The World Is Dancing

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Shouchiku, Cypic, CyberAgent, Cygames, Toy's Factory, arma bianca, TOKYO MX, BS Asahi, Happinet Media Marketing

About The World Is Dancing

The World Is Dancing is a ona anime produced by Shouchiku and airing during the SUMMER 2026 season. It belongs to the Drama genre, offering a compelling experience for fans of these categories. The series spans 13 episodes, with episode 10 being the next upcoming release. Current status: RELEASING, with an average score of 71%. The production is handled by Shouchiku and Cypic and CyberAgent and Cygames and Toy's Factory and arma bianca and TOKYO MX and BS Asahi and Happinet Media Marketing, bringing together talented teams for this release.

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.