Wandance TV Anime Adds 5 New Cast Members

Five new cast members are joining the upcoming TV anime adaptation of the Wandance manga series. The series is expected to premiere in Japan in October 2025 and stream worldwide on Disney+. 

The five new cast members includes: 

• • Ayaka Suwa as On Miyao 
• • Toshiki Masuda as Iori Itsukushima 
• • Yuma Uchida as Gaku Kabeya 
• • Yu Hayashi as Usen Takumi 
• • Chikahiro Kobayashi as Assay 

They join main cast members Koki Uchiyama as Kaboku Kotani and Hina Yomiya as Hikari Wanda. 

Michiya Kato (Kanashiki Debu Neko-chan and Nandaka Velonica director, Bubble and Trillion Game VFX supervisor) is directing the anime series, with singer and choreographer RIEHATA serving as the anime’s dance producer, having previously worked on choreographies for EXILE, KAT-TUN, and BTS, among others. Madhouse and Cyclone Graphics are handling the animation production for the series. 

Wandance is based on the coming–of-age romance manga series by Coffee, which has been serialized since January 25, 2019 in Kodansha’s Afternoon magazine and Magazine Pocket. A total of 13 tankobon volumes have been released as of August 2024.

Kodansha USA releases the manga in English, describing the main synopsis as:

Kaboku Kotani is starting high school, and he plans to do what he’s always done: go along with his friends, keep quiet, and not to draw too much attention to himself. After all, it’s hard enough to get by with a stutter like his—why make things worse by standing out from the crowd? But then he sees another first-year, Hikari Wanda, dancing like no one is watching — or like she doesn’t 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?

Sources: Wandance Official Twitter, Official Anime Website, Anime News Network