'Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu' Unveils Additional Cast, Staff, Ending Theme, First Promo

The Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu (The Summer Hikaru Died) New Information Release Special Stage at AnimeJapan 2025 revealed additional cast, staff, ending theme, and a promotional video on Saturday. The anime is scheduled to premiere in July 2025 and will be released worldwide on Netflix.

Cast
Asako Yamagishi: Yumiri Hanamori (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen)
Rie Kurebayashi: Wakana Kowaka (Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka)
Tanaka: Chikahiro Kobayashi (Beastars)

Staff
Prop Design: Ryuunosuke Ouji (Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu character design)
Sub-character Design: Mai Watanabe (Koi wa Futago de Warikirenai character design), Hiroko Seigan (Ryza no Atelier: Tokoyami no Joou to Himitsu no Kakurega animation director), Shouko Nagasawa (
Fairy Ranmaru character design)
Art Design: Shuuhei Tada (Beastars), Takeyuki Takahashi (Tengoku Daimakyou), Yoshihiro Sono (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon)
Art Director: Kouhei Honda (Akiba Meido Sensou)
Color Design: Naomi Nakano (Ore dake Level Up na Ken)
Assistant Color Designer: Yuuko Koshida
3D Director: Yoshinori Nakano (Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern)
Director of Photography: Tomohiro Maeda (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top photography)
2D Design: Yuusuke Nagara (The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149), Yuri Tsue
Editing: Kashiko Kimura (Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite)
Sound Direction: Kouji Kasamatsu (Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka)
Sound Production: dugout
Music: Tarou Umebayashi (Yuri!!! on Ice)

Singer-songwriter TOOBOE (Chainsaw Man ending theme 4) is performing the ending theme "Anata wa Kaibutsu," which is previewed in the promotional video below.

Ryouhei Takeshita (Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai) is directing and handling the series composition at CygamesPictures. Yuuichi Takahashi (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song) is designing the characters.

Mokumokuren originally posted the manga on their X (formerly Twitter) account before beginning serialization on the Young Ace UP website in August 2021. Kadokawa published the sixth volume on December 4.

Mio Nukaga began penning a light novel adaptation under the Kadokawa Shoten label in December 2023.

Yen Press licensed the manga in English in September 2022 and released the fifth volume on March 18. The company also licensed the light novel adaptation in English this October.

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Source: Comic Natalie