

16 students trapped in a killing game — and someone's doing murders in 2D-to-3D chaos.
Theatrical play based on the Danganronpa video game as performed at Nippon Seinenkan on October 30, 2014.
Direction
Akira Ishida crams game mechanics into live staging
Production
Monokuma costume puppetry deserves its own credit
Acting
Kanata Hongo's Everyman panic vs Ozawa's ice prince

Director
Akira Ishida
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kanata Hongo played Ryoma in live-action Prince of Tennis — this is his second iconic adaptation.
2.5D stage adaptations exploded in 2010s Japan; this codified how visual novels translate to physical space.
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