{"id":128376,"date":"2025-07-10T20:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T03:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=128376"},"modified":"2025-07-10T20:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T03:49:05","slug":"summer-pockets-spotlights-shiroha-in-new-key-visual-ahead-of-15th-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/07\/10\/summer-pockets-spotlights-shiroha-in-new-key-visual-ahead-of-15th-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Pockets Spotlights Shiroha in New Key Visual Ahead of 15th Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/06\/16\/summer-pockets-unveils-new-visual-trailer-for-next-story-arc-featuring-ao-sorakado\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">new key visual<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the ongoing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/05\/19\/summer-pockets-spotlights-tsumugi-wenders-in-new-visual-trailer-ahead-of-7th-episode\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Pockets<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> TV anime series has been revealed, spotlighting one of the main heroines, Shiroha Naruse, with protagonist Hairi Takahara.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128383\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"128383\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/07\/10\/summer-pockets-spotlights-shiroha-in-new-key-visual-ahead-of-15th-episode\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1820%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1820,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"summer pockets shiroha new visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9VISUAL ARTS\/Key\/\u9ce5\u767d\u5cf6\u89b3\u5149\u5354\u4f1a&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?fit=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?fit=696%2C979&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-128383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1.jpg?resize=350%2C493&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"summer pockets shiroha new visual\" width=\"350\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=728%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1080&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1092%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1092w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1456%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1456w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C979&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1502&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=299%2C420&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?w=1820&amp;ssl=1 1820w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-1-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a9VISUAL ARTS\/Key\/\u9ce5\u767d\u5cf6\u89b3\u5149\u5354\u4f1a<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">The new visual was released ahead of the show\u2019s 15th episode, which will air in Japan on July 7, 2025. The series first premiered on April 7, 2025 and is running for two consecutive cours consisting of 26 episodes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Additionally, the anime\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/summerpockets-anime.jp\/news\/794\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a> and Twitter\/X account announced the theatrical screening schedule for the series&#8217; four compilation films (which were <a href=\"https:\/\/summerpockets-anime.jp\/news\/453\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced late last June<\/a>). The compilation films will be screened in 26 theaters across Japan and the schedule is listed as follows:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">\u2022 August 15-21, 2025: Kamome Kushima Arc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">\u2022 August 22-28, 2025: Tsumugi Wenders Arc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">\u2022 August 29-September 4, 2025: Ao Sorakado Arc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">\u2022 September 5-11, 2025: Shiroha Naruse Arc<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Tomoki Kobayashi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remake Our Life!, Seiren<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) is directing the anime series, with <\/span><b>Mai Otsuka <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Demon Girl Next Door<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as character designer, <\/span><b>Keiichiro Ochi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Go, Go, Loser Ranger!, The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series screenwriter, <\/span><b>Sari Tagawa <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remake Our Life!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as color designer, <\/span><b>Shunichiro Yoshihara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr.STONE, Bubble<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as background art director, <\/span><b>Fumito Nanba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remake Our Life!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as compositing director, and <\/span><b>Makoto Takigasaki <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Yakuza\u2019s Guide to Babysitting<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as animation producer. <\/span><b>Feel.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is in charge of the animation production.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the anime\u2019s main voice cast stars:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Shoya Chiba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Hairi Takahara (voiced protagonist in <em>Reflection Blue<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Konomi Kohara <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Shiroha Naruse<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Natsumi Takamori<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Ao Sorakado<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Emiri Iwai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Tsumugi Wenders<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Nene Hieda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Kamome Kushima (replaces visual novel voice actress <\/span><b>Tomomi Mineuchi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The original <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Pockets<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> visual novel was released by <strong>Key<\/strong> in June 2018 for PC, iOS, and Android. A Switch and Steam release followed in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The game features original character designs from artists <\/span><b>Na-Ga<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Tsubasu Izumi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Yunon Nagayama<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><b>Fumuyun<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An updated game titled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Pockets Reflection Blue<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which features new heroines and routes, was released in 2020 for PC and Android, in 2021 for iOS and Switch, and in 2022 for PS4. A standard edition with Windows 11 support and bonus physical items was released in September 2024. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reflection Blue <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/06\/16\/summer-pockets-reflection-blue-launches-on-steam-on-june-27\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">released on Steam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on June 27, 2025, which includes support for Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_97302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97302\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"97302\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/15\/summer-pockets-anime-reveals-1st-trailer-and-main-visual\/summer-pockets-main-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Summer-Pockets-Main-Visual.png?fit=800%2C1132&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,1132\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Summer-Pockets-Main-Visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Summer-Pockets-Main-Visual.png?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Summer-Pockets-Main-Visual.png?fit=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-97302\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Summer-Pockets-Main-Visual.png?resize=350%2C495&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"summer pockets main anime key visual\" width=\"350\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Summer-Pockets-Main-Visual.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Summer-Pockets-Main-Visual.png?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Summer-Pockets-Main-Visual.png?resize=768%2C1087&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Summer-Pockets-Main-Visual.png?resize=696%2C985&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Summer-Pockets-Main-Visual.png?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Summer-Pockets-Main-Visual.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a9VISUAL ARTS\/Key\/\u9ce5\u767d\u5cf6\u89b3\u5149\u5354\u4f1a<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crunchyroll is streaming the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Pockets<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> anime worldwide, outside of Japan. It describes the main synopsis as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hairi Takahara never expected summer to feel like a dream. Sent to Torishirojima to sort through his late grandmother\u2019s belongings, he\u2019s met with endless sea, quiet nostalgia, and mysterious girls, each chasing something just out of reach. As he settles into island life, lost memories begin to surface and he finds what he never knew he\u2019d lost.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Sources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/samapoke_anime\/status\/1943475326539174295\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Pockets Official Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/samapoke_anime\/status\/1943475577480233238\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/summerpockets-anime.jp\/news\/794\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Official Anime Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/news\/latest\/2025\/7\/11\/summer-pockets-anime-new-visual-shiroha-naruse-arc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crunchyroll News<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new key visual for the ongoing Summer Pockets TV anime series has been revealed, spotlighting one of the main heroines, Shiroha Naruse, with protagonist Hairi Takahara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":128382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,78,4460,2132,3932],"class_list":["post-128376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-crunchyroll","tag-feel-2","tag-key","tag-summer-pockets"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/summer-pockets-shiroha-new-visual-scaled-e1752204441972.jpg?fit=1821%2C1028&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-xoA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128376"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128392,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128376\/revisions\/128392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}