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 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.

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 funding and to gain licenses to be able to perform the anime.

On March 2, 1999, a musical based on  premiered at the Imperial Theatre in Tseng City. It was a huge success, running until 2008 and inspiring the Anime on Stage Company to produce and perform more musical and show adaptations of popular anime.

On August 4th, 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, then later with  a play based on  that premiered in YinYangia on March 8th, 2002, and then their third and fourth ones would be with two newly-licensed (then new at the time) animes. first in Taiwan with a ' show that premiered at the on April 15, 2005, and then the second in Hong Kong with a '-themed show at  on May 5th of the very same year. Then their fifth international performance would be with a musical based on  that toured around Beikai in 2013, as the company's first international performance in about 9 years.

List of currently licensed properties

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

List of formerly licensed properties

 *  (2010 - 2014)
 *  (2010 - 2013)
 *  (2008 - 2022)
 *  (2012 - 2016)
 *  (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 their international tours.
 * This was known as the only Tsengian theatrical company to have a performance in YinYangia.
 * One of the company's most known actresses was Sima Guiying.