The Summer Hikaru Died North American premiere announced for Anime Expo
Forthcoming anime series The Summer Hikaru Died will have its North American premiere at Anime Expo.
Revealed yesterday, the premiere will take over the JW Marriott Platinum Ballroom on Friday, July 4 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:20 p.m. The event will feature a screening of episode one of the series (subtitled) along with an appearance from original creator Mokumokuren, voice actor Chiaki Kobayashi (Yoshiki), and producers Chiaki Kurakane and Manami Kabashima.
The Summer Hikaru Died will stream globally later this year via Netflix. A synopsis for the show reads:
In a certain village
Since their childhood, they have grown up together.
Yoshiki and Hikaru, childhood friends.
the sun shining down on them
the chirping sound of a crypto tympana facialis
Ice cream on the way home
Laughing over trivial things
One day in summer, no different from any other day
...... You're not Hikaru after all, are you?
Half a year ago, Hikaru went missing in the mountains.
A week later, he came back on a whim.
The voice, the figure, the thing that looked like Hikaru
What was stirring inside...
“Hikaru is no longer with us. ...... if that's the case.”
Starting the days with “something” in the form of a friend,
The “same as usual” everyday life.
But at the same time...
Strange incidents begin to plague the village.
Falling into the unknown “something”
The curtain rises on a coming-of-age horror story.
Four-day and single-day badge registration for Anime Expo can be made here. Anime Expo will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 3 through July 6. Our coverage of last year’s Anime Expo, which gained a turnstile attendance of 407,000 people from 64 countries, can be seen here.
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