It has been confirmed this week that the Wandance manga by Coffee has been green-lit for a TV anime adaptation in 2025. The news was confirmed on the anime’s official Twitter account along with an illustration by Coffee to commemorate the announcement.
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Coffee started the manga in January 2019 in Kodansha’s Afternoon magazine, and the manga is also released in Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket app. Kodansha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in May 2019, and the 13th volume on August 22nd, 2024.
Kaboku has always just gone with the flow, marching in step to the drumbeat of the expectations of those around him: parents, school, and plans for the future. It feels predictable, safe, and… empty. But one night, Kaboku’s at school late, and he happens on a girl alone, moving wildly, turning a blank space of concrete into a canvas. This is Hikari Wanda, a member of the hip-hop dance club. Kaboku is immediately smitten, but the road to stepping out of his shell is a long one. The club is almost entirely girls, and they’re all, well, way better than him. What’s ahead is unknown, and that’s terrifying, but it also means, for the first time in Kaboku’s life… a taste of freedom.
