Anime · Tokyo MX
Sparks of Tomorrow
Chasing an unseen light!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yuma Uchida
Kihachi Sakamoto (voice)
13 eps
Sora Amamiya
Inako Momokawa (voice)
13 eps
Koki Uchiyama
Yosuke Mizoe (voice)
13 eps
Daisuke Ono
Seiroku Sakamoto (voice)
13 eps
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Kengo Kuga (voice)
13 eps
Minako Kotobuki
Noriko Momokawa (voice)
13 eps
You Taichi
Suzu Harashima (voice)
13 eps
Natsumi Kawaida
Kate Okura (voice)
13 eps
Kazuki Ura
Yajiro Yagura (voice)
13 eps
Daisuke Hirakawa
Izo Masubuchi (voice)
13 eps
Ayahi Takagaki
Inari (voice)
13 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sparks of Tomorrow actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sparks of Tomorrow reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In an alternate past, an unlikely duo team up to look for a missing catalog that could bring electricity to the smoke-filled streets of Kyoto.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 13 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202613 episodes
7.5IMDbIn an alternate 20th century Kyoto, two brothers dream of bringing about the Age of Electricity with their 20th Century Electrical Catalog. However, when Seiroku Sakamoto brings the catalog with him to war and never returns, his younger brother Kihachi Sakamoto is left by himself. One day, a chance meeting with Inako Momokawa, the daughter of a sake brewer, reunites Kihachi with the lost catalog and kickstarts this dream once more. However, he isn't the only one who wants the catalog...
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E06
Episode 6
S01E05
Episode 5
S01E04
The Steadfast Girl
S01E02
The Mysteries of the Catalog
- Directed by Ryo Miyaki
- Written by Tatsuhiko Urahata
S01E01
The Electric Boy
- Directed by Minoru Ota
- Written by Tatsuhiko Urahata
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tomoki UedaProducer
- Cai AilianProducer
- Shinichi NakamuraProducer
- Ryutaro UsukuraProducer
- Aro TorigoeProducer
- Yoshifumi MoriExecutive Producer
Writing
- Tatsuhiko UrahataWriter
Direction
- Ryo MiyakiDirector
- Minoru OtaDirector
- Takuya YamamuraDirector
Cinematography
- Hiroki UedaDirector of Photography
Music
- Hitomi KotoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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