The Summer Hikaru Died horror TV anime revealed the first visual, trailer, and staff, along with a Summer 2025 release date. Studio Cygames Pictures (Princess Connect! Re:Dive) will handle the animation, while Netflix will stream the anime worldwide. You watch see the first trailer below.
The main voice cast for the anime includes Shuichiro Umeda as Hikaru Indo and Chiaki Kobayashi as Yoshiki Tsujinaka. You can see the first visual for the anime below.
The Summer Hikaru Died anime staff:
- Director and Series Composition: Ryohei Takeshita
- Character Design and Chief Animation Director: Yuichi Takahashi
- DORODORO Animator: Masanobu Hiraoka
- Studio: CygamesPictures
The Summer Hikaru Died (Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mokumokuren. It began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten’s Young Ace Up website in August 2021 and has been compiled into 5 volumes as of June 4, 2024. Volume 6 is set to release on December 4. The manga topped the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga for male readers, and it was also nominated for the 16th Manga Taisho.
This year, the first volume was nominated for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia at the Eisner Awards, while the author was nominated for Best Writer/Artist. Yen Press licensed the manga in English, and they describe the story:
It has Hikaru’s face. It has Hikaru’s voice. It even has Hikaru’s memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn’t Yoshiki’s best friend. Whatever it is, it’s dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed—as if Hikaru isn’t gone—would be crazy…but when it looks so very like Hikaru…and acts so very like Hikaru…
Source: Official Website
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