The World Is Dancing

Name: ワールド イズ ダンシング
Genre: Drama, Historical, Coming of age, Acting
Released: 2026-06-29
Cast: 花守ゆみり, 飛田展男, 宇田川かいと, 土屋神葉, 能登麻美子

ワールドイズダンシング

World Is Dancing

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TypeONA (web)

Aired2026-06-29

SeasonSummer 2026

Episodes13

Runtime24 min

StatusAiring

SourceManga

Animation studioCypic

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

Score72/100

Overview

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.

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Synopsis 日本語

室町時代を舞台にした、能の発展において重要な人物である世阿弥元清（若名：鬼夜叉）の生涯を描く。 1374年、南朝と北朝二つの朝廷の争いが続く動乱の時代の鬼夜叉（世阿弥の幼名）の時代を描く。政情不安と社会変動が渦巻く時代、鬼夜叉は父・観阿弥の一座の中で、自らの表現方法を見出そうと奮闘する。伝統にただ従うのではなく、鬼夜叉は舞を通して「世界のリズム」を捉えようとする。本作では、彼の芸術的覚醒の道のり、将軍・足利義満との関係、そして能楽の哲学的変遷が描かれる。

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