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Wandance Manga Gets Live-Action Film

The wraparound jacket band on Coffee's 15th Wandance manga volume announced this week that the hip-hop dance manga will receive a live-action film adaptation.

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 and shipped the 15th compiled book volume on Tuesday. Kodansha USA Publishing released the 13th volume in English on August 12.

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

Source: Wandance's X/Twitter account