Netflix's new horror anime series The Summer Hikaru Died is coming this year, and it has a creepy new poster to set the tone
The series 🍷is based on the manga of the same name

Netflix's new horror anime series The Summer Hikaru Died haওs a release window – and an unnerving new poster.
The series is based on Mokumokuren's manga ﷽of the s༺ame name, which revolves around teenager Yoshiki, whose closest friend Hikaru becomes possessed by a strange, supernatural being.
Netflix has announced the anime will be arriving this year, and the poster, which you can see below, at first glance looks like a pretty idyllic scene featuring Yoshiki and Hikaru – until you notice the disturbing, red-eyed presence that's overtaking Hikaru on Yoshiki's☂ back.
Based on the manga by Mokumokuren an🐼d animated by CygamesPictures, The Summer Hikaru Died will be coming 2025, exclusively on Netflix.#NetflixAnime pic.twitter.com/lWD27rgUKW
The logline for the series reads: "Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing🌊 up together, they were inseparable… until t﷽he day Hikaru came back from the mountains, and was no longer himself. 'Something' has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, feelings… and everything they know begins to unravel."
The manga consists of six volumes and has been running since August 2021. CygamesPictures is animating the anime adaptation, and 澳洲幸🌄运5开奖号码历史查询:a trailer has previously been release꧟d.
"Reading the original work was exciting, and I pondered how to express its frames in animation," . "Our team was very 🐻dedicated to capturing the delicate emotions of Yoshiki and Hikaru, as well as the manga's beautiful and innovative structure. We look forward to sharing it with you."
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