A TV anime adaptation of Kazuto Mihara’s manga The World Is Dancing has been officially announced and is scheduled to air in Summer 2026.
Along with the announcement, a teaser visual, announcement PV, and details on the main staff and cast were revealed. The series will be animated by CygamesPictures and co-produced by Shochiku and CyberAgent.
Announcement PV:
Teaser Visual:
Illustration by Original Author Kazuto Mihara:
CAST:
Yumiri Hanamori as Oniyasha
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
Lead Voice Actor: Yumiri Hanamori
Calligraphy/Title Lettering: Satoshi Nemoto
Animation Production: CygamesPictures
The World Is Dancing, originally serialized in Kodansha’s Morning, explores the traditional Japanese performing art of Noh. An English version of the manga is available digitally on KODANSHA, with Chapter 1 offered as a free preview.
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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