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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)

Names

OriginalMAO (latin)
RomajiMAO
EnglishMAO
Chinese摩绪 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known asマオ · MAO หาญสู้พลิกชะตาอาถรรพณ์

Facts

FormatTV series · 26 ep · 25 min · 11h total
Aired2026-04-04 (Spring 2026)
StatusRELEASING
StudioSunrise
SourceManga
OriginJapan (Anime)
DemographicShounen
GenresDramaMysteryRomanceSupernatural
ThemesHistoricalDemonsExorcismShounenMale ProtagonistYoukaiIsekaiPrimarily Teen Cast
StreamingHulu · Disney Plus · Bilibili TV · YouTube · Amazon Prime Video · Bandai Channel

Reception

Community score6.77 / 10
Bayesian score7.21 / 10
Composite45.1
On lists18,807
Favourited239 (1.3%)
Completion0.8%
Drop rate14.2%
In backlog45.1%
Score spread σ1.84
MyAnimeList6.99 / 10

Score distribution

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Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
Broadcast seasonSpring 2026D53 of 70
Year2026D153 of 203
StudioSunriseE204 of 254
EraMid 2020sD366 of 487
GenreMysteryD518 of 652
LengthTwo-courE592 of 699
GenreSupernaturalD929 of 1,234
DemographicShounenE1,044 of 1,219
GenreRomanceD1,221 of 1,687
Season (all years)SpringD1,342 of 1,868
GenreDramaE1,555 of 1,917
Source materialMangaD2,342 of 3,025
FormatTV seriesD2,396 of 3,322
OriginJapanD5,038 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorTeruo Satou, Hiroshi Katou, Izumi Hoki, Akane Fushihara
Series compositionYuuko Kakihara
Character designYoshihito Hishinuma
Original creatorRumiko Takahashi

AniList id 196012 · MAL id 62048 · Bangumi 570448 · record updated 2026-08-27