Rumiko Takahashi's MAO Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation in Spring 2026

A TV anime adaptation of Rumik oTakahashi's ( Ranma 1/2 , Inuyasha ) dark fantasy manga series MAO is set to premiere on NHK General TV in Japan in the spring of 2026. The anime's official website and X (formerly Twitter) opened today, releasing a teaser trailer and visual. MAO Teaser Trailer Teaser visual The site also revealed the anime's four main voice cast members below: Mao voiced by Yuki Kaji (Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan ) Nanoka Kiba voiced by Natsumi Kawaida (Himari Momochi in The Demon Prince of Momochi House ) Hyakka voiced by Hiro Shimono (Zenitsu Agatsuma in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ) Kamon voiced by Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Takuma Kosugi in My Wife Has No Emotion ) Mao character visual Nanoka Kiba character visual Hyakka character visual Kamon character visual A hand-written message from Rumiko Takahashi reads: "Thank you for the anime adaptation. It is as good as I expected, the voice actors are great, and I am sure everyone will enjoy it. Please watch it!" Teruo Sato, who recently worked on the first season of Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon , a sequel to the Inuyasha anime TV series is based on Rumiko Takahashi's manga series of the same name, serves as the director of MAO at Sunrise. The main staff members of MAO include: Director: Teruo Sato Series Composition: Yuko Kakihara Character Design/ Chief Animation Director: Yoshihito Hishinuma Art Director: Hiroshi Kato, Izumi Hoki Color Design: Masumi Otsuka CG Director: Tomohiro Fujie Director of Photography: Akane Fusehara Editor: Kazuhiro Arai Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta Music: Shu Kanematsu Animation Production: Sunrise Production: "MAO Production Committee Rumiko Takahashi's original MAO manga has been serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine since May 2019, releasing 24 tankobon volumes to date. VIZ Media, which has published the manga in English, describes the synopsis of the first volume of MAO as such: Nanoka passes through a portal into the Taisho era, where exorcist Mao reluctantly rescues her from the jaws of a grotesque yokai. When Nanoka gets back to the present, she discovers she has some new, incredible abilities. She returns to the past looking for answers, only to get caught up in Mao’s investigation of a series of gruesome murders. As her questions about herself multiply, Nanoka learns that Mao is cursed by a cat demon named Byoki—and so is his sword. If anyone but Mao attempts to wield it, they are doomed. But when Mao’s life is in jeopardy, Nanoka picks up his blade and swings! Source: "MAO" TV anime official website / X (formerly Twitter) ⒸRumiko Takahashi/Shogakukan/"MAO" Production Committee

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