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The Summer Hikaru Died (TV)

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Alternative title:
El verano en que Hikaru murió (Spanish)
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu (Japanese)
Lato, kiedy umarł Hikaru (Polish)
光が死んだ夏 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Yoshiki and Hikaru have been friends since they were small, as the only two children around their age in the village. One summer though, Hikaru goes into the forest and comes back… different. He looks like Hikaru and has Hikaru's memories, but he's not him. Yoshiki, unsure what to do, decides to embrace the creature wearing his friend's face because even a fake is better than Hikaru simply being gone. But when weird things keep happening around the village, it may not be so easy to pretend that nothing has happened. (from manga)
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Running time: 23 minutes
Vintage: 2025-07-05
Opening Theme:
"Saikai (Reunion)" by Vaundy
Ending Theme:
"you are my monster" by TOOBOE
Reviews:
The Summer Hikaru Died ‒ Episode 5 (Aug 5, 2025)
The Summer Hikaru Died ‒ Episode 4 (Jul 29, 2025)
The Summer Hikaru Died ‒ Episodes 1-3 (Jul 22, 2025)
The Summer Hikaru Died (Jul 15, 2025)
News:
The Summer Hikaru Died Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals More Cast, Opening Theme by Vaundy, July 5 Premiere (Updated) (Jun 2, 2025)
The Summer Hikaru Died Anime's Trailer Unveils 3 More Cast Members, TOOBOE's Ending Song (Mar 21, 2025)
Netflix Lists The Summer Hikaru Died Anime in India (Nov 29, 2024)
The Summer Hikaru Died Anime's Teaser Unveils Summer TV Debut, Netflix Streaming, Cast, Staff (Nov 26, 2024)
Convention report:
The Summer Hikaru Died Premiere Brings the Unsettling (Jul 6, 2025)
Interest:
The Summer Hikaru Died Animators Prepped Real Chicken For That Scene (Jul 16, 2025)
Interview:
The Summer Hikaru Died Director Ryohei Takeshita on Crafting a Sense of Dread (Jun 26, 2025)
Press Releases:
'The Summer Hikaru Died' Anime will appear at AnimeJapan 2025 (Jan 21, 2025)
'The Summer Hikaru Died' Anime Coming Soon to Netflix, Reveals New Teaser Visual, Trailer, Cast & Staff (Nov 27, 2024)
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This Week in Anime - Rainbow Days (Aug 5, 2025)
The Summer 2025 Anime Preview Guide - The Summer Hikaru Died (Jul 5, 2025)
The Most Anticipated Anime of Summer 2025 (Jun 26, 2025)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Ryohei Takeshita
Series Composition: Ryohei Takeshita
Script: Ryohei Takeshita (ep 1)
Storyboard:
Ryohei Takeshita (OP; ep 1)
Episode Director: Ryohei Takeshita (ep 1)
Unit Director: Ryohei Takeshita (OP)
Music: Taro Umebayashi
Original creator: Mokumokuren
Character Design: Yūichi Takahashi
Art Director: Kohei Honda
Chief Animation Director: Yūichi Takahashi
Animation Director:
Yūichi Takahashi (OP; ep 1)
3D Director: Yoshinori Nakano
Sound Director: Kōji Kasamatsu
Director of Photography: Tomohiro Maeda

2D Design:
Yuri Tsue
Yūsuke Nagara
Art Setting:
Shūhei Tada
Takeyuki Takahashi
Yoshihiro Sono
Color design: Naomi Nakano
Color Design Assistant: Yūko Koshida
Color Script Cooperation:
Manaka (OP)
Mokumokuren (OP)
Dorodoro Animation: Masanobu Hiraoka
Editing:
Kashiko Kimura
Ryohei Takeshita (OP)
Key Animation:
10＋10 (ep 1)
Aito Kawase (CygamesPictures; OP)
Akane Kasasagi (OP; ep 1)
Akari Minagawa (ep 1)
Aoi Maekawa (CygamesPictures; OP; ep 1)
Asaka Yokoyama (ep 1)
Baboon (OP)
bs_kim (OP)
Chika Nōmi (OP; ep 1)
Emi Tamura (ep 1)
Haruto Murata (CygamesPictures; OP)
Hiroko Seigan (CygamesPictures; OP)
Hiroshi Tanabe (OP)
Kaku Naito (OP; ep 1)
Kazuha Oki (ep 1)
Kokoro Ikarashi (ep 1)
Kou Okazaki (OP)
Kyoko Niimura (CygamesPictures; OP)
Mai Watanabe (ep 1)
Masanobu Hiraoka (OP; ep 1)
Masashi Itō (CygamesPictures; OP)
Mirai Yanagino (CygamesPictures; OP; ep 1)
Miyako Misumi (OP; ep 1)
Mizuki Takahashi (ep 1)
Momoka Uchida (ep 1)
Odashi (CygamesPictures; ep 1)
Renta Inoue (CygamesPictures; OP)
Riko Hashimoto (OP)
Ryūnosuke Ōji (ep 1)
Saori Yanaga (ep 1)
Saran Wrap (ep 1)
Shun Murata (CygamesPictures; OP)
Takanobu Hatori (OP; ep 1)
Takashi Kojima (OP)
Urara Nakata (OP; ep 1)
Yūichi Takahashi (OP)
Yuika Kojima (ep 1)
Yūka Kawaminami (CygamesPictures; OP; ep 1)
Zi Tu Chen (CygamesPictures; ep 1)
◯gaki (ep 1)
Production Assistant: Tomomi Kageyama (ep 1)
Prop Design: Ryūnosuke Ōji
Sub-Character Design:
Hiroko Seigan
Mai Watanabe
Shōko Nagasawa
Theme Song Arrangement:
TOOBOE (ED)
Vaundy (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
TOOBOE (ED)
Vaundy (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
TOOBOE (ED)
Vaundy (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
TOOBOE (ED)
Vaundy (OP)
Chiaki Kobayashi as Yoshiki Tsujinaka
Shūichirō Umeda as Hikaru

