HIDIVE has announced that the new historical anime series The World Is Dancing will join its Summer 2026 simulcast lineup. The series premieres on June 29 and will stream exclusively on HIDIVE in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
HIDIVE also confirmed that Episode 2 will receive its world premiere at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles on July 2. In addition, the streaming service released the anime’s official English-subtitled main trailer.
Ahead of its debut, The World Is Dancing received a Special Award at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, one of Asia’s largest international short film festivals.
Main Trailer:
Key Visual:
CAST:
Yumiri Hanamori as Oniyasha
Simba Tsuchiya as Ishiya
Maaya Uchida as Kogane
Romi Park as Zojiro
Katsuyuki Konishi as Kan’ami
Haruki Ishiya as Junigoro
Takahiro Sakurai as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
Nobuo Tobita as Nijo Yoshimoto
Mamiko Noto as Nariko
Inori Minase as Chiharu
Hazuki Seto as Satsuki
Youji Matsuda as Inuo
Miyuki Sawashiro as Shirabyoshi
STAFF:
Based on the manga “The World Is Dancing” by Kazuto Mihara originally serialized in
the weekly MORNING magazine published by KODANSHA Ltd.
Director: Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
Character Design: Keigo Sasaki
Series Composition/Script: Sawako Kawamitsu
Sub Director: Shuhei Fuchimoto
Sub Character Design: Iori Hisatake
Prop Design: Odashi
Art Setting: Mamio Ogawa
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura, Kazuhiro Inoue
Color Design: Naoko Sato, Kumiko Naruge
3D Supervisor: Yoshinori Nakano
Director of Photography: Yutaro Kikuchi
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Music: Daisuke Shinoda
Opening theme song: Macaroni Empitsu “shusho” (TOY’S FACTORY)
Calligraphy/Title Lettering: Satoshi Nemoto
Noh Choreography: Tsumura Reijiro
Choreography: Kaiji Moriyama, Mikiko Kawamura
Noh Supervision: Kohei Kawaguchi
History Supervision: Katsuyuki Shimizu
Animation Producer: Mizoguchi KAN
Animation Production: CygamesPictures
The World Is Dancing is originally a manga by Kazuto Mihara that was serialized in Kodansha’s Morning magazine. Although the manga is only six volumes long, it gained attention for its strong storytelling and timeless themes. The English version of the manga is currently available online through Kodansha, including a free preview of Chapter 1.
STORY:
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.
Source: Press Release
©Kazuto Mihara, KODANSHA/”The World Is Dancing” Production Committee.
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