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Muse India Streams Danganronpa The Animation on YouTube
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Based on Spike Chunsoft's 2010 PSP visual novel game Danganronpa Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei (Bullet Rebuttal: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair), the anime adaptation was animated at Lerche with direction by Persona 4 The Animation's Seiji Kishi. Makoto Uezu (Is This a Zombie?) was in charge of series composition and scripts with Kazuaki Morita (Persona 4 The Animation) adapting Rui Komatsuzaki's original designs. The original voice cast from the games returned for the anime.
The latest release in the game series, the Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp game, launched for PlayStation 4, PC via Steam, iOS, and Android in North America and Europe in July 2022. The game is a "massively enhanced version" of the Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony board game Ultimate Talent Development Plan that launched for Switch in December 2021.
The Danganronpa Decadence game collection, which also includes the Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp bonus board game, shipped as a physical exclusive on Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe in December 2021. The collection launched in Japan under the title Danganronpa Trilogy Pack + Happy Danganronpa S: Chōkōkōkyū no Nangoku Saikoro Kasshuku in November 2021.
NIS America released a Danganronpa Trilogy collection for PlayStation 4 in March 2019.
Spike Chunsoft released Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition, the first game in the trilogy, for smartphones in May 2020. It then released Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Anniversary Edition for smartphones in August 2020, and released Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition for smartphones in April 2022.
The franchise also includes a manga series, three television anime series, an anime special, and an original video anime (OVA) project.
Source: Muse India's YouTube channel