The TV anime adaptation of The World Is Dancing has confirmed a July 2026 premiere, along with a new teaser trailer and additional cast members. The anime was announced earlier this year, set to adapt Kazuto Mihara’s historical manga exploring the origins of Noh theater. Shochiku and CyberAgent are co-producing the series, with animation by CygamesPictures.
Yumiri Hanamori was previously announced as the voice of Oniyasha, while new members include:
- Simba Tsuchiya as Ishiya
- Maaya Uchida as Kogane
- Romi Park as Zojiro
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Kan’ami
- Haruki Ishiya as Junigoro
The production has put a strong emphasis on accurately depicting traditional performance. Reijiro Tsumura, a Kanze-school Noh performer and Important Intangible Cultural Property holder, is supervising the Noh choreography. Additional choreography is handled by dancer Kaiji Moriyama, who directed the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Opening Ceremony, and choreographer Mikiko Kawamura. The main staff for the anime includes:
- Director: Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (The Great Passage, Backflip!!)
- Character Design: Keigo Sasaki (The Millionaire Detective, Lonely Castle in the Mirror)
- Calligraphy/Title Lettering: Satoru Nemoto
- Animation Production: CygamesPictures
You can watch the new trailer below.
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.
The project adapts Kazuto Mihara’s six-volume manga originally serialized in Kodansha’s Morning magazine. The anime seeks to portray the cultural and personal evolution of Zeami during the late 14th century, at a time when Noh (then known as sarugaku) was still evolving into a formal art. The English version of the original manga is available on KODANSHA. A new illustration by the original author was also released:
Source: Press Release, The World Is Dancing Official Website, Official X @wid_anime
©Kazuto Mihara, KODANSHA/”The World Is Dancing” Production Committee.
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