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Created by | Kazutaka Kodaka |
Owner | Spike Chunsoft |
Years | 2010–present |
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Danganronpa (Japanese: ダンガンロンパ) is a Japanese adventure visual novel video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike). The series surrounds a group of high school students who are coerced into murdering each other by a creature named Monokuma. Gameplay features a mix of adventure, visual novel, and dating sim elements. The first game, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc , was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2010; the second game, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair , was released in 2012; and the third game, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony , was released for the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation Vita in 2017.
Several spin-offs games have been released: Alter Ego and Danganronpa: Monokuma Strikes Back for Android and iOS in 2012; Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls for the PlayStation Vita in 2014; Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle for Android and iOS in 2015; Cyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trial for Playstation 4 in 2016, Kirigiri Sou for Windows and macOS in 2016; and Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp for the Nintendo Switch in 2021.
Several original-storyline light novel series, primarily illustrated by Rui Komatsuzaki, have also been published by Seikaisha: Danganronpa Zero , written by Kazutaka Kodaka and published across two volumes in 2011; Danganronpa: Kirigiri , written by Takekuni Kitayama and published across seven volumes from 2013 to 2020; and Danganronpa: Togami , written by Yuya Sato, illustrated by Yun Kōga, and published across three volumes from 2015 to 2017, as well as manga series published by Kadokawa Shoten: Ultra Despair Girls: Danganronpa AE − Genocider Mode , written and illustrated by Machika Minami and Touya Hajime, and published from 2015 to 2017; and Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer , written by Kodaka and Yōichirō Koizumi, illustrated by Mitomo Sasako, and published from 2016 to 2017.
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Original release date(s): November 25, 2010 | Release years by system: 2010 – PlayStation Portable 2012 – Android, iOS 2013 – PlayStation Vita 2016 – Windows, OS X, Linux 2017 – PlayStation 4 2021 – Nintendo Switch 2022 – Xbox One |
Original release date(s): July 26, 2012 | Release years by system: 2012 – PlayStation Portable 2013 – PlayStation Vita 2016 – Windows, OS X, Linux 2017 – PlayStation 4 2020 – Android, iOS 2021 – Nintendo Switch 2022 – Xbox One |
Original release date(s): January 12, 2017 | Release years by system: 2017 – PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Windows 2021 – Nintendo Switch 2022 – Android, iOS, Xbox One |
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Alter Ego Original release date(s): May 23, 2012 | Release years by system: 2012 – Android, iOS |
Danganronpa: Monokuma Strikes Back Original release date(s): [1] May 23, 2012 | Release years by system: 2012 – Android, iOS |
Original release date(s): September 25, 2014 | Release years by system: 2014 – PlayStation Vita 2017 – PlayStation 4, Windows |
Original release date(s): January 7, 2015 | Release years by system: 2015 – Android, iOS |
Original release date(s): [2] October 13, 2016 | Release years by system: 2016 – PlayStation 4 |
Original release date(s): November 25, 2016 | Release years by system: 2016 – Windows, macOS |
Notes: Crossover sequel of Otogirisō and Danganronpa: Kirigiri | |
Original release date(s): November 4, 2021 | Release years by system: 2021 – Nintendo Switch 2022 – Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Windows |
Notes: Expanded, standalone version of the board game mini-game from Danganronpa V3 |
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Original release date(s): [3] March 14, 2017 | Release years by system: 2017 – PlayStation 4 |
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Original release date(s): [4] March 26, 2019 | Release years by system: 2019 – PlayStation 4 |
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Original release date(s): [5] November 4, 2021 | Release years by system: 2021 – Nintendo Switch |
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Danganronpa: The Animation | 2013 | Lerche |
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School | 2016 | Lerche |
The following manga series have been produced:
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Danganronpa/Zero (ダンガンロンパ/ゼロ) | 2011 | Kazutaka Kodaka [10] | Prequel novel |
Danganronpa Kirigiri (ダンガンロンパ霧切), written by Takekuni Kitayama and illustrated by Rui Komatsuzaki (13 September 2013 – 17 June 2020, 7 volumes) [11] | 2013–2020 | Takekuni Kitayama | Prequel novel series |
