

MAO
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)
Rankings
#58 highest rated of 2026
#91 most popular of 2026
#29 highest rated of SPRING 2026
Data
Format
TV
Episodes
26
Episode Duration
25 minutes
Status
RELEASING
Start Date
Mon May 04 2026
Season
SPRING 2026
Average Score
66%
Mean Score
68%
Popularity
11588
Favourites
106
Studios
Producers
Bandai Namco Filmworks
Shogakukan
NHK Enterprises
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Bandai Namco Music Live
Source
MANGA
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Romance, SupernaturalRomaji
MAO
English
MAO
Native
MAO
Synonyms
マオ
MAO หาญสู้พลิกชะตาอาถรรพณ์
External & Streaming links
Relations

SOURCE
MAO
MANGA · RELEASING
Characters

Mao
MAIN
Yuuki Kaji
JAPANESE


Nanoka Kiba
MAIN
Natsumi Kawaida
JAPANESE


Hyakka
SUPPORTING
Hiro Shimono
JAPANESE


Uozumi
SUPPORTING
Motoko Kumai
JAPANESE


Byouki
SUPPORTING
Takashi Matsuyama
JAPANESE


Kamon
SUPPORTING
Toshiyuki Toyonaga
JAPANESE


Sana
SUPPORTING
Risa Shimizu
JAPANESE


Otoya
SUPPORTING
Momoka Terasawa
JAPANESE


Shiranui
SUPPORTING
Kazuyuki Okitsu
JAPANESE


Tenko
SUPPORTING
Youko Hikasa
JAPANESE

Staff

Rumiko Takahashi
Original Creator

Hiromi Kikuta
Sound Director

Hiroshi Katou
Art Director

Yuuko Kakihara
Series Composition

Miho Karasawa
Theme Song Performance (ED)

Izumi Hoki
Art Director

Teruo Satou
Director

Yoshihito Hishinuma
Character Design

Yoshihito Hishinuma
Chief Animation Director

Akane Fushihara
Director of Photography
Status Distribution
- CURRENT
6000 Users
- PLANNING
5056 Users
- COMPLETED
18 Users
- DROPPED
403 Users
- PAUSED
111 Users

















