The official website for the Summer Pockets anime has confirmed that it will premiere on April 7 on Tokyo MX and BS11. The anime will come to MBS and Shizuoka Broadcasting System on April 8, AT-X on April 10, and TV Setouchi on April 11.
Tomoki Kobayashi directs the Summer Pockets anime at studio feel. Keiichirō Ōchi oversees the series scripts and Mai Otsuka designs the characters. Several composers are working on the anime, including Shinji Orito, Jun Maeda, Donmaru, Tomohiro Takeshita, Ryō Mizutsuki, and Shūhei Ōhashi.
The cast is as follows:
- Shōya Chiba as Hairi Takahara
- Konomi Kohara as Shiroha Naruse
- Natsumi Takamori as Ao Sorakado
- Nene Hieda as Kamome Kushima
- Emiri Iwai as Tsumugi Wenders
- Saku Ichimiya as Miki Nomura
- Sahomi Koyama as Shizuku Mizuori
- Aimi Tanaka as Umi Katō
- Megumi Takamoto as Kyoko Misaki
- Minoru Shiraishi as Kobato Naruse
- Konomi Suzuki as Inari
- Kentarō Kumagai as Ryoichi Mitani
- Yōhei Hamada as Tenzen Kanō
Konomi Suzuki performs the opening theme song “ALKA TALE” and the ending theme song “Lasting Moment.”
The original Summer Pockets visual novel is available globally on PC via Steam. An updated re-release of the visual novel, titled Summer Pockets: Reflection Blue, released in July 2021 for Nintendo Switch in Japan. What’s more, the PlayStation 4 version followed up one year later in July 2022.
The Summer Pockets anime has not been confirmed for streaming (i.e. Crunchyroll) yet.
