Novel '20 Seiki Denki Mokuroku' Receives Anime Adaptation

by Kineta
Jul 27, 2018 2:41 PM | 7 Comments

The official Twitter account of KA Esuma Bunko imprint announced an anime adaptation of Nijusseiki Denki Mokuroku (20th Century Electricity Catalog) novel on Friday. Kyoto Animation will produce the series.

Synopsis
"Will you die with me, and take me to paradise?"

Summer 1907—40th year of the Meiji period. 15-year-old Inako Momokawa lives in Fujimi, Kyoto, and works at her father's sake brewery. Due to her ineptness, she gets scolded by him everyday. The only relief for her is to trust in her prayers to the Gods. One day while praying at the Fushimi Inari shrine, she meets Kihachi Sakamoto, a freewheeling young boy who declares "I don't believe in something I cannot see." He denies the Gods, and boast that it will be the era of electricity in the near future.

The talk of marriage suddenly comes up in Inako's household. Facing her father's one-sided decisions and thinking her worth is nothing more, Inako is about to give up. However, Kihachi was aware of her true feelings of wanting to escape, so he sneaks in and takes her away.

The only way to stop the marriage is to find an unusual book called the "Electricity Catalog;" a prediction book about electricity that Kihachi wrote when he was young, but his older brother Seiroku took it and went missing. Kihachi and Inako—the two begin their journey across Kyoto and Shiga prefectures in search of the book.

What's the secret behind the missing "Electricity Catalog"?

Hiroshi Yuuki is writing the novel, with illustrations by Kazumi Ikeda and Momoka Hase in charge of art and background. The novel received an honorable mention at the 8th Kyoto Animation Awards last May. KA Esuma Bunko plans to publish the novel on August 10.

Novel official site: http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/books/20thdenmoku/

Source: KA Esuma Bunko Twitter

Nijuuseiki Denki Mokuroku on MAL

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Seems very different from anything KyoAni has ever done in the past, and because of the setting, it's probably gonna have as much production value as Violet. Besides... KyoAni + Novel adaptation = Good Anime :)

Nov 1, 2018 2:45 PM by R0rack

thanks i ll have a look

Sep 12, 2018 4:14 AM by FranckyC

historical/romance by kyoto animation

kyoto didnt make any decent romance since chunibyou
looking forward this adaptation

Sep 12, 2018 3:36 AM by tragedydesu

Sounds interesting!

Sep 12, 2018 2:10 AM by x-Cellar_Door-x

Sounds interesting. A bunch of runaways on electric trains~
Good things happen in trains! :)

Aug 9, 2018 6:23 PM by Maoy

Another moebomb ? Give it.

Aug 8, 2018 12:03 PM by Swagernator

Eh the synopsis is not particularly striking, but I'll give it a try