Blumhouse interested in Danganronpa adaptation - documents reveal company's plans

There has been no official announcement yet, but fans have a reason to discuss.

A Danganronpa series might be in the works. Reddit user Effective_Bee_6661 discovered a record in the U.S. Copyright Office database about an agreement between Spike Chunsoft and Blumhouse TV — the television division of the company known for "The Purge" and the Five Nights at Freddy's adaptation.

According to the document, Spike Chunsoft and Blumhouse TV entered into an option agreement related to the rights for Danganronpa on December 14, 2022. It was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office on June 4, 2024. This means Blumhouse was considering an adaptation several years ago, but no official announcement has followed. Whether the company still maintains interest in the project or if plans have changed since then is currently unknown.

For Danganronpa, this would not be the first attempt to go beyond games. The franchise already has an anime adaptation, "Danganronpa: The Animation," and its creator, Kazutaka Kodaka, has also worked on other animated projects. In particular, he conceived the original story for the cyberpunk action series "Akudama Drive" and the initial concept for Tribe Nine. Whether Kodaka will be involved in a possible Blumhouse series is currently unknown.