The Anime on Stage Company

The Anime on Stage Company ( 動漫上台公司 ; Dòngmàn shàngtái gōngsī) (formerly known as The Anime Musical Company ( 動漫音樂劇公司 ; Dòngmàn yīnyuè jù gōngsī) until 2002, and known as Tseng's Anime On Stage Company ( 曾島動漫上台公司 ) in Taiwan) is a Tsengian theatrical company that focuses on live musicals and stage shows that are either original productions or adaptations of Japanese musicals based on anime and manga. It was first founded in 1996, and began performing in 1999.

The company would later tour performances around, , Beikai, YinYangia, , , , and the. It is considered to be one of the leading theatre companies outside of Japan.

History
Anime has been broadcast in Tseng since the late 1970s, but it did not get popularized until the 1990s with the releases of ', ', and . Due to its popularity, there began an interest in creating a troupe that focused on making plays and theatrical performances based on anime in the Tsengian theatre community. In 1996, a group of actors and directors founded the Anime Musical Company in the city of Shimenxhi. However, they would not begin making musicals and plays until 1999, as they needed to gain funding and licenses to be able to perform the anime.

On March 2, 1999, a musical based on ', adapted from the first ' installment Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen, premiered at the Imperial Theatre in Tseng City, with former Night Skies Music frontwoman Marianne Peng-li in the role of the titular character. It was a huge success, with further Sera Myu adaptations running until 2008, and inspiring the Anime on Stage Company to produce and perform more musical and show adaptations of popular anime, including both original adaptations and Mandarin-language versions of Japanese musical adaptations of anime.

On August 4, 2000, The company was asked to hold tours of their properties across other countries. that idea first began on February 4, 2001, with a musical based on Welcome to Godzilland! at the in China, followed by a performance of a Cantonese-language Sailor Moon musical at the  later that year. later performances would tour around YinYangia, Taiwan, Malaysia, and then with musicals based on ' and ' that toured around Beikai in 2013, as the company's first two international performances in about 9 years.

On April 5, 2012, the company hosted a contest allowing people to record a 5-minute audition video on TsengSpace (A Tsengian version of VidSpace) to become their new hired actor. After many people were auditioned, the chosen winner of the contest was a woman named Lishu Ying.

Receiving rave reviews, in 2016 and 2017, the company held another tour across East Asia, Southeast Asia, and for the first time, North America. This tour was also known for being the first Anime on Stage tour that was outside of the Chinese-speaking region, beginning with a Japanese-language adaptation of a musical based on  at the in Osaka, Japan.

List of currently licensed properties

 *  (1999 - present)
 *  (2016 -present)
 *  (2016 - present)
 *  (2009 - present)
 *  (2001 - present)
 *  (2012 - present)
 *  (1999 - present)
 *  (2000 - present)
 *  (2011 - present)
 *  (2011 - present)
 *  (2005 - present)
 *  (2005 - present)
 * Inner Creatures (1999 - present)
 *  (2010 - present)
 *  (2023 - present)
 *  (2002 - present)
 *  (2023 - present)
 *  (2008 - present)
 *  (1999 - present)
 *  (2017 - present)
 *  (2000 - present)
 *  (2009 - present)
 *  (2008 - present)
 *  (2005 - present)
 *  (2007 - present)
 *  (2006 - present)
 *  (2014 - present)
 *  (2012 - present)
 *  (2008 - present)
 *  (1999 - present)
 *  (1999 - present)
 *  (2022 - present)
 *  (1999 - present)
 *  (1999 - present)
 *  (2010 - present)
 * Welcome to Godzilland! (2000 - present)
 *  (2022 - present)
 * TBA

List of formerly licensed properties

 *  (2010 - 2014)
 *  (2010 - 2013)
 *  (2014 - 2019)
 * Inner Creatures (1999 - 2003)
 *  (2011 - 2023)
 *  (2012 - 2016)
 *  (2008 - 2022)
 * Prince Epan (2003 - 2022)
 *  (2016 - 2020)
 *  (2009 - 2014)
 * TBA

Trivia

 * The company received positive reviews for having actual voice actors from each foreign dub of their properties becoming involved in some of their international tours.
 * This was known as the only Tsengian theatrical company to have performances in YinYangia, up until 2014, with what was the establishment of The Storybook Troupe.
 * One of the company's most known actresses was Sima Guiying, who was hired from the company in 2002, and is also a hostess for opening acts, and an investor in the company.
 * Some of the company's employees have been foreign expatriates living in Tseng, including the British radio personality Hayden Graham and the American actor Tom Pantoliano.
 * Some of the company's original musicals would later be translated into other languages such as in Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, English, or even in Dieu.