The Summer Hikaru Died Season 2 Announced for 2026
The Summer Hikaru Died Season 2 has been officially announced following today's season finale. The sequel will premiere in 2026.
A teaser video was also revealed:
Mokumokuren, the original author of The Summer Hikaru Died manga, drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement:
CygamesPictures is animating the adaptation with Ryohei Takeshita as the director. Takeshita is also doing the series composition. Yuichi Takahashi is the character designer and chief animation director. The cast includes:
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Yoshiki Tsujinaka
- Shuichiro Umeda as Hikaru Indo
- Yumiri Hanamori as Asako Yamagishi
- Yoshiki Nakajima as Yuta Maki
- Shion Wakayama as Yuki Tadakoro
The anime adapts The Summer Hikaru Died (Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu) manga by Mokumokuren, serialized in Kadokawa's Young Ace Up magazine. Yen Press licensed the manga in English.
The story follows Yoshiki and Hikaru, childhood friends. One day, Hikaru disappears on a mountain, but returns a week later. However, the thing that returned is not Yoshiki's friend in spite of having his face, his voice, and his looks. Then, mysterious things start happening in the village, and the natural order of things is disturbed as Yoshiki slowly realizes his friend is not who he seems to be.
Source: Official Website
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