©Kazuto Mihara, KODANSHA/”The World Is Dancing” Production Committee.
With plans for a summer 2026 debut, the manga series The World Is Dancing (ワールド イズ ダンシング) is getting an anime adaptation as announced in January 2026. The manga comes from creator Kazuto Mihara, which began in 2021 and wrapped up with six volumes. The anime adaptation has ste Toshimasa Kuroyanagi as the director, and has Keigo Sasaki on the character designs. Cygames Pictures is handling the animation production.
With a July 2nd, 2026, debut set previously, the production has now updated with a new trailer and some new cast members with:
- Yōji Matsuda as Inuo
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Shirabyoshi
The Japanese cast includes:
- Yumiri Hanamori as Oniyasha
- Shimba Tsuchiya as Ishiya
- Maaya Uchida as Kogane
- Romi Park as Zōjirō
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Kan’ami
- Haruki Ishiya as Jūnigorō
- Takahiro Sakurai as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
- Nobuo Tobita as Nijo Yoshimoto
- Mamiko Noto as Nariko
- Inori Minase as Chiharu
- Hazuki Seto as Satsuki
The series features the opening theme song “shusho” by Macaroni Empitsu.
The manga comes from creator Kazuto Mihara, who has four works to their name since debuting in 2019 in the Tribute to Star Wars manga. The World Is Dancing is available in English by Kodansha Comics.
Check out the official site (EN), official site (JP), and Twitter.
Plot Concept: In 1374, amid the turmoil of the Northern and Southern Courts’ long-running conflict, a boy named Oniyasha is born into a family of sarugaku theater performers. He spends his days in a kind of quiet gloom, haunted by a simple but persistent question: Why do people dance? Then, one day, he witnesses a dance that he feels to be “good”—and everything begins to change. This is the story of the beautiful young boy who would one day shape the art of Noh and be remembered as Zeami.
Previous promos and visuals:
©Kazuto Mihara, KODANSHA/”The World Is Dancing” Production Committee.
©Kazuto Mihara, KODANSHA/”The World Is Dancing” Production Committee.
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