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Wandance
Wandance (Japanese: ワンダンス, Hepburn: Wandansu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Coffee. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since January 2019, with its chapters collected in 14 tankōbon volumes as of September 2025. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse and Cyclone Graphics premiered in October 2025.
Kaboku Kotani is a stuttering first-year high school student who plans to not bring attention to himself. One day, he notices a classmate named Hikari Wanda dancing alone. Intrigued by the freedom she displays, he decides to join the dance club. The story follows their budding relationship.
Written and illustrated by Coffee, Wandance started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on January 25, 2019. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on May 23, 2019. As of September 22, 2025, 14 volumes have been released.
Kodansha USA announced the English release of the manga in North America, with the first volume being released on June 28, 2022.
In August 2024, an anime television series adaptation was announced. It is produced by Madhouse and Cyclone Graphics, and directed by Michiya Kato, who also handles the screenplays and VFX, with Satoshi Tasaki and Taiki Imamura as both character designers and chief animation directors, and Riehata as the dance producer. The series also features original insert songs, including "Kujira", performed by Yaffle featuring Sahnya alongside other songs by Yujin Aramaki, Alisa, Black Boboi, Daigo Sakuragi, Funi, GZO, Hidetake Takayama, Jazztronik, JiN and Seann Bowe, Jua, Kazutake Takeuchi, Marcello Jonno, Michael Yano a.k.a ARK, Monjoe, Riehata, Rikki, Shinichi Osawa, Shinichiro Maruyama, Toru Ishikawa, Uru, Weauxmaque, Wez Atlas, alongside existing songs from Scatman John with music composed by Naoki "naotyu" Chiba. The series premiered on October 8, 2025, on the IMAnimation W programming block on TV Asahi and its affiliates. The opening theme is "Stare In Wonder", performed by Be:First, while the ending theme is "Wondrous", performed by Elsee.
The series is streaming on Disney+ worldwide and on Hulu in the United States. An English dub is set to premiere on Hulu in November 2025.
In 2020, the manga was one of the 50 nominees for the sixth Next Manga Awards. It was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021, and at the 25th edition in 2022.
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Wandance
Wandance (Japanese: ワンダンス, Hepburn: Wandansu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Coffee. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since January 2019, with its chapters collected in 14 tankōbon volumes as of September 2025. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse and Cyclone Graphics premiered in October 2025.
Kaboku Kotani is a stuttering first-year high school student who plans to not bring attention to himself. One day, he notices a classmate named Hikari Wanda dancing alone. Intrigued by the freedom she displays, he decides to join the dance club. The story follows their budding relationship.
Written and illustrated by Coffee, Wandance started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on January 25, 2019. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on May 23, 2019. As of September 22, 2025, 14 volumes have been released.
Kodansha USA announced the English release of the manga in North America, with the first volume being released on June 28, 2022.
In August 2024, an anime television series adaptation was announced. It is produced by Madhouse and Cyclone Graphics, and directed by Michiya Kato, who also handles the screenplays and VFX, with Satoshi Tasaki and Taiki Imamura as both character designers and chief animation directors, and Riehata as the dance producer. The series also features original insert songs, including "Kujira", performed by Yaffle featuring Sahnya alongside other songs by Yujin Aramaki, Alisa, Black Boboi, Daigo Sakuragi, Funi, GZO, Hidetake Takayama, Jazztronik, JiN and Seann Bowe, Jua, Kazutake Takeuchi, Marcello Jonno, Michael Yano a.k.a ARK, Monjoe, Riehata, Rikki, Shinichi Osawa, Shinichiro Maruyama, Toru Ishikawa, Uru, Weauxmaque, Wez Atlas, alongside existing songs from Scatman John with music composed by Naoki "naotyu" Chiba. The series premiered on October 8, 2025, on the IMAnimation W programming block on TV Asahi and its affiliates. The opening theme is "Stare In Wonder", performed by Be:First, while the ending theme is "Wondrous", performed by Elsee.
The series is streaming on Disney+ worldwide and on Hulu in the United States. An English dub is set to premiere on Hulu in November 2025.
In 2020, the manga was one of the 50 nominees for the sixth Next Manga Awards. It was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021, and at the 25th edition in 2022.