CyberAgent revealed a new key visual for the TV anime adaptation of The Summer Hikaru Died, along with character artwork for Yoshiki Tsujinaka and Hikaru Indou. The anime is coming soon to Netflix, and it will be produced by Cygames Pictures and published by Kadokawa.
Moreover, The Summer Hikaru Died will appear at the Kadokawa Anime Carnival booth during AnimeJapan 2025, which takes place through March 22-23 at the Tokyo Big Sight. Attendees may visit the booth to buy original The Summer Hikaru Died goods.
In addition, the anime will appear on the AnimeJapan 2025 Green Stage on March 23. Cast members from the anime, including Chiaki Kobayashi (Yoshiki Tsujinaka) and Shuichiro Umeda (Hikaru Indou), will be present.
Ryohei Takeshita (Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night) is directing the new anime. Yuichi Takahashi is the character designer and chief animation director, and Masanobu Hiraoka is the DORODORO animator.
Lastly, here’s a story synopsis for the TV anime:
In a certain village
Since their childhood, they have grown up together.
Yoshiki and Hikaru, childhood friends.
the sun shining down on them
the chirping sound of a crypto tympana facialis
Ice cream on the way home
Laughing over trivial things
One day in summer, no different from any other day
…… You’re not Hikaru after all, are you?
Half a year ago, Hikaru went missing in the mountains.
A week later, he came back on a whim.
The voice, the figure, the thing that looked like Hikaru
What was stirring inside…
“Hikaru is no longer with us. …… if that’s the case.”
Starting the days with “something” in the form of a friend,
The “same as usual” everyday life.
But at the same time…
Strange incidents begin to plague the village.
Falling into the unknown “something”
