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 Eureka.

A trailer and visual were also released.

Sparks of Tomorrow stars Yuma Uchida as Kihachi Sakamoto and Sora Amamiya as Inako Momokawa. The staff includes:

• Director: Minoru Ota (CITY The Animation Episode 5 storyboard artist and director)
• Series composer: Tatsuhiko Urahata (Baki Hanma, the upcoming GATE Season 2)
• Character designer and chief animation supervisor: Kohei Okamura (Free!–the Final Stroke– the second volume co-chief animation supervisor)
• Setting design: Takaaki Suzuki (DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION)
• Music composer: Hitomi Koto (Shadow Labyrinth)

Here’s the anime’s description:

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──. Kyoto Animation’s new frontier.

(C)結城弘・京都アニメーション／明滋電氣商工会

Sparks of Tomorrow is based on the 2018 book written by Hiro Yuki and illustrated by Kazumi Ikeda (Clannad character designer), which is published under KyoAni’s KA Esuma Bunko label and received an honorable mention at the 8th Kyoto Animation Awards. Plans for an adaptation were announced back in 2018.

The book is described as a love 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’s relationship starts on the wrong footing, Inako’s desire to escape an impending marriage leads to the two of them journeying across Kyoto and Shiga in search of a book called the “Electricity Catalog.”

Source: @denkimokuroku