Kyoto Animation announced the TV anime adaptation of Hiro Yūki’s 20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku (20th Century Electricity Catalog) novel will air in 2026 with the title Sparks of Tomorrow. A new promotional video and key visual for the Sparks of Tomorrow anime were revealed, and the anime’s English website has also been opened.
The main cast of the anime includes Yūma Uchida as Kihachi Sakamoto and Sora Amamiya as Inako Momokawa.
Minoru Ōta directs the anime as his first directorial project, and Tatsuhiko Urahata oversees the series scripts. Kohei Okamura is the chief animation director and character designer. What’s more, Takaaki Suzuki is in charge of the worldview setting, and Hitomi Kotō is the music composer.
Here’s an overview of the anime, via the official website:
A Tale of Adventure for Boys and Girls Who Dreamed of the Age of Electricity in a World Shrouded in Smoke!
──This was a little while ago. Kyoto in the early 20th century, having evolved differently from the history we know today. In a world where only steam engines had advanced, the city was shrouded in smoke.
A boy who lost his brother, with whom he had dreamed of the “Age of Electricity,” and
now lives with deep suspicion.
A girl who keeps her dreams for the future and her regrets for her deceased mother
hidden in her heart, now living a devout life.
The boy and girl meet while seeking the secret of the “20th Century Electrical Catalog,”
which depicted their dreams.
Surpass who you are now and break through the dreams you once had!
This is the story of <regeneration>.
