The TV anime "Dance Dance Danseur" will be broadcast in 2022. The teaser visual and logo depicting the main character, Murao Junpei, have been released. Furthermore, it will be directed by Sakai Munehisa, known for "Zombie Land Saga", and produced by MAPPA known for "Jujutsu Kaisen" and "Yuri! on ICE." "Dance Dance Danseur" is a coming-of-age ballet story based on George Asakura's manga serialized in "Weekly Big Comic Spirits." The story follows Murao Junpei, a second-year junior high school student who was fascinated by ballet as a child but gave up on it after the death of his father, saying "he had to become a man." However, after meeting Godai Miyako, a beautiful transfer student, he begins his journey to becoming a full-fledged ballet dancer. This is the first TV anime adaptation of George Asakura's work. The teaser visual that was unveiled along with the broadcast in 2022 depicts Junpei's dive into the beautiful but demanding world of classical ballet. The main staff was also announced: Director Sakai Munehisa known for "Zombie Land Saga" and "ONE PIECE FILM STRONG WORLD," animation production by MAPPA known for "Jujutsu Kaisen" and "Yuri! on ICE," series composition by Narita Yoshimi known for the "Pretty Cure" series and "Dakaichi: I'm Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man of the Year," and the character designs by Hasegawa Hitomi, who worked as the animation director for "Kimi ni Todoke", "Attack on Titan", and "Blood Blockade Battlefront." In addition, the official website and Twitter account for the TV anime "Dance Dance Danseur" have been opened, and look forward to more news as the anime is set to start airing in 2022. TV anime "Dance Dance Danseur" [Main Staff] Original Story: George Asakura "Dance Dance Danseur" (currently serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits) Director: Sakai Munehisa ("Zombie Land Saga", "ONE PIECE FILM STRONG WORLD") Series Composition: Narita Yoshimi ("Pretty Cure" series, "Dakaichi: I'm Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man of the Year") Character Design: Hasegawa Hitomi (Animation director of "Kimi ni Todoke", "Attack on Titan", and "Blood Blockade Battlefront") Production: MAPPA ("Jujutsu Kaisen," "Yuri! on ICE") (C) George Asakura, Shogakukan/Dance Dance Danseur Production Committee

From the spring anime "Dance Dance Danseur," the synopsis and sneak peek of the first episode of which was aired on Friday, April 8, 2022, have been released. "Dance Dance Danseur" is based on the manga of the same title serialized in "Weekly Big Comic Spirits" by George Asakura. It is a dramatic ballet-romance work about Junpei Murao's aspirations to become a ballet dancer, who was an eighth grader fascinated by ballet as a child but gave up after the death of his father, saying he had to "become a man." The title of the first episode is "There's No Way I'm Doing That Ballet Thing!." Junpei Murao, an eighth grader who gave up ballet at an early age, has been devoting himself to Jeet Kune Do in an effort to be "manly." One day, his classmate Godai Miyako, who saw Junpei's "jumping kick," invites him to take ballet with her. Without knowing why, he is taken to a ballet studio opened by her mother. There, the feeling of "that time" comes back to him...... If you tweet your impressions of each episode of "Dance Dance Danseur" with the designated hashtag, you will be entered into a drawing to win an original reproduction art of the corresponding episode, so for more details, check out the official Twitter page. "Dance Dance Danseur" Episode 1 "There's No Way I'm Doing That Ballet Thing!" was broadcast on the "Super Animeism" slot on the MBS/TBS network of 28 stations nationwide and elsewhere on April 8, 2022. (C) George Asakura, Shogakukan/Dance Dance Danseur Production Committee