‘The Summer Hikaru Died’: Watch the Teaser Trailer Now
The boundaries between friendship and fear will blur in the upcoming anime adaptation The Summer Hikaru Died.
Based on the manga series by award-winning author Mokumokuren (published by KADOKAWA), this supernatural slice of life tale will soon be making its way to Netflix. Ahead of its release (an exact date has yet to be announced), a teaser trailer has been revealed.
“Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing up together, they were inseparable … until the day Hikaru came back from the mountains, and was no longer himself. “Something” has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, feelings … and everything they know begins to unravel.”
Watch the teaser below.
A teaser poster has also been released as well.
The series stars Chiaki Kobayashi as Yoshiki Tsujinaka and Shuichiro Umeda as Hikaru Indou. Ryohei Takeshita directs, with animation produced by CygamesPictures.
Stay tuned as we await the release date!