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Wandance Hip-Hop Dance Anime Reveals Cast, October Premiere

The official website for the anime of Coffee's Wandance hip-hop dance manga revealed on Wednesday the main cast, visual, and October premiere.

The anime stars (pictured above from left to right):

• Kōki Uchiyama as Kaboku Kotani
• Hina Yomiya as Hikari Wanda

Michiya Katō (Okko's Inn) is directing the anime.

Disney+ will stream the anime. Anime acquired by Disney+ typically stream on Hulu in the U.S.

Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga and describes the story:

A boy named Kaboku sees a girl named Wanda dance, and suddenly burns with a need to join in. With its thrilling scenes of Japanese hip-hop dance and quirky, charming characters, this is a new, inspirational manga for fans of coming-of-age stories like Blue Period and Your Lie in April. Get up and join the Wandance!

Kaboku has always just gone with the flow, marching in step to the drumbeat of the expectations of those around him: parents, school, plans for the future. It feels predictable, safe, and… empty. But one night, Kaboku's at school late, and he happens on a girl alone, moving wildly, turning a blank space of concrete into a canvas. This is Hikari Wanda, a member of the hip-hop dance club. Kaboku is immediately smitten, but the road to stepping out of his shell is a long one. The club is almost entirely girls, and they're all, well, way better than him. What's ahead is unknown, and that's terrifying, but it also means, for the first time in Kaboku's life… a taste of freedom.

Madhouse and Cyclone Graphics inc are in charge of the anime's production. Dancer, choreographer, and singer RIEHATA, who created choreographies for Japanese groups such as EXILE and KAT-TUN, and Korean groups such as BTS, EXO, and Red Velvet, will be the anime's dance producer.

Coffee launched the manga in Afternoon magazine in 2019, and is simultaneously published in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app. Kodansha published the manga's 13th compiled book volume in August 2024. Kodansha USA Publishing released the manga's 11th volume in English on November 12.

Sources: Wandance anime's website, Comic Natalie