Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
Cover for Future (left, featuring Makoto Naegi) and Despair (featuring Hajime Hinata)
ダンガンロンパ3 –The End of 希望ヶ峰学園– (Danganronpa 3: Ji Endo obu Kibōgamine Gakuen)
Genre	Mystery,[1] horror[2]
Created by	Spike Chunsoft
Anime television series
Directed by	Seiji Kishi (chief) Daiki Fukuoka
Written by	Norimitsu Kaihō
Music by	Masafumi Takada
Studio	Lerche
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Funimation
Original network	Tokyo MX, BS11, AT-X
English network	SEA: Animax Asia
Original run	July 11, 2016 – September 29, 2016
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Super Danganronpa 2.5: Komaeda Nagito to Sekai no Hakaisha
Directed by	Seiji Kishi (chief) Daiki Fukuoka
Written by	Norimitsu Kaihō
Studio	Lerche
Released	January 12, 2017
Runtime	25 minutes

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School^[a] is a mystery horror^[2][1] 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"^[b] 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^[c] focuses on Makoto Naegi and his friends and their involvement in a killing game with the Future Foundation; and Despair Arc^[d] 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^[e], the conclusion to both previous arcs, which aired on September 29, 2016.

Writer Kazutaka Kodaka conceived of the project. He aimed to create an original storyline that would not work as another video game, unlike previous works from the franchise. Despite the dark narrative, Kodaka wanted to give the anime a proper conclusion through the one-episode finale, Hope Arc, despite being accused of pandering to the base because he intended to give it a happy ending. He and his team, working on a television series for the first time, found the project challenging. A spin-off manga, Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer, was serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine between March 2016 and May 2017. Funimation, Madman Entertainment, and Animax Asia licensed the three parts for English regions.

Critics felt that The End of Hope's Peak High School was an attractive anime sequel to the video games, based on the casting. The returning cast from the games was regarded as likeable. Future Arc and Despair Arc were the subjects of mixed reviews because, rather than the original run of the series in Japan where they aired together, Funimation marketed them separately. Some critics felt that the narrative was far darker than the video games, to the point it was hard to become attached to the new cast or returning members who die in the story. The Hope Arc finale earned positive responses for closing Makoto's and Hajime's stories. The series is often listed as one of the best from 2016.

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