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The Summer Hikaru Died

8.5

TV Series (2025 - Current)Runtime 24min

Number of seasons 2Total episodes 12

Six months ago, Hikaru vanished for a week. Now, as his best friend Yoshiki senses something amiss and confronts him, the harrowing truth emerges.

Genre

Animation

Mystery

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Networks

Nippon TV

Production Companies

CygamesPictures

KADOKAWA

CyberAgent

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Production Countries

Japan

Created By

Episodes

Seasons

Stream

Videos

Cast

Chiaki KobayashiYoshiki Tsujinaka (voice)

Shuichiro UmedaHikaru Indo (voice)

Chikahiro KobayashiTanaka (voice)

Wakana KowakaRie Kurebayashi (voice)

Yumiri HanamoriAsako Yamagishi (voice)

Yoshiki NakajimaYuta Maki (voice)

Shion WakayamaYuki Tadokoro (voice)

Crew

Ryohei TakeshitaSeries Director

Ryohei TakeshitaSeries Composition

MokumokurenComic Book

Shuzo KasaharaExecutive Producer

Yosuke AomuraExecutive Producer

Hiroko OsawaExecutive Producer

Joji SeitaExecutive Producer

Toshinori FujiwaraProducer

Chiaki KurakaneProducer

Manami KabashimaProducer

Yuudai MiyagiProducer

Keita MiyaharaProducer

Taro UmebayashiOriginal Music Composer

Kashiko KimuraEditor

Tomohiro MaedaDirector of Photography

Yoshinori Nakano3D Director

Naomi NakanoColor Designer

Kohei HondaArt Direction

Ryunosuke OjiProp Designer

Yuichi TakahashiLead Character Designer

Masanobu HiraokaLead Animator

Mai WatanabeCharacter Designer

Hiroko SaiganCharacter Designer

Shoko NagasawaCharacter Designer

Shuhei TadaArt Designer

Takeyuki TakahashiArt Designer

Yoshihiro SonoArt Designer

Yuuko KoshidaColor Assistant

Yusuke Nagara2D Artist

Yuri Tsue2D Artist

Koji KasamatsuSound Director

Chieko MizutoriMusic Producer

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Reviews

the queer undertones go crazy, but i’m here for all of it! what really struck me about this show is how confidently it leans into the tension between personal intimacy and supernatural horror. the relationship dynamics never feel like window dressing—they’re baked into the unsettling atmosphere and...