Dead Account

• Ja Kanji — デッドアカウント • Ja Romaji — Deddo Akaunto • Genre — * Action • Supernatural

• Type — manga • Author — Shizumu Watanabe • Publisher — Kodansha • Publisher En — Kodansha (digital) • Imprint — Shōnen Magazine Comics • Magazine — * Weekly Shōnen Magazine • (January 18 – September 6, 2023) • Magazine Pocket • (October 7, 2023 – present) • First — January 18, 2023 • Volumes — 15

• Type — tv series • Director — Keiya Saitō • Writer — Mitsutaka Hirota • Music — Keiji Inai • Studio — SynergySP • Licensee — Crunchyroll • Network — ANN (TV Asahi) • First — January 10, 2026 • Last — March 28, 2026 • Episodes — 12

• Portal — yes Dead Account is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shizumu Watanabe. It initially began serialization in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine in January 2023. It was later transferred to the Magazine Pocket website in October that same year. An anime television series adaptation produced by SynergySP aired from January to March 2026.

After his little sister is killed by an evil spirit and turned into a digital evil spirit, Soji Enishiro finds himself thrust into the modern world of exorcists, where ghosts possess the accounts of the deceased, and exorcist powers are digitized.

• Soji Enishiro: • The main protagonist. He originally uploaded controversial videos online in order to pay for his sister's hospital bills, only for her to be killed by the spirit, Sad Boy K. He now works as an exorcist to destroy Sad Boy K, and avenge his sister. Contrary to his online persona, he is actually a very kind and selfless. His cyber-kinesis takes the form of blue flames that harm ghosts, but not humans. • Kukuru Kasubata: • A short-tempered exorcist who resents flame-baiters. Originally born from a family of well-known exorcists, but he ran away due to their restrictive lifestyle, where he turned into a delinquent. He eventually returned when his mother died, but his father blamed him for her death. His cyber-kinesis ability takes the form of a giant hammer. • Kiyomi Urusugawa: • An exorcist who resents exorcists with offensive-type abilities. Her cyber-kinesis ability takes the form of a special gun that shoots a restraining slime. • Renri Hasumi: • Hiyori Haijima: • Naruhiko Emoto: • A cowardly but kind-hearted boy. He was born into an abusive household where his parents constantly argued. He was taken away by the Exorcist Academy after his cyber-kinesis, which allows him to summon barriers when he listens to music, awakens. • Yoimaru Azaki: • Dei Surugi: • Minoru Wagari • Aaron Dismuke • Eru Kusaba: • Ikko Owada: • Kiri Namekawa: • Ban Ashina:

Written and illustrated by Shizumu Watanabe, Dead Account was initially serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from January 18 to September 6, 2023. It was later transferred to the Magazine Pocket website on October 7, 2023. Its chapters have been collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes as of June 2026. The series' chapters are published in English on Kodansha's "K Manga" app.

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 13, 2025. It is produced by SynergySP and directed by Keiya Saitō, with series composition handled by Mitsutaka Hirota, and music composed by Keiji Inai. The series aired from January 10 to March 28, 2026, on the IMAnimation programming block on TV Asahi and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Dead End", performed by Haru Igarashi, while the ending theme song is 4='In the Next Life Anyway', performed by Miyu Kaneko. Crunchyroll is streaming the series. Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.

Dead Account is associated with Japan.