MAO (TV)

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Genres: action, supernatural
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).
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Running time: 23 minutes
Vintage: 2026-04-04
Opening Theme:
#1: "HEARTLOUD" by Kis-My-Ft2
#2: "Bokura ga Uwagaki suru Sekai" (僕らが上書きする世界) by 20th Century
Ending Theme:
#1: "Juai" (呪愛) by TRUE
#2: "Tayutau" (揺蕩う) by Reina Ueda
Official website:
TVアニメ『MAO』公式サイト (Japanese)
Reviews: Show:
MAO ‒ Episode 14 (Jul 7, 2026)
MAO ‒ Episode 13 (Jun 30, 2026)
MAO ‒ Episode 12 (Jun 24, 2026)
MAO ‒ Episodes 10-11 (Jun 16, 2026)
MAO ‒ Episode 9 (Jun 2, 2026)
MAO ‒ Episode 8 (May 27, 2026)
MAO ‒ Episode 7 (May 19, 2026)
MAO ‒ Episodes 5-6 (May 12, 2026)
MAO ‒ Episode 4 (Apr 28, 2026)
MAO ‒ Episodes 1-3 (Apr 21, 2026)
MAO (Apr 20, 2026)
News: Show:
MAO Anime's English Dub Debuts on August 24 (Jul 4, 2026)
MAO Anime Previews 2nd Part, New Theme Songs in Video (Jun 27, 2026)
MAO Anime Announces More Cast for 2nd Part (Jun 25, 2026)
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MAO Anime Announces 2nd Part Opening Song by Boy Group 20th Century (Jun 18, 2026)
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MAO Anime's New Video Unveils More Cast, Half-Year Run, April 4 Debut (Mar 2, 2026)
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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Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Director: Teruo Sato
Series Composition: Yūko Kakihara
Music: Shū Kanematsu
Original creator: Rumiko Takahashi
Character Design: Yoshihito Hishinuma
Art Director:
Hiroshi Katō
Izumi Hoki
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
Original Work Cooperation:
Kazunori Ōshima
Kenta Ōtsuka
Satori Okamoto
Original Work Publicity:
Minoru Suginaka
Naoki Kaneko (金子直樹)
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
Strings Arrangement: Naoki Tani (ED Theme Song 2)
Theme Song Arrangement:
John Kanda (ED1)
Kengo Minamida (OP1)
MHRJ (OP2)
Taiyō Makino (ED2)
Theme Song Composition:
John Kanda (ED1)
Kengo Minamida (OP1)
MHRJ (OP2)
Taiyō Makino (ED2)
Theme Song Cooperation:
Kenichirō Kimura
Shiori Sekimoto
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aira Yūki (ED2)
MHRJ (OP2)
Miho Karasawa (ED1)
Sarari Matsubara (OP1)
Theme Song Performance:
20th Century (OP2)
Kis-My-Ft2 (OP1)
Reina Ueda (ED2)
TRUE (ED1)
2nd Key Animation:
A-Real (ep 1)
animocaramel (eps 1-3, 6)
Bones Animation Dept. (eps 1-3)
Brain's Base (ep 3)
diomedéa (eps 2-3, 6)
Hadashi Pro (eps 2, 6)
Kamiiru Animation Studio (ep 7)
Mouse (ep 3)
Nakamura Production (ep 4)
PRA (ep 2)
RadPlus (ep 7)
Snow Light Staff (ep 4)
Studio Gimlet (eps 1, 4, 6)
Studio Lings (eps 5-6, 8)
studio maf (eps 3, 7)
Studio Massket (ep 5)
STUDIO SEKAI (ep 7)
Sunrise Animation Juku (eps 1-2, 5)
Team Harada (ep 6)
Animation Production: Sunrise
Background Art:
Atelier PLATZ (eps 2-3, 6)
GKV Studio (eps 4-5, 8)
Makaria (eps 4-5, 8)
Nam Hai (eps 6-7)
PEEC Animation (eps 2-3, 6)
Totonyan (eps 1-3, 6-7)
Broadcaster: NHK
Finish Animation:
FAI International (eps 4, 7)
GK Sales (eps 1, 7)
Grain (ep 2)
Hybrid Labo (ep 1)
