Danganronpa: The Animation

Danganronpa: The Animation
Cover art featuring the students of Hope's Peak Academy and the main antagonist, Monokuma
ダンガンロンパ The Animation
GenreMurder mystery
Anime television series
Directed bySeiji Kishi
Written byMakoto Uezu
Music byMasafumi Takada
StudioLerche
Licensed by
Original networkMBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS
English network
Original run 4 July 2013 26 September 2013
Episodes13
Light novel
Written byRyo Kawakami
Illustrated byTakashi Tsukimi
Published byKadokawa Shoten
Original run20 September 201320 December 2013
Volumes2

Danganronpa: The Animation is an Adult Animated anime television series produced by Lerche, based on Spike Chunsoft's 2010 visual novel Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. The thirteen episode adaptation aired on MBS' Animeism programming block between July and September 2013. The series is licensed by Crunchyroll in the English-speaking regions of North America, Australia and United Kingdom and Muse Communication in Asia-Pacific. The series was succeeded by an anime-original sequel to the game series, Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, which aired in 2016.