MAO

MAO is a TV series by Sunrise that premiered in Spring 2026. It is finished airing with 26 episodes of about 25 minutes each. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural. Average AniList score: 6.6/10.

Synopsis

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)

MAO episodes

  1. Episode 1: Nanoka and Mao — aired April 4, 2026
  2. Episode 2: Spider Lady — aired April 11, 2026
  3. Episode 3: The Accursed — aired April 18, 2026
  4. Episode 4: The Shorinkyo Incident — aired April 25, 2026
  5. Episode 5: The Keystone — aired May 2, 2026
  6. Episode 6: Memories of That Day — aired May 9, 2026
  7. Episode 7: The New Vessel — aired May 16, 2026
  8. Episode 8: Hyakka — aired May 23, 2026
  9. Episode 9: Kamon — aired May 30, 2026
  10. Episode 10: Taizanfukun — aired June 6, 2026
  11. Episode 11: Blood Bond — aired June 13, 2026
  12. Episode 12: Water Sorcerer — aired June 20, 2026
  13. Episode 13: Byouki — aired June 27, 2026
  14. Episode 14: The Iron Mask — aired July 4, 2026
  15. Episode 15: Shiranui — aired July 18, 2026
  16. Episode 16: Hakubi — aired July 18, 2026
  17. Episode 17: Maogui — aired July 25, 2026
  18. Episode 18: Natsuno — aired August 1, 2026
  19. Episode 19: The Undersea Shrine — aired August 8, 2026
  20. Episode 20: Sana`s Heart — aired August 15, 2026
  21. Episode 21: Soma — aired August 22, 2026
  22. Episode 22: Risk My Life — aired August 29, 2026
  23. Episode 23: The Sleepwalking Patient — aired September 5, 2026
  24. Episode 24: Traveling Performers — aired September 12, 2026
  25. Episode 25: Ghouls and Rakshasas — aired September 19, 2026
  26. Episode 26: Yurako`s World — aired September 26, 2026

Main characters

  • Mao (Main) — voiced by Yuuki Kaji
  • Nanoka Kiba (Main) — voiced by Natsumi Kawaida
  • Otoya (Supporting) — voiced by Momoka Terasawa
  • Sayoko (Supporting) — voiced by Haruka Shiraishi
  • Yoriko (Supporting) — voiced by Takako Tanaka
  • Sougen (Supporting) — voiced by Seirou Ogino
  • Funa Uozumi (Supporting) — voiced by Motoko Kumai
  • Hyakka (Supporting) — voiced by Hiro Shimono
  • Shiraha (Supporting) — voiced by Ryuuho Nagaoka
  • Shouko (Supporting) — voiced by Marina Inoue

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Genres: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural · Season: Spring 2026