The Summer Hikaru Died (2025)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

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

• Released: 2025-07-06
• Genres: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
• Seasons: 2, 12 episodes
• Episode length: 24m
• Network: Nippon TV
• Status: Returning Series
• TMDB rating: 8.2/10 from 128 votes

Top cast

• Chiaki Kobayashi as Yoshiki Tsujinaka (voice)
• Shuichiro Umeda as Hikaru Indo (voice)
• Chikahiro Kobayashi as Tanaka (voice)
• Wakana Kowaka as Rie Kurebayashi (voice)
• Yumiri Hanamori as Asako Yamagishi (voice)
• Yoshiki Nakajima as Yuta Maki (voice)
• Shion Wakayama as Yuki Tadokoro (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Summer Hikaru Died

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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