Other anime, game and manga titles like Squid Game, Danganronpa and Gantz include: Players must go head-to-head in a battle of wits to steal their opponent’s money or face the consequences of extreme debt. Where to play: Steam, Switch, PS4, Xbox 1 and more. The Liar Game TV series and manga share the same plot: unexpected individuals are given 100 million and told they are now part of the Liar Game Tournament. Not to be confused with the third game, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, which fans debate as either a soft-reboot or set in an alternate reality-talk about confusing! There is also a completely original anime that serves as a conclusion to the series and the first two games: Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School. The first game and anime follow almost entirely the same plot, so if you’d rather play (rather than just watch) something like Squid Game, definitely pick up Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and its sequel: Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. These mysteries, along with many others, keep you on the edge of your seat. Their murderous teddy bear headmaster, Monokuma, soon informs them they cannot leave unless they kill another student and get away with it. The first series sees 16 teenagers entering a prestigious high school who have been cherry-picked based on their unique abilities. This popular battle royale game, anime and manga franchise is a peculiar mix between the detective game Ace Attorney and gruesome blockbuster Saw. They appear in front of a giant sphere known as Gantz, which tells them they must kill invading aliens until they receive enough points to be resurrected.Īlthough the protagonists aren’t playing games, the stakes are much higher than winning cash. Two friends, Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato, one day find themselves in a peculiar position: they are dead.
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Straddling the line between reality and fiction, the Gantz anime, manga and live-action movie taps into the moral and philosophical questions of what it means to be alive.