More cast details for the new Kyoto Animation TV anime Sparks of Tomorrow have been revealed.
One of the names joining main duo Yuma Uchida (playing Kihachi Sakamoto) and Sora Amamiya (Inako Momokawa) is Koki Uchiyama. Uchiyama plays Yosuke Mizoe, an engineer who is engaged with Inako as part of his plan to find a book called the “Electricity Catalog.”
Others include Daisuke Ono as Kihachi’s brother Seiroku Sakamoto, Shunsuke Takeuchi as ex-military man Kengo Kuga, and Minako Kotobuki as Inako’s sister and Kengo’s fiancée Noriko Momokawa.
The book is published under KyoAni’s KA Esuma Bunko label. It received an honorable mention at the 8th Kyoto Animation Awards.
Staff
• 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)
Source: Kyoto Animation YouTube channel, @denkimokuroku