Danganronpa: The Animation
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Puzzle plotNonlinear timelines, twists and structural games that reward attention.This show: 8/10SurvivalStaying alive against nature, scarcity or pursuit.This show: 8/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10Psychological horrorFear that comes from the mind: paranoia, sanity, perception.This show: 7/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 7/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Megumi OgataYôko HikasaChiwa SaitôNobuyo ÔyamaAkira IshidaMiyuki Sawashiro
Starring
Megumi OgataYôko HikasaChiwa SaitôNobuyo ÔyamaAkira IshidaMiyuki Sawashiro
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Danganronpa: The Animation Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
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"A deadly school mystery with unhinged energy"
A group of elite high schoolers wake up trapped inside their academy, informed by a sadistic robotic bear that the only way to graduate is to murder a classmate and get away with it. What follows is a claustrophobic mix of whodunit trial sequences and desperate survival horror, adapted directly from the cult video game. The tone swings wildly between slapstick anime humor and genuinely grim tension, and the mystery-solving courtroom segments are the real hook. It's stylish, gimmicky, and unapologetically melodramatic rather than subtle.
Watch it for
the twisted trial sequences where clashing testimonies and absurd logic decide who lives.
Maybe skip if
you need grounded realism, since the tone lurches between goofy comedy and brutal violence.
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Danganronpa: The Animation2013
7.12K135h 13m
Danganronpa: The Animation follows the events of those of the video game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.
The series follows 16 high school students locked inside "Hope's Peak Academy", their High School.
The students are threatened by a anthropomorphic bear, known as Monokuma, who gives them only one way to leave the Academy, to murder another student, and not be found out in the subsequent trial.
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Welcome to Despair High School | 6.9 | 209 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | (Not) Normal Arc: Kill and Live | 6.9 | 188 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Not Normal Arc: Kill and Live | 7.2 | 185 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | (Not) Normal Arc: Weekly Shonen Despair Magazine | 6.8 | 170 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Not Normal Arc: Weekly Shonen Despair Magazine | 7.2 | 165 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | (Not) Normal Arc: Return of the New Century Galaxy Legend! O Armored Hero, Stand Upon the Earth! | 6.9 | 164 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Not Normal Arc: Return of the New Century Galaxy Legend! O Armored Hero, Stand Upon the Earth! | 6.9 | 162 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | (Not) Normal Arc: All All Apologies | 6.8 | 155 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | All All Apologies II | 7.1 | 155 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | (Not) Normal Arc: The Junk Food of Despair for Racing Through Youth | 7.0 | 161 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Not Normal Arc: The Junk Food of Despair for Racing Through Youth | 7.1 | 158 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | The Reason Super High School-Level Bad Luck Attracted Super High School-Level Murder, Super High School-Level Execution and Super High School-Level Despair | 7.6 | 172 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Goodbye, Despair High School | 7.6 | 183 | 24 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Megumi Ogata Makoto Naegi
Yôko Hikasa Kyôko Kirigiri
Chiwa Saitô Aoi Asahina
Nobuyo Ôyama Monokuma
Akira Ishida Byakuya Togami
Miyuki Sawashiro Genocider Syo, Toko Fukawa
Masaya Matsukaze Yasuhiro Hagakure
Bryce Papenbrook Makoto Naegi
Jessie James Grelle Byakuya Togami
Caitlin Glass Kyoko Kirigiri
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