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    Danganronpa: The Animation / ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生 THE ANIMATION / Dangan Ronpa: The Animation
    Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation
    Genres: High Stakes Game, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, School, Survival, Suspense
    Themes: High Stakes Game, Psychological, School, Survival
    Studios: Lerche
    Producers: Geneon Universal Entertainment, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Showgate, Studio Hibari
    Licensors: Funimation
    Rating: 7.19 / 10
    Rank: #3488
    Popularity: #185
    Users Listed: 983,075
    Users Scored: 566,627
    NSFW: No
    Last Updated: 03/06/2024
    Aired: July 5, 2013 – September 27, 2013 (Summer)
    Type: tv
    Source: Visual Novel
    Age Rating: R
    Episodes: 13
    Broadcast: Friday at 01:35 (JST)

    Synopsis:

    Hope's Peak Academy presents an unsettling environment for its newly admitted students. Makoto Naegi, an ordinary teenager seeking a chance at a successful future, finds himself unexpectedly enrolled in this prestigious institution. His initial excitement gives way to disorientation when he awakens within the academy after an unexplained episode. He discovers his fellow students similarly bewildered and are soon confronted by Monokuma, the school's enigmatic robotic principal.

    Monokuma reveals a chilling reality: the students are confined within Hope's Peak with a grim ultimatum – participate in a deadly game of survival where only one can escape, or remain trapped within the academy indefinitely. The series unfolds as the characters grapple with this impossible choice, navigating mounting paranoia and questioning the true nature of their confinement. The narrative explores themes of societal expectations, morality, and the psychological impact of extreme circumstances within a confined setting.

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    Episodes:

    • Episode 1: Welcome to Despair High School (Aired: 07/05/2013)
    • Episode 2: Kill and Live: (Not) Normal Arc (Aired: 07/12/2013)
    • Episode 3: Kill and Live: Not Normal Arc (Aired: 07/19/2013)
    • Episode 4: Weekly Shounen Despair Magazine: (Not) Normal Arc (Aired: 07/26/2013)
    • Episode 5: Weekly Shounen Despair Magazine: Not Normal Arc (Aired: 08/02/2013)
    • ... and 8 more episodes

    Characters:

    • Kirigiri, Kyouko (Main) - Voice Actors: Glass, Caitlin, Hikasa, Youko, Friede, Franciska, Dost, Johanna
    • Monokuma (Main) - Voice Actors: Ayres, Greg, Ooyama, Nobuyo, Ziesmer, Santiago
    • Naegi, Makoto (Main) - Voice Actors: Ogata, Megumi, Papenbrook, Bryce, Süß, Philip
    • Asahina, Aoi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Chiwa, Angelle, Felecia, Alles, Sarah
    • Enoshima, Junko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Toyoguchi, Megumi, Marchi, Jamie, Pollow, Peggy
    • Fujisaki, Chihiro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyata, Kouki, Edwards, Kara, Blank, Jamie Lee
    • Fukawa, Touko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sawashiro, Miyuki, Mosier, Carli, Bauer, Alice
    • Hagakure, Yasuhiro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsukaze, Masaya, Bevins, Christopher, Kohn, Christopher, Kluckert, Sebastian
    • Ikusaba, Mukuro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Toyoguchi, Megumi, Marchi, Jamie
    • Ishimaru, Kiyotaka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Toriumi, Kousuke, Tindle, Austin, Kluckert, Fabian
    • Kirigiri, Jin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyama, Rikiya, Tatum, J. Michael
    • Kuwata, Leon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakurai, Takahiro, Cook, Justin, Keller, Patrick
    • Ludenberg, Celestia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shiina, Hekiru, Seidel, Lindsay
    • Maizono, Sayaka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rial, Monica, Ohmoto, Makiko, Weiß, Jennifer
    • Monomi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Munoz, Anastasia, Sasuga, Takako
    • Naegi, Komaru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tipton, Alexis, Casper, Luisa, Uchida, Aya
    • Oogami, Sakura (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kujira, Robinson, Rachel, Pigulla, Franziska
    • Oowada, Mondo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakai, Kazuya, Sabat, Christopher, Kühn, Finlay
    • Togami, Byakuya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishida, Akira, Grelle, Jessie James, Kohn, Christopher, Strobl, Amadeus
    • Yamada, Hifumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Kappei, Rinehart, Tyson, Lehmann, Benno

    Staff:

    • Cook, Justin (Producer)
    • Fukura, Kei (Producer)
    • Maeda, Toshihiro (Producer)
    • Kishi, Seiji (Director)
    • Geshi, Yasuhiro (Episode Director)
    • Kamata, Yuusuke (Episode Director, Storyboard)
    • Oohashi, Akiyo (Episode Director)
    • Sekine, Satoko (Script)
    • Tatum, J. Michael (Script)
    • Uezu, Makoto (Script, Series Composition)
    • Oohara, Minoru (Storyboard)
    • Yanase, Yuuji (Storyboard, Animation Director)
    • Kobayashi, Sachiko (Theme Song Performance)
    • Maeguchi, Wataru (Theme Song Arrangement)
    • Nishida, Emi (Theme Song Lyrics)
    • Ogata, Megumi (Theme Song Performance)
    • Ooyama, Nobuyo (Theme Song Performance)
    • Soraru (Theme Song Performance)
    • Suzumu (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
    • Amisaki, Ryouko (Animation Director, Key Animation, Chief Animation Director)
    • Aono, Yuka (Key Animation)
    • Bevins, Christopher (ADR Director)
    • Fukagawa, Kasumi (Animation Director, Key Animation)
    • Fukunaga, Gen (Executive Producer)
    • Hasegawa, Saki (Key Animation)
    • Hatta, Noriko (Key Animation)
    • Hirayama, Eiko (Background Art)
    • Itou, Eriko (Animation Director)
    • Kawano, Nozomi (In-Between Animation)
    • Kodaka, Kazutaka (Original Creator)
    • Komatsuzaki, Rui (Original Character Design)
    • Maruyama, Hiroo (Chief Producer)
    • Matsumoto, Takehiko (Key Animation)
    • Mitsunobu, Seiji (Planning)
    • Morita, Kazuaki (Chief Animation Director, Character Design)
    • Narikawa, Takashi (Animation Director)
    • Ogawa, Eri (Key Animation)
    • Ogura, Mitsutoshi (Chief Producer)
    • Ohmoto, Makiko (Inserted Song Performance)
    • Ooshita, Tomoyuki (Key Animation)
    • Ozawa, Kazunori (Key Animation)
    • Sakamoto, Masaki (Editing)
    • Sasaki, Tokihiro (Key Animation)
    • Spike Chunsoft (Original Creator)
    • Takada, Masafumi (Music)
    • Tanaka, Jun (Planning)
    • Ueda, Yasuyuki (Executive Producer)
    • Usui, Hisato (Planning)
    • Watabe, Yukiko (Key Animation)
    • Watanabe, Kenichi (Animation Director)

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