{"rewrite":{"id":"r_586c2974376ecee12dbadc32","clusterId":"c_64729f64da8aafa1e522d54c","slug":"the-world-is-dancing-anime-adds-yoji-matsuda-miyuki-sawashiro-to-cast","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"The World Is Dancing Anime's Music Trailer Adds Yoji Matsuda and Miyuki Sawashiro to Cast","summary":"The staff of the television anime adaptation of Kazuto Mihara's manga The World Is Dancing released a music trailer and announced two new cast members on Friday. Veteran voice actor Yoji Matsuda, known for his role as Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke, joins the cast as Inuo, a mysterious man who appears and disappears while influencing the protagonist Oniyasha. Matsuda stated that this is his first regular role in a serialized TV anime. Miyuki Sawashiro, whose credits include Fujiko Mine in Lupin the Third and Kurapika in Hunter x Hunter (2011), voices Shirabyoshi, a woman struggling to survive in difficult circumstances. The trailer also previews vocal insert songs performed by Yumiri Hanamori as Oniyasha and Romi Park as Zojiro. The anime is set to premiere on July 2 on Tokyo MX and KBS Kyoto in Japan, with additional broadcasts on other networks starting July 3. Toshimasa Kuroyanagi directs the series at Cygames Pictures, with character designs by Keigo Sasaki. The story follows a boy named Oniyasha born into a family of sarugaku theater performers in 1374, who would later shape the art of Noh and be remembered as Zeami.","whyItMatters":"The casting of a veteran actor like Yoji Matsuda in his first regular TV anime role signals that the production is investing in experienced talent to ground its historical drama about the origins of Noh theater.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMatsuda said in a statement that the project's title and protagonist Zeami (Oniyasha) made him \"incredibly excited,\" and that he was \"eagerly awaiting the script, looking forward to seeing how his relationship with Oniyasha would be depicted.\" Sawashiro said she felt \"daunted\" by the role of Shirabyoshi, a woman who has struggled to survive, but was \"captivated by the deep yearning of her soul.\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe production has brought in specialists to ensure accurate period dance. Reijiro Tsumura, a Kanze-school Noh performer and Important Intangible Cultural Property holder, is supervising the Noh choreography. Additional choreography is handled by dancer Kaiji Moriyama, who directed the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Opening Ceremony, and choreographer Mikiko Kawamura.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShochiku and CyberAgent are co-producing the series. The opening theme song \"shusho\" is performed by Macaroni Empitsu. Satoshi Nemoto is credited for calligraphy and title lettering. The full voice cast also includes Shimba Tsuchiya as Ishiya, Maaya Uchida as Kogane, Katsuyuki Konishi as Kan'ami, Haruki Ishiya as Junigoro, Takahiro Sakurai as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Nobuo Tobita as Nijo Yoshimoto, Mamiko Noto as Nariko, Inori Minase as Chiharu, and Hazuki Seto as Satsuki.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Yoji Matsuda's first regular TV anime role is a historical drama set in the 14th century, far from the fantasy worlds he voiced in the 1990s.","twitterPost":"Yoji Matsuda's first regular TV anime role is a 14th-century sarugaku drama, not a fantasy epic.","threadsPost":"Yoji Matsuda's first regular TV anime role is a historical drama about the origins of Noh theater, set in 1374. That is a notable departure from the fantasy epics he voiced in the 1990s, and it suggests Cygames Pictures is positioning this show as a prestige period piece rather than a standard action series.","newsletterBlurb":"The World Is Dancing anime revealed a music trailer and two new cast members: Yoji Matsuda as Inuo and Miyuki Sawashiro as Shirabyoshi. Matsuda noted this is his first regular role in a serialized TV anime. 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