Kyoto Animation‘s upcoming steampunk anime Sparks of Tomorrow will debut on Netflix in July. A new visual accompanied the announcement.
Netflix Japan also released a video message from director Minoru Ota, which includes a bit of behind-the-scenes footage. Ota mentions in the video that the production consciously upped the “sense of presence” of the background art.
Sparks of Tomorrow (20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku – Eureka Eureka) is set in an alternate Meiji era Kyoto where steam is the primary power source. It’s based on the 2018 book written by Hiro Yuki and illustrated by Kazumi Ikeda (Clannad character designer), in which a girl who believes in the gods meets a boy who denies them and proclaims that the age of electricity has arrived. The two end up on a journey across Kyoto and Shiga to find a book called the “Electricity Catalog.”
Plans for an adaptation were announced in 2018. October 2025 saw the anime’s proper reveal, which included a trailer and a 2026 release date announcement.
Sparks of Tomorrow is the series directorial debut of Ota, who was the storyboard artist and director of CITY The Animation‘s ambitious and creative fifth episode (a nominee in the 12th Anime Trending Awards).
The novel, which is published under KyoAni’s KA Esuma Bunko label, received an honorable mention at the 8th Kyoto Animation Awards.
Source: @NetflixAnime