The World Is Dancing
Airing since Monday, June 29, 2026. Episode 11 airs Mon, Sep 7, 1:00 PM UTC. Part of the Summer 2026 anime season. See full air dates, episode count and score below, or open the live calendar for local times, countdowns and reminders.
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Born into a life of acting and dance with a traveling theater troupe in 14th-century Japan, 12-year old Oniyasha has one problem—he doesn't know what the point of any of it is. "Why must I step with the left foot here instead of the right? Why is one performance good and another, bad? Why do people dance at all?" It all seems perfectly arbitrary, until a chance encounter in a run-down shack sets him down a path to revolutionizing the art form and influencing much of Japanese culture to come. A fictionalized account of the early life of Zeami Motokiyo (Oniyasha), the founder of modern Noh theater—the world's oldest surviving theater art—this coming-of-age artist's journey vividly brings to…
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