{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a4971223378d4b2d68fc8280","clusterId":"c_24f36f1e98290926c32ffd48","slug":"pandora-hearts-manga-gets-third-stage-musical-for-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Pandora Hearts Manga Gets Third Stage Musical for 2027","summary":"Jun Mochizuki's Pandora Hearts manga is getting a third stage musical, PandoraHearts Retrace III -Reverse corte-. It will run at Theater H in Tokyo from September 17 to 26, 2027, then at Sankei Hall Breeze in Osaka from October 2 to 3, 2027. Akira Yamazaki returns to direct and write the script, Harumi Fuuki composes, and Kazan Yokoyama returns as Oz Vessalius.","whyItMatters":"A third PandoraHearts Retrace musical puts the series on a steady stage cadence exactly a year after the second, with the director and lead actor carried over from the earlier runs.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe third entry is titled PandoraHearts Retrace III -Reverse corte-. Tokyo\u0026#39;s Theater H, which hosted the first musical in November 2025, gets the new run first, followed by two dates in Osaka. Ako Takahashi writes the lyrics. The staff streamed a trailer, but it is not available in the U.S.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMochizuki\u0026#39;s manga ran in Square Enix\u0026#39;s Monthly G Fantasy from 2006 to 2015 and ended with 24 compiled volumes. Yen Press publishes the manga and the Crimson-Shell manga in English, along with Shinobu Wakamiya\u0026#39;s side story novel Pandora Hearts: Caucus Race. NIS America released the 25-episode Xebec anime adaptation, which premiered in 2009.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kazan Yokoyama returning as Oz Vessalius is the detail that holds PandoraHearts Retrace III -Reverse corte- together. A stage run split across Tokyo and Osaka is built on the cast staying intact.","twitterPost":"Kazan Yokoyama returning as Oz Vessalius in PandoraHearts Retrace III -Reverse corte- is what lets a two-city run hold together.","threadsPost":"PandoraHearts Retrace III -Reverse corte- keeps Kazan Yokoyama as Oz Vessalius, and that continuity is load-bearing. The run moves from Theater H to Sankei Hall Breeze two weeks later, so the cast has to carry a Tokyo show and an Osaka show a month apart.","newsletterBlurb":"A third Pandora Hearts stage musical is set for 2027, with Tokyo dates in September and Osaka dates in October. Akira Yamazaki returns to direct and write, and Kazan Yokoyama is back as Oz Vessalius. The second musical ran in Tokyo and Kobe earlier this month.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-20/pandora-hearts-manga-gets-3rd-stage-musical/.243027\",\"title\":\"Pandora Hearts Manga Gets 3rd Stage Musical\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4547,"outputTokens":659,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792518729,"createdAt":"2026-10-20T17:46:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T17:51:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T17:51:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_24f36f1e98290926c32ffd48","canonicalTitle":"News\nPandora Hearts Manga Gets 3rd Stage Musical","representativeArticleId":"a_564630f64f7db19f3f84f9fe","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Pandora Hearts\"],\"work_titles\":[\"PandoraHearts Retrace III -Reverse corte-\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-20T16:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-20T16:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T17:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-20/pandora-hearts-manga-gets-3rd-stage-musical/.243027","title":"News\nPandora Hearts Manga Gets 3rd Stage Musical"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Pandora Hearts"],"work_titles":["PandoraHearts Retrace III -Reverse corte-"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}