- Start
- Apr 4, 202692% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net
- End
- Sep 26, 202692% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net
MAO Premieres
- 67%average
2 sources - AniList65%
- MyAnimeList6.99/10
- Sunrise's TV anime of Rumiko Takahashi's manga Mao premiered April 4, 2026 on NHK General TV (Saturdays 23:45 JST), 26 episodes through September 26, 2026; directed by Teruo Sato[1][2][3]
- The manga has run in Weekly Shonen Sunday since May 8, 2019 (30 volumes as of August 2026; Viz Media in English)[2]
- Story: schoolgirl Nanoka Kiba passes into the Taisho era, where the onmyoji Mao, cursed by the cat demon Byoki, rescues her from a yokai; Mao is voiced by Yuuki Kaji and Nanoka by Natsumi Kawaida[1][2][3]
- Viz Media streams it on Hulu (US) and Disney+; the English dub began August 24, 2026 and a second cours is set for November[2]
- Scores 6.95 on MyAnimeList and 65% on AniList; the anime was nominated for Best Anime Series at the 6th Astra TV Awards[1][2][3]
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- [1]92%MAO Premieresmyanimelist.net· Posted Sep 19, 2026· Starts Apr 4, 2026· Ends Sep 26, 2026 ✓· 33% of score
Start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList listing.
- [2]80%Mao (manga) on Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 19, 2026· 33% of score
Wikipedia's article on the work confirms the studio, source material and the adaptation's premiere.
- [3]80%MAO on AniListanilist.co· Added Sep 19, 2026· 33% of score
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