Danganronpa: The Animation

In Spring 2013, it was announced that Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc would be adapted into an anime by Lerche The voice actors for the game would be returning for the anime. A promotional video for the anime was released at ACE2013.

Promotion
On April 24th, 2013, an illustration contest was announced on pixiv to commemorate the PSP game getting adapted into an anime. To enter, participants must draw a character/characters from the first game. Winners would be picked by the Danganronpa staff and the overall winner will be awarded autographs from Seiji Kishi, Makoto Uezu, Kazuaki Morita and Rui Komatsuzaki, along with official merchandise and all winners will have their work printed into the pixiv x Danganronpa The Animation Illustration Collection (temporary title) art book. The contest ended on the 21st of May at midnight.

hagi was announced to be the grand prize winner on July 3, 2013 with her entry 弾丸論破. 40 runner up winners were also announced.

A number of posters with the characters were also displayed over the country and a large van advertising the anime release was also seen. An exhibition was also held on August 6 until 18 August at Akihabara UDX entitled "Danganronpa Kiboumine Academy ‘Become a Student’ Exhibition". The exhibition features merchandise from both games, including a preview of a nendroid of Makoto Naegi and life size stands from the school trials.

DVD Release
The anime was released on DVD & Blu-Ray with the first part being released on August 28. Both the Blu-Ray and DVD come in special edition versions which include a short story based around Makoto Naegi, trading cards, a CD of the opening theme and a 16 page booklet of the character designs.

On December 31st, 2014 Funimation revealed they aquired Home Video rights to Danganronpa and would release it on Blu-ray & DVD on November 10, 2015. It will be released with an English Dub.

On April 4th, 2015 at Sakura-Con, Funimation Entertainment announced the English dub cast of the anime. According to the cast reveal, Bryce Papenbrook, the voice actor of Makoto, is the only game actor to reprise his respective character role for the animation.

TV Stations
Times subject to change

Links

 * Anime Official Site