Highlights
- The World Is Dancing released a music trailer featuring songs performed by its cast, ahead of a July 2 premiere.
- Veteran voice actors Yoji Matsuda and Miyuki Sawashiro have joined the cast.
- The historical series follows Zeami Motokiyo and won a Special Award at SSFF & ASIA before its broadcast.
The World Is Dancing, an upcoming historical anime, released an official music trailer on June 5 and added veteran voice actors Yoji Matsuda and Miyuki Sawashiro to its cast. The series premieres July 2 on Tokyo MX and KBS Kyoto.
Co-produced by Shochiku and CyberAgent, the trailer previews insert songs performed by Yumiri Hanamori and Romi Park, who voice Oniyasha and Zojiro and were cast earlier. Matsuda voices Inuo, a recurring figure whose appearances shape Oniyasha's path as an artist. Sawashiro plays Shirabyoshi.
Matsuda's credits include Ashitaka in Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke and the Japanese-dub voice of Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic. He said the anime is his first regular role in a serialized TV series, calling it a "wonderful role" in an official statement.
The World Is Dancing Anime: The story and its pre-debut recognition
The anime adapts Kazuto Mihara's six-volume manga and follows Oniyasha, the young Zeami Motokiyo, who became one of the most influential figures in the development of Noh theater. Set during Japan's Muromachi period, the story follows a performer searching to understand dance and expression. Toshimasa Kuroyanagi directs the series at Cypic.
The World Is Dancing received a Special Award at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia on May 1, about two months before its broadcast. Zeami is widely credited with establishing Noh as a traditional art form and was a major playwright and actor in it.
The series enters a Summer 2026 lineup dominated by action titles. Its test will be whether CyberAgent can turn early critical recognition into viewership.
