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Sparks of Tomorrow — How Japanese Fans React

二十世紀電氣目録-ユーレカ・エヴリカ-

What Japanese fans actually said about Sparks of Tomorrow — new PVs, the latest episodes, and iconic scenes, pulled from Japanese YouTube comment sections and translated into English. Every quote is a real comment with its original like count, linked back to the source video.

2 reaction roundups · Updated Aug 3, 2026

Japan's most-liked comment about Sparks of Tomorrow

This anime made me decide my university major.

このアニメ見て、大学の進路を決めました。

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More of what Japan said about Sparks of Tomorrow

20 comments pulled from the comment sections of 2 roundups of this title. The selection changes every day.

  • It's a pretty experimental show, isn't it. Becoming "a different Kyoto Animation" may have been something they eventually had to aim for, but I can't help feeling that losing so many of their staff in that incident plays a big part in it. I'm hoping they use this "experiment" as fuel to grow even further. (Maybe it's deliberately experimental because the theme itself is "invention"…?)

    かなり実験的な作品ですよね。 “これまでとは違う京アニ”はいずれ目指さなくてはならなかったのかもしれませんが、やはりあの事件によって今までのスタッフさんたちを失ってしまった事が大きく関わっていると思わざるを得ません。 今回の“実験”を糧にして、京アニがさらなる進化を遂げるのを期待します。 (もしかしたら“発明”がテーマだから“実験的”な作品にしているのかも…?)

  • It IS good, though. What's your definition of "good" anyway? Flashy? Moving? Also — did you even need to post that?

    おもろいだろ お前の面白いはなんだ? 派手か?感動か? てか書く必要ある?

  • Thank you for the wonderful breakdown. I can't help but feel Anichare's love for Kyoto Animation in this. Hope this anime gets its moment in the spotlight. (^_-)-☆ Since it's about electricity, maybe it'll give us a real jolt? All depends on where the story goes from here.

    素晴らしい解説、有難うございます。 アニちゃれ!さまの、京アニへの愛を感じずにはいられない。 この、アニメに、スポットライトが当たるといいですね。 (^_-)-☆ 電気だけに、ビリビリっと、させてくれるのかな? 今後の展開に、かかっていますね。

  • The BGM in this scene is great too! I got into Kyoto Animation through Sound! Euphonium last year, so this feels like a reward of an anime (plus Sora Amamiya's in the cast).

    このシーンにしてもBGMが凄く良くて! 去年ユーフォから京アニにハマった自分にはご褒美のようなアニメ(雨宮天さんもいるし)

  • A good show isn't about the animation. That's it.

    面白い作品は作画じゃないからね。それだけ。

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  • Engineering, I'm guessing? Rooting for you — from a former engineer.

    工学部かな?応援します(元エンジニアより)

  • It's a carefully crafted show, very Kyoto Animation, but the plotting — whether that's on the source material or not — feels convenient, and it bothers me. There's no emotional core to it yet either, nothing like Sound! Euphonium's "I could die from how frustrated I am."

    京アニさんらしい丁寧な作り込みの作品だが、原作なのかストーリーの構成がご都合主義でそれが気になる。ユーフォみたいに「悔しくて死にそう」みたいな話の核も無い。

  • No matter how hard it looks, I can't help but admire "making things."

    どれだけ難しくても〝ものつくり〟には憧れちゃう。

  • I get "the facial acting gets in the way." Kyoto Animation doesn't need that Fujio Akatsuka flavor.

    「顔芸邪魔」はわかる 京アニに赤塚不二夫風味は要らない

  • So what'd you pick? Tell us.

    何にしたんだい?いってみ

  • I'm watching this as a story about Kihachi pulling himself out of a depression triggered by losing his brother, or something like that, so I don't think I can really judge it until the finale. Violet Evergarden had that same "who even is this person" feeling around episode 3 too, if I remember right (and of course there turned out to be a real reason for that, plus actual growth).

    喜八が兄を失った?事から鬱状態になってるのを立ち直る話かなと見てるので、結局これも最終話まで見ないと判断つかないかなと思ってます ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデンもちょうど3話くらいのころは、ヴァイオレットがなんだこいつ感ありましたしね(当然そういう理由付けはちゃんとあったし成長もした)

  • Excited to see how Kihachi's catalog keeps growing out of this.

    これを基に喜八の目録がどんどん広がっていくのが楽しみ

  • I'm following it on TV broadcast, but I wonder if this is a show whose intent only becomes clear once you rewatch it all in one go after it's finished. The problem is, the only way to do that is Netflix. There's a real chance it just fades away without ever getting the reappraisal it deserves.

    テレビ放送で追いかけていますが、全話終わったときに改めて一気見すると意図が分かる作品なのかな。でも、その時に障害となるのは配信がネトフリだけということ。結局再評価してもらえずに消えてしまう可能性が高い。

  • I really love this scene. I'm a sucker for watching friends grind through building something together!

    このシーンとっても好き 友達が一緒に何か作るために協力して頑張るを見るのは大好き!

  • It feels like the direction crams in so much that nothing actually leaves an impression. What it needs is direction that's actually trying to entertain.

    演出が詰め込み 過ぎて何も 印象に残らないという感じ 楽しませようという 演出が必要では

  • When does this actually get good?

    いつになったらおもしろくなるの

  • What matters isn't the animation, it's the script, structure, and direction. Even a band full of hot guys won't sell if the songs are bad.

    重要なのは作画じゃなくてシナリオと構成と演出 イケメンだらけのバンドでも曲が悪ければ売れない

  • Making things and running experiments as a student is so fun! The music's lovely too 🎺 — and the way they show the glass changing under heat, the thickness, the transparency, the light, it's all drawn so well.

    学生の時、物づくりと実験楽しいよね! 音楽も素敵です🎺 ガラスの熱変化、厚み、透明感、光など描写も良いですね。

  • Honestly, it's a show that's way too into exaggerated facial acting. And even when people say the animation's good, there's a visceral "ugh" to it for me. If it's a story about young people chasing a dream, the acting should be more restrained. I thought the same thing about their last show, CITY — is Kyoto Animation leaning on animation quality too much lately? There are plenty of other things that make up an anime, and good animation shouldn't mean the rest gets a pass.

    ていうかクドい顔芸アニメなんだよ  そして作画がいいと言っても 生理的に受け付けない気持ち悪さがある ゆめを追いかける若者の話ならもっと抑えた演技をすべき 前作CITYでも思ったけど 最近の京アニは作画力をたのみにしすぎてないか アニメを構成する要素はほかにも色々あるし それらは作画が良ければ無視していいものでもないはず

  • I love this scene where they're trying to make something that doesn't exist yet in the world. It gets me — the things we take for granted only exist because someone put in the effort and the time.

    世界に無いものを作り出そうとするこの場面すき。当たり前にある物も誰かの努力と費やした時間があって生まれたものなんだなって涙腺熱くなる

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