{"id":692336,"date":"2025-09-27T20:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T17:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-summer-hikaru-died-gets-2nd-season\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T20:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T17:15:26","slug":"the-summer-hikaru-died-gets-2nd-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-summer-hikaru-died-gets-2nd-season\/","title":{"rendered":"The Summer Hikaru Died Gets 2nd Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The onscreen story of Yoshiki and \u201cHikaru\u201d is set to continue, following the announcement of a second season of <em>The Summer Hikaru<\/em> <em>Died<\/em> TV <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">No release date for the new season has been announced at this time. What has been revealed aside are an announcement video and visual, which depict Yoshiki and \u201cHikaru\u201d on a beach\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Summer Hikaru Died \u2013 Season 2 Production Confirmed!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0hyoQqRbPmk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" data-attachment-id=\"135629\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/09\/27\/the-summer-hikaru-died-gets-2nd-season\/the-summer-hikaru-died-season-2-announcement\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?fit=1920%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Summer Hikaru Died Season 2 announcement\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?fit=696%2C696&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?resize=696%2C696&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135629\" style=\"width:644px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?resize=696%2C696&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?resize=1068%2C1068&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?resize=420%2C420&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?resize=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Summer-Hikaru-Died-Season-2-announcement.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9Mokumokuren\/KADOKAWA\/The Summer Hikaru Died Partners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> <em>The Summer Hikaru<\/em> <em>Died<\/em>\u2018s first season aired during the Summer 2025 anime season and ican be found on Netflix. The premise of the supernatural horror and queer youth anime, an adaptation of the\u00a0KADOKAWA-published manga by\u00a0<strong>Mokumokuren<\/strong>, involves teenager Yoshiki gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ling with the appearance of an entity with the appearance and mannerisms of his best friend Yoshiki, who went missing in the mountains near their village months ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Ryohei Takeshita<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Jellyfish Can\u2019t Swim in the Night\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Eromanga Sensei<\/em>) handled the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> direction and series composition for the anime, with character designs from <strong>Yuichi Takahashi<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Vivy -Fluorite Eye\u2019s Song-<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain<\/em> character designer). <strong>Cy<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>sPictures <\/strong>was the animation production studio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Chiaki Kobayashi<\/strong> starred as Yoshiki Tsujinaka, while\u00a0<strong>Shuichiro Umeda<\/strong> played the titular Hikaru Indo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The manga began serialization on the Young Ace Up website in August 2021 and has seven volumes as of July 2025.\u00a0Yen Press publishes the series in English.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">For more on <em>The Summer Hikaru<\/em> <em>Died<\/em>, check out our interview with Mokumokuren.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Staff (Season 1)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director:\u00a0Ryohei Takeshita\u00a0(<em>Jellyfish Can\u2019t Swim in the Night\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Eromanga Sensei<\/em>)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer: Ryohei Takeshita<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer and chief animation director:\u00a0Yuichi Takahashi\u00a0(<em>Vivy -Fluorite Eye\u2019s Song-<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain<\/em>\u00a0character designer)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Dorodoro animator:\u00a0<strong>Masanobu Hiraoka<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Chainsaw Man<\/em>\u00a0Ending 9 storyboard artist, unit director, animator, and editor)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Background art director:\u00a0<strong>Kohei Honda<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Akiba Maid War<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Color designer:\u00a0<strong>Naomi Nakano<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Solo Leveling<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Compositing director:\u00a0<strong>Tomohiro Maeda<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Granblue Fantasy<\/em>\u00a010th anniversary movie)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production:\u00a0CygamesPictures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Cast (Season 1)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Chiaki Kobayashi<\/strong>\u00a0as Yoshiki Tsujinaka<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Shuichiro Umeda<\/strong>\u00a0as Hikaru Indo<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Yumiri Hanamori<\/strong>\u00a0as Asako Yamagishi<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Wakana Kowaka<\/strong>\u00a0as Rie Kurebayashi<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Chikahiro Kobayashi<\/strong>\u00a0as Tanaka<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022<strong>\u00a0Yoshiki Nakajima<\/strong>\u00a0as Yuta Maki<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Shion Wakayama<\/strong>\u00a0as Yuki Tadakoro<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hikanatsu-anime.com\/news\/index01040000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Summer Hikaru<\/em> <em>Died\u00a0<\/em>anime website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n                (function(d, s, id) {\n          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n          if 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