MAO (TV)
Themes:
amnesia,
demons,
ghosts,
gore,
historical,
monsters,
mythology,
onmyouji,
Taisho era,
time travel
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
Nanoka survived a car accident that killed her parents when she was young. Her only memory was a mysterious burning shopping street that didn't match any official reports. Years later, rumors of ghosts, she returns to the site and is transported back to early 20th-century Japan. Where she encounters a mysterious man named Mao, claiming that Nanoka isn't human, but an ayakashi (demon).
Watch Mao on:
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Hulu
Running time:
23 minutes
Vintage:
2026-04-04
Opening Theme:
"HEARTLOUD" by Kis-My-Ft2
Ending Theme:
"Juai" (呪愛) by TRUE
Official website:
TVアニメ『MAO』公式サイト (Japanese)
Reviews:
News:
Press Release:
AnimeManga Explosion MAO Anime & Manga Special (Mar 20, 2026)
Other article:
The Spring 2026 Anime Preview Guide - MAO (Apr 5, 2026)
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Director: Teruo Sato Series Composition: Yūko Kakihara Music: Shū Kanematsu Original creator: Rumiko Takahashi Character Design: Yoshihito Hishinuma Chief Animation Director: Yoshihito Hishinuma Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta Cgi Director: Tomohiro Fujie Director of Photography: Akane Fushihara Executive producer: Aya Iishi (NHK Enterprises) Hiroyuki Kikugawa (Bandai Namco Filmworks) Takuji Yamada (Shogakukan) Producer: Hisakazu Naka (Bandai Namco Filmworks) Makito Saoda (Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions) Shūhō Kondō (Shogakukan) Takuko Kigaku (NHK Enterprises) Tomoko Yamada (Bandai Namco Music Live) Yūri Itō (Bandai Namco Filmworks) Assistant producer: Arisa Takase Chief Producer: Eiji Shimamura (Shogakukan) Ryota Ozaki (Bandai Namco Filmworks) Yūsuke Fujisawa (Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions) Color design: Masumi Ōtsuka Editing: Kazuhiro Nii Music producer: Shunsuke Matsuda Planning: Haruhito Nakayoshi (Bandai Namco Filmworks) Kunihito Takazawa (Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions) Manabu Kuroda (Bandai Namco Music Live) Masahiro Nojima (NHK Enterprises) Mitsuru Saitō (Shogakukan) Planning Cooperation: Naohiro Ogata Soundtrack Music Production Cooperation: Daisuke Mizuta | 2nd Key Animation: A-Real (ep 1) animocaramel (eps 1-3) Bones Animation Dept. (eps 1-3) Brain's Base (ep 3) diomedéa (eps 2-3) Hadashi Pro (ep 2) Mouse (ep 3) Nakamura Production (ep 4) PRA (ep 2) Snow Light Staff (ep 4) Studio Gimlet (eps 1, 4) studio maf (ep 3) Sunrise Animation Juku (eps 1-2) Animation Production: Sunrise Background Art: Atelier PLATZ (eps 2-3) GKV Studio Makaria (ep 4) PEEC Animation (eps 2-3) Totonyan (eps 1-3) Broadcaster: NHK Finish Animation: FAI International (ep 4) GK Sales (ep 1) Grain (ep 2) Hybrid Labo (ep 1) M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 1, 3) Nippon Animation (ep 2) OLM Asia (ep 2) One Order (ep 4) Seven Seas (ep 1) Shuka (OP) Studio BUS (OP) Studio Elle (eps 1-3) Studio Tokoro (eps 1, 3) Triple A (ep 1) Wish (OP; ED; ep 3) In-Between Animation: Actas (OP; eps 2-3) animocaramel (OP) Asahi Production (ep 3) Bandai Namco Pictures Creative Room (ep 2) ENGI (ep 1) FAI International (ep 4) Hybrid Labo (ep 1) Kagura (ep 2) Lay-duce (ep 1) M.S.J Musashino Production (OP) Nippon Animation (ep 2) OLM Asia (eps 1-3) One Order (ep 4) Passione (ep 1) PRA (ep 1) R.I.C (ep 1) Shuka (OP; ED; ep 3) Snow Light Staff (ep 1) Studio BUS (OP) Studio Dub Saigon (ep 2) Studio Gimlet (eps 1, 3) Studio Lings (ep 1) studio maf (eps 1-2) Studio PaTHoS (ep 1) Studio Tokoro (eps 1-3) Yokohama Animation Lab (eps 1-2) Yumeta Company (ep 1) Production: Bandai Namco Filmworks Bandai Namco Music Live NHK Enterprises Shogakukan Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Production Cooperation: Studio KAI (ep 4) | |||
Natsumi Kawaida as Yūki Kaji as Hiro Shimono as Kazuyuki Okitsu as Momoka Terasawa as Motoko Kumai as Reina Ueda as Risa Shimizu as Takashi Matsuyama as Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Yōko Hikasa as Ayaka Nanase as Chinatsu Hirose as Genta Nakamura as Hana Tamegai as Haruka Minami as Haruka Shiraishi as Kanehira Yamamoto as Kōichi Sōma as Marina Inoue as Masahide Yamaguchi as Miki Natsutani as Mitsuru Ogata as Ryō Sugisaki as Ryūho Nagaoka as Seirō Ogino as Takako Tanaka as Yoshimi Mitsui as Yuka Maruyama as Yūka Nakatsukasa as Yūki Ishikari as Yūko Nagashima as Yumi Hino as Yūsuke Sasaki as | ||||
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Translation: Judith Zamora (Spain dub) | Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub) | |||
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