The team behind the upcoming television anime adaptation of Shizumu Watanabe’s Dead Account manga unveiled new details in its first promotional video on Thursday, including a January 2026 release date. The video also introduced additional cast and staff members.
A key visual for the series was also revealed.
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The anime is set to premiere in January 2026, airing on TV Asahi and its affiliated networks as part of the “IMAnimation” block on Saturdays at 11:30 p.m.
New cast announcements include:
Natsuki Hanae as Renri Hasumi
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Machico as Hiyori Haijima
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Ryōta Suzuki as Maruhiko Emoto
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Takuya Satō as Yoimaru Azaki
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Keiya Saitō (Rokudo’s Bad Girls) is directing the anime at Synergy SP. Mitsutaka Hirota (Edens Zero, Rent-A-Girlfriend) is handling the series scripts, and Keiji Inai (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion) is composing the music at Nippon Columbia.
Additional staff members include:
- Art Directors: Seika Fujii, Saho Yamane (Kusanagi)
- Director of Photography: Haruka Serizawa (Asahi Production)
- Color Design: Eitarō Ano
- Editing: Yūsuke Ueno (Yanagi Editing Room)
- Sound Director: Ryōsuke Naya
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Soji Enishiro
The manga, set in a world where ghosts dwell in digital spaces, follows 15-year-old streamer Sōji Enishiro, who goes by the alias “Aoringo.” He creates provocative content online to fund his sister’s medical treatment. After encountering a ghost in the virtual world, he gains spiritual abilities and joins Miden Academy—a school for exorcists specializing in digital hauntings. The series is unrelated to Watanabe and Okushō’s earlier work, Real Account.
Watanabe launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in January 2023 before its move to Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket app in October 2023. The 11th volume was released on June 17.
Kodansha’s K MANGA service publishes the English digital version.
Previously, Watanabe and Okushō collaborated on Real Account, which serialized in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from 2014 to 2019. Kodansha USA released the English edition, alongside a novel adaptation by Ren Kanan.
A live-action film adaptation of Real Account was announced in 2018 but was canceled in March 2025 due to production issues.
News Source: Animenewsnetwork.com
