CyberAgent has introduced the arrival of The Summer Hikaru Died TV anime to Chinese language platform Bilibili. It start streaming on July 29.

The press launch didn’t specify what number of areas the present can be obtainable in (Bilibili can also be obtainable in quite a few Southeast Asian international locations), however the outcomes from the Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian variations of Bilibili recommend that it will possibly solely be seen within the Larger China Area. 

The Summer Hikaru Died started its Japanese broadcast on July 6 JST and could be seen abroad on Netflix. The anime relies on the KADOKAWA-published manga by Mokumokuren, which Yen Press describes as:

It has Hikaru’s face. It has Hikaru’s voice. It even has Hikaru’s recollections. However no matter got here down from the mountains six months in the past isn’t Yoshiki’s finest pal. No matter it’s, it’s harmful. Carrying on at college and hanging out as if nothing has modified—as if Hikaru isn’t gone—could be loopy…however when it appears to be like so very like Hikaru…and acts so very like Hikaru…

The manga started serialization on the Younger Ace Up web site in August 2021 and has seven volumes as of July 2025.

In the event you’re nonetheless debating if you’d like to watch the present, right here’s our evaluation of its first episode.

Workers

• Director: Ryohei Takeshita (Jellyfish Can’t Swim within the Evening and Eromanga Sensei) 
• Collection composer: Ryohei Takeshita
• Character designer and chief animation director: Yuichi Takahashi (Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Track- and Mononoke The Film: The Phantom within the Rain character designer)
• Dorodoro animator: Masanobu Hiraoka (Chainsaw Man Ending 9 storyboard artist, unit director, animator, and editor) 
• Background artwork director: Kohei Honda (Akiba Maid Battle)
• Coloration designer: Naomi Nakano (Solo Leveling)
• Compositing director: Tomohiro Maeda (Granblue Fantasy tenth anniversary film) 
• Animation manufacturing: CygamesPictures

Forged

• Chiaki Kobayashi as Yoshiki Tsujinaka
• Shuichiro Umeda as Hikaru Indo
• Yumiri Hanamori as Asako Yamagishi
• Wakana Kowaka as Rie Kurebayashi
• Chikahiro Kobayashi as Tanaka

Supply: Press launch