The Summer Hikaru Died
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu / Lato, kiedy umarł Hikaru / O Verão em que Hikaru Morreu / Der Sommer, in dem Hikaru starb / صيف وفاة هيكارو / 光逝去的夏天 / L'estate in cui Hikaru è morto / หน้าร้อนที่ฮิคารุจากไป / 히카루가 죽은 여름 / 光死去的夏天 / El verano en que Hikaru murió / Лето, когда погас светSummary
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.
(Source: Netflix)
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- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 12
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 4 h 36 min (12 × 23 min)
- Season
- Summer 2025
- Start date
- July 6, 2025
- End date
- September 28, 2025
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- CygamesPictures
- Romaji title
- Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
- English title
- The Summer Hikaru Died
- Native title
- 光が死んだ夏
- Other titles
- Lato, kiedy umarł Hikaru · O Verão em que Hikaru Morreu · Der Sommer, in dem Hikaru starb · صيف وفاة هيكارو · 光逝去的夏天 · L'estate in cui Hikaru è morto · หน้าร้อนที่ฮิคารุจากไป · 히카루가 죽은 여름 · 光死去的夏天 · El verano en que Hikaru murió · Лето, когда погас свет
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The Summer Hikaru DiedThis page
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Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu 2nd Season
Characters 25
Main characters
- Yoshiki Tsujinaka辻中よしきMain
- Hikaru Indou忌堂光Main
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- Asako Yamagishi山岸朝子Supporting
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- Gender
- Female
A classmate of Yoshiki. Since childhood, she has been able to "hear" things that ordinary people cannot. She is tall, lively, and intelligent. (Source: Official Site)
- Tanaka田中Supporting
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- Gender
- Male
A man who seems to be investigating something for a certain company. He is always carefree and elusive. He has a hamster as his partner. (Source: Official Site)
- Rie Kurebayashi暮林理恵Supporting
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- Gender
- Female
A housewife who can "see" things that ordinary people cannot. She worries about Yoshiki, who is with a dangerous and terrifying presence, and warns him to stay away. (Source: Official Site)
- Yuuta Maki巻ゆうたSupporting
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- Gender
- Male
- Yuki Tadokoro田所結希Supporting
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- Gender
- Female
- Satoko Tsujinaka辻中沙都子Supporting
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- Gender
- Female
Satoko is Yoshiki and Kaoru's mother. She works as a hairdresser.
- Tooru Mikasa三笠徹Supporting
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- Gender
- Male
Tooru is a man living in Kubitachi. He's concerned about the state of the village and the Indou family ritual.
- Toshinori Tsujinaka辻中俊紀Supporting
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- Gender
- Male
Toshinori is Yoshiki and Kaoru's father. He has a rocky relationship with his family.
- Hajime Takeda武田一Supporting
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- Gender
- Male
Hajime is a man living in Kubitachi. He's concerned about the state of the village and the Indou family ritual.
- Kaoru Tsujinaka辻中薫Supporting
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- Gender
- Female
Kaoru is Yoshiki's younger sister.
- Matsuura-san松浦さんSupporting
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- Gender
- Female
- Yoshihiko Matsushima松島義彦Supporting
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- Gender
- Male
- Takeda no Jiisan武田の爺さんSupporting
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- Gender
- Male
- Kouhei Indou忌堂晃平Supporting
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- Gender
- Male
Hikaru's late father.
- Hara-senハラセンBackground
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- Gender
- Male
Hara is a teacher at Kibogayama High.
- Kinjo no Obasan近所のおばさんBackground
- Satou佐藤Background
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- Gender
- Female
Satou is a woman who works for the company.
- Tsuma妻Background
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- Gender
- Female
- TV OnseiTV音声Background
- Kodomo no Kegare子供のケガレBackground
- Shuen Danyuu主演男優Background
- Ongaku no Sensei音楽の先生Background
- Nishidaya no Obasan西田屋のおばさんBackground
Staff and studios
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Key staff
- Ryouhei TakeshitaDirector
- Mokmok LenOriginal creator
- Ryouhei TakeshitaSeries composition
- Yuuichi TakahashiCharacter design
- Tarou UmebayashiMusic
- Yuuichi TakahashiChief animation director
- Kouhei HondaArt director
- Kouji KasamatsuSound director
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- Masanobu HiraokaDORODORO Animator
- Naomi NakanoColor Design
- Yuri Tsue2D Design
- Yoshinori NakanoCG Director
- Tomohiro MaedaDirector of Photography
- Yuusuke Nagara2D Design
- Takeyuki TakahashiArt Design
- Shuuhei TadaArt Design
- Shouko NagasawaSub Character Design
- Mai WatanabeSub Character Design
- TOOBOETheme Song Performance (ED)
- Yoshihiro SonoArt Design
- Ryuunosuke OujiProp Design
- Hiroko SeiganSub Character Design
- VaundyTheme Song Performance (OP)
- Yuuko KoshidaColor Design Assistance
- Kashiko KimuraEditing