Mao
2026 · TV Series · TV-14 · 25 min · ★ 8.8
After surviving a deadly accident years earlier, a student is drawn into an abandoned shopping passage and suddenly finds herself in Japan’s Taishō era. There, she teams up with a mysterious fellow traveler as strange incidents spread through a village haunted by spirits, pushing her to confront fractured memories and an unsettling connection between them.
Based on Mao
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~5 hours to watch · 12 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- MAO
- Years
- 2026
- Release date
- 2026-04-04
- Network
- NHK G
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 8.8/10 (16 votes)
About
If you enjoy time-travel mysteries with ghostly threats and a gradually unfolding backstory, this series should hook you; Not for you if you want straightforward answers fast or prefer light, upbeat adventures.
Pros: eerie time-travel mystery; spooky spirit encounters; intriguing partnership | Cons: slow-burn pacing; confusing memory fragments; dark, unsettling tone
Themes
- supernatural
- based on manga
- dark fantasy
- shounen
- anime
- taisho period
- onmyōji
Cast & crew
Yuki Kaji
as Mao (voice)
Natsumi Kawaida
as Nanoka Kiba (voice)
Hiro Shimono
as Hyakka (voice)
Toshiyuki Toyonaga
as Kamon (voice)
Momoka Terasawa
Kazuyuki Okitsu
Motoko Kumai
Yoko Hikasa
Risa Shimizu
Reina Ueda
Episodes1 season · 12 episodes
Season 112 episodes
- S1E1Nanoka and Mao25mHulu
- S1E2Spider Lady25mHulu
- S1E3The Accursed25mHulu
- S1E4The Shorinkyo Incident25mHulu
- S1E5The Keystone25mHulu
- S1E6Memories of That Day25mHulu
- S1E7The New Vessel25mHulu
- S1E8Hyakka25mHulu
- S1E9Kamon25m
- S1E10Taizanfukun25m
- S1E11Episode 1125m
- S1E12Episode 12