Danganronpa: The Animation is a tV series anime that premiered in summer 2013, produced by Lerche.

About the production: the story comes from a video game, there are 13 episodes of about 24 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are horror, mystery, psychological, sci-fi and thriller, with themes such as Death Game, Battle Royale, Survival and Detective.

On AniList, Danganronpa: The Animation has an average score of 69%, a good score, and appears on 236,069 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Zetsubou-hen.

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?

Official synopsis from AniList.