Kodaka's work also inspired staff members from the studio Pierrot in the making of an anime titled Akudama Drive. Rui Komatsuzaki's character designs became popular for cosplay. The series received many positive reviews from critics, praising the series' characters, tone, and atmosphere. The franchise became one of Spike's most successful works since they previously outsourced their works.
The series has morphed into a franchise that includes manga, anime, and novels. The original concept was rejected for being too gruesome, but it was later approved after retooling. The original scenario was written by Kodaka, who aimed to create a dark adventure game. The first game, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2010. Gameplay features a mix of adventure, visual novel, detective and dating simulator elements. 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. PlayStation Portable, Android, iOS, PlayStation Vita, Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Oneĭanganronpa ( Japanese: ダンガンロンパ) is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike).
