Funimation’s got the next phase of the Danganronpa franchise out as the two sequel arcs for it with The Future and The Despair landed on October 3rd, 2017. They’re coming in two separate season sets priced at $64.98 and will be bilingual in nature after getting a broadcast dub previously. Funimation now has another dub clip to check out that shows that the game has already begun!!
The series was directed by Seiji Kishi based off of composition by Norimitsu Kaihou. It’s being animated at studio LErche with Kazuaki Morita and Ryoko Amisaki serving as the character designers.
Christopher Bevins and Christian LaMonte are the ADR directors for both arcs.
The Future Arc cast includes Bryce Papenbrook as Makoto Naegi, Caitlin Glass as Kyoko Kirigiri, Felecia Angelle as Aoi Asahina, Christopher Bevins as Yasuhiro Hagakure, Greg Ayres as Monokuma, Anastasia Muñoz as Monomi, Tia Ballard as Daisaku Bandai, Chris Rager as The Great Gozu, Ian Sinclair as Juzo Sakakura, Kaiji Tang as Kohichi Kitakura, Justin Briner as Ryota Mitarai, Ricco Fajardo as Kyosuke Munakata, Jād Saxton as Ruruka Ando, Erin Fitzgerald as Seiko Kimura, Brandon McInnis as Sohnosuke Izayoi, Mark Stoddard asKazuo Tengan and Colleen Clinkenbeard as Chisa Yukizome.
The Despair Arc cast includes Colleen Clinkenbeard as Chisa Yukizome, Johnny Yong Bosch as Hajime Hinata, Todd Haberkorn as Teruteru Hanamura, Kaiji Tang as Kohichi Kitakura, Carrie Keranen as Mahiru Koizumi, Bryce Papenbrook as Nagito Komaeda, Aaron Dismuke as Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, Brina Palencia as Ibuki Mioda, Justin Briner as Ryota Mitarai, Ricco Fajardo as Kyosuke Munakata, Christine Marie Cabanos as Chiaki Nanami, Natalie Hoover as Sonia Nevermind, Patrick Seitz as Nekomaru Nidai, Morgan Garrett as Akane Owari, Clarine Harp as Peko Pekoyama, Kira Buckland as Hiyoko Saiyonji, Kyle Hebert as Kazuichi Soda, Scott Frerichs as Tanaka the Forbidden One and Stephanie Sheh as Mikan Tsumiki.
The Japanese cast includes Megumi Ogata as Makoto Naegi, Yōko Hikasa as Kyōko Kirigiri, Saki Fujita as Seiko Kimura, Inori Minase as Ruruka Andō, Takuya Eguchi as Sōnosuke Izayoi, Hidekatsu Shibata as Kazuo Tengan, Keiji Fujiwara as Kōichi Kizakura, Kanata Hongou as Ryōta Mitarai, Rie Kugimiya as Daisaku Bandai, Kenta Miyake as Great Gozu, Chiwa Saito as Aoi Asahina, Masaya Matsukaze as Yasuhiro Hagakure, Takako Sasuga as Monomi, Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kyōsuke Munakata, Mai Nakahara as Chisa Yukizome, Junichi Suwabe as Jūzō Sakakura and Minami Takayama as HajimeHinata.
The new anime adaptation will be taking place after the second game installment but it’s going to work two different seasons that focuses on different elements.
Original series concept: Hope’s Peak Academy is an elite high school that accepts only the most talented students. Individuals who successfully enroll receive their own unique titles, suitably reflective of their skills and traits. Of the fifteen candidates admitted to the peculiar school that year, Makoto Naegi is a completely ordinary individual who has been accepted by sheer chance, with the title of “Ultimate Lucky Student.”
Naegi and his fellow classmates are initially ecstatic to be chosen to study at this prestigious institution, but these feelings of happiness are short-lived. They are soon confronted by Monokuma, the principal and resident bear, who traps them inside the school. The pupils’ hopes of escape and graduation hinge on one of them successfully murdering one of their peers without being discovered. However, if the killer is caught, he or she will be executed, and the
