The Summer Hikaru Died

About The Summer Hikaru Died

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

The Summer Hikaru Died is an animation, mystery, and science fiction series that airs on Nippon TV. Since July 2025 it has reached 2 seasons and 12 episodes.

Its themes are high school student, disappearance, village, and queer. The series began as a manga. Chiaki Kobayashi stars as Yoshiki Tsujinaka (voice), Shuichiro Umeda as Hikaru Indo (voice), Chikahiro Kobayashi as Tanaka (voice), and Wakana Kowaka as Rie Kurebayashi (voice).

It comes from CyberAgent, CyPic, and Nippon Television Network Corporation. It streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads in the United States.

Ajin, Daily Lives of High School Boys, and K-ON! make useful companions to The Summer Hikaru Died, all filed under horror and based on manga. TMDB voters put it at 8.2 out of 10 across 136 votes and it carries a TV-14 rating.