{"id":123221,"date":"2025-06-02T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T16:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=123221"},"modified":"2025-06-02T22:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:49:31","slug":"the-summer-hikaru-died-reveals-unsettling-2nd-main-trailer-july-5-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/06\/02\/the-summer-hikaru-died-reveals-unsettling-2nd-main-trailer-july-5-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"The Summer Hikaru Died Reveals Unsettling 2nd Main Trailer, July 5 Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">A second main trailer and a July 5 Netflix premiere (effectively July 6 at 12:55 PM JST for the Japanese broadcast premiere) have been revealed for <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/03\/21\/the-summer-hikaru-died-trailer-previews-a-complicated-reunion\/\"><em>The Summer Hikaru Died<\/em> anime<\/a>, with the former showing even more of the show&#8217;s unsettling horror elements and engaging technical execution.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Also previewed is the newly announced opening theme, &#8220;Saikai&#8221; by <strong>Vaundy<\/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 2 | Netflix\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sFaO07LwAVg?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\">Additionally, there are a couple of new cast reveals in the form of<strong> Yoshiki Nakajima<\/strong> as Yuta Maki and <strong>Shion Wakayama<\/strong> as Yuki Tadokoro, plus the announcement of a pre-screening event on June 29 JST at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>The Summer Hikaru Died\u00a0<\/em>is based on the KADOKAWA-published manga by <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/05\/29\/anime-expo-announces-the-summer-hikaru-died-creator-mokumokuren-as-guest-of-honor\/\"><strong>Mokumokuren<\/strong><\/a>, 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\n\n\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:\u00a0<strong>Ryohei Takeshita<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Jellyfish Can\u2019t Swim in the Night\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Eromanga Sensei<\/em>)\u00a0<\/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:\u00a0<strong>Yuichi Takahashi<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Vivy -Fluorite Eye\u2019s Song-<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain<\/em>\u00a0character designer)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Dorodoro animator:\u00a0<strong>Masanobu Hiraoka<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Chainsaw Man<\/em>\u00a0Ending 9 storyboard artist, unit director, animator, and editor)\u00a0<br \/>\u2022 Background art director:\u00a0<strong>Kohei Honda<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Akiba Maid War<\/em>)<br \/>\u2022 Color designer:\u00a0<strong>Naomi Nakano<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Solo Leveling<\/em>)<br \/>\u2022 Compositing director:\u00a0<strong>Tomohiro Maeda<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Granblue Fantasy<\/em> 10th anniversary movie)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production:\u00a0<strong>CygamesPictures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Chiaki Kobayashi<\/strong>\u00a0as Yoshiki Tsujinaka<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Shuichiro Umeda<\/strong>\u00a0as Hikaru Indo<br \/>\u2022 <strong>Yumiri Hanamori<\/strong> as Asako Yamagishi<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Wakana Kowaka<\/strong> as Rie Kurebayashi<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Chikahiro Kobayashi<\/strong> as Tanaka<\/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>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/hikanatsu-anime.com\/news\/index00290000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Summer Hikaru Died\u00a0<\/em>anime website (1)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hikanatsu-anime.com\/news\/index00270000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hikanatsu-anime.com\/news\/index00270000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(3)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second main trailer and a July 5 Netflix premiere (effectively July 6 at 12:55 PM JST for the Japanese broadcast premiere) have been revealed for The Summer Hikaru Died anime, with the former showing even more of the show&#8217;s unsettling horror elements and engaging technical execution. 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