An April 2025 release window has been revealed for the Summer Pockets TV anime adaptation. The show’s opening animation, which was storyboarded and directed by Ayaka Hozumi (Spy Classroom co-main animator), was also released.
Summer Pockets is based on the visual novel by Key, which Playasia describes as:
Summer Pockets is set on an isolated, rural, and peaceful island on the Seto Inland Sea called Torishirojima, which has a population of about 2,000 people. The protagonist is Hairi Takahara, a young man not native to the island. Hairi grew up in an urban setting, but after an unpleasant incident, he uses the recent death of his grandmother as an excuse to come to the island to take care of her estate sale. Once there, he gets to know four girls who are the focus of the story. They include Shiroha Naruse, who forgot her summer vacation; Ao Sorakado, who is pursuing the legends of the island; Kamome Kushima, a high-class girl looking for a pirate ship; and Tsumugi Wenders, a younger girl trying to find herself.
The visual novel was originally released in 2018 for PC, iOS, and Android, with a Switch and Steam release following in 2019 and 2020, respectively. It later received an upgraded version titled Summer Pockets Reflection Blue, which has new heroines and routes. Reflection Blue was released in 2020 for PC and Android, in 2021 for iOS and Switch, and in 2022 for PS4. Its Steam release is tentatively set for 2024.
The visual novel has character designs from Na-Ga, Tsubasu Izumi, Yunon Nagayama, and Fumuyun.
The Summer Pockets anime will have two consecutive cours.
Staff
• Director: Tomoki Kobayashi (Remake Our Life!, Seiren)
• Character designer: Mai Otsuka (The Demon Girl Next Door)
• Series composer: Keiichiro Ochi (Go, Go, Loser Ranger!, The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio)
• Color designer: Sari Tagawa (Remake Our Life!)
• Background art director: Shunichiro Yoshihara (Dr.STONE, Bubble)
• Compositing director: Fumito Nanba (Remake Our Life!)
• Animation production: Feel
• Animation producer: Makoto Takigasaki (The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting, Feel president)
Cast (returning from game unless stated otherwise)
• Shoya Chiba as Hairi Takahara (joined with Reflection Blue)
• Konomi Kohara as Shiroha Naruse
• Natsumi Takamori as Ao Sorakado
• Emiri Iwai as Wenders Tsumugi
• Nene Hieda as Kamome Kushima (original voice actor was Tomomi Mineuchi)
Source: @samapoke_anime
