The horror suspense comic adaptation animation "The Summer When the Light Died" released a trailer and will be broadcast in the summer of 2025

The horror suspense manga "The Summer Where the Light Disappeared" created by Moku Moku Ren has won the first place in the men's ranking of "This Manga is Awesome! 2023" and the Global Special Award of "The Next Popular Manga Award 2022".

Recently, the official YouTube account of KADOKAWAanime released a promotional trailer for the adapted animation, and announced that it will be broadcast in the summer of 2025, exclusively on Netflix.

Trailer for "The Summer When the Light Passed Away":

It is understood that the animation of "The Summer When Light Passed Away" will be produced by Cygames Pictures, directed by Ryohei Takeshita, and Yuichi Takahashi will be responsible for character design and general animation supervision. In terms of voice actors, the protagonists Yoshiki Tsujinaka and Hikari will be played by Chiaki Kobayashi and Shuichiro Umeda respectively.

The original story of "The Summer Where Light Passes" tells the story of two young boys named Kaki and Hikari who live in a village. The two are playmates of the same age and grew up together. However, one day, Kaki is sure that the person who was originally thought to be Hikari has been replaced by some other existence. Despite this, he still wants to be with Hikari. Kaki and the mysterious existence with the appearance of a friend start every day as usual. But at the same time, a strange murder occurred in the village...