ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生 The Animation
Danganronpa: The Animation
📣 Overexposed
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?
Names
| Original | ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生 The Animation (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei - The Animation |
| English | Danganronpa: The Animation |
| Chinese | 弹丸论破 希望学园与绝望高中生 (simplified · via bangumi) |
| Also known as | ダンガンロンパ The Animation · Danganronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair THE ANIMATION · Danganronpa: Sekolah Harapan dan Murid yang Putus Asa |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 13 ep · 24 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2013-06-23 → 2013-09-27 (Summer 2013) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Lerche |
| Source | Video game |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | HorrorMysteryPsychologicalSci-FiThriller |
| Themes | Death GameBattle RoyaleSurvivalDetectiveAmnesiaSchoolEnsemble CastGorePrimarily Teen CastMale Protagonist |
| Streaming | Hulu · YouTube · Crunchyroll |
Reception
| Community score | 7.01 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 7.01 / 10 |
| Composite | 53.1 |
| On lists | 232,337 |
| Favourited | 4,640 (2.0%) |
| Completion | 89.9% |
| Drop rate | 3.6% |
| In backlog | 19.3% |
| Score spread σ | 1.83 |
| MyAnimeList | 7.19 / 10 |
Score distribution
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Summer 2013 | B | 18 of 89 |
| Studio | Lerche | D | 34 of 61 |
| Genre | Horror | C | 78 of 272 |
| Year | 2013 | B | 79 of 330 |
| Source material | Video game | B | 89 of 530 |
| Genre | Thriller | D | 101 of 188 |
| Genre | Psychological | D | 228 of 416 |
| Genre | Mystery | C | 311 of 652 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi | C | 396 of 1,409 |
| Era | Early 2010s | B | 400 of 1,627 |
| Season (all years) | Summer | C | 484 of 1,662 |
| Length | Single-cour | C | 927 of 2,668 |
| Format | TV series | C | 1,247 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | C | 2,222 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Seiji Kishi |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Makoto Uezu |
| Character design | Rui Komatsuzaki, Kazuaki Morita |
| Original creator | Spike Chunsoft, Rui Komatsuzaki |
Franchise — ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生 The Animation
Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| prequel | 2016 | Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School - Despair Arc |
AniList id 16592 · MAL id 16592 · Bangumi 56093 · record updated 2026-08-27