It was announced on April 2nd that the popular anime "TIGER & BUNNY" will be adapted into a stage musical. The 2.5-dimensional musical, "TIGER & BUNNY THE STAGE," will be performed in Tokyo in September and Hyogo in October. The stage adaptation coincides with the 15th anniversary of the anime's television broadcast. Visuals of Wild Tiger and Barnaby Brooks Jr. have been released.
"Tiger & Bunny" is set in the fictional futuristic city of Sternbild, where individuals with special abilities called NEXT become heroes to protect the city's peace. The NEXT characters wear sponsor logos, and the fact that heroes bearing the logos of real companies appeared in the anime after the sponsors were recruited was also a topic of discussion.
The 25-episode TV anime series aired from April to September 2011, followed by the first theatrical film, "Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning," in September 2012, and the second theatrical film, "Tiger & Bunny: The Rising," in February 2014. A new series, "Tiger & Bunny 2," was released digitally in April 2022.
