The World Is Dancing (TV)

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Alternative title:
ワールド イズ ダンシング (Japanese)
Genres: drama
Plot Summary: In 1374, amid the turmoil of the Northern and Southern Courts' long-running conflict, a boy named Oniyasha was born into a family of sarugaku theater performers. He spends his days in a kind of quiet gloom, wondering why 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.
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Seen in part or in whole by 111 users, rank: #5392 (of 10570)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.500 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7516, rank: #6206 (of 10764)
Weighted mean: 6.538 (Good−), rank: #6033 (of 10764) (seen all: 6.95 / seen some: 6.33 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.867 (Good), rank: #4318 (of 8139)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 2026-06-29
Opening Theme:
"Shūshō" (終宵) by Macaroni Enpitsu
Ending Theme:
"Namonai Hana" (名もない花) by hockrockb
Reviews: Show:
The World Is Dancing ‒ Episodes 12-13 - SEASON FINALE (Sep 23, 2026)
The World Is Dancing ‒ Episode 11 (Sep 9, 2026)
The World Is Dancing ‒ Episode 10 (Sep 2, 2026)
The World Is Dancing ‒ Episode 9 (Aug 25, 2026)
The World Is Dancing ‒ Episode 8 (Aug 19, 2026)
The World Is Dancing ‒ Episode 7 (Aug 12, 2026)
The World Is Dancing ‒ Episode 6 (Aug 4, 2026)
The World Is Dancing ‒ Episode 5 (Jul 28, 2026)
The World Is Dancing ‒ Episode 4 (Jul 21, 2026)
The World Is Dancing ‒ Episodes 1-3 (Jul 15, 2026)
The World Is Dancing (Jul 15, 2026)
News: Show:
The World is Dancing Anime Casts Nobunaga Shimazaki (Sep 8, 2026)
HIDIVE Announces English Dub Cast for The World Is Dancing Anime (Aug 26, 2026)
The World is Dancing, The Vermilion Mask, Trigun Stargaze Anime's Cast/Staff to Attend Otakon 2026 (Jul 21, 2026)
Muse India Streams The World Is Dancing, BanG Dream! Yume∞Mita, More Anime (Jul 10, 2026)
HIDIVE to Stream English Dubs for The World Is Dancing, The Forsaken Saintess and Her Foodie Roadtrip in Another World, The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie Anime (Jul 1, 2026)
HIDIVE Premieres Hell Mode Season 2, The Forsaken Saintess and Her Foodie Road Trip Anime at Anime Expo (Jun 22, 2026)
The World Is Dancing Anime Unveils Final Trailer, Ending Song Artist, More Cast Members (Jun 22, 2026)
The World is Dancing Anime Streams Early on June 29 on Prime Video Japan (Jun 16, 2026)
HIDIVE to Stream The World is Dancing Anime (Updated With Premiere Date) (Jun 8, 2026)
The World is Dancing Anime's Music Trailer Reveals More Cast (Jun 5, 2026)
Muse Asia Licenses The World Is Dancing, Grow Up Show Anime (Jun 1, 2026)
The World Is Dancing Anime's Main Trailer Reveals More Cast, Opening Song, July 2 Debut (May 7, 2026)
The World Is Dancing Anime's Teaser Reveals More Cast & Staff, July Debut (Mar 17, 2026)
Interview:
Dancing Through History with The World is Dancing Director Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, Producer Kan Mizoguchi (Sep 4, 2026)
Press Releases:
'Reincarnated as a Sword' Season 2 Takes Spotlight for HIDIVE's Fall 2026 Season Exhibition at Anime NYC (Aug 13, 2026)
The Story of the Boy Who Would One Day Be Known as Zeami: 'The World Is Dancing' Confirmed for Otakon 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Jul 16, 2026)
Story of the Boy Who Would One Day Be Known as Zeami: 'The World Is Dancing' Premieres June 29 Unveils Official Final Trailer Featuring Ending Theme Song 'Unnamed Flower' by hockrockb (Jun 22, 2026)
Step Back Into History This Summer With “The World Is Dancing” Premiering on June 29 on HIDIVE (Jun 8, 2026)
Other articles:
The World is Dancing and the Oldest Performing Art in Japan (Jul 13, 2026)
The Summer 2026 Anime Preview Guide - The World Is Dancing (Jul 1, 2026)
The Most Anticipated Anime of Summer 2026 (Jun 29, 2026)
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Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Director: Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
Series Composition: Sawako Kawamitsu
Script: Sawako Kawamitsu
Music: Daisuke Shinoda
Original creator: Kazuto Mihara
Character Design: Keigo Sasaki
Art Director:
Hiromasa Ogura
Kazuhiro Inoue
3D Director: Yoshinori Nakano
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Director of Photography: Yūtarō Kikuchi

