The World is Dancing Anime Casts Nobunaga Shimazaki as Adult Oniyasha
The casting brings a new voice to the protagonist at the point where the story's young Oniyasha gives way to the adult who would become Zeami.
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The television anime of Kazuto Mihara's The World Is Dancing manga has cast Nobunaga Shimazaki as the protagonist Oniyasha as a young adult. Shochiku announced the casting on Monday and unveiled a visual of the character. The adult Oniyasha appeared briefly at the end of episode 10 and will feature in episode 11 on Wednesday.
The story follows Oniyasha, born in 1374 into a family of sarugaku theater performers, who is haunted by the question of why people dance until he witnesses a dance he feels is good. The anime premiered on Tokyo MX and KBS Kyoto on July 2, with HIDIVE streaming the first episode on June 29 and an English dub. Mihara's manga ran in Kodansha's Morning magazine from March 2021 to October 2022, and Kodansha published six compiled volumes.
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