The official website of the Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen (Danganronpa 3 -The End of Hope's Peak Academy-) anime revealed additional cast members for both its "Mirai Hen" and "Zetsubō Hen" parts on Monday.

The newly-announced cast members appearing in the "Mirai Hen" part of the anime include:

Chiwa Saito as Aoi Asahina



Masaya Matsukaze as Yasuhiro Hagakure



Takako Sasuga as Monomi



Saito and Matsukaze are reprising their roles from the first Danganronpa game and anime. Sasuga is reprising her role from the Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair game.

The newly-announced cast for the Danganronpa 2 -based "Zetsubō Hen" part includes Tomokazu Sugita as Tanaka the Forbidden and Miho Arakawa as Sonia Nevermind. Both reprise their roles from the Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair game.

The website will reveal more cast members on Tuesday.

Previously announced cast members for "Mirai Hen" include:



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



Hongou previously starred in the 2014 Danganronpa The Stage ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~ stage play as Makoto Naegi.

Previously announced cast members for "Zetsubō Hen" include:

Daisuke Kishio as Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu

Kotono Mitsuishi as Peko Pekoyama

Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kazuichi Sōda

Megumi Ogata as Nagito Komaeda

Ami Koshimizu as Ibuki Mioda

Ai Kayano as Mikan Tsumiki

Yu Kobayashi as Mahiru Koizumi

Suzuko Mimori as Hiyoko Saionji

Romi Park as Akane Owari

Hiroki Yasumoto as Nekomaru Nidai

Jun Fukuyama as Teruteru Hanamura

Daisuke Kishio as Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu

Kotono Mitsuishi as Peko Pekoyama

Kanata Hongou as Ryōta Mitarai

TARAKO will replace Nobuyo Oyama in the role of mascot character Monokuma in the upcoming television anime and other installments in the franchise.

The upcoming anime series will be split into two parts: "Mirai Hen" (Future Chapter) and "Zetsubō Hen" (Despair Chapter). "Mirai Hen" will air in July, while "Zetsubō Hen" will air sometime after. "Mirai Hen" will focus on the characters from the first game installment, while the "Zetsubō Hen" will tell the story of the characters of the Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair game. The anime will illustrate what happened to the characters before the events of the game.

The television anime series will be the conclusion of the "Hope's Peak Academy" series' original story.

Kazutaka Kodaka is in charge of the original scenario concepts and overall supervision. Rui Komatsuzaki is credited with the original character designs, and Seiji Kishi is directing. Norimitsu Kaihō ( School-Live! , Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation ) is in charge of the scenario on the project, and animation studio Lerche is returning to animate the project. Kazuaki Morita and Ryoko Amisaki are designing the anime's characters. The Danganronpa Design Team is credited with the original background designs. Masafumi Takada is composing the music, and Yoshinori Terasawa is the "Otasuke Producer."

[Via Danganronpa's Twitter account]