The Wandance manga, which has a currently airing TV anime, is getting a live-action film adaptation. The announcement was featured on the obi strip of the manga’s 15th volume, which was released in Japan on December 23.
Coffee‘s Wandance manga began serialization in Kodansha’s seinen magazine Afternoon and Magazine Pocket in January 2019. Kodansha USA describes the synopsis as such:
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?
Image source: Afternoon website
The anime adaptation began airing on October 8. The show is directed by Michiya Kato (Kanashiki Debu Neko-chan and Nandaka Velonica director, Bubble and Trillion Game VFX supervisor) with Madhouse and Cyclone Graphics as the animation production companies.
Source: Afternoon website
