Summer Pockets Reveals New Visual & Trailer for Next Story Arc Featuring Ao Sorakado

Posted by By japannihon June 16, 2025No Comments

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The latest key visual and promotional trailer have been revealed for the current Summer Pockets TV anime adaptation in advance of its 11th episode, highlighting the show’s next primary heroine Ao Sorakado. The anime is set to debut in Japan on April 7, 2025, and will air for two consecutive cours.

• • Shoya Chiba as Hairi Takahara (voiced protagonist in Reflection Blue)
• • Konomi Kohara as Shiroha Naruse
• • Natsumi Takamori as Ao Sorakado
• • Emiri Iwai as Tsumugi Wenders
• • Nene Hieda as Kamome Kushima (replaces visual novel voice actress Tomomi Mineuchi)

The original Summer Pockets visual novel debuted by Key in June 2018 for PC, iOS, and Android. Following this, a Switch and Steam version was released in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The game showcases original character designs by artists Na-Ga, Tsubasu Izumi, Yunon Nagayama, and Fumuyun.
An updated game named Summer Pockets Reflection Blue, which includes new heroines and routes, was launched in 2020 for PC and Android, followed by releases in 2021 for iOS and Switch, and in 2022 for PS4. A standard edition inclusive of Windows 11 support and additional physical items was launched in September 2024.

©VISUAL ARTS/Key/鳥白島観光協会

Crunchyroll is providing a worldwide stream of the Summer Pockets anime, excluding Japan. Its main synopsis details: 
Hairi Takahara never anticipated that summer would seem like a dream. Sent to Torishirojima to manage his late grandmother’s possessions, he encounters endless seas, quiet nostalgia, and enigmatic girls, each seeking something just beyond reach. As he acclimates to island life, forgotten memories start to resurface, revealing what he never realized he had lost.

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Sources: Summer Pockets Official Twitter, Anime News Network