The TV anime "World Is Dancing," based on Kazuto Mihara's Noh manga depicting the life of Zeami, will be available for streaming on Amazon's video streaming service "Prime Video" from 10 PM on June 29th, ahead of its terrestrial broadcast on July 2nd.
It was also announced that a special episode of the podcast program "Spotify ANIZONE - Anizone," titled "World Is Dancing," will be released on July 31st. Yumiri Hanamori Hanamori, who plays Oniyasha, and Maaya Uchida, who plays Kogane, will appear in the episode.
"World Is Dancing" was serialized in the manga magazine "Morning" (Kodansha) from March 2021 to October 2022. The story is set in 1374, a turbulent era of conflict between the Southern and Northern Courts. Oniyasha (later Zeami), a boy born into a family of Sarugaku dancers, encounters people, laughs, cries, and confronts his own shortcomings, as he shapes a new dance to live in this impermanent world.
The anime will be directed by Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, known for works such as "The Great Passage" and "Bakuten!!", and produced by Cypic, known for works such as "Uma Musume Cinderella Gray". Hanamori will voice the main character, Oniyasha (later known as Zeami). It will air from 10 PM on July 2nd on TOKYO MX, BS Asahi, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, and other channels.
