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. and Prime Video. 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
 * Episode 13: The Invaders
 * Episode 14: The Corpse
 * Episode 15: The Vampire
 * Episode 16: The Fake
 * Episode 17: The Matriarch
 * Episode 18: The Revenge

Staff

 * Director (1st cour) / Series Composition / Director Supervision (2nd cour): Manabu Ono
 * Director (2nd cour): Yoshihiro Satsuma
 * Sub Director (1st cour): Takaharu Ookuma
 * Assistant Director (1st cour): Yoshiki Kitai
 * Character Design: 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, Kana Utatane)
 * Animation Production: Geek Toys

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.