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Wandance Hip-Hop Dance Anime Unveils More Cast
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The official website for the anime of Coffee's Wandance hip-hop dance manga announced the second round of cast members for the anime on Thursday:
Toshiki Masuda as Iori Itsukushima, a second-year student in the dance club
Yūma Uchida as Gaku Kabeya, a top-tier breakdancer (b-boy)
Yuu Hayashi as Usen Takumi, the leader of a rival school dance club
Chikahiro Kobayashi as Assei, a professional dancer in the PTSG dance team
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.
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 at Madhouse and Cyclone Graphics. 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.
Disney+ will stream the anime. Anime acquired by Disney+ typically stream on Hulu in the United States.
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
