The Summer Hikaru Died anime received a new seasonal summer illustration by studio Cypic, featuring Hikaru and Yoshiki fishing together. The two main characters previously won the 2025 Best Ship or Couple award in our yearly ranking.
In the main AOTY ranking, The Summer Hikaru Died ranked 2nd overall, only being 0.09% behind the winning Takopi’s Original Sin. You can see the new illustration and its staff credits below.
- Key Animation: Shun Murata
- Finishing: Natsumi Kawachi / Wakana Hada
- Color Supervision: Ayaka Nagai
- Background Art: Mio Okabe
- Special Effects: Kanako Yamada
- Illustration Production: Cypic Rights Illustration Department
Following its debut on July 5, 2025 the anime adaptation of The Summer Hikaru Died reached the top spot (#1) on both Netflix Japan daily rankings and ABEMA’s anime ranking. The series was co-produced by CyberAgent and KADOKAWA, with CygamesPictures (now Cypic) in charge of the animation. Netflix is streaming it worldwide. Season 2 was announced immediately after the first season’s finale.
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 8 volumes as of December 2025.
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. Yen Press licensed the manga in English.
Source: Cypic Official X
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