome to the Folklore Club emaqi manga visual\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?resize=1536%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?resize=696%2C348&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?resize=1068%2C534&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?resize=840%2C420&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/komatta.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story and Art: <\/span><b>Keito Yoshikawa<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tokyo, 1989&#8230; Jun Kuwako, a college student who moved to the city from the boonies, has a mysterious power to see things that no one else can. Determined to finally enjoy his dream college life, Jun hides his mysterious power only to find himself invited into the Folklore Club. And so begins Jun&#8217;s journey into the mysterious world of folklore with the eccentric members of the Folklore Club! A coming-of-age story set in the Showa Period!<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Email correspondence, press release\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anime Trending has promotional collaborations with one or more entities referenced in this article.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three new manga series are joining the digital catalog of AI localization company Orange Inc\u2019s emaqi platform, including the first volume of the Oedo Fire Slayer \u2013The Legend of Phoenix\u2013 manga. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":144391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[5117,11385,122,10923,10524],"class_list":["post-144382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-akita-shoten","tag-emaqi","tag-manga","tag-oedo-fire-slayer-the-legend-of-phoenix","tag-shonengahosha"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hikuidori-1-e1767921623936.jpg?fit=1705%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-ByK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144382"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144390,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144382\/revisions\/144390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}