Live-Action Wandance Film Announces Character Dance Coaches and Soundtrack Lineup

The live-action film adaptation of Coffee's Wandance manga announced its character dance supervisors and complete lineup of music artists and songs on Thursday. The details appeared on the film's official website.

The film opens in Japan on November 27. Its character dance assignments are:

• Runa Miura supervises Kaboku Kotani, played by &TEAM boy band member JO.
• KANU supervises Hikari Wanda, played by Anji Ikehata.
• akihic☆彡 supervises On Miyao, played by Kira Yamaguchi, and choreographs TEAM ON.
• KEIN supervises Iori Itsukushima, played by Ran Mazzel.
• SEIYA supervises Usen Takumi, played by Aloha Takamatsu, and choreographs the SAKAYA CREW.

origami PRODUCTIONS and music producer GuruConnect oversee the film's music. The origami PRODUCTIONS lineup includes:

• Nenashi: "Eyes on Me feat. GAPPER," "Future Heat feat. Kegan Raphael," "In This City," and "Valentine's Eve."
• Michael Kaneko: "Rolling" and "Your Universe."
• Kan Sano: "DT pt.2," "Good Luck," and "Monk's Dance."
• Shingo Sekiguchi: "Deep Sea," "Funky Sunshine," "Lights," "The Friendship Of K&W," and "The Friendship Of K&W(Acoustic version.)."
• mabanua: "Blessed feat. Daichi Yamamoto," "d.b fonk feat. Nenashi," and "Step by Step feat. Sagiri Sól, Kenya Fujita."
• Shingo Suzuki: "Colors feat. KIKI," "Drift," "Drop," and "SNAP!"
• Ovall: "Rush Current."
• DJ Hiroking,45: "Latin Playboyz."
• 45: "Watching You Watching Me."

GuruConnect's contributions are:

• "Boom Bang!!"
• "Ghost Dog"
• "Insight"
• "Juice"
• "Karma"
• "Light It Up"
• "New Steps"
• "Move feat. E.V.P"

SWING-O also contributes "Pop To The Top feat. MARU."

Naoya Kusaba directs the film from a script by Keiichi Kobayashi. Dancer and entrepreneur Charisma Kantarō supervises its dances.

Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga in English. Its synopsis follows Kaboku, a boy whose encounter with Wanda's dancing sparks an intense desire to participate.

Kaboku has always followed others' expectations about his parents, school, and future. That predictable, safe routine leaves him feeling empty.

While staying late at school one night, he discovers a girl dancing alone, her uninhibited movements transforming bare concrete into an expressive space. She is Hikari Wanda, a hip-hop dance club member.

Kaboku is instantly captivated, but overcoming his reserve takes time. Nearly everyone in the club is a girl, and they all dance far better than he does.

The uncertainty frightens him, yet it also offers his first sense of freedom. The publisher presents the manga as an inspiring coming-of-age story for readers of Blue Period and Your Lie in April.

Its description highlights Japanese hip-hop dance sequences and offbeat, endearing characters, inviting readers to get moving alongside them.

Coffee began Wandance in Afternoon magazine in 2019 and also publishes it simultaneously through Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app. Kodansha released the 15th collected volume in December 2025.

Kodansha USA Publishing will release the 14th English volume in November 2026.

A television anime adaptation premiered in Japan in October 2025. Disney+ streamed it as it aired there.