A brand-new trailer released for The Summer Hikaru Died anime today announced a July 5 at 24:55 JST (effectively July 6 at 0:55) premiere date for Japanese television and previewed the supernatural horror series' opening song, "Saikai" by Vaundy. Additionally, an advance screening of the first episode will be held at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku in Tokyo on June 29, with cast members Chiaki Kobayashi (Yoshiki), Shuichiro Umeda (Hikaru) and Chikahiro Kobayashi (Tanaka) and director Ryohei Takeshita in attendance. The Summer Hikaru Died Main Trailer 2 Two additional cast members were also confirmed today, as follows: Yuta Maki voiced by Yoshiki Nakajima Yuki Tadokoro voiced by Shion Wakayama RELATED: The Summer Hikaru Died Anime Reveals Summer 2025 Release, Cast and Staff in First Trailer Mokumokuren's The Summer Hikaru Died manga is serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up web imprint since August 2021 and currently spans six 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 serves as "Dorodoro" animator ( Chainsaw Man episode director). Netflix will exclusively stream 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: Comic Natalie
