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  • NHK G

MAO

  • 2026
  • Returning Series
  • Animation · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • ~25m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.3/10

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.

Latest: Season 1 · 2026

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  1. E1. Nanoka and Mao

    Apr 4, 2026 · 25m

    Nanoka is an attuned adolescent. So when a covered shopping arcade beckons, a strange world awaits.

  2. E2. Spider Lady

    Apr 11, 2026 · 25m

    Nanoka discovers that the arcade links to the Taisho era, while Mao probes a mysterious murder case.

  3. E3. The Accursed

    Apr 18, 2026 · 25m

    Nanoka is unharmed by Mao's cursed sword. She returns to modern times to investigate an accident.

  4. E4. The Shorinkyo Incident

    Apr 25, 2026 · 25m

    Nanoka and Otoya infiltrate the Shorinkyo cult, but get trapped inside by the leader, Shoko.

  5. E5. The Keystone

    May 2, 2026 · 25m

  6. E6. Episode 6

    May 9, 2026

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