History DeadlyGame / AnimeAndManga

* In the English translation of the manga version of ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' (original novel listed in the Literature subpage), the Program the students are forced into is apparently broadcast as a television show across Japan. In the novel and movie, only the winner is revealed to the public; how much of the game itself that gets revealed to the public is unclear. In the novel and ''real'' manga, it's ostensibly a "military experiment", so the Defense Forces of Greater East Asia will study the strategies and improvisations used by civilians under stress. Not much of the Program is revealed publicly apart from causes of death and the bloody, smiling winner; and parents are encouraged to view it as a unique form of military conscription and a patriotic duty. In the end, Sakamochi/Kitano says that this is all bullshit and the Program just a way for the dictatorship to terrorize their population into obedience.

* In the English translation of the manga version of ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' (original novel listed in the Literature subpage), the Program the students are forced into is apparently broadcast as a television show across Japan. In the novel and movie, only the winner is revealed to the public; how much of the game itself that gets revealed to the public is unclear.
** In the novel and ''real'' manga, it's ostensibly a "military experiment", so the Defense Forces of Greater East Asia will study the strategies and improvisations used by civilians under stress. Not much of the Program is revealed publicly apart from causes of death and the bloody, smiling winner; and parents are encouraged to view it as a unique form of military conscription and a patriotic duty. In the end, Sakamochi/Kitano says that this is all bullshit and the Program just a way for the dictatorship to terrorize their population into obedience.

* In ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'', Akira, along with 11 other people, become players in a game where the goal is to [[spoiler: "become the savior" of Japan]], armed with ten billion yen, a strange cell phone and a mysterious woman named Juiz who can make anything happen for a price. [[spoiler:If someone uses their money in a way that is deemed "unfit" to saving Japan, they end up dragging their feet and being too passive, or if the player runs out of money, then they are "eliminated" from the game.]] Subverted [[spoiler:when it's revealed the players aren't actually killed but have their memories erased. The Selecao that actually did die was a coincidence due to DeathByWomanScorned]].

* ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles'' case ''House of Games Murder Case'' features one, as eight people, including Hajime and Miyuki, are kidnapped by a mysterious "Game Master", who traps everyone in an AbandonedHospital and forces them to play games including a quiz, wire puzzles, and a scavenger hunt, all modified in some way to kill anyone who doesn't win (the quiz participants are hooked with bombs that will explode the loser, the wire puzzles contain keys to escape from a burning room, etc.). [[spoiler:After escaping the game, Hajime thinks back on all the stages and realizes that [[TheMole the Game Master was one of the players]], and that their manipulations, the choice of participants, and the layout of the games themselves all conspired to [[SerialKillingsSpecificTarget only kill specific people in a specific order, while sparing everyone else]].]]
* Played with in an issue of an early ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' manga by Tatsuya Shinjyouji. [[PowerTrio Kyo, Daimon and Benimaru]] have to battle [[AmazonBrigade Mai, Yuri and King]] in the streets of Osaka instead of any official KOF stadium, but in a variation it's not to save their own lives, but [[spoiler: to save Kyo's kidnapped girlfriend Yuki, locked in a hotel room that contains a time bomb.]] The only way [[spoiler: her kidnappers will tell Kyo and Co. where poor Yuki is, so they can rescue her before she's blown into smithereens]] is to have them win their fight in a certain time limit. And for worse, [[spoiler: Kyo is forced to carry a cellphone that they'll use to send him the "coordinates"... and Rugal's envoys use it to "remind" him that he and his friends are running out of time.]] They win in the end, so [[spoiler: they're given the instructions, manage to locate Yuki and then they bail her out of the room literally seconds away from the explosion, and Kyo even tackles her to the ground to shield her with his own body... but it turns out the bomb was actually a fake, and Yuki never was in life-threatening danger. The one behind the deal, KOF host Rugal Berstein, was just {{troll}}ing Kyo and Co. ForTheEvulz.]]

