High school students are imprisoned with an evil robotic teddy bear name Monokuma to play a killing game. To escape, the 16 Japanese students at the elite high school of Hope’s Peak Academy must satiate Monokuma’s sadism, which includes mercilessly murdering each other. This is the plot of Dangonropa.
Sunshine City Scare features the character Celestia Ludenburg from Dangonropa: The Animation!…well, actually it’s voice actor Linsday Seidel. In honor of her appearance, we decided to give you some background info on the franchise, with the help of Florida Comic Cons.
dangonropa 101
Florida Comic Cons, a news site that covers conventions and cosplayers, recently posted a blog titled ‘Dangonropa 101‘ that gives you the basic info on the popular video game series. And below is a preview of the blog, which opines why the game falls into the category of video game horror.
the franchise
Dangonropa is a video game series so popular it birthed a franchise that includes manga, anime, and novels (not to mention tons of merch). In fact, the Dangonropa series of horror video games alone had sold 5 million copies worldwide by 2021.
why it’s video game horror
Some fans don’t consider Dangonropa to be a horror video game, though the game defines itself as such. The most common rationale is that the game lacks jump scares. But we agree with bloggers who don’t define video game horror so narrowly. “It conscientiously creeps under the player’s skin, as opposed to sloppily slapping them with a jump scare,” says Goomba Stomp in a blog titled “The Despair Inducing Horror of Dangonropa.”
Celestia ludenberg to be at sunshine city scare
video game horror lineup also includes claire redfield, alessa, Little Sister
In addition to Celestia Ludenburg from Dangonropa: The Animation, our event also features Claire Redfield from Resident Evil, Alessa from Silent Hill, and Little Sister from Bio Shock. Well, the voice actors who portray the characters will be there- Jodelle Ferland, and Lindsay Seidel!
The voice actors are part of our Video Game Horror subgenre. You can follow Sunshine City Scare on Instagram and Facebook.
Learn more about video game horror
if you’re not familiar with video game horror, check out Florida Comic Cons blog “Video Game Horror 101: Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Dangonropa, BioShock.”
The news site defines video game horror as a game that intends to disturb, frighten, or scare. Learn more in their blog.
sponsors
Sunshine City Scare 2023 is sponsored by Florida Comic Cons, a news site that covers comic, anime, sci-fi, horror, and pop culture conventions; and Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine, a free monthly magazine that spotlights cosplay throughout the state from features and interviews to photos from recent conventions; and Anime St. Pete, which is on Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at the historic Coliseum in beautiful St. Petersburg.
