ダンガンロンパ希望の学園と絶望の高校生 The Animation

DANGANRONPA: KIBOU NO GAKUEN TO ZETSUBOU NO KOUKOUSEI - THE ANIMATION

ANIME

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
13
RELEASE
September 27, 2013
LENGTH
24 min

DESCRIPTION

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
Junko Enoshima
Megumi Toyoguchi
Celestia Ludenberg
Hekiru Shiina
Monokuma
Nobuyo Ooyama
Makoto Naegi
Megumi Ogata
Touko Fukawa
Miyuki Sawashiro
Byakuya Togami
Akira Ishida
Chihiro Fujisaki
Kouki Miyata
Aoi Asahina
Chiwa Saitou
Kiyotaka Ishimaru
Kousuke Toriumi
Sakura Oogami
Kujira
Sayaka Maizono
Makiko Oomoto
Mondo Oowada
Kazuya Nakai
Yasuhiro Hagakure
Masaya Matsukaze
Leon Kuwata
Takahiro Sakurai
Hifumi Yamada
Kappei Yamaguchi
Mukuro Ikusaba
Megumi Toyoguchi
Alter Ego
Kouki Miyata
Komaru Naegi
Aya Uchida
Monomi
Takako Sasuga
Jin
Rikiya Koyama
Daiya Oowada
Katsuyuki Konishi
Naegi no Papa
Kappei Yamaguchi
Naegi no Haha
Miyuki Sawashiro

EPISODES

Dubbed

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REVIEWS

DarkMizu
83/100
A dark themed Anime about students stuck in school and need to survive... literally! "Kill or be killed"
I have seen that not many people have done a review for this Anime... Well... actually no one has on this, so I thought I will!

For someone who has never played the Danganronpa games, I found this Anime quite enjoyable from start to finish, I had already had a few spoilers off one of my friends for this Anime but I still saw and felt the suspense in the Anime ofOh, Who is going to be murdered next!?
It's a short Anime and I seriously did love it, it holds up all the tension throughout.
The characters all have different personalities and all have different desires. I quite personally prefer Naegi and Chihiro. my least favourite is Byakuya, he's just kinda douchey

I was really amazed at how only, out of the 16 students, only 10 died, I literally thought that all but one would survive, that is the kinda vibe you get during this Anime, a state of horror that literally everyone will die, as they are forced to fight to the death to be able to graduate. The Classroom Trials are pretty amazing too, they make you wonder who actually did the murder and I always tried finding myself, trying to figure out who did it as they were finding the clues, I guess that is exactly what the game is like :3

The Animation seems a bit rushed compared to the game (So I have been told), I am planning to buy the game to get a proper feel of the franchise. But I honestly thought it was well executed!
The music in the openings are great, too! I personally prefer the outro music because it is in Japanese and it suits the Anime itself for the dark vibe it seems to have!

Overall, it has some great scenes included, some good Animation in my opinion, music is good and the characters are all balanced and special in their own special way! I rate 83/100!
And I'll see if this needs to be edited after I play the Danganronpa games!

And I do honestly hope there actually will be a second Anime of this, as there is a second game!

Once you have finished this Anime, you should totally watch the Danganronpa abridged series! it's only on episode 6 of 13, but it takes the seriousness of the Anime itself and turns it into comedy, by easily mocking the characters personalities!!
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H3ARTAN1ME
75/100
An Anime I want to recommend...but not sure how >.>
GOOD ANIME... BAD CIRCUMSTANCE

Danganronpa is the story of 15 uniquely talented school children who end up in a deadly game of lies, murders and betrayals. With no way of contacting the outside world and the psychotic bear Monokuma dictating the events before them can any of them survive long enough to unravel the secrets of Hope Peak Academy? The Battle between Hope and Despair Has BEGUN!!!