* Episode 8 of ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'' has the cast get forced into deadly WackyRacing by ThrillSeeker VillainOfTheWeek Sistermon Ciel, who made a DealWithTheDevil with TheGrimReaper Digimon [=MetalPhantomon=], offering the losers' lives in order to make it "more exciting". Failing to outrun it or attempting to leave before sunrise results in the losing Digimon being instantly absorbed by [=MetalPhantomon=] as a result of the MagicallyBindingContract Sistermon forced them into.
%%* The manga ''Manga/{{Doubt}}'' and its sequel ''Manga/{{Judge}}'' revolve around this.

%%* The manga ''Manga/{{Doubt}}'' and its sequel Judge revolve around this.

* In ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'', Akira, along with 11 other people, become players in a game where the goal is to [[spoiler: "become the savior" of Japan]], armed with ten billion yen, a strange cell phone and a mysterious woman named Juiz who can make anything happen for a price. [[spoiler: If someone uses their money in a way that is deemed "unfit" to saving Japan, they end up dragging their feet and being too passive, or if the player runs out of money, then they are "eliminated" from the game.]]
** Subverted [[spoiler:when it's revealed the players aren't actually killed but have their memories erased. The Selecao that actually did die was a coincidence due to DeathByWomanScorned.]]
* The manga ''Manga/{{Enigma}}''. The characters involved have to utilize their respective super powers to solve the puzzles in order to save their own lives.

* ''{{Manga/Gantz}}''. [[spoiler:It's the entire point of the game.]]
** Because the FinalBoss is [[spoiler:a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture civilization of 200-foot tall 4-eyed giants who plan on turning all of humanity into toys for their games, like fly fishing with running humans. Or fight them in even larger mecha. Or just turn them into food. The contestants are drafted to kill the entire civilization before it can conquer Earth.]]

* ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles'' case ''House of Games Murder Case'' features one, as eight people, including Hajime and Miyuki, are kidnapped by a mysterious "Game Master", who traps everyone in an AbandonedHospital and forces them to play games including a quiz, wire puzzles, and a scavenger hunt, all modified in some way to kill anyone who doesn't win (the quiz participants are hooked with bombs that will explode the loser, the wire puzzles contain keys to escape from a burning room, etc.). [[spoiler: After escaping the game, Hajime thinks back on all the stages and realizes that [[TheMole the Game Master was one of the players]], and that their manipulations, the choice of participants, and the layout of the games themselves all conspired to [[SerialKillingsSpecificTarget only kill specific people in a specific order, while sparing everyone else.]]]]
* Played with in an issue of an early ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' manga by Tatsuya Shinjyouji. [[PowerTrio Kyo, Daimon and Benimaru]] have to battle [[AmazonBrigade Mai, Yuri and King]] in the streets of Osaka instead of any official KOF stadium, but in a variation it's not to save their own lives, but [[spoiler: to save Kyo's kidnapped girlfriend Yuki, locked in a hotel room that contains a time bomb.]] The only way [[spoiler: her kidnappers will tell Kyo and Co. where poor Yuki is, so they can rescue her before she's blown into smithereens]] is to have them win their fight in a certain time limit. And for worse, [[spoiler: Kyo is forced to carry a cellphone that they'll use to send him the "coordinates"... and Rugal's envoys use it to "remind" him that he and his friends are running out of time.]] They win in the end, so [[spoiler: they're given the instructions, manage to locate Yuki and then they bail her out of the room literally seconds away from the explosion, and Kyo even tackles her to the ground to shield her with his own body... but it turns out the bomb was actually a fake, and Yuki never was in life-threatening danger. The one behind the deal, KOF host Rugal Berstein, was just {{troll}}ing Kyo and Co. ForTheEvulz. ]]

* ''Manga/RealAccount''. 10,000 people on the titular social network are summoned to cyberspace, participating in a game televised across Japan. The key to surviving is the number of followers one has on the social network, [[OhCrap so long as one has at least one follower; these followers can drop out at any time]]. Of course, that isn't a safeguard against death itself, and if one player happens to die with a positive follower count, his followers die with him. It separates itself from other "death games" by actually having the audience both be ''participants'' and ''murderers'' in its choice to stick with or leave the players.
* ''Manga/ThoughYouMayBurnToAsh'' is something of a ZigZaggedTrope. The participants are already dead, but exist within the confines of the game Kroel invited them to and will die if they lose.

