{"id":131462,"date":"2025-08-15T00:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=131462"},"modified":"2025-08-15T00:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:34:29","slug":"wandance-reveals-main-visual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/08\/15\/wandance-reveals-main-visual\/","title":{"rendered":"Wandance Reveals Main Visual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The upcoming Wandance<\/em> TV anime<\/a> has received a main visual, which shows multiple characters busting out dance moves and features the tagline, “No need for words.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More staff credits were also revealed. Some of them include:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Script and VFX: Michiya Kato<\/strong> (also the show’s director)<\/span>
\u2022 Character designer and chief animation director: Satoshi Tasaki<\/strong> (No Game No Life: Zero<\/em>)<\/span>
\u2022 Character designer and chief animation director: Taiki Imamura<\/strong> (Overlord<\/em> Season 2 and 3 co-sub character designer et al.)<\/span>
\u2022 Video director: Kana Ida<\/strong> (No Guns Life<\/em> Ending 1 unit director and compositor)
\u2022 Motion capture supervisor: Rei Sugimoto<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Wandance<\/em> is scheduled to premiere in October. It is based on the manga by Coffee<\/strong>, which Kodansha USA describes as:<\/span><\/p>\n

Kaboku Kotani is starting high school, and he plans to do what he\u2019s always done: go along with his friends, keep quiet, and not to draw too much attention to himself. After all, it\u2019s hard enough to get by with a stutter like his\u2014why make things worse by standing out from the crowd? But then he sees another first-year, Hikari Wanda, dancing like no one is watching\u2014or like she doesn\u2019t care who sees her. It makes Kaboku wonder: Could he reach that same freedom? To find his way to Wanda, he does something he never thought he could: He joins the dance club. After all, every routine begins with a single step, right?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The anime will feature over 30 songs, from artists like Aramaki, Alisa<\/strong>,\u00a0Black Boboi, Daigo Sakuragi<\/strong>,\u00a0FUNI<\/strong>,\u00a0GZO<\/strong>,\u00a0RIEHATA<\/strong>,\u00a0URU<\/strong>, the late Scatman John<\/strong>, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Wandance<\/em>\u00a0manga began serialization in Kodansha\u2019s Afternoon and Magazine Pocket in January 2019 and will release its 14th volume on September 22, 2025 JST.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staff<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Director:\u00a0Michiya Kato<\/strong>\u00a0(Kanashiki Debu Neko-chan\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Nandaka Velonica\u00a0<\/em>director,\u00a0Bubble<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Trillion Game<\/em>\u00a0VFX supervisor)<\/span>
\u2022 Dance producer: RIEHATA<\/span>
\u2022 Animation production:\u00a0Madhouse<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Cyclone Graphics<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Koki Uchiyama<\/strong>\u00a0as Kaboku Kotani<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Hina Yomiya<\/strong>\u00a0as Hikari Wanda<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Ayaka Suwa<\/strong>\u00a0as On Miyao<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Toshiki Masuda<\/strong>\u00a0as Iori Itsukushima<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Yuma Uchida<\/strong>\u00a0as Gaku Kabeya<\/span><\/p>\n

Motion capture cast<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0KAITA<\/strong>\u00a0as Kaboku Kotani<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0KANATA<\/strong>\u00a0as Hikari Wanda<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0ReiNa<\/strong>\u00a0as On Miyao<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0YOUTEE<\/strong>\u00a0as Iori Itsukushima<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0YU-KI<\/strong>\u00a0as Gaku Kabeya<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: <\/strong>@wandance_info<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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