When you think of musicals, many Western titles will likely come to mind.

Broadway is the home to plenty of stage hits, like Wicked or Hamilton.

But its not just the West that is home to a dedicated musical fanbase.

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Here are just some of thebest animestage adaptations that have been produced.

The anime has three seasons, a live-action movie adaption, and a recap movie.

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However, the series also took over the stage with its musical, Attack On Titan: The Musical.

9Haikyuu!!

This stage adaptation actually has some Broadway legends tied to it.

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Popular characters are in the show, like L and Ryuk.

Wildhorn came back to compose the songs, and YouTube personality MatPat co-produced the musical.

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It gained traction after sharing some of its songs, like One Hundred Thousand Million Stars.

Unlike the other productions, this show was fully translated to English when it premiered overseas.

There are three seasons for the stage plays.

Musicals As Video Games Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Ride the Cyclone

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The second season premiered in 2011 with a brand-new cast and storyline, ending in 2014 with 11 shows.

Finally, the third season premiered in 2015 with another new cast and storyline, concluding in 2020.

Each season ends with the characters essentially graduating from school.

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5Bungo Stray Dogs

If you loved Bungo Stray Dogs, youre going to love the stage adaptations.

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Each show has debuted in Japan.

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Just like the other entries on this list, Danganronpa has had multiple stage adaptations.

Each adaption focuses on the various plot lines from the different video games and anime.

Finally, the 2018 production focused on the third game.

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Other productions of the show have focused on Rukias execution and other original storylines made for the stage.

After an unwelcome intrusion occurs, the duo must uncover the secrets of their Japanese guests.

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Each version of the play has different titles and various plots.

The second version, premiering in 2008, focused on Ciel helping the Queen solve a string of murders.

Under the name Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade, the first iteration of these adaptations premiered in 2014.

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Since then, twelve productions have been released focusing on various plots from different games.

Persona 4 was adapted into two stage plays in 2012, called Visualive and Visualive The Evolution.

Persona 4 Arena and Ultimax each received one stage play and Persona 5 currently has four stage plays.

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The cast of Danganronpa stand behind Makoto.

Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach.

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