Danganronpa: The Animation
Finished Airing Summer 2013

Danganronpa: The Animation

  • TV Series
  • 2013
  • 13 episodes

© Lerche

Genres

  • Horror
  • Mystery
  • Psychological
  • Sci-Fi
  • Thriller

Themes & Elements

  • Death Game
  • Battle Royale
  • Survival
  • Detective
  • Amnesia
  • School
  • Ensemble Cast
  • Gore
  • Primarily Teen Cast
  • Male Protagonist

Broadcast Info

Aired From
June 23, 2013
Aired To
September 27, 2013
Format
TV Series
Episodes
13
Studio
Lerche
Source Material
Video Game
Streaming

Synopsis

A group of 15 elite high school students are gathered at a very special, high class high school. To graduate from this high school essentially means you'll succeed in life, but graduating is very difficult. The school is presided over by a bear called Monokuma, and he explains to them that their graduation hinges around committing a murder. The only way to graduate is to kill one of your classmates and get away with it. If the other classmates discover the identity of the killer, the killer is the only one executed. However, if they fail to catch the killer, only the killer graduates and the others are annihilated. Which of the 15 will survive the bloodbath to come?

Cast

  • Kyouko Kirigiri Youko Hikasa
  • Sayaka Maizono Makiko Oomoto
  • Makoto Naegi Megumi Ogata
  • Junko Enoshima Megumi Toyoguchi
  • Celestia Ludenberg Hekiru Shiina
  • Touko Fukawa Miyuki Sawashiro
  • Aoi Asahina Chiwa Saitou
  • Yasuhiro Hagakure Masaya Matsukaze

Staff

Original Creator
Spike Chunsoft
Original Story
Kazutaka Kodaka
Series Composition
Makoto Uezu
Director
Seiji Kishi
Character Design
Kazuaki Morita
Original Character Design
Rui Komatsuzaki
Music
Masafumi Takada
Script
Makoto Uezu / Touko Machida
Producer
Justin Cook / Michael Harcourt
Executive Producer
Gen Fukunaga
Theme Song Performance
Nobuyo Ooyama / Sachiko Kobayashi / Soraru

In this series

Entry 1 of 4 in the recommended watch order for Danganronpa.

  1. Danganronpa: The Animation
  2. Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School – Future Arc
  3. Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School – Despair Arc
  4. Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School – Hope Arc