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A professional dancer named Sengoku rescues Tatara, an introverted third-year middle school student who is being harassed by delinquents. Tatara ends up at Sengoku's dance studio where he meets Shizuku Hanaoka, a schoolmate he comes to secretly idolize. From this defining moment when Tatara enters the world of dance. Sengoku is a free-spirited, dynamic international dancer who recognizes Tatara's potential and begins to coach him. Through dance, Tatara meets another schoolmate, a dance prodigy named Kiyoharu. Through these new friendships, Tatara develops a passionate desire to improve as a dancer and be accepted by his peers and rivals, which nurtures his own native talent. And through interaction with Tatara, other dance members are encouraged to take steps to overcome their own challenges and issues
Episode 1 is out
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Imo the best new anime of this season, and clearly so.
I enjoyed this from beginning to end. It nicely combines aspects of the dancing-theme with slice of life and features a sympathetic, likable charme like Haikyuu had. The artstyle is fairly standard, but detailed where it needs to be.
Tatara, the main character (lol, I keep reading his name like Steins;Gate´s "Tuturu!"), is a jolly-good hero. In terms of dancing, he seems to be a nice mix of hard-worker and talented, which makes me like him even more. After all, a bit of talent is surely needed if you want to become a pro, but putting in a lot of work, too, helps to diminish any potential arrogance.

Super-looking forward to ep 2. The dancing teacher gives off a bit of Almight-vibes, lol.

Also, Shizuku is the hottest girl of the season. She´s mine. You guys pick someone else!