The official website for Sunrise’s television anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi‘s MAO manga has released a new promotional video and announced the theme song details for the series’ second cour.
Reina Ueda performs the new ending theme “Tayutau” (Swaying), while idol group 20th Century handles the new opening theme “Bokura ga Uwagaki suru Sekai” (The World We Overwrite). The newly released promo video previews both tracks.
The second cour launches with episode 14 on July 4, running without a break from the first cour. The anime originally premiered on April 4 on NHK-General at 11:45 p.m. JST.
Story
When Nanoka stumbles through a portal into a supernatural Taisho-era Japan, she is reluctantly saved from a grotesque yokai by the aloof exorcist MAO. Back in the present, she discovers she has gained extraordinary new abilities, prompting her to return to the past for answers — only to become entangled in MAO’s investigation of a string of gruesome murders.
She also learns that MAO is cursed by a cat demon named Byoki, a curse that extends to his sword: anyone other than MAO who wields it is doomed. But when MAO’s life hangs in the balance, Nanoka grabs the blade and swings.
Cast
- Yūki Kaji as MAO
- Natsumi Kawaida as Nanoka Kiba
- Hiro Shimono as Hyakka
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kamon
- Momoka Terasawa as Otoya
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Shiranui
- Motoko Kumai as FUNA Uozumi
- Yōko Hikasa as Tenko
- Risa Shimizu as Sana
- Reina Ueda as Yurako
- Takashi Matsuyama as Byōki
Staff
- Director: Teruo Sato (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, Aikatsu Stars!)
- Series Script Supervisor: Yūko Kakihara (Urusei Yatsura 2022, Aikatsu Friends!, Cells at Work!)
- Character Designer / Chief Animation Director: Yoshihito Hishinuma (InuYasha, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon)
- Art Directors: Hiroshi Katō, Izumi Hoki
- Color Key Artist: Masumi Ōtsuka
- CG Director: Tomohiro Fujie
- Compositing Director of Photography: Akane Fushihara
- Editing: Kazuhiro Nii
- Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
- Music: Shū Kanematsu (The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!)
First Cour Theme Songs
Boy band Kis-My-Ft2 performed the first opening theme “HEARTLOUD,” and TRUE performed the first ending theme “Juai” (Cursed Love).
About the Manga
Takahashi launched the MAO manga in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday in May 2019. The 29th compiled volume was released on June 18. Viz Media has been publishing the English edition since 2021.
Over a career spanning more than three decades, Takahashi has created beloved series including Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2, and InuYasha, many of which have been adapted into anime and live-action productions worldwide.
The anime streams on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ in Canada, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.
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