* Episode 2 of ''Anime/WeissKreuz'' does this with a game of "Human Chess" that doesn't particularly resemble chess, but which does involve forcing competitors to fight one another to death.

* Along the lines of ''Liar Game'', the titular game of ''Manga/TomodachiGame'' leaves its losers with crippling debt while threatening to [[HeKnowsTooMuch kill their loved ones if they talk about it]].

* In ''Anime/JuniTaisenZodiacWar'', the titular Juni Taisen is a tournament where twelve [[EasternZodiac Eastern Zodiac-themed]] mercenaries are poisoned and pitted against each other in a battle to the death. The last one standing is granted an antidote and a wish.

* In the English translation of the manga version of ''Manga/BattleRoyale'' (original novel listed below), the Program the students are forced into is apparently broadcast as a television show across Japan. In the novel and movie, only the winner is revealed to the public; how much of the game itself that gets revealed to the public is unclear.

* ''Manga/RealAccount''. 10,000 people on the titular social network are summoned to cyberspace, participating in a game televised across Japan. The key to surviving is the number of followers one has on the social network, [[OhCrap so long as one has at least one follower; these followers can drop out at any time.]] Of course, that isn't a safeguard against death itself, and if one player happens to die with a positive follower count, his followers die with him. It separates itself from other "death games" by actually having the audience both be ''participants'' and ''murderers'' in its choice to stick with or leave the players.

* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'': you're trapped in your high school with fifteen other classmates with only one objective: to escape. Unfortunately, the only way to escape is to kill a classmate. But even killing them won't promise you safety, as getting caught during the class trial will lead to a punishment that's seen as a CruelAndUnusualDeath.

* ''{{Danganronpa}}'' a video game where you're trapped in your high school with fifteen other classmates with only one objective: to escape. Unfortunately, the only wait to escape is to kill a classmate. But even killing them won't promise you safety, as getting caught during the class trial will lead to a punishment that's seen as a [[cruelandunusualdeath]]

* ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'' starts off as a MagicalGirl-themed phone game where some players are secretly given the power to transform into their avatars. Then the MentorMascot informs them that [[BlatantLies there isn't enough magic to go around]], so from now on they'll collect "Magical Candies" by doing good deeds, and the player with the lowest total at the end of each week will be eliminated. Naturally, elimination turns out to mean death. What's more, the players soon realize that [[FromBadToWorse even if you have the lowest points, you can escape elimination if another player dies first]].

* ''Manga/Danganronpa'' a video game where you're trapped in your high school with fifteen other classmates with only one objective: to escape. Unfortunately, the only wait to escape is to kill a classmate. But even killing them won't promise you safety, as getting caught during the class trial will lead to a punishment that's seen as a [[cruelandunusualdeath]]

%%* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'' is based around this.

* The Tournament of Power from ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' has each eight universes gather a group of ten fighters to participate in an all-out Battle Royale with the loser team has their ''entire'' universe erased at the hands of [[JerkassGods Zeno]].

* Along the lines of ''Liar Game'', the titular game of ''Manga/TomodachiGame'' leaves its losers with crippling debt with the game itself becoming progressively more dangerous as the players advance.

* The titular game of ''Manga/NakaNoHitoGenomeJikkyouchuu''; or rather, the "live" version. Individual rounds aren't always dangerous (some of them, in fact, are downright silly), but it's made clear to the participants that if they don't achieve the ultimate win condition, they'll literally be playing the game until they die--and rebellion will not be taken lightly.

* Along the lines of ''Liar Game'', the titular game of ''Manga/TomodachiGame'' leaves its losers with crippling debt.

* ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' introduces its HumongousMecha battles as a 'game' where the protagonists must defend the Earth against another HumongousMecha, with the Earth being destroyed if they fail. Unfortunately the robot they pilot runs on LifeForce, [[DwindlingParty meaning every sortie kills one of them]]. [[spoiler:It later turns out the 'game' is a ladder tournament between different Earths in TheMultiverse, and every win for our protagonists has killed another Earth and all its inhabitants. As to whomever made the game? They are never revealed, and in the manga go on to start a new tournament with a new roster of pilots on another Earth.]]