World Is Dancing
The World Is Dancing • ワールド イズ ダンシング
ONA · 2026 · 13 eps · Airing · Score 7.2
Genres: Drama
Themes: Dancing, Historical, Coming of Age, Acting, Musical Theater
Studios: Cypic
Synopsis
Born into a life of acting and dance with a traveling theater troupe in 14th-century Japan, 12-year old Oniyasha has one problem—he doesn't know what the point of any of it is. "Why must I step with the left foot here instead of the right? Why is one performance good and another, bad? Why do people dance at all?" It all seems perfectly arbitrary, until a chance encounter in a run-down shack sets him down a path to revolutionizing the art form and influencing much of Japanese culture to come. A fictionalized account of the early life of Zeami Motokiyo (Oniyasha), the founder of modern Noh theater—the world's oldest surviving theater art—this coming-of-age artist's journey vividly brings to life a man far ahead of his time during one of Japan's most culturally and socially vibrant eras. (Source: Kodansha Comics) Note: World Is Dancing is streaming 3 days in advance of the TV broadcast on Prime Video and HIDIVE beginning June 29th, 2026. Regular broadcasting began on July 2nd, 2026.
Voice Actors
- Yumiri Hanamori as Oniyasha
- Nobuo Tobita as Yoshimoto Nijou
- Kaito Udagawa as Toshigo
- Shinba Tsuchiya as Ishiya
- Mamiko Noto as Nariko
- Kousuke Echigoya as Senri
- Maaya Uchida as Kogane
- Inori Minase as Chiharu
- Haruo Yamagishi as Samanosuke
- Romi Park as Zojiro
- Hazuki Seto as Satsuki
- Reiou Tsuchida as Hifumi
- Youji Matsuda as Inuou
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Shirabyoshi
- Haruki Ishiya as Junigoro
- Kenichirou Matsuda as Yoriyuki Hosokawa
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Kan’ami
- Katsuhisa Houki as Chourou
- Takahiro Sakurai as Yoshimitsu Ashikaga
- Soushirou Hori as Mantarou