©モクモクれん／KADOKAWA・「光が死んだ夏」製作委員会A new main trailer and a July 5 Netflix premiere (effectively July 6 at 12:55 PM JST for the Japanese broadcast premiere) have been announced for The Summer Hikaru Died anime, showcasing further unsettling horror elements and impressive technical execution.
Also highlighted is the newly revealed opening theme, “Saikai” by Vaundy.
In addition, there are a couple of new cast announcements including Yoshiki Nakajima as Yuta Maki and Shion Wakayama as Yuki Tadokoro, as well as the date for a pre-screening event on June 29 JST at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku.
The Summer Hikaru Died is based on the KADOKAWA-published manga by Mokumokuren, described by Yen Press as:
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…
- Used Book in Good Condition
- George Trombley (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 376 Pages - 08/22/2014 (Publication Date) - Learn From Zero (Publisher)
- Ken Fukuyama, Yuki Fukuyama (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 246 Pages - 10/11/2022 (Publication Date) - Independently published (Publisher)
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Sumiko Uo (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 6 Pages - 01/01/2005 (Publication Date) - BarCharts Publishing Inc. (Publisher)
The manga started serialization on the Young Ace Up website in August 2021 and has six tankoubon volumes released as of December 2024.
Staff
• Director: Ryohei Takeshita (Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night and Eromanga Sensei)
• Series composer: Ryohei Takeshita
• Character designer and chief animation director: Yuichi Takahashi (Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song- and Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain)
• Dorodoro animator: Masanobu Hiraoka (Chainsaw Man Ending 9 storyboard artist, unit director, animator, and editor)
• Background art director: Kohei Honda (Akiba Maid War)
• Color designer: Naomi Nakano (Solo Leveling)
• Compositing director: Tomohiro Maeda (Granblue Fantasy 10th anniversary movie) グランブルーファンタジー 10th Anniversary Movie
• Animation production: CygamesPictures
Cast
• Chiaki Kobayashi as Yoshiki Tsujinaka
• Shuichiro Umeda as Hikaru Indo
• Yumiri Hanamori as Asako Yamagishi
• Wakana Kowaka as Rie Kurebayashi
• Chikahiro Kobayashi as Tanaka
Sources: The Summer Hikaru Died anime website (1), (2), (3)
