Promare

Promare (Japanese: プロメア Hepburn: Puromea) is a 2020 Japanese animated television series co-produced by Trigger and XFLAG. It's based on the film with the same name. It's directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by Kazuki Nakashima, both previously working together on Gurren Lagann in 2007 and Kill la Kill in 2013, with Nakashima and Trigger credited for the original work. It features character and mechanical designs by Shigeto Koyama, 3DCG animation by Sanzigen and music by Hiroyuki Sawano. Promare will be released with 25 episodes on May 24, 2020 by Toho.

Plot
About Thirty years ago, the Earth suffered a calamity known as the Great World Blaze, This Disaster was caused by mass spontaneous human combustions, as a result, half the world's population were killed and the planet's oceans became deserts and the waters became Frozen. besides all of this, Certain humans managed to survive but had developed pyrokinetic abilities during and subsequent to the event, and became known as the Burnish.

In the present, Galo Thymos lives in the city of Promepolis as a member of the firefighting group Burning Rescue, who respond to incidents involving the purported Burnish terrorist sect Mad Burnish. During a rescue and attack, Galo with the help of his team defeats the Mad Burnish leader Lio Fotia and his team. Galo is instantly Iabelled a hero by the City, however the cause for celebration is short-lived when a friend working at the local pizza restaurant favoured by his team is taken into custody for being a Burnish, he begins to wonder if he did the right thing. Shortly after, he comes face-to-face with Lio, once more after his group sage a Prison Break and and soon taken taking hostage. Lio tells Galo that the Burnish are being experimented on by Kray Foresight, the Promepolis city mayor and that he’s only trying to save his friends’ lives, Torn between standing up for the Burnish and doubting Kray the man who saved his life could be part of such a horrible act. Galo is left confused and vulnerable but he start forge an unlikely bond with Lio that will creates a new flame that is used to save the world.

Main

 * Galo Thymos (ガロ・ティモス Garo Timosu)
 * Voiced by: Kenichi Matsuyama (Japanese); Billy Kametz (English)
 * The brash new member of Burning Rescue. Always boastful and optimistic. People think he's an idiot, but he always delivers on his boasts. Due to being kind-hearted, he sympathize with the Burnish and wishes to understand more about them. Set with a burning passion to extinguish all that is wrong, you can expect Galo to rush in first to the scene of an emergency as he wants to protect all who are innocent. This can make him a little too faithful and easy to be deceived. During his time with the mad burnish, he starts to realize how badly the burnish is treated and wants to help them in any way he can, he also starts to fall in love with Lio. Before the start of the series, Galo was once the oldest son to a family of formal firemen but his entire family was massacred in a fire, cause by Kray.


 * Lio Fotia (リオ・フォーティア Rio Fōtia)
 * Voiced by: Taichi Saotome (Japanese); Johnny Yong Bosch (English)
 * The young leader of Mad Burnish, a resistance movement against the experiments on Burnish, with exceptional Burnish ability. He deeply cares for the well being of his fellow Burnish and later on Galo who he starts to fall in love with. During combat uses his abilities as a Burnish to create black armor to defend himself. Despite the fact that the resistance is viewed as terrorism by the general public, Lio only burn buildings to leaves an escape route. He is adamant that Burnish should never kill humans. He is incredibly passionate about protecting those who cannot protect themselves. A reliable leader however, his passion and abilities also lead to his downfall, as he will rampage due to his pain. Before the start of the series, when he was younger Lio was once known called Akari, accidentally his mother on fire, causing his father to call the freezing Force to arrest him but he escaped and meets Lio Fotia who taught him how to control his fire abilities.


 * Kray Foresight (クレイ・フォーサイト Kurei Fōsaito)
 * Voiced by: Masato Sakai (Japanese); Crispin Freeman
 * The beloved Governor of Promepolis, and leader of the Kray Foresight Foundation. Galo idolizes him for saving his life when he was young, however contrary to his soft-spoken and gentle persona, Kray is in actuality a very aggressive and easily angered tyrant. He desires nothing but to be seen as a savior and hero by humanity and to this end is willing to do whatever and sacrifice whoever he believes necessary to achieve his goals. Before the start of the series, he was once a scientist researching and developing technology to counteract the Burnish threat and also unaware to everyone that he was the one that started the fire that killed Galo's entire family.