{"id":138046,"date":"2025-10-24T23:14:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=138046"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:29:59","slug":"kyoto-animations-sparks-of-tomorrow-anime-to-premiere-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/10\/24\/kyoto-animations-sparks-of-tomorrow-anime-to-premiere-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto Animation&#8217;s Sparks of Tomorrow Anime To Premiere in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Kyoto Animation<\/strong> has announced that its <em>Sparks of Tomorrow<\/em> (<span style=\"color: initial\"><em>20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku<\/em>, or <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>20th Century Electricity Catalog<\/em><\/span>) anime adaptation will premiere in 2026. The Japanese title has the subtitle <em>Eureka Evrika<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">A trailer and visual were also released, promising a grand-feeling adventure with incredible music (and, of course, visuals).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u4e8c\u5341\u4e16\u7d00\u96fb\u6c23\u76ee\u9332-\u30e6\u30fc\u30ec\u30ab\u30fb\u30a8\u30f4\u30ea\u30ab-\u300fPV\u7b2c1\u5f3e\uff5c2026\u5e74\u653e\u9001\u6c7a\u5b9a\uff01\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_O5ZVkdhQhc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Sparks of Tomorrow <\/em>stars <strong>Yuma Uchida<\/strong> as Kihachi Sakamoto and<strong> Sora Amamiya<\/strong> as Inako Momokawa. The staff includes:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director: <strong>Minoru Ota<\/strong> (<em>CITY The Animation<\/em> Episode 5 storyboard artist and director)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer: <strong>Tatsuhiko Urahata<\/strong> (<em>Baki Hanma<\/em>, the upcoming <em>GATE<\/em> Season 2)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer and chief animation supervisor: <strong>Kohei Okamura<\/strong> (<em>Free!\u2013the Final Stroke\u2013 the second volume <\/em>co-chief animation supervisor)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Setting design: <strong>Takaaki Suzuki<\/strong> (<em>DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION<\/em>)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Music composer:<strong> Hitomi Koto<\/strong> (<em>Shadow Labyrinth<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Here&#8217;s the anime&#8217;s description:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">A tale of adventure for boys and girls who dreamed of the age of electricity in a world shrouded in smoke! With challenging art backgrounds reminiscent of Impressionist paintings and intricate animation, it depicts the dreams of boys and girls shining in an era of upheaval and innovation\u2500\u2500. Kyoto Animation&#8217;s new frontier.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20th-Century-Electricity-Catalog-visual.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"987\" data-attachment-id=\"138047\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/10\/24\/kyoto-animations-sparks-of-tomorrow-anime-to-premiere-in-2026\/20th-century-electricity-catalog-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20th-Century-Electricity-Catalog-visual.jpeg?fit=762%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"762,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20th Century Electricity Catalog visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20th-Century-Electricity-Catalog-visual.jpeg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20th-Century-Electricity-Catalog-visual.jpeg?fit=696%2C987&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20th-Century-Electricity-Catalog-visual.jpeg?resize=696%2C987&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138047\" style=\"width:537px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20th-Century-Electricity-Catalog-visual.jpeg?resize=722%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 722w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20th-Century-Electricity-Catalog-visual.jpeg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20th-Century-Electricity-Catalog-visual.jpeg?resize=696%2C986&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20th-Century-Electricity-Catalog-visual.jpeg?resize=296%2C420&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20th-Century-Electricity-Catalog-visual.jpeg?w=762&amp;ssl=1 762w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(C)\u7d50\u57ce\u5f18\u30fb\u4eac\u90fd\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\uff0f\u660e\u6ecb\u96fb\u6c23\u5546\u5de5\u4f1a<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Sparks of Tomorrow<\/em> is based on the 2018 book w<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ritten by<strong> Hiro Yuki<\/strong> and i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">llustrated by <strong>Kazumi Ikeda<\/strong> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clannad<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> character designer), which is published under KyoAni&#8217;s KA Esuma Bunko label and received an honorable mention at the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8th Kyoto Animation Awards. Plans for an adaptation were <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nemFfWRxcSQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">announced back in 2018.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The book is described as a l<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ove story set in Meiji era Kyoto around the dawn of the 20th century. Inako Momokawa is a girl who believes in the gods, while Kihachi Sakamoto is a boy who denies the gods and proclaims that the age of electricity has arrived. While the two\u2019s relationship starts on the wrong footing, Inako\u2019s desire to escape an impending marriage leads to the two of them journeying across Kyoto and Shiga in search of a book called the \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Electricity Catalog.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/denkimokuroku\/status\/1981958131749138646\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-1tl8opc\">@denkimokuroku<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyoto Animation has announced that its Sparks of Tomorrow (20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku, or 20th Century Electricity Catalog) anime adaptation will premiere in 2026. The Japanese title has the subtitle Eureka Evrika. A trailer and visual were also released, promising a grand-feeling adventure with incredible music (and, of course, visuals). 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