Toshimasa Kuroyanagi is directing the anime adaptation of Kazuto Mihara's The World is Dancing at Studio Cypic. Production is far enough along that cast and staff appeared on the Otakon 2026 guest list for panels in Washington, D.C.
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi is the director of the anime adaptation of Kazuto Mihara's historical drama manga The World is Dancing, based on the Otakon 2026 guest announcement and a subsequent interview with him and producer Kan Mizoguchi. The two stories agree on his role and on the project being far enough along to send representatives to a major North American convention.
Otakon's July announcement grouped the series with two other adaptations: The Vermillion Mask, based on the manga by Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba, and Orange's Trigun Stargaze. Cast and staff from all three were booked for panels at the convention, which ran from July 31 to August 2 in Washington, D.C. That listing is the only story that treats the three projects together, and it places the series in a slate of adaptations with enough finished material for public appearances ahead of a premiere.
The September interview, held with producer Kan Mizoguchi, centers on what the adaptation is about rather than a release date. Mizoguchi, a Nohgaku practitioner, described the source material as a portrait of Zeami creating Nohgaku rather than interpreting a fixed classic, and he drew a parallel between that creative act and modern anime production. Kuroyanagi's comments were reported alongside Mizoguchi's. The stories do not state a premiere window, a cast list, or a format beyond television.
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Director Toshimasa Kuroyanagi and producer Kan Mizoguchi discussed the anime adaptation of Kazuto Mihara's historical drama manga The World is Dancing at Studio Cypic. Mizoguchi, a Nohgaku practitioner himself, explained the work's unique focus on Zeami actively creating Nohgaku rather than interpreting it, and how that creative process parallels modern anime production.
Otakon announced it will host cast and staff from the television anime of Kazuto Mihara's The World Is Dancing, the anime adaptation of Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba's The Vermillion Mask, and Orange's Trigun Stargaze. The guests will participate in panels at the convention, which runs from July 31 to August 2 in Washington, D.C.