A new key visual and trailer have been released for the ongoing Summer Pockets TV anime series, highlighting one of the main heroines, Kamome Kushima, with the protagonist Hairi Takahara. The series first aired in Japan on April 7, 2025 and is expected to run for two consecutive cours.
The visual and trailer were released ahead of the anime’s third episode premiere on April 21, 2025.
Tomoki Kobayashi (Remake Our Life!, Seiren) is directing the anime adaptation at animation studio Feel, with Mai Otsuka (The Demon Girl Next Door) as character designer, Keiichiro Ochi (Go, Go, Loser Ranger!, The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio) as series screenwriter, Sari Tagawa (Remake Our Life!) as color designer, Shunichiro Yoshihara (Dr.STONE, Bubble) as background art director, Fumito Nanba (Remake Our Life!) as compositing director, and Makoto Takigasaki (The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting, Feel president) as animation producer.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Shoya Chiba as Hairi Takahara (voiced protagonist in Reflection Blue)
- • Konomi Kohara as Shiroha Naruse
- • Natsumi Takamori as Ao Sorakado
- • Emiri Iwai as Tsumugi Wenders
- • Nene Hieda as Kamome Kushima (taking over from original voice actress Tomomi Mineuchi)
The original Summer Pockets visual novel was first released by Key in June 2018 for PC, iOS, and Android. A Switch and Steam release followed in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The game features character designs from Na-Ga, Tsubasu Izumi, Yunon Nagayama, and Fumuyun.
An updated version titled Summer Pockets Reflection Blue, featuring new heroines and routes, was released in 2020 for PC and Android, in 2021 for iOS and Switch, and in 2022 for PS4. A standard edition with Windows 11 support and bonus physical items was released in September 2024.
Crunchyroll is streaming Summer Pockets worldwide, outside of Japan, and describes the main synopsis as:
Hairi Takahara never expected summer to feel like a dream. Sent to Torishirojima to sort through his late grandmother’s belongings, he’s met with endless sea, quiet nostalgia, and mysterious girls, each chasing something just out of reach. As he settles into island life, lost memories begin to surface and he finds what he never knew he’d lost.
