光が死んだ夏

光が死んだ夏
The Summer Hikaru Died
Details
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Seasons	2
Episodes	12 (list of episodes)
Recording studio	dugout
Channels	Nippon TV (and its affiliates) TV Miyazaki
Services	Netflix ABEMA
Release	July 6, 2025 – present

光が死んだ夏, (Hepburn: Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu) is a Japanese boys love anime based on the manga of the same name by Mokumokuren. It follows the story of Yoshiki Tsujinaka, a teenager in rural Japan who discovers that his friend Hikaru Indo has been possessed by an otherworldly entity, forcing him to navigate their changed relationship amid supernatural dangers.

Cast

Character		Actor
	忌堂光	Shūichirō Umeda 梅田修一朗
		Yūki Urushiyama 漆山ゆうき (young)
	辻中佳紀	Chiaki Kobayashi 小林千晃
		Natsumi Kawaida 川井田夏海 (young)
	山岸朝子	Yumiri Hanamori 花守ゆみり
	暮林理恵	Wakana Kowaka 小若和郁那
	田中	Chikahiro Kobayashi 小林親弘
	巻ゆうた	Yoshiki Nakajima 中島ヨシキ
	田所結希	Shion Wakayama 若山詩音
	辻中薫	Seika Hirose 広瀬世華
	辻中俊紀	Fuminori Komatsu 小松史法
	辻中沙都子	Ryōko Shiraishi 白石涼子
	武田一	Kōji Ishii 石井康嗣
	三笠徹	Bin Shimada 島田敏
	松島義彦	Kōsuke Gotō 後藤光祐
	忌堂雪	Chie Nakamura 中村千絵
	松浦さん	Kazuko Sugiyama 杉山佳寿子
	松浦の娘	Yukiko Mannaka 満仲由紀子
	忌堂光祖父	Masayuki Omoro 小室正幸
	武田の爺さん	Takayuki Sugō 菅生隆之
	忌堂晃平	Masatomo Nakazawa 中澤匡智
	ばぁば	Mami Horikoshi 堀越真己
	武田の妻	Kanako Sakuragi 桜木可奈子
	ハラセン	Setsuji Satō 佐藤せつじ
	佐藤	Lynn
	暮林伊織	Sara Matsumoto 松本沙羅

Music

Opening theme

Song		Singer(s)
再会		Vaundy

Insert songs

Song		Singer(s)
日々の影		Kanagawa Prefectural Shonan High School 神奈川県立湘南高等学校
ぼくはたい焼き		Saya Asakura 朝倉さや

Ending themes

Song		Singer(s)
あなたはかいぶつ		TOOBOE

International versions

	Language	Title	Channels
	English	The Summer Hikaru Died	Netflix
	French	The Summer Hikaru Died	Netflix
	German	The Summer Hikaru Died	Netflix
	Hindi	द समर हिकारू डा	Netflix
	Indonesian	The Summer Hikaru Died	Netflix
	Italian	L'estate in cui Hikaru è morto	Netflix
	Portuguese (Brazil)	O Verão em que Hikaru Morreu	Netflix
	Spanish (Latin America)	El verano en que Hikaru murió	Netflix
	Spanish (Spain)	El verano en que Hikaru murió	Netflix
	Thai	หน้าร้อนที่ฮิคารุจากไป	Netflix

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