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Danganronpa: The Animation (ダンガンロンパ: The Animation), full Japanese title ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生 (Dangan Ronpa: Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei), is an close, but abridged, adaptation of the first Danganronpa game, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.

It was announced in Spring 2013 by Lerche. The Japanese voice actors returned for the anime. A promotional video for the anime was released at ACE2013.

FUNimation confirmed the rights for North America in 2013 and will be streaming in their official website.

Promotion
The anime was first teased on December 2012, Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine announced that there would be an anime television series adaptation of the game, titled Danganronpa: The Animation, produced by Lerche and directed by Seiji Kishi.

On April 24, 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 Keshi, 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 August 18 at Akihabara UDX entitled "Danganronpa Kibougamine Academy ‘Become a Student’ Exhibition". The exhibition features merchandise from both games, including a preview of a Nendoroid of Makoto Naegi and life size stands from the school trials.

Aoi Asahina

 * Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō (Japanese); Felecia Angelle (English); Sarah Alles (German)
 * Aoi Asahina (朝日奈 葵 Asahina Aoi) is a well meaning student who may appear to be quite air-headed at times. She excels in athletic sports, most notably swimming, thereby giving her the title of Ultimate Swimming Pro (超高校級の「スイマー」).

Sakura Ogami

 * Voiced by: Kujira (Japanese); Rachel Robinson (English); Franziska Pigulla (German)
 * Sakura Ogami (大神 さくら Ōgami Sakura), nicknamed The Ogre, is a fearsome student who is a world class fighter. She has muscular appearance and a deep voice, resulting in her being mistaken as a man often. She bears the title Ultimate Martial Artist (超高校級の「格闘家」).

Hifumi Yamada

 * Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese); Tyson Rinehart (English); Benno Lehmann (German)
 * Hifumi Yamada (山田 一二三 Yamada Hifumi) is an otaku student who is popular as a doujin manga artist, proclaiming that his interests are based solely on the “2D World” and “2D Girls”. He goes by the title Ultimate Fanfic Creator (超高校級の「同人作家」).

Yasuhiro Hagakure

 * Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze (Japanese); Christopher Bevins (English); Christopher Kohn (German)
 * Yasuhiro Hagakure (葉隠 康比呂 Hagakure Yasuhiro) is a very laid back student, taking pride in his skill of fortune telling. He is revealed to be older than all the other students, due to being held-back. When attending the academy, he was given the title Ultimate Clairvoyant (超高校級の「占い師」).

Mondo Owada

 * Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai (Japanese); Christopher Sabat (English); Finlay Kühn (German)
 * Mondo Owada (大和田 紋土 Ōwada Mondo) is a hot-headed student who is known for being the head of the largest bōsōzoku group in the country of Japan. He was given the title Ultimate Biker Gang Leader (超高校級の「暴走族」).

Junko Enoshima

 * Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese); Jamie Marchi (English); Peggy Pollow (German)
 * Junko Enoshima (江ノ島 盾子 Enoshima Junko) is a charismatic gyaru fashion model who has appeared in many popular fashion magazines. As a result of this, she was given the title Ultimate Fashionista (超高校級の「ギャル」), however the Junko that is first introduced in the start of the game was in fact Mukuro Ikusaba, her twin sister, in disguise. The twins both go by an alternate title, Ultimate Despair.

Mukuro Ikusaba

 * Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese); / Jamie Marchi (English); Peggy Pollow (German)
 * Mukuro Ikusaba (戦刃 むくろ Ikusaba Mukuro) is a fearless soldier who was involved in Fenrir, a world renowned mercenary organization. She had an interest in military weapons and strategies ever since she was a child and thus was given the title Ultimate Soldier (超高校級の「軍人」). She is one of the Ultimate Despair, and the older twin sister of Junko Enoshima.

Minor Character

 * Alter Ego
 * Jin Kirigiri
 * Komaru Naegi (Cameo)
 * Makoto's Parents (Cameo)
 * Satomi Aoba (Cameo)
 * Ayaka Haneyama (Cameo)
 * Daiya Owada (Cameo)
 * Usami (Cameo)

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 Makoto Naegi's Worst Day Ever, 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 31, 2014, FUNimation revealed they acquired the home video rights to Danganronpa and released it on Blu-ray & DVD on November 10, 2015 with an English dub.

On April 4, 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 actor to reprise his respective role for the animation. After some uproar over the casting, a post came about, stating that FUNimation were originally going to reveal the English dub of the series much earlier but as the game adaptation was already going to be dubbed, it was postponed until further notice.

TV Stations
Times subject to change

Streaming
The anime was well recieved in various countries all over the world, it received a license in various countries all over the world such as: North America, Europe, Australia, China, Taiwan, and South Asia.

FUNimation licensed the anime in 2013 for North America and Europe. They later announced the home rights release in 2014. They began to stream a dubbed version on 2015.

FilmConfect announced at their expo that they will begin a dub and and alter published the home rights release.

Animax Asia broadcasted the anime on TV on October 2015 for South Asia terrirories.

Trivia

 * The anime dub began as early as the first trailer for Funimation's dub of The Animation. It goes far enough that NIS America and Funimation's scripts are dueling each other, with Funimation getting rid of any Dub Name Change's (such as Genocider Syo for Genocide Jack) while preserving the cast's Last Name Basis and "Super High School Level" over "Ultimate" titles.
 * In FUNimation's dub, they replaced all the voice actors except for Bryce Papenbrook.
 * This ultimately causes Komaru Naegi to have three different English voices. Weirdly enough, according to the DVD commentary Cherami Leigh was getting married at the time of recording, leading to Alexis Tipton voicing Komaru for the few lines she had. This indirectly lead to Rachel Robinson (friends with Leigh) voicing Sakura due to being in town at the time.

Links

 * Anime Official Site
 * Danganronpa: The Animation on FUNimation.com
 * German Official Site
 * Taiwan Official Site