Kamiiru Animation Studio (ep 7)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 1, 3, 5)
Nippon Animation (ep 2)
OLM Asia (ep 2)
One Order (ep 4)
RadPlus (ep 7)
Seven Seas (ep 1)
Shuka (OP)
Stella (ep 7)
Studio BUS (OP; eps 5, 7)
Studio Elle (eps 1-3, 7)
Studio Gram (ep 7)
Studio Lings (ep 8)
Studio Tokoro (eps 1, 3, 5)
Triple A (ep 1)
Wish (OP; ED; eps 3, 6)
In-Between Animation:
Actas (OP; eps 2-3)
animocaramel (OP; ep 6)
Asahi Production (eps 3, 6)
AXsiZ (ep 6)
Bandai Namco Pictures Creative Room (ep 2)
ENGI (ep 1)
FAI International (eps 4, 7)
GK Sales (ep 7)
Hybrid Labo (ep 1)
Kagura (ep 2)
Kamiiru Animation Studio (ep 7)
Lay-duce (ep 1)
Lu Laforte (ep 6)
M.S.J Musashino Production (OP; eps 5-6)
Magic Bus Kyoto Studio (ep 6)
Nippon Animation (ep 2)
OLM Asia (eps 1-3, 5-6)
One Order (ep 4)
Passione (ep 1)
PRA (ep 1)
R.I.C (ep 1)
RadPlus (ep 7)
Revival (ep 6)
Seven Arcs (ep 6)
Seven Seas (ep 6)
Shuka (OP; ED; eps 3, 6)
Snow Light Staff (eps 1, 6)
Studio BUS (OP; eps 5, 7)
Studio CL (eps 6-7)
Studio Dub Saigon (ep 2)
Studio Gimlet (eps 1, 3, 6)
Studio Gram (ep 7)
Studio Lings (eps 1, 8)
studio maf (eps 1-2, 7)
Studio Massket (ep 6)
Studio PaTHoS (ep 1)
Studio Tokoro (eps 1-3, 5-6)
Sunrise Animation Juku (eps 6-7)
Wao World (ep 7)
Yokohama Animation Lab (eps 1-2)
Yumeta Company (ep 1)
Zone (ep 6)
In-between Check: studio maf (ep 4)
Key Animation:
Bones Animation Dept. (ep 5)
Hadashi Pro (ep 7)
Kamiiru Animation Studio (ep 7)
Studio KAI (ep 4)
studio maf (ep 7)
Sunrise Animation Juku (eps 3, 5-7)
Line Test:
DEFA
GK Sales
R.I.C
Seven Seas
Studio Massket
Online Editing: IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services
Photography:
Asahi Production
Asura Film
MADBOX
Production:
Bandai Namco Filmworks
Bandai Namco Music Live
NHK Enterprises
Shogakukan
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Production Assistant:
Studio Lings (ep 8)
studio maf (ep 7)
Production Cooperation:
Studio KAI (ep 4)
Studio Lings (ep 8)
studio maf (ep 7)
Japanese cast
Natsumi Kawaida as Nanoka Kiba
Yūki Kaji as Mao

Hiro Shimono as Hyakka
Katsuyuki Konishi as Daigo
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Shiranui
Momoka Terasawa as Otoya
Motoko Kumai as Funa Uozumi
Reina Ueda as Yurako
Rie Kugimiya as Natsuno
Risa Shimizu as Sana
Shino Shimoji as Kagari Hosho
Takashi Matsuyama as Byōki
Takuya Satō as Hakubi
Tasuku Kaito as Soma Kagami
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kamon
Yōko Hikasa as Tenko

Akemi Satō as Shigeru's Mother (ep 11)
Ayaka Nanase as Yui Nakagawa (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 9-10
)
Chihiro Ibuki as
Mother Raccoon Demon (ep 3)
TV Announcer (ep 1)
Chinatsu Hirose as Student (ep 1)
Daichi Hayashi as Superhuman Strength Demon (ep 7)
Emiri Suyama as Masago (ep 12)
Genta Nakamura as Emergency Personnel (ep 1)
Gō Shinomiya as Miyako's Father (ep 11)
Hana Tamegai as Hitomi (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9-10
)
Haruka Minami as Haruka (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9-10
)
Haruka Shiraishi as Sayoko (eps 2-3)
Hiroki Matsukawa as Customer (ep 14)
Jun Inoue as
Car Driver (ep 2)
Cult Member (ep 3)
Disaster Victim (ep 8)
Emergency Personnel (ep 1)
Issunboshi (ep 7)
