The World Is Dancing

About The World Is Dancing

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?

Tokyo MX's The World Is Dancing is an animation series. Yumiri Hanamori stars as Oniyasha (voice), Shimba Tsuchiya as Ishiya (voice), Maaya Uchida as Kogane (voice), and Romi Park as Zojiro (voice).

Its one season of 13 episodes was broadcast from July 2026 to September 2026. The series began as a manga.

Shelv files it under dance, performing arts, based on manga, and coming of age.

Wandance, Welcome to the Ballroom, and Descending Stories make useful companions to The World Is Dancing.