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Dead Mount Death Play
Dead Mount Death Play
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Dead Mount Death Play

6.8 / 10
2023
1 season
24 episodes
AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

As a legendary hero nears victory against a necromancer known as The Corpse God, things take an unexpected turn with the dark sorcerer’s final gambit—reincarnation magic. This last-ditch effort catches the brave fighter off guard, and now he’s a boy named Polka Shinoyama in a whole new world! The showdown between good and evil just got epic.

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Cast

Yuki Sakakihara

Inori Minase

Yuma Uchida

Takuya Eguchi

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Atsumi Tanezaki

Rumi Okubo

Ikumi Hasegawa

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Katsuyuki Konishi

Yu Serizawa

Aoi Ichikawa

Seasons

  • The Reincarnation

    1.The Reincarnation

    8.5
    11-04-202324m

    A legendary necromancer known as the Corpse God is finally slain by a hero—only to wake up in the body of Polka Shinoyama, a newly assassinated boy in present-day Tokyo. Can the so...

  • The New World

    2.The New World

    7.8
    18-04-202324m

    Polka scrambles to get his bearings while facing off against his would-be killer's colleagues. Is this the prelude to a new fight for survival or the start of an unlikely friendshi...

  • The Necromancer

    3.The Necromancer

    8.0
    25-04-202324m

    Polka is settling into his new life when a man arrives begging Misaki to save him from gangsters. Polka sends her with him, but the job isn't what it seems. Meanwhile, other factio...

  • The Mad Dog

    4.The Mad Dog

    7.7
    02-05-202324m

    Polka's recent activities have caught the eye of a police unit dedicated to hunting down the most bizarre and seemingly superhuman offenders. To a peace-seeking necromancer, these...

  • The Monster

    5.The Monster

    7.8
    09-05-202324m

    Just when he thought the cops were bad enough, Polka comes face to face with Lemmings, Shinjuku's most legendary criminal. Will Polka reveal his necromancy to save his new friends?...

  • The Firestarter

    6.The Firestarter

    8.2
    16-05-202324m

    Keeping his promise to a ghost, Polka returns to his family's mansion with Misaki in tow. Can the necromancer fool the people who know the real Polka best? And can he save them fro...

  • The Magician

    7.The Magician

    8.0
    23-05-202324m

    The Shinoyama family is out of danger, but the Corpse God still needs to explain himself to Polka's father, Rozan! How will the gruff tycoon react to his youngest son's fate? Meanw...

  • The Assassin

    8.The Assassin

    7.8
    30-05-202324m

    Polka is about to resume business as usual when he gets two unexpected houseguests: his niece Sayo and her bodyguard! Do the pair just need a place to crash, or is something more s...

  • The Signpost

    9.The Signpost

    8.1
    06-06-202324m

    Inspector Iwanome pressures Polka into reading his fortune. What does the inspector hope to gain, and what will he do when the reading dredges up secrets from his past? Meanwhile,...

  • The Emblem

    10.The Emblem

    8.1
    13-06-202324m

    Solitaire fills the skies of Shinjuku with blimps—all marked with the emblem of the Corpse God's home country! What is a symbol from another world doing in modern Japan, and who wi...

  • The Beginning

    11.The Beginning

    8.1
    20-06-202324m

    While everyone scrambles to discover the secret of the emblem, Polka receives an unexpected visitor. The modern world's most dangerous individuals are starting to realize that the...

  • The Sacred Place

    12.The Sacred Place

    8.3
    27-06-202324m

    As a string of criminals, cops, and assassins converge on his building, the Corpse God finally decides to take action. How far will the necromancer go to defend his new home? And w...

  • The Invaders

    13.The Invaders

    7.7
    10-10-202324m

    Polka's magical rampage has drawn even more unwanted attention to his new home. As if thrill-seeking magicians and underworld hitmen weren't bad enough, he now has a shrewd reporte...

  • The Corpse

    14.The Corpse

    8.2
    17-10-202324m

    Fortune telling for a reporter is interrupted by a police raid on Polka's building, and the necromancer could find himself on the wrong end of a frame-up. Does he have a new enemy,...

  • The Vampire

    15.The Vampire

    9.3
    24-10-202324m

    One group of police officers leave empty-handed, but Polka and co. can't rest easy just yet—Inspector Iwanome is back for answers. The duo who tried to frame them hasn't given up,...

  • The Fake

    16.The Fake

    8.0
    31-10-202324m

    Misaki and Xiaoyu team up to take on Momoya. But are even the two of them together a match for this gangly member of the Agakura clan? Meanwhile, Iwanome gets a phone call from his...

  • The Matriarch

    17.The Matriarch

    7.8
    07-11-202324m

    One Agakura assassin didn't go down easy, and now the head of the clan has come to settle the score. How will Xiaoyu cope with this face from his past? And how will Iwanome and Ara...

  • The Revenge

    18.The Revenge

    8.4
    14-11-202324m

    Iwanome unmasks the traitor in the Metropolitan Police, but subduing them won't be easy—and he isn't the only one out for payback. An enigmatic new arrival may make things unexpect...

  • The Friends

    19.The Friends

    7.5
    21-11-202324m

    A surprise visit from an old friend prompts the Corpse God to rethink how he fits into his new world. His first step? An overdue confrontation with Xiaoyu. Meanwhile, Iwanome, Clar...

  • The Visitors

    20.The Visitors

    7.8
    28-11-202324m

    The mysterious Civil visits the Corpse God to have his fortune told, and the encounter surprises both of them. The necromancer draws a step closer to the traces of his old world, b...

  • The Spirit

    21.The Spirit

    7.8
    05-12-202324m

    A fight between a Shinoyama enforcer and Civil's bodyguard brings an abrupt end to the mysterious visitor's interview with the Corpse God. But will he really leave in peace? Meanwh...

  • The Karma

    22.The Karma

    7.8
    12-12-202324m

    Civil confronts Solitaire, hoping to provoke a confrontation with the Fire-Breathing Bug, but he may get his wish sooner than he planned. Meanwhile, the Corpse God plots a rescue m...

  • The Declaration

    23.The Declaration

    7.8
    19-12-202324m

    The day of the showdown arrives. The Corpse God and friends prepare to rescue the real Polka while other forces maneuver in the shadows. But a surprise visit from the kidnapper him...

  • The Shinjuku War

    24.The Shinjuku War

    7.5
    26-12-202324m

    The Corpse God prepares to sacrifice himself to stop Civil, but his new friends have other ideas. Rescuing Polka's soul and regaining any shot at a peace will take two lifetimes wo...

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