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あしたのありか

Whereabouts of Tomorrow: Ashita no Arika

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“Ever since that day...I lost hope for the future.” In 2021, Asumi, a salesperson at Kobe Steel, was having a difficult time finding meaning in her job while she felt helpless in the face of the company’s numerous issues. Just as Asumi was about to tell her boss that she wanted to quit, a mystical ray of light came out of a corporate history book and led her to Kobe in 1905. There she encountered visionary, high-spirited people from Kobe Steel's founding period. Torasuke was among them; he was a clumsy but enthusiastic young man from the Meiji era who dreamed big and believed in the potential of industrial development. Guided by the Kobelco Group's history, two persons from different eras set out on a journey across time, from its beginning to the present. They witness people get through tough times and continue to take on challenges with hope for a better future. After coming into contact with the founders’ spirits, they each choose their own path for the future. (Source: Official KOBELCO Site)

Names

Originalあしたのありか (japanese)
RomajiAshita no Arika
EnglishWhereabouts of Tomorrow: Ashita no Arika
Chinese明日之所在 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known asKOBELCO 120th Anniversary Animation

Facts

FormatONA (net original) · 1 ep · 54 min · 1h total
Aired2025-09-02 (Summer 2025)
StatusFINISHED
StudioTrash Studio
SourceOriginal work
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresDramaRomanceSupernatural
StreamingYouTube · YouTube

Reception

Community score5.10 / 10
Bayesian score— / 10
Composite
On lists645
Favourited2 (0.3%)
Completion59.1%
Drop rate11.6%
In backlog64.0%
Score spread σ2.22

Score distribution

19243124105216177168494103

Key staff

DirectorYasuhiro Noda, Yoshiharu Satou, Tatsuo Yanagino
Series compositionHiroyuki Yatsu
Character designYoshiharu Satou

AniList id 198377 · MAL id 62401 · Bangumi 580615 · record updated 2026-08-26