Good news for fans of the horror-mystery manga Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu (The Summer Hikaru Died)! The publisher KADOKAWA has announced that Mokumokuren’s work will have an anime adaptation. This adaptation will be in series format and it has been confirmed that it will be legally streamed outside of Japan through the Netflix platform.
The announcement was accompanied by a teaser video that Netflix’s YouTube channel shared with subtitles in several languages. At the moment, it was only specified that the anime Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu will premiere in the course of the 2025 summer season. However, the opening of an official website and an official X account for the series has been reported.
The horror and mystery manga Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu will have an anime and will come to Netflix.
It is worth noting that in the respective official media of the anime Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu, the main voice cast, production team and the first visual image were presented. Voice actor Chiaki Kobayashi will be in charge of playing Yoshiki Tsujinaka, while Shuuichirou Umeda will voice Hikaru Indou.
The production team for the anime Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu is as follows: Ryohei Takeshita will direct and supervise the scripts, while production will be handled by animation studio Cygames Pictures. Yuuichi Takahashi will assume the dual role of chief animation director and character designer for the anime.
Information about Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu:
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu is a horror and mystery genre manga that is written and illustrated by Mokumokuren. The work began publication in the Young Ace Up service of KADOKAWA Publishing since August 2021.
Currently, Mokumokuren’s manga is still in serialization and KADOKAWA Publishing has released a total of 6 compilation volumes. In addition, when the sixth compilation volume was released recently, it was confirmed that the work managed to surpass the incredible figure of 3 million copies in circulation.
The anime Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu has the following description: Best friends, Yoshiki and Hikaru, have been stuck together like glue for most of their lives. They live in a small town and are the only children their age, so they find comfort in each other’s company. Their friendship seems quaint at first glance, but Yoshiki has noticed a change in Hikaru’s behavior since one fateful summer.
The “Hikaru” who now sits next to him looks nothing like his friend. Although his physical appearance and memories remain exactly the same, Yoshiki knows that something is wrong and that the Hikaru he once knew has disappeared. When he brings up the subject, Hikaru partially transforms into an otherworldly being who threatens to kill Yoshiki if he doesn’t accept him, while professing his love for him.
Wracked with grief and unable to let go of his best friend, Yoshiki struggles to move on with his life as he grows closer to the new Hikaru. At the same time, strange events begin to plague his village, sowing unsettling chaos.