MAO
MAO
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 26 episodes, ready to binge.
- Format
- TV
- Season
- Spring 2026
- Studio
- Sunrise
- Based on
- Manga
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Started
- 4 Apr 2026
- Ended
- 26 Sep 2026
- Score
- 66/100
Drama Mystery Romance Supernatural Historical Demons Time Manipulation Youkai Shounen Male Protagonist Isekai Exorcism
A curse that binds past and present. Mao, a young mystic who lives in the Taisho period of early 1900s Japan, is a mysterious onmyoji who, after suffering a life-altering curse, has continued to live for nine hundred long years. His world becomes even stranger when he meets Nanoka Kiba, a junior high schooler who seems to have traveled from the future. In spite of her tender years, Nanoka has lived a strange life herself, marked by her traumatic experience as a young child losing both her parents to a grisly accident. But when Nanoka decides to return to that fateful shopping arcade, she is transported to another time and place - a world where supernatural ayakashi thrive in an era long before her own. There she meets Mao, whose abrupt and bizarre question prompts Nanoka to see herself and her curious life in a completely new light. Now the two travelers from different worlds unite as they take on the dark powers that grip both their lives. (Source: VIZ Media, Hulu, edited)
Where to watch
Hulu ↗ Bilibili TV ↗ YouTube ↗ Amazon Prime Video ↗ Bandai Channel ↗ iQ ↗ Trailer ↗
Source material
Mao ↗ · MAO
Manga · Still publishing · 2019
Read it officially: BookWalker ↗
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Teruo Sato
- Original creator
- Rumiko Takahashi
- Series Composition
- Yūko Kakihara
- Script
- Mitsutaka Hirota, Hiroko Kanasugi, Yūko Kakihara
- Character Design
- Yoshihito Hishinuma
- Music
- Shū Kanematsu
- Art Director
- Hiroshi Katō, Izumi Hoki
- Sound Director
- Hiromi Kikuta
- Chief Animation Director
- Yoshihito Hishinuma
Japanese voice cast
- Funa Uozumi: Motoko Kumai
- Daigo: Katsuyuki Konishi
- Natsuno: Rie Kugimiya
- Byōki: Takashi Matsuyama
- Hyakka: Hiro Shimono
- Kamon: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
- Sana: Risa Shimizu
- Mao: Yūki Kaji
Latest news
- 5 Jul 2026 MAO Anime's English Dub Debuts on August 24
- 27 Jun 2026 MAO Anime Previews 2nd Part, New Theme Songs in Video
- 26 Jun 2026 MAO Anime Announces More Cast for 2nd Part
- 18 Jun 2026 MAO Anime Announces 2nd Part Opening Song by Boy Group 20th Century
- 28 May 2026 Astra Awards Nominate Witch Hat Atelier, Dandelion, Sakamoto Days, JoJo Part 7, MAO, Rooster Fighter for Best Anime
Anime News Network readers rate it 6.6/10 (26 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Mao
摩緒
Voiced by Yuuki Kaji
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Nanoka Kiba
黄葉菜花
Voiced by Natsumi Kawaida
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Otoya
乙弥
Voiced by Momoka Terasawa
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Sayoko
小夜子
Voiced by Haruka Shiraishi
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Yoriko
依子
Voiced by Takako Tanaka
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Sougen
宗玄
Voiced by Seirou Ogino
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Airing data from AniList. Last updated 25 Oct 2026.