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MAO (2026)

JapaneseSeries20261 season25 min episodesAnimation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.6/10

Eight years ago, Nanoka Kiba was saved from the wreckage of a fatal accident at Gogyō Town Shopping Center. Drawn to the abandoned passage of storefronts on her walk home from school in present day, she becomes inexplicably transported to Japan's Taishō period where she meets the mysterious Mao, a fellow traveler whose arrival at a ghost-inhabited village is simultaneous with hers. Together, they investigate the bizarre events that begin to occur around them, and Nanoka soon pieces together her broken memories of the accident and how she and Mao may have something more sinister in common.

Starring
Yuki Kaji, Natsumi Kawaida, Hiro Shimono
Music
Shu Kanematsu
First aired
2026-04-04
Status
Ended
Network
NHK G

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Cast

Yuki KajiYuki KajiMao (voice)
Natsumi KawaidaNatsumi KawaidaNanoka Kiba (voice)
Hiro ShimonoHiro ShimonoHyakka (voice)
Toshiyuki ToyonagaToshiyuki ToyonagaKamon (voice)
Momoka TerasawaMomoka Terasawa
Kazuyuki OkitsuKazuyuki Okitsu
Motoko KumaiMotoko Kumai
Yoko HikasaYoko Hikasa
Risa ShimizuRisa Shimizu
Reina UedaReina Ueda
Takashi MatsuyamaTakashi Matsuyama

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