The highly anticipated TV anime adaptation of Shizumu Watanabe’s Dead Account manga is officially slated for a January 2026 premiere. The announcement came alongside the release of its first promotional video, which also unveiled the primary production staff and additional cast members for the supernatural action series.
Production Team Behind the Digital Exorcism
The anime series is being produced by SynergySP, a studio known for works like Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms and Girlfriend, Girlfriend. Leading the team is director Keiya Saitō. The series composition, which dictates the overall story structure, will be handled by Mitsutaka Hirota. Fans can also look forward to the musical score composed by Keiji Inai.
Additional staff members contributing to the anime include:
- Art Directors: Seika Fujii and Saho Yamane
- Director of Photography: Haruka Serizawa
- Color Designer: Eitaro Ano
- Editor: Yusuke Ueno
Cast Members Bring Characters to Life
The Dead Account anime boasts a talented voice cast for its main characters:
- Soji Enishiro: Voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto. Enishiro is the protagonist, a high school dropout who streams as “Aoringo” to earn money for his sister’s medical bills. He awakens the power of “Denno” and enrolls in Miden Academy.
- Kukuru Kasubata: Voiced by Koki Uchiyama.
- Kiyomi Urusugawa: Voiced by Fairouz Ai.
- Renri Hasumi: Voiced by Natsuki Hanae.
- Hiyori Haishima: Voiced by Machico.
- Naruhiko Emoto: Voiced by Ryōta Suzuki.
- Yoimaru Azaki: Voiced by Takuya Satō.
What is Dead Account About?
Dead Account is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shizumu Watanabe. It began serialization in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in January 2023, before transferring to the Magazine Pocket website in October of the same year. As of June 2025, eleven tankōbon volumes have been collected. The manga is also available in English on Kodansha’s “K Manga” app.
The story delves into a modern world where “Dead Accounts”—social media profiles of the deceased—persist online due to lingering regrets, manifesting as digital ghosts known as “Bake Aka.” The narrative follows Soji Enishiro, who, after a fateful encounter, awakens a unique power and attends Miden Academy, a school dedicated to training new-age spirit mediums to exorcise these internet ghosts. The series is described as a “modern-style exorcism” battle action.
