The Summer Hikaru Died Anime Reveals Key Visual
The Summer Hikaru Died anime revealed a key visual and confirmed the summer 2025 premiere date on Netflix. The anime is slated to have a stage at the upcoming AnimeJapan 2025.
The Summer Hikaru Died anime is based on the manga series by mangaka Mokumokuren. The manga has been serialised on Kadokawa's Young Ace Up platform since it began in 2021.
CygamesPictures is animating the series with Ryohei Takeshita as the director. Yuichi Takahashi is doing the character designs and is also listed as chief animation director.
The main voice cast includes:
- Shuichiro Umeda as Hikaru
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Yoshiki Tsujinaka
The manga is published in English by Yen Press, who has released 4 volumes so far with #5 scheduled for next week. The publisher describes the story as follows:
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: Netflix Twitter
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