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Netflix shares new trailer for anime The Summer Hikaru Died

June 3, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has shared a new trailer, posters and promotional images for the upcoming adaptation of Mokumokuren’s hit manga The Summer Hikaru Died.

Directed by Ryohei Takeshita, the supernatural anime series centres on Yoshiki and Hikaru, two friends from a rural village in Japan who spend their days together until Hikaru goes missing in the mountains and turns up a week later behaving strangely, leading Yoshiki to believe something has taken over his friend’s body. Check out the trailer below…

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.

The Summer Hikaru Died arrives in Netflix on July 5th.

 

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Anime, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: netflix, The Summer Hikaru Died

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Amie Cranswick is Executive Editor of Flickering Myth, responsible for overseeing editorial coverage across film, television and pop culture.

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