{"id":865332,"date":"2025-08-15T02:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/lw-entertainment-qubic-pictures-announce-plans-for-anime-adaptation-of-the-phantom-of-the-opera-musical\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T02:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:12:00","slug":"lw-entertainment-qubic-pictures-announce-plans-for-anime-adaptation-of-the-phantom-of-the-opera-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/lw-entertainment-qubic-pictures-announce-plans-for-anime-adaptation-of-the-phantom-of-the-opera-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"LW Entertainment, Qubic Pictures Announce Plans for Anime Adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div id=\"maincontent\">\n<div id=\"page-title\">\n<p><small>posted on <time datetime=\"2025-08-13T15:13:00-04:00\"><strong>2025-08-13<\/strong> 15:13 EDT<\/time><\/small> by Alex Mateo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-zone\">\n<div>\n<p>Partnership is part of series of new film\/TV projects based on Lloyd Webber&#8217;s musicals<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>LW Entertainment, formerly Andrew Lloyd Webber&#8217;s The Really Useful Group, announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=18999\">Qubic Pictures<\/a><\/cite> and its founder <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=86019\">Justin Leach<\/a><\/cite>, co-executive producer on the <cite><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=23840\">Star Wars: Visions<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> anthology and showrunner of the <cite>Eden<\/cite> and <cite><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=32799\">Leviathan<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> anime, to explore opportunities for an anime adaptation of Lloyd Webber&#8217;s <cite>The Phantom of the Opera<\/cite> stage musical.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Entertainment The Phantom of the Opera\" src=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.8\/227627\/phantom-of-the-opera-anime.jpg\"><figcaption>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwentertainment.com\/news\/qubic-pictures---a-new-the-phantom-of-the-opera-anime\" target=\"_blank\">LW Entertainment<\/a><\/figcaption><figcaption>\n<p>\u00a9 2025 LW Entertainment Ltd.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This partnership is part of a series of new film and television projects based on <cite>The Phantom of the Opera<\/cite> and Andrew Lloyd Webber&#8217;s other titles. <\/p>\n<p><cite>Qubic Pictures<\/cite>&#8216; Leach said:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m incredibly excited to join forces with the talented team at LW Entertainment to bring The Phantom of the Opera to life through anime. This project is a rare opportunity to unite the grandeur of musical theatre with the artistry of Japanese animation &#8211; two beloved traditions that have touched audiences around the world. Our goal is to create a timeless and emotionally resonant experience that speaks to a global audience and honors the legacy of this iconic story.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><cite>The Phantom of the Opera<\/cite> musical debuted on London&#8217;s West End in 1986 and on Broadway in 1988. The award-winning musical follows Christine Daa\u00e9 and the mysterious Phantom who lives under the Paris Opera House. It is based on the book of the same name by <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=280245\">Gaston Leroux<\/a><\/cite>. Leroux originally serialized the story from 1909-1910. The musical got a sequel titled <cite>Love Never Dies<\/cite> in Londom&#8217;s West End in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><cite>Qubic Pictures<\/cite> and <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=5904\">Studio Orange<\/a><\/cite>&#8216;s <cite><cite>Leviathan<\/cite><\/cite> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2024-06-06\/scott-westerfeld-leviathan-alternate-history-novels-get-anime-series-by-orange-in-2025\/.211624\">anime<\/a> premiered exclusively on <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10441\">Netflix<\/a><\/cite> on July 10.<\/p>\n<p>The first volume of <cite>Qubic Pictures<\/cite>, Disney, and <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=19376\">Lucasfilm<\/a><\/cite>&#8216;s <cite><cite>Star Wars: Visions<\/cite><\/cite>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2020-12-10\/disney-reveals-star-wars-visions-anime-shorts-for-2021\/.167306\">anthology<\/a> of nine animated shorts from Japanese creators and anime studios, debuted on <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=19318\">Disney+<\/a><\/cite> in September 2021. Studios such as <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10354\">Trigger<\/a><\/cite>, <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7744\">Kinema Citrus<\/a><\/cite>, <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=4551\">Kamikaze Douga<\/a><\/cite>, <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=13037\">Science SARU<\/a><\/cite>, <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=337\">Production I.G<\/a><\/cite>, and <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=14530\">Geno Studio<\/a><\/cite> produced the shorts. Volume 2 of the <cite><cite>Star Wars: Visions<\/cite><\/cite> project <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-02-02\/star-wars-visions-volume-2-debuts-on-may-4-with-shorts-from-animation-studios-around-the-world\/.194448\">debuted<\/a> on <cite>Disney+<\/cite> on May 4, 2023 (<cite>Star Wars<\/cite> Day). Unlike the first anthology, the second volume features nine shorts from animation studios from around the world. There will be a &#8220;Volume 3&#8221; next year. New studios for Volume 3 are ANIMA (in co-production with <cite>Kamikaze Douga<\/cite>), <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7677\">david production<\/a><\/cite>, <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=4268\">Polygon Pictures<\/a><\/cite>, <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=19994\">Project Studio Q<\/a><\/cite>, and <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10798\">Wit Studio<\/a><\/cite>. <\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwentertainment.com\/news\/qubic-pictures---a-new-the-phantom-of-the-opera-anime\" target=\"_blank\">LW Entertainment<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsonstage.com\/news\/the-phantom-of-the-opera-musical-to-receive-anime-adaptation_1690523\/\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s on Stage<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/\">News homepage<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/archive\" rel=\"archives\">archives<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-08-13\/lw-entertainment-qubic-pictures-announce-plans-for-anime-adaptation-of-the-phantom-of-the-opera-\/.227627\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Gaylene Mcnaught<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>posted on 2025-08-13 15:13 EDT by Alex Mateo Partnership is part of series of new film\/TV projects based on Lloyd Webber&#8217;s musicals LW Entertainment, formerly Andrew Lloyd Webber&#8217;s The Really Useful Group, announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with Qubic Pictures and its founder Justin Leach , co-executive producer on the Star Wars: Visions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":865333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1798,145557],"tags":[14293,145556],"class_list":["post-865332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-qubic","tag-entertainment","tag-qubic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}