{"id":116401,"date":"2025-03-21T20:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T03:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=116401"},"modified":"2025-06-02T22:50:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:50:04","slug":"the-summer-hikaru-died-trailer-previews-a-complicated-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/03\/21\/the-summer-hikaru-died-trailer-previews-a-complicated-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Summer Hikaru Died Trailer Previews A Complicated Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The first main trailer for <em>The Summer Hikaru Died<\/em> anime is here. The new preview of the upcoming TV series comes with more scenes of protagonist Yoshiki Tsujinaka and his previously missing best friend Hikaru Indou, who&#8217;s back but not quite the same as before, or even human.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Countering some of the eeriness is the tune of the previewed, newly announced ending song &#8220;Anata wa Kaibutsu&#8221; by <strong>TOOBOE<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Summer Hikaru Died | Official Trailer 1 | Netflix\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dhihVoP_6gw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">There are also some new <a href=\"https:\/\/hikanatsu-anime.com\/news\/index00150000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cast announcements<\/a>, which include <strong>Yumiri Hanamori<\/strong> as Asako Yamagishi, <strong>Wakana Kowaka<\/strong> as Rie Kurebayashi, and <strong>Chikahiro Kobayashi<\/strong> as Tanaka. On the staff side, new reveals include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Background art director: <strong>Kohei Honda<\/strong> (<em>Akiba Maid War<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Color designer: <strong>Naomi Nakano<\/strong> (<em>Solo Leveling<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Compositing director: <strong>Tomohiro Maeda<\/strong> (<em>Granblue Fantasy<\/em> 10th anniversary movie)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>The Summer Hikaru Died&nbsp;<\/em>is set to begin its Japanese broadcast in the Summer 2025 anime season and will be streamed internationally on Netflix this year. The anime adapts the KADOKAWA-published manga by&nbsp;<strong>Mokumokuren<\/strong>, which Yen Press describes as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>It has Hikaru\u2019s face. It has Hikaru\u2019s voice. It even has Hikaru\u2019s memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn\u2019t Yoshiki\u2019s best friend. Whatever it is, it\u2019s dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed\u2014as if Hikaru isn\u2019t gone\u2014would be crazy\u2026but when it looks so very like Hikaru\u2026and acts so very like Hikaru\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The manga began serialization on the Young Ace Up website in August 2021 and has six tankoubon volumes as of December 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director:&nbsp;<strong>Ryohei Takeshita<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Jellyfish Can\u2019t Swim in the Night&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Eromanga Sensei<\/em>)&nbsp;<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer: Ryohei Takeshita<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer and chief animation director:&nbsp;<strong>Yuichi Takahashi<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Vivy -Fluorite Eye\u2019s Song-<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain<\/em>&nbsp;character designer)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Dorodoro animator:&nbsp;<strong>Masanobu Hiraoka<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Chainsaw Man<\/em>&nbsp;Ending 9 storyboard artist, unit director, animator, and editor)&nbsp;<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production:&nbsp;<strong>CygamesPictures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Chiaki Kobayashi<\/strong>&nbsp;as Yoshiki Tsujinaka<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Shuichiro Umeda<\/strong> as Hikaru Indo<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <em>The Summer Hikaru Died\u00a0<\/em>anime website<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first main trailer for The Summer Hikaru Died anime is here. The new preview of the upcoming TV series comes with more scenes of protagonist Yoshiki Tsujinaka and his previously missing best friend Hikaru Indou, who&#8217;s back but not quite the same as before, or even human. 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