Danganronpa: The Animation (ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生 The Animation) (20 September 2013 – 20 December 2013, 2 volumes) [12] | 2013 | Ryo Kawakami & Takashi Tsukimi | Novelization of the first game |
Danganronpa Togami (ダンガンロンパ十神) (27 November 2015 – February 2017, 3 volumes) [13] | 2015–2017 | Takekuni Kitayama | Prequel novel trilogy |
Danganronpa 1・2 Beautiful Days (ダンガンロンパ 1・2 Beautiful Days) (12 December 2015, 1 volume) [14] | 2015 | Novelization of the second game | |
Danganronpa: Makoto Naegi Secret File – The Worst Day Ever (ダンガンロンパ Makoto Naegi Secret File 苗木誠、人生最悪の日, Naegi Makoto, Jinsei Saiaku no Hi), included with special editions of the first Japanese Blu-ray and DVD release of Danganronpa: The Animation. [15] | 2016 | Kazutaka Kodaka | Prequel to the first game |
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is a visual novel adventure game developed and published by Spike as the first game in the Danganronpa series. The game was originally released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable in November 2010 and was ported to Android and iOS in August 2012. Danganronpa was localized and published in English regions by NIS America for multiple platforms.
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Danganronpa: The Animation is an 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.
Danganronpa is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft. The series primarily surrounds various groups of apparent high-school students who are forced into murdering each other by a robotic teddy bear named Monokuma. Gameplay features a mix of adventure, visual novel, detective and dating simulator elements. The first game, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2010.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is a 2012 visual novel developed by Spike Chunsoft. It is the second game in the Danganronpa franchise following Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2010). It was first released in Japan for PlayStation Portable in July 2012, and a port for PlayStation Vita was released in Japan in October 2013. NIS America released the game worldwide in September 2014; a port for PC was released in April 2016 and a bundle for PlayStation 4 and Playstation Vita called Danganronpa 1-2 Reload, also containing the first Danganronpa game, was released in March 2017. An enhanced version with the subtitle Anniversary Edition was released for Android and iOS in August 2020, for Nintendo Switch in November 2021, and for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One May 2022.
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is an action-adventure video game developed by Spike Chunsoft for PlayStation Vita. The game is the first spin-off of the Danganronpa series of visual novel games, set between the events of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. The game was released in Japan on September 25, 2014, and was released by NIS America in North America on September 1, 2015, in Europe on September 4, 2015, and in Australia on September 10, 2015. The game was released on PlayStation 4 and Windows worldwide in June 2017.
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School is a mystery horror anime television series produced by Lerche, directed by Daiki Fukuoka, and supervised by Seiji Kishi. The anime is the second animated series based on Spike Chunsoft's Danganronpa video game franchise, and serves as a conclusion to the "Hope's Peak Academy" arc established in the previously released games Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. The series is divided into three parts. Future Arc focuses on Makoto Naegi and his friends and their involvement in a killing game with the Future Foundation; and Despair Arc focuses on Hajime Hinata, a student, and his involvement in experiments on humans. The first two story arcs aired between July and September 2016. They were followed by Hope Arc, the conclusion to both previous arcs, which aired on September 29, 2016.
Makoto Naegi is a fictional character introduced as the protagonist of the 2010 visual novel adventure game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc by Spike Chunsoft. A fairly optimistic but otherwise average student who is selected in a raffle to enroll in Hope's Peak Academy as the "Ultimate Lucky Student", Makoto finds himself before a remote-controlled robotic stuffed bear named Monokuma upon entering the academy, who states that he and his fellow students will be imprisoned in the academy for the rest of their lives unless one of them becomes "the blackened" and murders another without being found out by the other students, prompting the character to solve crimes. Makoto returns in the game's sequels and in multiple adaptations featuring him in new story arcs, most notably in Lerche's 2016 anime series Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, as a member of an organization known as the Future Foundation that seeks to take his life in a new killing game.
