Danganronpa

Danganronpa (Japanese: ダンガンロンパ) is a 2018 American-Japanese computer-animated adventure comedy-drama film based on characters created by Spike Chunsoft. Produced by Maloing Entertainment for Paramount Pictures and directed by Tim Miller, the film was released on November 16, 2018.

Plot
Danganronpa takes place at an elite high school called Hope's Peak Academy (希望ヶ峰学園 Kibōgamine Gakuen), which accepts talented "Ultimate" students (超高校級 chō-kōkō-kyū, lit. Super High School Level) of the highest caliber in various fields each year. Makoto Naegi, a fairly optimistic but otherwise average student, is selected in a raffle and chosen to enroll into the academy as the "Ultimate Lucky Student". However, when Makoto arrives inside the Academy, he loses consciousness and wakes up locked inside the school, where he meets fourteen other newly picked Ultimate students who are in the same situation as him. A sadistic, remote-controlled bear named Monokuma appears before them, telling them they will be imprisoned in the academy for the rest of their lives, and that they will be put to death if they violate any of the schools rules. He offers only one way for students to "graduate" from the academy: murder another student and not be identified as the culprit.

Cast

 * Michael Cera as Makoto Naegi
 * Ashley Johnson as Kyoko Kirigiri
 * Zach Braff as Byakuya Togami
 * Leonardo DiCaprio as Leon Kuwata
 * Dakota Fanning as Toko Fukawa
 * Keke Palmer as Aoi Asahina
 * Lil Uzi Vert as Yasuhiro Hagakure
 * Playboi Carti as Kiyotaka Ishimaru
 * Kel Mitchell as Mondo Owada
 * Mila Kunis as Junko Enoshima
 * Seth MacFarlane as Monokuma
 * Kenan Thompson as Hifumi Yamada
 * Katie Crown as Sayaka Maizono
 * Kristen Wiig as Chihiro Fujisaki
 * Margot Robbie as Touko Fukawa
 * Jenny Slate as Sakura Ohgami
 * Scarlett Johansson as Celestia Ludenberg
 * Rebecca Forstadt as Monomi

Production
Mala Miles revealed on Twitter in late 2016 that he had a "secret project" that was written previously between 2014 and 2015.

Release
Cool Spot was released on November 16, 2018 in 2D, 3D, Dolby Cinema, and IMAX by Paramount Pictures. The film is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for ”animated action violence, rude humor, language, innuendo, and brief suggestive comments.”

Home media
Danganronpa was released on Digital HD on iTunes, Movies Anywhere, Microsoft Store, Vudu and Amazon Prime on March 5, 2019, and on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, and digital copy on March 26, 2019. The film was later released on the IMAX Enhanced format only on the FandangoNow digital service in early 2020.

Box office
Danganronpa grossed $434.3 million in the United States and Canada and $734.6 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $1.139 billion. On July 7, 2018 the film reached the $700 million mark, becoming the second Fox release of 2018 to do so after Deadpool 2.

Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 95% based on 129 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Adrian Hancock-directed version of Danganronpa offers enough visual warmth, fast-paced wit, and retro fare to earn its reputation as a rare adaptation that pleases moviegoers beyond returning fans." On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 79 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On CinemaScore, audience members gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.

Accolades
Danganronpa was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards, losing to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Sequel
In June 2020, Paramount Animation announced that work on a feature film adaptation for Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair was in the development stages. The film is set for release in 2022.