The MAO anime, based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi, will launch its second cour with episode 14 on July 4. The production has also announced that boy group 20th Century will perform the new opening theme song for the second part of the series.
The anime premiered on April 4 on NHK General at 11:45 p.m. JST and is running for two consecutive cours without a break. International viewers can stream the series on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ in Canada, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.
Theme Songs
For the first cour, Kis-My-Ft2 performs the opening theme “HEARTLOUD,” while TRUE sings the ending theme “Juai” (Cursed Love). The second cour’s opening theme will be handled by 20th Century, a unit within the broader Kis-My-Ft2 family.
Story
When Nanoka Kiba stumbles through a portal into a supernatural version of the Taisho era, she is reluctantly saved from a grotesque yokai by the aloof exorcist MAO. Back in the present, Nanoka discovers she has gained extraordinary new abilities, and she returns to the past seeking answers — only to be drawn into MAO’s investigation of a string of gruesome murders.
She soon learns that MAO is cursed by a cat demon named Byoki, and the curse 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.
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
- Music: Shū Kanematsu (The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!)
- Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
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
About the Manga
Rumiko 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 inspired internationally acclaimed anime and live-action adaptations.
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