# Danganronpa: The Animation (2013)

> Makoto Naegi wins a place at an elite academy where graduation requires murdering a classmate.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/44342

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 25
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, mystery, drama
- Network: MBS
- Cast: Megumi Ogata, Yoko Hikasa, Kanata Hongo, Chiwa Saito, Junichi Suwabe, Takuya Eguchi, Masaya Matsukaze, Toshiyuki Morikawa
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2902582/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: graphic
- Tone: suspenseful, shocking, tense, darkly playful

## What critics say

Viewers find the premise of a killing game at an elite academy gripping and shocking, though the mixed audience verdict reflects a weaker second season.

## Synopsis

Danganronpa: The Animation (2013-2016) is a Japanese animated murder mystery series created as an adaptation of a video game for MBS and produced by Lerche. Ordinary student Makoto Naegi (Megumi Ogata) wins a lottery to enter the prestigious Hope's Peak Academy, only to find that the only way out is to kill a classmate or be killed. Detective-minded Kyoko Kirigiri (Yoko Hikasa) and cheerful Aoi Asahina (Chiwa Saito) become his tentative allies as the students turn on one another. The engine of each episode is a murder, a body discovery, and a class trial in which the survivors must reason out the culprit from clues and testimony before a mechanical punishment falls. The series runs two seasons across 25 episodes, a continuing story rather than standalone cases. Its look is bright, pop-colored and cute, which makes the violence and dread land harder. Fans of Death Note, Battle Royale and Future Diary will find the same mix of psychological suspense, teen ensemble and grim game logic.

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