Dead Mount Death Play (Anime)

Dead Mount Death Play (デッドマウント・デスプレイ Deddo Maunto Desupurei) is an anime from studio GEEKTOYS that is based on the seinen manga of the same name by Ryohgo Narita and Shinta Fujimoto. Its first cour premiered on April 10, 2023 and is available to watch on Crunchyroll. A second cour is scheduled for October 2023.

On April 21, 2023, Crunchyroll announced that it will begin streaming an English dub on April 24, Episode 3's imminent airdate.

Synopsis
It's a showdown for the ages as the legendary hero takes on the corpse god necromancer, but when the dust settles, something isn't quite right... In the final moments of their epic confrontation, the corpse god's final gambit shot was wholly unexpected -- reincarnation magic! Across space and time, a boy named Polka Shinoyama awakens feeling...not quite himself...... Who could've expected that the climactic battle between good and evil would turn out like this??

Episodes

 * Episode 01: The Reincarnation
 * Episode 02: The New World
 * Episode 03: The Necromancer
 * Episode 04: The Mad Dog
 * Episode 05: The Monster
 * Episode 06: The Firestarter
 * Episode 07: The Magician
 * Episode 08: The Assassin
 * Episode 09: The Signpost
 * Episode 10: The Emblem
 * Episode 11: The Beginning
 * Episode 12: The Sacred Place

Staff

 * Director/Series Composition Writer: Manabu Ono
 * Sub Director: Takaharu Okuma
 * Assistant Director: Yoshiki Kitai
 * Character Designer: Hisashi Abe
 * Screenplay: Manabu Ono / Yukie Sugawara / Yoriko Tomita
 * Sound Director: Takayuki Yamaguchi
 * Recording Studio: HALF H-P STUDIO
 * Music: F.M.F (Yuuki Nara, eba, Utane Utatane)
 * Animation Production: GEEKTOYS

Music
The opening [OP] and ending [ED] themes and their performers have been announced on February 24, 2023 EST and June 26, 2023 EST.


 * Opening 1: "Nero" (「ネロ」) as performed by Sou. Written, composed and arranged by Hiiragi Kirai.
 * Ending 1: "Iolite" (「アイオライト」) as performed by Inori Minase, written and composed by Mashiro Shimura, and arranged by EFFY.
 * Opening 2: "Scrap Art" (「スクラップアート」) as performed by Inori Minase. Written, composed and arranged by Shūhei Yanagidate.
 * Ending 2: "Hope" as performed by Yūma Uchida. Written, composed and arranged by Ryōsuke Tachibana and Ayato Shinozaki.

Trivia

 * Yuuki Sakakihara (Polka), Inori Minase (Misaki, ED "Iolite"), and Yuuma Uchida (Takumi) will promote the anime during a "special talk show" that will be held from 10:20 AM to 10:50 AM on March 25, 2023 at the Blue Stage during the AnimeJapan 2023 fest.