A key visual for The Summer Hikaru Died anime has been released. Character visuals for main characters Yoshiki Tsujinaka and Hikaru Indou are out as well. The Summer Hikaru Died is coming to Netflix this year, while its Japanese broadcast has a slightly more concrete window of summer 2025. The anime adapts the KADOKAWA-published manga by Mokumokuren.
The manga began serialization on the Young Ace Up website in August 2021 and has six tankoubon volumes as of December 2024.
Synopsis:
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.
