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Cuts from Episode 1, Additional Characters, and Additional Streaming Platforms Announced!
TOKYO, Japan – CyberAgent, Inc. is excited to announce the ending theme for the anime The World Is Dancing (co-produced by CyberAgent and Shochiku), alongside the release of official final trailer featuring the new ending theme song, “Unnamed Flower” by hockrockb.
Furthermore, heartfelt comments from the ending theme artist hockrockb have arrived, along with the official reveal of the Episode 1 synopsis, additional characters, and newly added streaming platforms.
In an era of constant conflict, this is a “dancing story” that follows a beautiful, intensely curious boy named Oniyasha (CV: Yumiri Hanamori). As he meets people, laughs, cries, and faces his own weaknesses, he shapes a new form of dance in an ever-changing world. It is a tale that might have unfolded when the boy who would one day create Noh—Zeami—was still known as Oniyasha, carrying his legacy across 600 years to the present.
The anime is produced by animation studio, Cypic (Umamusume: Cinderella Gray, The Summer Hikaru Died). The series is directed by Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, known for his work on the TV anime The Great Passage, the animated film Love Me, Love Me Not, and both the TV and theatrical versions of the Backflip!! series.
The series recently won a Special Award at the Short Shorts Film Festival, drawing immense attention for its outstanding quality.
The anime The World Is Dancing will officially debut on June 29 and be available to all HIDIVE subscribers throughout the U.S. and Canada as well as in key overseas markets including Australia, and New Zealand.
(Please check other streaming information at official website for details.)
Ending Theme Song Revealed: Official Final Trailer Featuring hockrockb’s “Unnamed Flower “!
YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/h2zytdkjAU8
hockrockb – PROFILE
A three-piece band formed in 2018. They invite listeners into the world of hockrockb with their unique musical style, blending a pop sensibility with various genres to express their delicately woven lyrics.
They released their 1st album Kokkaku in July 2021 and made their major debut under TOY’S FACTORY in February 2022 with the digital single Yasashii Kaibutsu feat. Nakimushi. They later released their major 1st album Pencil Rocket in October 2022, and their 2nd album dig saw in October 2023, 3rd album The Way I Come To See The Brightening in July 2025.
Having provided numerous theme songs for dramas and anime, their ability to capture the core essence of a work has garnered immense support from many creators.
・Comment by hockrockb
Moved by this stoic, unfiltered project and the absolute commitment of the production team, I was reminded of the true joy of pouring my whole life into music.
Today, I stand on a path forged by the sweat and tears of those who thrive in the spotlight and those who fade into the shadows.
Because of this, I am profoundly grateful for the opportunity to be part of this work, delivering lyrics and sound completely free of decoration or compromise.
I hope this song reaches you, still nameless, dancing through this world.
— Ageha Horii (Vo, G), hockrockb
Additional Characters Revealed!
Yoriyuki Hosokawa (CV: Kenichiro Matsuda)
The Deputy Shogun (Kanrei) of the Muromachi Shogunate. An aide who supports the young shogun, Yoshimitsu. He also possesses a vast knowledge of the performing arts.
Members of the Kanze Troupe
Choro (CV: Katsuhisa Houki) , Samanosuke (CV: Haruo Yamagishi) , Mantaro (CV: Soshiro Hori) Senri (CV: Kosuke Echigoya) , Toshigo (CV: Kaito Udagawa) , Hifumi (CV: Reiou Tsuchida)
The World Is Dancing Episode 1 Title & Advance Cuts!
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Act I: “Why do people dance?”
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“Why do people dance?”
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.
Unable to find any existential meaning in dance, he spends his days in a kind of quiet gloom.
Then, one day, he witnesses Shirabyoshi dancing in a barn—a dance he feels to be “good” for the first time in his life.
■ About The World Is Dancing
Follow “The World Is Dancing” on Social Media:
Official Website: https://sh-anime.shochiku.co.jp/worldisdancing-anime
Official X: https://x.com/wid_anime (@wid_anime)
Streaming Information:
Streaming from June 29 and be available to all HIDIVE subscribers throughout the U.S. and Canada as well as in key overseas markets including Australia, and New Zealand.
(Other platform details to be announced at a later date).
INTRODUCTION:
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.
Kazuto Mihara’s groundbreaking Noh themed manga from Morning finally comes to life as an anime, filled with scenes that stir the heart and dynamic movement and chanting that can only be expressed through animation.
Directed by Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (The Great Passage, Backflip!!) and animated by Cypic (Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray, The Summer Hikaru Died), this series showcases top tier animation supported by a standout cast.
This is a story shaped by dance that may have unfolded when the boy who would one day create Noh—Zeami—was still known as Oniyasha, carried across 600 years to the present.
STORY:
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? Then, one day, he witnesses a dance that he feels to be “good”—and everything begins to change. This is the story of the beautiful young boy who would one day shape the art of Noh and be remembered as Zeami.
Cast & Staff:
Cast
Yumiri Hanamori, Simba Tsuchiya, Maaya Uchida, Romi Park, Takahiro Sakurai, Katsuyuki Konishi, Youji Matsuda,Nobuo Tobita, Inori Minase, Miyuki Sawashiro,Haruki Ishiya, Hazuki Seto
Staff
Based on the manga “The World Is Dancing” by Kazuto Mihara originally serialized in the weekly MORNING magazine published by KODANSHA Ltd.
Director: Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
Character Design: Keigo Sasaki
Series Composition/Script: Sawako Kawamitsu
Sub Director: Shuhei Fuchimoto
Sub Character Design: Iori Hisatake
Prop Design: Odashi
Art Setting: Mamio Ogawa
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura, Kazuhiro Inoue
Color Design: Naoko Sato, Kumiko Naruke
3D Supervisor: Yoshinori Nakano
Director of Photography: Yutaro Kikuchi
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Music: Daisuke Shinoda
Opening theme song: Macaroni Empitsu “shusho” (TOY’S FACTORY)
Ending theme song: hockrockb “Unnamed Flower” (TOY’S FACTORY)
Calligraphy/Title Lettering: Satoshi Nemoto
Noh Choreography: Tsumura Reijiro
Choreography: Kaiji Moriyama, Mikiko Kawamura
Noh Supervision: Kohei Kawaguchi
History Supervision: Katsuyuki Shimizu
Animation Producer: Mizoguchi KAN
Animation Production: Cypic