Animation producer: Kan Mizoguchi
Art Setting: Mamio Ogawa
Assistant Director: Shūhei Fuchimoto
Calligraphy: Satoshi Nemoto
Choreography:
Kaiji Moriyama
Mikiko Kawamura
Color design:
Kumiko Naruke
Naoko Satō
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Historical Supervision: Katsuyuki Shimizu
Insert Song Performance:
Romi Park
Yumiri Hanamori
Key Animation: Nekozero (ep 5)
Noh Choreography Supervision: Reijirō Tsumura
Noh Supervision: Kōhei Kawaguchi
Prop Design: Odashi
Sub-Character Design: Iori Hisatake
Theme Song Arrangement:
hockrockb (ED)
Kujira Satō (ED)
Macaroni Enpitsu (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Ageha Horii (ED)
Hattori (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ageha Horii (ED)
Hattori (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
hockrockb (ED)
Macaroni Enpitsu (OP)
2nd Key Animation:
animocaramel (ep 1)
Ankichi Kobo (ep 5)
Cypic (eps 1-10)
Dangun Pictures (eps 1-2)
Drive (ep 2)
Geno Studio (ep 2)
Kino Production (eps 7-8)
Nakamura Production (ep 5)
NAZ (ep 5)
One Order (ep 8)
PRA (ep 6)
ROLL2 (ep 1)
SHAFT (eps 4, 6)
Shanghai Phantom (ep 5)
WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio (ep 2)
Wit Studio (ep 4)
Wuxi Huaxian Animation Production (ep 8)
Wuxi Qicai Animation Production Co., Ltd. (ep 2)
Yumeta Company (eps 5, 8)
ZEXCS (ep 5)
Animation Production: Cypic
Art Direction: Marunaga Shoten (eps 5-9)
Background Art:
BGH Studio (eps 1-2)
GK Sales (ep 9)
Marunaga Shoten (eps 3-9)
Ogura Kobo (eps 1-10)
Sunrise Arte (eps 9-10)
Background Art Cooperation: FSE Company (eps 5, 7-9)
Broadcaster:
BS Asahi
Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
KBS Kyoto
Miyagi Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
RCC Chugoku Broadcasting
Sun TV
Tokyo MX
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Color Check: DEFA (ep 3)
Color Key: DEFA (ep 3)
Finish Animation:
Asahi Production (eps 2, 7)
CJT (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-8, 10
)
Cypic (OP; eps 1-10)
DEFA (eps 1-3, 5)
FAI International (eps 1-2)
Fincrossed Studio (ep 8)
Grain (eps 1-3)
Iris Media (eps 1-2, 5, 7-8)
LIKAI Studio (ep 8)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 5, 8)