Japanese History Teacher (ep 10)
Soldier (ep 14)
Student (ep 5)
Townspeople (ep 6)
Undead (ep 4)
Kanehira Yamamoto as Viscount (ep 2)
Kenichi Mine as Catfish Demon Man (ep 7)
Kōichi Sōma as Bear Yokai (ep 1)
Kōji Seki as Disaster Victim (ep 8)
Kotori Koiwai as Miyako (ep 11)
Marina Inoue as Shōko (eps 3-4)
Masahide Yamaguchi as
Customer (ep 14)
Disciple (ep 12)
Newspaper Seller (ep 2)
Raccoon Man (eps 7, 9)
Sailor (ep 10)
Yoshifusa (ep 13)
Masaki Terasoma as Master Mikageya (eps 7-9, 12-13)
Miki Natsutani as
Female Believer (ep 4)
Mother (ep 6)
People Providing Meals (ep 8)
Physical Education Teacher (ep 1)
Snake Girl (eps 7, 9)
Woman (ep 5)
Mitsuaki Kanuka as Mokufu (eps 10-13)
Mitsuki Nakae as Nun (ep 5)
Mitsuru Ogata as Grandpa (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-7, 9, 13
)
Ryō Sugisaki as Yamamoto (eps 3-4)
Ryūho Nagaoka as Shiraha (7 episodes
eps 3, 5-8, 10, 12
)
Sachiko Okada as
Resident (ep 9)
Shopkeeper (ep 6)
Saki Kobari as Homeroom Teacher (ep 6)
Satoshi Taki as Gentleman (ep 12)
Seirō Ogino as Sogen (eps 3-4)
Shinji Kawada as Tanehiko Ibaraki (eps 8-9)
Shinmei Hashimoto as Shibari Kitazō (ep 13)
Shinya Takahashi as
Butler (ep 11)
Gentleman (ep 14)
Shōya Ishige as Mizuchi (eps 11-12)
Sōshirō Hori as Sailor (ep 10)
Suzuko Hara as Shigeru's Sister (ep 11)
Taiki Yamashita as Believer (ep 4)
Takako Tanaka as Yoriko (eps 3-4)
Takayuki Nakatsukasa as Customer (ep 14)
Uko Tachibana as Old Nun (ep 5)
Yoshimi Mitsui as
Innkeeper (eps 10-11)
Neighborhood Nanny (ep 3)
Yuka Maruyama as
Daughter (ep 3)
Female Believer (ep 4)
Yūka Nakatsukasa as Mantis Yokai (ep 1)
Yūki Ishikari as Emergency Personnel (ep 1)
Yūki Tamai as Townspeople (ep 6)
Yūko Nagashima as Spider Woman (ep 2)
Yumi Hara as Nanohana's Mother (ep 6)
Yumi Hino as
Mother (ep 3)
Undead (ep 4)
Yuri Komagata as Beniko (eps 10-12)
Yūsei Takanaka as Butler (ep 14)
Yūsuke Sasaki as
Boar Demon (ep 5)
Carpenter (ep 13)
Cult Member (ep 3)
Disaster Victim (ep 8)
Frog Man (ep 10)
Master (eps 7, 9)
Police Officer (ep 4)
The Owner of the Mansion (ep 14)
Townspeople (ep 6)
English companies
English staff
(none)
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Internet Streaming:
Disney+ (Canada, Australia and New Zealand)
Hulu (USA)
Licensed by: Viz Media (United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand)
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
Proofreading:
Mathieu Lachassagne (ep 1)
Prisca Rydzinski (eps 2-5, 7-10)
Sarah Courchay (ep 6)
Spotting: Elouan Tapounie (ep 1)
Subtitles Translator:
Aloïs Siblisth (eps 1-7)
André Namèche (ep 8)
(none)
French companies
Broadcaster: Mangas
Internet Streaming: Animation Digital Network
Subtitles: JSICMF
Spanish companies
Spanish staff
Translation: Judith Zamora (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming:
Anime Box (Spain)
Disney+ (Latin America)
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain)
Viz Media (Latin America)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor:
Anime Factory
Plaion Pictures
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
Subtitling: Anja Truong
(none)
German companies
(none)
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