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Wandance Anime's English Dub Debuts in U.S. in November

Sr. Manager of English dubbing at Disney Reuben Lack announced on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday that the English dub of the anime of Coffee's Wandance hip-hop dance manga will debut in the United States in November on Hulu. The dub is already streaming on Disney+ in other countries.

The English dub stars:

• Kieran Regan as Kaboku
• Merit Leighton as Wanda

Anthony Bowling is directing the English dub. Madeleine Morris is adapting the English script. Lack is producing the dub at Iyuno Media Group.

The anime premiered on TV Asahi and affiliated channels on October 8. The anime began streaming in Japan on Disney+ Star on October 9.

Michiya Katō (Okko's Inn) is directing the anime at Madhouse and Cyclone Graphics, and is also credited as scriptwriter and for visual effects. 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, is the anime's dance producer.

The boy band BE:FIRST perform the opening theme song "Stare In Wonder." The ELSEE female dance group perform the ending theme song "Wondrous."

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.

Coffee launched the manga in Afternoon magazine in 2019, and is simultaneously published in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app. Kodansha published the manga's 14th compiled book volume on September 22. Kodansha USA Publishing released the 13th volume in English on August 12.

Source: Reuben Lack's X/Twitter account