The World Is Dancing hits HIDVE later this month, coming to Anime Expo
Photo credit: ©Kazuto Mihara, KODANSHA/"The World Is Dancing" Production Committee
Period drama The World Is Dancing will make its way to HIDIVE later this month.
The forthcoming anime series is set to debut on Monday, June 29. The second episode will have its world premiere at Anime Expo on Thursday, July 2. The premiere will take place from 6:45 p.m. – 7:35 p.m. at room 403AB. More information about Anime Expo can be found here. An official subbed trailer can be seen below.
John Ledford, President of HIDIVE said this about the new show:
“We’re excited to present the highly-anticipated historical drama The World Is Dancing as part of HIDIVE’s Summer 2026 line-up of exclusive simulcasts series. Told through the 12-year-old eyes of real-life Noh co-founder Zeami, The World Is Dancing presents a fictionalized dramatization of the birth of Noh that combines stunning animation together with mesmerizing elements from this classical theatrical art. Audiences will be captivated from the very first frame as they are transported back 600 years and immersed into the medieval world of 14th century Japan. The World Is Dancing is not to be missed!”
A synopsis reads:
One does not need dance to live. In 1374, during the turbulent age when the Northern and Southern Courts were locked in conflict, the Northern Court's shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, was becoming an increasingly dominant force. Born the son of Kan’ami, head of the Kanze troupe of sarugaku performers, Oniyasha drifts through his days with a hazy question lodged in his heart: Why do people dance? His spirit remains clouded, until the day he encounters a dance that is truly "good." Curious, sensitive, and strikingly beautiful, the boy meets people, laughs, cries, confronts his own weaknesses, and slowly begins to shape a new form of dance for a world steeped in impermanence.
More information about HIDIVE can be found here.
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