Love Deterrence
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As someone who isn't all that into anime, I've found myself watching quite a few in the past year or so - several of them being adaptations of popular video games. Danganronpa: The Animation is my favorite series to make the game-to-anime transition, as well as one of my favorite anime series in general. (Though, I didn't start playing the game until I was about halfway through the anime.)
Danganronpa: The Animation is based on the 2010 PSP game, Danganronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair (known as Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc in North America). I feel that this animation is very true to the original game, which, in part, is why I feel it is a great series. Like the game, the anime starts off with a rather disturbing sequence, and from that moment onward... I was hooked! I would prefer not to spoil for those who have yet to play the game or watch the anime, so I'll keep my thoughts as concise as I possibly can. I will note, however, that the show moves at a fast pace, one of the common criticisms of this adaptation. That said, it never bothered me as I felt the first episode did a great job of setting up the series' unique premise. Something else I would like to point out - the soundtrack. The soundtrack, composed mostly of songs found in the game, fits the show perfectly. "Beautiful Dead," for example, I feel, is a song that delivers a fine balance of "Hope" and "Despair." Anyways, there are so many reasons as to why I love the animation (and in turn, the video game series itself), but simply put, I would recommend it to fans of the game or those who never plan on picking up the hardware required to play.
To avoid turning this into a "LTTP: Danganronpa" thread, I would like to ask you what some of your favorite (or least favorite, if you prefer) anime adaptations are! Use spoiler tags at your own discretion. ;-) Go!
Danganronpa: The Animation is based on the 2010 PSP game, Danganronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair (known as Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc in North America). I feel that this animation is very true to the original game, which, in part, is why I feel it is a great series. Like the game, the anime starts off with a rather disturbing sequence, and from that moment onward... I was hooked! I would prefer not to spoil for those who have yet to play the game or watch the anime, so I'll keep my thoughts as concise as I possibly can. I will note, however, that the show moves at a fast pace, one of the common criticisms of this adaptation. That said, it never bothered me as I felt the first episode did a great job of setting up the series' unique premise. Something else I would like to point out - the soundtrack. The soundtrack, composed mostly of songs found in the game, fits the show perfectly. "Beautiful Dead," for example, I feel, is a song that delivers a fine balance of "Hope" and "Despair." Anyways, there are so many reasons as to why I love the animation (and in turn, the video game series itself), but simply put, I would recommend it to fans of the game or those who never plan on picking up the hardware required to play.
To avoid turning this into a "LTTP: Danganronpa" thread, I would like to ask you what some of your favorite (or least favorite, if you prefer) anime adaptations are! Use spoiler tags at your own discretion. ;-) Go!
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