One Order (8 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 10
)
ProMEtheus (eps 6, 8)
R.I.C (eps 5-6)
RadPlus (ep 4)
REC Animation Factory (ep 2)
Shuka (ep 6)
SILVER LINK. (eps 1, 6)
Studio ArcLine (ep 10)
Studio BUS (eps 1-7, 9-10)
Studio Elle (ep 1)
Wuxi Huaxian Animation Production (eps 3, 5, 8-9)
Wuxi Qicai Animation Production Co., Ltd. (eps 2, 10)
Yumeta Company (ep 2)
In-Between Animation:
Actas (ep 1)
animocaramel (eps 1-2)
Asahi Production (eps 1-2, 4)
Ashi Productions (eps 1-2)
asread (ep 1)
Bakken Record (ep 2)
Bandai Namco Pictures Creative Room (eps 1, 3)
C-Station (ep 2)
Candy Box (ep 1)
Chiptune (eps 1-4, 6, 10)
CJT (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-8, 10
)
CLAP (ep 1)
CoMix Wave Films (eps 1-2)
Cypic (OP; eps 1-10)
Dangun Pictures (eps 1-2, 4)
Drive (ep 2)
East Fish Studio (eps 4, 6)
EMT Squared (ep 6)
FAI International (eps 1-2)
Fincrossed Studio (ep 8)
Gift-o’-Animation (eps 2-3)
Grain (eps 1-3)
HEIYA (ep 6)
Iris Media (eps 1-2, 5, 7-8)
Kagura (eps 1-2)
LIKAI Studio (ep 8)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 5, 8)
Madhouse (OP; ep 9)
Makaria (eps 1-2)
Nakano Animation (OP)
NUT (ep 1)
One Order (7 episodes
eps 2-5, 7-8, 10
)
PRA (eps 5, 8)
Production I.G (eps 1-2, 4, 6)
ProMEtheus (eps 6, 8)
R.I.C (eps 5-6)
RadPlus (ep 4)
REC Animation Factory (eps 1-2, 4)
ROLL2 (ep 2)
SHAFT (eps 1, 4)
Shuka (eps 3-4, 6, 10)
SILVER LINK. (eps 2-4, 6)
St.Signpost (ep 10)
Studio ArcLine (ep 10)
Studio BUS (eps 1-7, 9-10)
Studio Colorido (eps 2, 6)
Studio Kafka (ep 3)
Sunrise Animation Juku (eps 3, 6)
team Yamahitsuji (ep 2)
Trigger (eps 2-4)
WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio (ep 1)
Wuxi Huaxian Animation Production (eps 3, 5, 8-9)
Wuxi Qicai Animation Production Co., Ltd. (eps 2, 10)
Yumeta Company (eps 2, 5, 8)
ZEXCS (eps 1, 3, 6)
Key Animation:
Cypic (eps 1-10)
Studio Analog (ep 9)
Wit Studio (ep 4)
Motion Capture: Cygames
Online Editing: qooop (eps 1-10)
Photography Cooperation:
Ignaz Studio
REC Animation Factory
Plugin Cooperation: SILVER LINK.
Japanese cast
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Oniyasha (young adult)
Yumiri Hanamori as Oniyasha (boy)

