A TV anime adaptation of the Dead Mount Death Play manga has been revealed with an April 2023 release date, teaser trailer, visual, and a commemorative illustration by the manga’s artist Shinta Fujimoto.
Manabu Ono, whose last series directorial works include Sword Art Online: War of Underworld and Sakura Wars the Animation, is the reverse isekai show’s director, series composer, and one of the scriptwriters. GEEKTOYS is the animation production company.
Takaharu Ookuma (Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater director) and Yoshiki Kitai (Tonikaku Kawaii opening director and storyboarder) are assisting Ono with directorial duties, while Hisashi Abe (Kingdom Season 3 and 4) is handling the character designs. Yuki Nara (Idoly Pride), eba (Skeleton Knight in Another World co-composer), and Kana Utatane (Akebi’s Sailor Uniform) are the music composers.
Meanwhile, the cast includes Yuuki Sakakihara as Polka Shinoyama, Inori Minase as Misaki Sakimiya, and Yuma Uchida as Takumi Kuruya.
The Dead Mount Death Play manga is written by Ryohgo Narita and published by Square Enix. It began serialization in Young Gangan in 2017. Its 10th tankoubon volume will be released on November 25, 2022.
Yen Press describes the plot as:
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??
Source: @DMDP_anime