Based off the very popular gaming series of the same name by Spike Chunsoft, Danganronpa is best known from its unique Horror/ Suspense style and of course, its over the top executions through out its lifespan so it was no surprise when they turned the original Happy Trigger Havoc into the anime series known as Danganronpa: The Animation. The Main Protagonist is Naeegi Makoto also known as the Ultimate Lucky Student who arrives at the most prestigious school in Japan known as Hopes Peak, a school that guarantees those who graduate success in their lives... However upon arriving he suddenly faints and wakes up in a classroom with all the Windows covered, heavy security all around and seemingly no means of leaving >.<

He soon discovers that he is not alone as 14 other students have also been trapped into and seemingly have no memories of how exactly that ended up in this situation... However it would soon be revealed that they have been "imprisoned" inside Hopes Peak by a bear like mecha known as Monokuma who tells them that if they want to leave they would have to "Graduate" from his school system...and how do they do that? SIMPLE - they have to kill one (or more) of the other students and get away with it in a class trail of course :) Of course failure to do so would result in a rather gruesome PUNISHMENT.

Although they seeming reject this idea to begin with, its not long before Momokuma is attempting to manipulate individuals into doing his desired bidding and thus the story of the series really starts to unfold.

The biggest issue with this series is its history, to recommend this over the game is impossible because honestly if you haven't played the game yet I highly recommend that you do first because its worthy of the praise it gets in the community...but once you have played the game the Anime does not really do anything majorly different apart from bring the characters to life >.< so you would essentially just be watching a massive 12 episode cutscene recap of the original game and for many that may be a pretty dull idea after you just put up to 50 or so hours into the game itself if that makes sense.

Another issue is that the anime does leave out alot of key facts that really drive home how certain characters are and what kind of people they are throughout and in some cases you will find that someone you may really hate for their "actions" in the anime you will discover were actually the actions of another in the game itself (with no spoilers but those who played the game "Trail 2"..that's all I am saying).

So maybe its all comes down to how you want to approach it - You can watch the anime and then play the game to get deeper into the Lore, the cast of characters and the actual story or you can play through the game and then watch this anime as a massive cut scene because you really loved the game as much as I did... I don't believe there is a right way to do.

In short, I recommend this anime if you are a fan of the game, you may enjoy it if you are somewhat a fan of mild Horror or Suspense Thriller anime but just remember that whether you go game or anime you will spoil a majority of the other so pick which one you wanna do first and make sure you do it before going onto the next :D

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Kringles
95/100
Amazing Thriller. Meh, character development. I think you should play the game. Great Art Styles. Not for new viewers.
Danganronpa: The Animation

Amazing anime for anyone looking for a thriller but don't want the same cliches repeated over and over again. People who have played the game may disagree with my statement and they say that the animators butchered the game, so I guess just to make sure you should also play the game just for the experience (Game: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc). The character development in this anime was not that great since it looked really rushed and some characters were just meh and looked like they didn't belong there but that is only the anime in the game their whole story was explained with thorough detail. If people don't like seeing blood but still crave for a thriller it's good for them too since the artist made the blood hot pink to keep the rating of the game away from mature but I guess they continued it one to the anime as well so it would be better on people who take a little violence. The storyline of the anime may seem confusing but the last episode brings the whole storyline together to help you understand. Warning beforehand you will crave for more after the anime ends since it leaves wondering and wondering about the mysterious ending and what actually happened to our main characters. If people like newer art styles in anime this one has a really interesting one it is called 2.5d drawing which combines 2d and 3d art style to make a unique pop art effects.

New Viewers

I won't recommend this anime to new viewers since it won't match their taste, my vision of new viewers is people who just got introduced to anime with Naruto or pokemon so I think this is not for them. If they want to watch thriller anime anyways they should watch something death note

Who would like this

People who liked Ace attorney, Conan or any sort of detective anime would like this since it is basically the same. Light-Hearted people who watch anime for romance purposes etc. may not be interested in this since it is a way different idea. People that like to think will love this anime will probably like this anime more than all the other viewers.

Unrelated Note

This was my first time reviewing an anime so sorry if you think anything is wrong with I tried my best and hope to make a lot of new friends on this platform. Also sorry for the anime being outdated. ＼(^▽^)/
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