| Danganronpa: The Animation | |
 Cover art featuring the students of Hope's Peak Academy and the main antagonist,Monokuma | |
| ダンガンロンパ The Animation | |
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| Genre | Murder mystery[1] |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Seiji Kishi |
| Written by | Makoto Uezu |
| Music by | Masafumi Takada |
| Studio | Lerche |
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| Original network | MBS,TBS,CBC,BS-TBS |
| English network | |
| Original run | 4 July 2013 – 26 September 2013 |
| Episodes | 13(List of episodes) |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Ryo Kawakami |
| Illustrated by | Takashi Tsukimi |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Original run | 20 September 2013 –20 December 2013 |
| Volumes | 2 |
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Danganronpa: The Animation[b] is anadult animatedanime television series produced byLerche, based onSpike Chunsoft's 2010visual novelDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. The thirteen episode adaptation aired onMBS' Animeism programming block between July and September 2013. The series is licensed byCrunchyroll in the English-speaking regions of North America, Australia and United Kingdom andMuse Communication in Asia-Pacific. The series was succeeded by an anime-original sequel to the game series,Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, which aired in 2016.
Danganronpa: The Animation follows the events of the video gameDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.[4] The series follows 16 high school students locked inside "Hope's Peak Academy," their high school.[5] The students are threatened by an anthropomorphic bear,Monokuma, who gives them only one way to leave the Academy: to murder another student, and not be found guilty in the subsequent trial.[6]
The anime followsprotagonist Makoto Naegi (苗木 誠,Naegi Makoto) and fifteen other students. Each character has an "ultimate" skill, or profession; such as the "Ultimate Gambler", or "Ultimate Swimmer".[7] When dubbed from Japan they are usually called "Super High School Level."
In December 2012,Kadokawa Shoten'sNewtype magazine announced that there would be ananime television series adaptation of the game, titledDanganronpa: The Animation, produced byLerche, directed bySeiji Kishi,[8] and written byMakoto Uezu. The final Blu-ray/DVD volume, released on 26 February 2014, contains an extended final episode.[9] The series aired in Japan onMBS' Animeism programming block between 4 July 2013 and 26 September 2013. The series is licensed in North America byFunimation,[10] who simulcast it as it aired and released the series on BD/DVD on 10 November 2015. Funimation's English dub contains almost a completely different cast from that of the games, with onlyBryce Papenbrook reprising his role as Makoto Naegi.Manga Entertainment released the series in the United Kingdom on 9 November 2015.[11][12]
The opening theme is "Never Say Never" by TKDz2b with rapping provided by Jas Mace and Marchitect (akaThe 49ers) and Tribeca, whilst the ending theme is "Zetsubōsei: Hero Chiryōyaku" (絶望性：ヒーロー治療薬,Despairity: A Hero's Treatment) by Suzumu feat. Soraru. The opening theme for episode one is "Danganronpa" byMasafumi Takada whilst the opening theme for episode four is "Monokuma Ondo" (モノクマおんど) bySachiko Kobayashi feat.Monokuma (Nobuyo Ōyama). The ending theme for episode 13 is "Saisei -rebuild-" (再生 -rebuild-,Playback -rebuild-) byMakoto Naegi (Megumi Ogata).
The soundtrack was released on 28 August 2013 byGeneon Universal (now NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan), one of the anime's production companies.
A two-volumelight novel adaptation written by Ryo Kawakami and illustrated by Takashi Tsukimi was released in 2013.[13]
In 2014, The 19thAnimation Kobe committee chose Kishi to receive their Individual Award for the stretch of his career including Danganronpa: The Animation, Arpeggio of Blue Steel, and Hamatora.[14]
A second anime series, titledDanganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, aired between July and September 2016. The series concludes the "Hope's Peak Academy" storyline and is split into two parts;Future Side which takes place afterDanganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, andDespair Side, which takes place prior to the events ofTrigger Happy Havoc. Seiji Kishi once again directed the series at Lerche, whileNorimitsu Kaihō wrote the screenplay.[15]
Kibô no gakuen to zetsubô no kôkôsei[unreliable source?]
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