Chikahiro Kobayashi as Tanaka
Shion Wakayama as Yūki Tadokoro
Wakana Kowaka as Rie Kurebayashi
Yoshiki Nakajima as Yūta Maki
Yumiri Hanamori as Asako Yamagishi

Akihiko Toba as
Father (ep 3)
TV Audio (ep 1)
Villager (ep 4)
Bin Shimada as Tetsu Mikasa (eps 1-2, 4)
Chiaki Kikuta as Soccer Club Member (ep 5)
Chie Nakamura as Yuki Ido (ep 5)
Fuminori Komatsu as Toshinori Tsujinaka (ep 1)
Ikuji Nose as Villager (ep 4)
Kazuko Sugiyama as Matsuura (ep 1)
Kōichi Sōma as
Brain (ep 5)
Uncle Kameyama (ep 4)
Kōji Ishii as Hajime Takeda (eps 1-2, 4-5)
Kōsuke Gotō as Matsushima (eps 2, 4)
Lynn as Sato (ep 1)
Masatomo Nakazawa as Kohei Ido (eps 2-3)
Mika Kanda as Music Teacher (ep 2)
Natsu Yorita as
Clerk (ep 3)
Wife (ep 1)
Natsumi Kawaida as Yoshiki Tsujinaka (Young; eps 3, 5)
Rika Abe as
Child's Impurity (ep 1)
Yuki Ido (ep 3)
Ryōko Shiraishi as Satoko Tsujinaka (eps 1, 4-5)
Saori Higashi as
Brain (ep 5)
Nishidaya's Aunt (ep 2)
Sayuri Sadaoka as Auntie (ep 4)
Seika Hirose as Kaoru Tsujinaka (eps 1, 4-5)
Setsuji Satō as Mr. Hara (eps 1, 4-5)
Takahiro Sumi as Leading Actor (ep 1)
Takayuki Sugō as Takeda's Grandfather (ep 1)
Yū Miyazaki as Soccer Club Senior (ep 5)
Yūki Urushiyama as Hikaru Ido (young; eps 2-3, 5)
Yukiko Mannaka as
Brain (ep 5)
Neighborhood Aunt (ep 1)
Japanese companies
2D Design: CygamesPictures
2nd Key Animation:
CygamesPictures (ep 1)
Studio Lings (ep 1)
WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio (ep 1)
3d Animation: CygamesPictures (ep 1)
3DLO: Kusanagi (ep 1)
Animation Production: CygamesPictures
Art Board: Kusanagi (ep 1)
Art Cooperation: Kusanagi (ep 1)
Background Art: Kusanagi (ep 1)
Background Art Cooperation: Nam Hai (ep 1)
Finish Animation:
CJT (ep 1)
CoMix Wave Films (ep 1)
CygamesPictures (ep 1)
R.I.C (ep 1)
Stella (ep 1)
Wuxi Huaxian Animation Production (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
Asahi Production (ep 1)
CJT (ep 1)
CoMix Wave Films (ep 1)
CygamesPictures (ep 1)
R.I.C (ep 1)
Signal.MD (ep 1)
Trigger (ep 1)
Wuxi Huaxian Animation Production (ep 1)
In-between Check: CygamesPictures (ep 1)
Key Animation: CygamesPictures (ep 1)
Online Editing: qooop (ep 1)
Photography: CygamesPictures
Sound Production: dugout
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Netflix
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Spanish cast
(none)
Polish cast
Polish staff
Subtitle Translation: Joanna Kazimierczak
(none)
Polish companies
Internet Streaming: Netflix

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