As of the current production announcements, there is of a full anime television series adaptation for The Summer Hikaru Died ( Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu ). However, the IP has received significant animated promotion that could be classified as "animation exclusives."
: Specialized "Dorodoro" (sludgy/internal) animation for the supernatural entity is handled by Masanobu Hiraoka Original Music : The soundtrack is composed by Taro Umebayashi : "Saikai" (Reunion) by : "Anata wa Kaibutsu" (You Are My Monster) by Cast Information Japanese Voice Actor English Voice Actor Yoshiki Tsujinaka Chiaki Kobayashi Kyle McCarley Hikaru Indō Shūichirō Umeda Paul Castro Jr. Asako Yamagishi Yumiri Hanamori Jennifer Losi Rie Kurebayashi Wakana Kowaka Dorothy Fahn Chikahiro Kobayashi Daman Mills Yūta Maki Yoshiki Nakajima Jacob Hopkins Yuki Tadokoro Shion Wakayama Valerie Rose Lohman Anime vs. Manga Guide the summer hikaru died animation exclusive
As the manga garners critical acclaim for its atmospheric horror, the anime adaptation (slated for broadcast but teased through exclusive trailers and promotional material) faces a unique challenge: translating a story that relies heavily on internal monologue and the "uncanny" nature of a protagonist who looks human but is not. As of the current production announcements, there is