The official website for the live-action film of Coffee‘s Wandance manga revealed character videos and character visuals for four new cast members on Wednesday. 

Kira Yamaguchi as On Miyao

Ran Mazzel as Iori Itsukushima

Tsukki as Gaku Kabeya

Aloha Takamatsu as Usen Takumi

The film will open in Japan on November 27.

Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga and describes the story:

A boy named Kaboku sees a girl named Wanda dance, and suddenly burns with a need to join in. With its thrilling scenes of Japanese hip-hop dance and quirky, charming characters, this is a new, inspirational manga for fans of coming-of-age stories like Blue Period and Your Lie in April. Get up and join the Wandance!

Kaboku has always just gone with the flow, marching in step to the drumbeat of the expectations of those around him: parents, school, 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.

&Team boy band member JO plays the film’s protagonist Kaboku Kotani, and Anji Ikehata (Yano-kun no Futsū no Hibi, Lonely Castle in the Mirror) stars as Hikari Wanda.

Naoya Kusaba is directing the film, with a script by Keiichi Kobayashi. Dancer and entrepreneur Charisma Kantarō is supervising the film’s dances.

Coffee launched the manga in Afternoon magazine in 2019, and is simultaneously published in Kodansha‘s Magazine Pocket app. Kodansha published the manga’s 15th compiled book volume in December 2025. Kodansha USA Publishing will release the 14th volume in English on November 2026.

A television anime adaptation debuted in Japan in October 2025. Disney+ streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

Sources: Wandance live-action film’s website, Comic Natalie

Cross Infinite World announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the following light novels for release in August-October.

Title: Assassin Empress Bellreuge
Creators: Aoi Miyamae (story), Hatori Kyouka (art)
Release Date: August 31 (digital)
Synopsis: Bellreuge is just a handmaiden working for the first princess of the Empire—that is, until she
abruptly receives a marriage proposal from the (in)famous son of a margrave Asturm, also
known as the Bloody Wolf. The first princess, who also happens to be Bellreuge’s older half-
sister, forces Bellreuge and Asturm to flee the Imperial Capital with soldiers hot on their heels.
Luckily, Bellreuge can fight…because she’s lived under the constant threat of assassination since
birth. Now exiled to the unfamiliar Margravate of Beiermen, she’ll have to find a way to make
the best of her situation. Little does she know that events have moved faster than she ever could
have anticipated, and that together with Asturm, she may end up deciding the fate of the Empire
itself.

Title: From Bumbling Prodigy to Villainess: Will the Duke’s Love Go Unnoticed?
Creators: Saki Ichibu (story), Yukako Fujimura (art)
Release Date: September 30 (digital) with physical release at later date
Synopsis: Despite Avril’s unique ability, her family has always treated her like a bumbling waste of space.
Eventually, her parents force her into a marriage of convenience in her wicked half-sister’s stead.
Contrary to the rumors, however, the decrepit, lecherous Duke Lanchester turns out to be a
gorgeous young man. Of all things, Duke Lanchester wants to marry a villainess for three years
before divorcing her. For Avril, this is the perfect opportunity to secure her freedom in the future.
Thus, the oddball prodigy must do her best to play the villainess, simultaneously bewildering and
charming everyone around her!

Title: From Corporate Drone to Mincemaster! One Order of Dragon Coming Right Up!
Creators: Minato Minato (story), Tsukito (art)
Release Date: August 31
Synopsis: Sachi had the misfortune of her first job as a working adult being the type that sucked the life out
of her for the last two years. Rushing to catch the last train home as usual one day, she instead
gets caught up in a sudden bright light! The next thing she knows, people are celebrating the
summoning of a saintess and lavishing all their praise on the high school girl next to her.
Meanwhile, Sachi is tossed aside as useless when they determine her ability is something weird
called Monster Mincer. But just as Sachi thinks she’s out of luck, the submaster of an
Adventurer’s Guild appears and recruits her to mince monsters for ingredients. Will Sachi be
able to handle her colorful new job and thrive in this fantasy world?!

Title: The Villainess’ Journal: Newlywed Life of an Obsessive Researcher
Creators: Len Kagizaki, Akira Shigaraki
Release Date: October 31 (digital) with physical release at later date
Synopsis: “Will you marry me, Villainess Estelle Aublanc?”
Estelle, a viscount’s daughter with a passion for science, loves nothing more than to conduct
research in her field of expertise—magic circles. But one day, the “Ice Marquess,” Gerald,
proposes marriage during their very first meeting. Her father explains that this man wants to
share his life with the “ultimate villainess,” as she’s known throughout high society. But that
nickname wouldn’t exist if her little sister hadn’t gone around misbehaving while using Estelle’s
name! As she leaves for the marquess’ house, still unsure of what to make of the arrangement,
Estelle’s father threatens to burn up all her research materials if this new marriage ends in a
divorce.

“That leaves me no choice. If I don’t become the villainess he’s looking for, all of my data will
be destroyed. How did it ever come to this?”

Estelle decides to live as a villainess to protect her precious research, all while keeping a journal
of her daily life at the home of the Ice Marquess.

Source: Press releases