Haruki Ishiya as Jūnigorō
Haruo Yamagishi as Samanosuke
Hazuki Seto as Satsuki
Inori Minase as Chiharu
Kaito Udagawa as Toshigo
Katsuhisa Hōki as Chōrō (Elder)
Katsuyuki Konishi as Kan'ami
Kenichirō Matsuda as Yoriyuki Hosokawa
Kōsuke Echigoya as Senri
Maaya Uchida as Kogane
Mamiko Noto as Nariko
Miyuki Sawashiro as Shirabyōshi
Nobuo Tobita as Nijo Yoshimoto
Reiō Tsuchida as Hifumi
Romi Park as Zōjirō
Simba Tsuchiya as Ishiya
Sōshirō Hori as Mantarō
Takahiro Sakurai as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
Yōji Matsuda as Dog King

Airi Endo as People (ep 5)
Ami Matsushima as People (ep 11)
Anna Mugiho as Older Brother (ep 1)
Arisa Sekine as Tota (eps 12-13)
Ayaka Shimizu as Shop Owner (ep 9)
Chiemi Tanaka as Younger Brother (ep 1)
Chiwa Saitō as Orin (ep 8)
Chō as Toku-san (ep 6)
Fumitake Ishiguro as Niiza (ep 5)
Hazuki Seto as Oniyasha Fan (ep 10)
Hiromu Mineta as Hijiri (eps 4-7)
Hironori Kondō as
Cast Member (ep 12)
Daimyo (ep 11)
Mine Grandpa (ep 6)
Official (ep 10)
People (eps 8, 13)
Promoter (ep 1)
Villager (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Endō as
Cast Member (ep 3)
Customer (ep 1)
Niiza (ep 5)
Regular Customer B (5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 13
)
Villager (ep 2)
Keita Tada as Niiza (ep 5)
Kenyū Horiuchi as
Kamekichi (eps 2, 9)
Narration
Kōsuke Okamoto as People (ep 10)
Kyō Yaoya as Matsu (ep 6)
Masaaki Ihara as Official (eps 4-5, 8, 10)
Masayuki Fujibuchi as Attendant (ep 5)
Mitsuki Nakamura as Daimyo (ep 11)
Noriaki Kanze as
Daimyo (ep 11)
People (ep 10)
Riho Sugiyama as
Oniyasha Fan (ep 10)
People (eps 4, 8)
White Robes (ep 2)
Rika Kinugawa as
Oniyasha Fan (ep 10)
People (eps 4-5, 8, 11)
Ryō Sugisaki as Shop Owner (ep 9)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as
Minami (ep 2)
People (ep 4)
Samurai (ep 8)
Shinya Takahashi as
A certain man (ep 2)
Cast Member (eps 3, 12)
Customer (ep 1)
Daimyo (ep 11)
Regular Customer A (5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 13
)
Shōhei Kajikawa as People (ep 8)
Shunsuke Sakuya as Hikoemon (ep 13)
Sōma Saitō as Yoichi (eps 5-12)
Sōnosuke Hattori as Fukumaru (eps 11, 13)
Tadashi Miyazawa as
Hikoemon (ep 11)
Sakon Shiro (ep 10)
Takahiro Shimada as Attendant (ep 5)
Tatsumaru Tachibana as Customer (ep 1)
Yoshihito Sasaki as Inomaru (eps 5-10, 13)
Yoshinori Shimomura as Tsunemaru (ep 11)
Yuina Yamada as Customer (ep 1)
Yukihiro Nozuyama as Heisaburo (eps 5-13)
Yūsuke Kobayashi as Shin'emon (eps 3-4, 7)
Yuuki Sanpei as People (ep 8)
Yūya Hirose as Koheita (eps 5-12)
English cast
English staff
Melissa Molano as Oniyasha

Brandon Hearnsberger as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
Brittney Karbowski as Chiharu
Chaney Moore as Toshigo
Emily Neves as Shirabyoshi
Gabriel Regojo as Zojiro
Jeremy Gee as Senri
Joe Daniels as Kan’ami
Justin Doran as Montaro
Mike Yager as Samanosuke
Nickolette Kong as Kogane
Rex Rosario as Hifumi
Scott Gibbs as Inuo
Shelby Blocker as Satsuki
Stephen Alcala as Junigoro
Ty Mahany as Yoriyuki Hosokawa
Tyler Galindo as Ishiya

Jay Hickman as Kamekichi (ep 2)
Kyle Colby Jones as Na’ami

Allison Sumrall
Chaney Moore
Deke Anderson
Elissa Cuellar
Jay Hickman
Joe Daniels
John Swasey
Justin Doran
Kalin Coates
Rex Rosario
Rob Mungle
Shelby Blocker
Stephen Alcala
English companies
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Animation Digital Network
French cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Ruben Baita

Post Production: Adriano Lo Cascio
(none)
Italian companies
Distributor: Yamato Video
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video (Anime Generation)
Polish staff
Polish companies
Subtitle Translation: Zuzanna Kuźnicka
Polish cast
(none)
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