How many episodes are in Sparks of Tomorrow?

Sparks of Tomorrow has 13 episodes in this listed season.

When does Sparks of Tomorrow premiere?

Sparks of Tomorrow premieres on 2026-07-05.

Is Sparks of Tomorrow a new series?

Sparks of Tomorrow is a new series (Season 1).

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Sparks of Tomorrow(2026)

Also known as 20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku • Nijūseiki Denki Mokuroku • Nijuuseiki Denki Mokuroku

Archived · Tokyo MX

7.21213 eps

S01

DramaAnimeFantasyAnimation

ON AIR: JUL 5Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

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Sparks of Tomorrow is a slow-burn animated drama set in early 1900s Japan, built around two young people carrying grief they have not yet named. The pacing is deliberate, letting silence and small gestures do the work that dialogue might rush.

A catalog of electrical inventions becomes the unlikely space where the two characters keep meeting, each object a prompt for memory or argument or something closer to honesty. His withdrawal and her composed devotion create a friction that shifts almost imperceptibly across episodes, the romance arriving not through declaration but through the gradual lowering of defenses neither character fully admits to having.

Best for

quiet grief healing, slow-burn romance and Drama

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Drama and Anime

Commitment

Season 1 · 13 episodes

Where

Tokyo MX

Official Premise

A boy, hardened by his brother's death, loses faith in their "Age of Electricity" dream. A devout girl hides grief for her mother. Together, they explore the 20th Century Electrical Catalog, confronting their pasts to forge their ...

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Strongest Match

Sparks of Tomorrow and I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day both build romance out of grief you cannot say out loud. In the animated world of routine death and forbidden attachment, two girls keep choosing each other through quiet defiance, the same slow thawing that turns hardened silence into warmth.

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Why this pick

Love Through a Prism shares Sparks of Tomorrow’s early-1900s romance feel, where feelings grow through daily pressure and careful restraint. The art school rivalry turns into earned closeness with tense studio moments and small, expressive gestures, matching the way Sparks of Tomorrow lets devotion and doubt share space before anything breaks open.

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Why this pick

Goodbye, Lara and Sparks of Tomorrow both lean into bittersweet love, where tenderness has a real cost and time moves like a countdown. With a centuries-long price and a fragile chance at connection, the romance stays intimate and haunted, darker and more fantasy-leaning than Sparks of Tomorrow’s period wonder.

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