The Summer Hikaru Died is preparing to air its "shocking" seventh episode worldwide. In advance of the premiere, the show's official social media has shared a new "story visual," foreshadowing events in the series to come. First, though, there's a new series to unpack: The Making of The Summer Hikaru Died , the first episode of which is now live on the Kadokawa Anime YouTube channel. Simply titled "Horror," the inaugural episode features interviews with the show's creators as they discuss how to bring the creepy series to the screen and create genuine fear. You can check it out with English subtitles below. The Making of The Summer Hikaru Died: "Horror" RELATED: The Summer Hikaru Died Anime Releases 1st Main Trailer Once you've looked back at the making of the series so far, look forward to what's to come in this new story visual: The Summer Hikaru Died Story Visual RELATED: The Summer Hikaru Died Anime Releases Eerie Creditless Opening and Ending Videos Mokumokuren's The Summer Hikaru Died manga has been serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up web imprint since August 2021 and currently spans seven collected volumes. The series topped Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'s list for male readers in 2023, and has also been ranked/nominated for the Manga Taisho award, the Tsutaya Comic Awards, an Eisner Award and the Next Manga Award. Ryohei Takeshita ( Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night ) directs the anime adaptation at studio CygamesPictures and serves as series composer, while Yuichi Takahashi ( Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- ) serves as character designer and chief animation director and Masanobu Hiraoka ( Chainsaw Man episode director) serves as "Dorodoro" animator. Netflix exclusively streams the series worldwide. Yen Press publishes an official English version of the manga and describes the story: 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: Official X (formerly Twitter) account , KADOKAWAanime YouTube Channel
