Anime is HUGE with Netflix and Gen Z

<img width="696" height="392" src="https://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/summer-hikaru.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="the summer hikaru died" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/summer-hikaru.jpg 912w, https://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/summer-hikaru-300×169.jpg 300w, https://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/summer-hikaru-150×84.jpg 150w, https://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/summer-hikaru-768×432.jpg 768w, https://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/summer-hikaru-600×338.jpg 600w, https://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/summer-hikaru-696×392.jpg 696w" sizes="(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px" data-attachment-id="533887" data-permalink="https://www.comicsbeat.com/anime-is-huge-with-netflix-and-gen-z/summer-hikaru/" data-orig-file="https://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/summer-hikaru.jpg" data-orig-size="912,513" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="summer-hikaru" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="

Still from the Summer Hikaru Died anime

” data-medium-file=”https://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/summer-hikaru-300×169.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/summer-hikaru.jpg” />Anime and manga continue to find a huge Gen Z audience, and that is going to continue to have a ripple effect on the entire comics industry.