Junko Enoshima is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Spike Chunsoft's Danganronpa series. Featured as the mastermind in the series' first two games as the true identity of Monokuma, in the spin-off Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls in the guises of Shirokuma and Kurokuma, and in the prequel light novel Danganronpa Zero and anime Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School: Despair Arc, serving as the protagonist of the former as the Ultimate Analyst, Ryōko Otonashi. Junko is a student of Hope's Peak Academy and is the Ultimate Fashionista, a charismatic and hyperintelligent model of gyaru fashion who, along with her fraternal twin sister and body double Mukuro Ikusaba, forms the Ultimate Despair, ultimately bringing about the end of civilization through a movement known as "The Tragedy". In Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Junko arranges a killing game between her former classmates to test their metrics for hope and despair, counting herself and Mukuro as participants, before having her consciousness converted into an artificial intelligence known as Alter Ego Junko on her death, left to Izuru Kamukura to continue her plans along with his own, in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
Nagito Komaeda, also known as The Servant, is a fictional character introduced in the 2012 Spike Chunsoft visual novel action adventure game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. Nagito is a high school student from Hope's Peak Academy, holding the title of "Ultimate Lucky Student" due to his supernatural luck. He is first seen in the game's beginning when meeting the protagonist Hajime Hinata as they and multiple other students find themselves trapped in a series of tropical islands. Initially presenting a caring personality, Nagito shows his true maniacal and hope-obsessed demeanor when a bear-like robot, Monokuma, orders the students to participate in a killing game if they want to leave the islands, with Nagito violently encouraging the killing game's progress. Under the guise of the Servant, Nagito returns in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls as the secondary antagonist.
Hajime Hinata, also known as Izuru Kamukura, is a character from the Spike Chunsoft visual novel action-adventure game series Danganronpa. The character has two identities: Izuru first appeared in the 2011 light novel prequel Danganronpa Zero by Kazutaka Kodaka as a mysterious high school student whose actions resulted in genocide, while a computer avatar copy of Hajime appeared as the protagonist of the 2012 video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, as a high school student with no memory of his past, forced to investigate murder cases involving high school students who are trapped on a group of tropical islands. The prequel anime Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School further explores the past of the human Hajime and how he volunteered to undergo experimentation to become the silent apathetic superhuman Izuru.
Cyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trial is a free-to-play virtual reality tech demo in the Danganronpa series, developed and published by Spike Chunsoft for the PlayStation 4 for use with the PlayStation VR virtual reality headset. It was produced by Yoshinori Terasawa at Spike Chunsoft, who was inspired to create the game after playing Bandai Namco Entertainment's Summer Lesson.
Ultra Despair Girls: Danganronpa AE − Genocider Mode, is a Japanese manga series based on Spike Chunsoft's 2014 video game, Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten in the magazine Dengeki Maoh and the webtoon platform Famitsu Comic Clear from January 27, 2015, to October 13, 2017, and has been collected in five tankōbon volumes across two separate runs respectively written and illustrated by Machika Minami and Touya Hajime. Genocider Mode retells the game's events and those of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc from the perspectives of Toko Fukawa and Genocide Jack/Jill, elaborating upon their relationships with Byakuya Togami, Komaru Naegi, and the Servant.
Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp is a role-playing video game with board game elements, developed and published by Spike Chunsoft for the Nintendo Switch in late 2021, with Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, and Windows versions released in 2022. The game, a spin-off installment in the Danganronpa visual novel series, is an expanded version of two side-modes from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (2017), and was released digitally as a standalone game and physically through the game compilation Danganronpa Decadence, as a part of celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the Danganronpa series.
Danganronpa is an adventure visual novel video game franchise created by Spike Chunsoft. The series follows groups of high school students who are trapped in an enclosed area, with the only way to escape being to murder a fellow student and not be caught in a subsequent investigation and trial. The music of Danganronpa comprises seven soundtrack albums, as well as numerous singles, mini albums, and other music releases. The main composer for the series is Masafumi Takada, who has composed for all of the series' soundtracks and has also released many of them on his label, Sound Prestige Records. Takada has been aided with the franchise's music by various artists, including other composers, lyricists, and singers.
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