Mao (2026)

Adventure · Animation · Fantasy

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.

IMDb rating: 6.9 (301 votes)
Episode average: 8.5 +1.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Hulu
Language: JA
Type: TV series

Rating trend: this show's seasons do not settle into one shape. Rising Shows ranks whole shows by the shape of their rating trend rather than one average score, which is how you find a show that got better rather than a show that started well.

Browse shows by rating shape → Open in Rising Shows app → View on IMDb

Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2026)

8.48 avg 26 episodes 7.8 → 8.8

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Nanoka to Mao	7.8	116
2	Kumo Onna	8.8	86
3	Norowareshi Mono	8.2	69
4	Shôrinkyô Jiken	8.5	65
5	Kaname Ishi	8.5	59
6	Ano Hi no Kioku	8.9	63
7	Atarashii Utsuwa	8.3	52
8	Hyakka	8.4	47
9	Kamon	8.0	43
10	Taizanfukun	8.5	43
11	Chi no Majiwari	8.2	45
12	Mizu no Jutsusha	8.1	38
13	Byoki	8.2	36
14	Tekkamen	8.7	32
15	Shiranui	8.7	29
16	Hakubi	8.8	29
17	Maogui	8.5	28
18	Natsuno	8.9	29
19	Kaitei no Yashiro	8.5	29
20	Sana no Shinzou	8.5	25
21	Souma	8.7	28
22	Sutemi	8.9	24
23	Yoruaruku Kanja	8.2	19
24	Murashibai no Ichiza	8.5	20
25	Yuuki to Rasetsu	8.5	17
26	Yurako no Sekai	8.8	13