{"id":496058,"date":"2026-06-26T05:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/496058\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T05:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:28:08","slug":"mao-anime-announces-more-cast-for-2nd-part-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/496058\/","title":{"rendered":"MAO Anime Announces More Cast for 2nd Part – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The official website for Sunrise<\/a>‘s television anime<\/a> based on the MAO<\/a> manga by Rumiko Takahashi<\/a> unveiled a new visual and more cast members for the anime’s second part on Friday.<\/p>\n

\"mao-2cour-kv2\"Image via MAO anime’s website<\/a><\/p>\n

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The new cast members include:<\/p>\n

Takuya Sat\u014d<\/a> as Hakubi, an onmy\u014dji of metal and MAO’s former fellow disciple<\/p>\n

\"hakubi\"Image via MAO anime’s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rie Kugimiya<\/a> as Natsuno, an onmy\u014dji of earth and MAO’s former fellow disciple<\/p>\n

\"natsuno\"Image via MAO anime’s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n

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Katsuyuki Konishi<\/a> as Daigo, an onmy\u014dji of earth and MAO’s former fellow disciple<\/p>\n

\"daigo\"Image via MAO anime’s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tasuku Kaito<\/a> as Soma Kagami,\u00a0the second son of the Kagami family<\/p>\n

\"somakagami\"Image via MAO anime’s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n

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Shino Shimoji<\/a> as Kagari Hosho,\u00a0the daughter of the Kagami family<\/p>\n

\"kagarihosho\"Image via MAO anime’s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n

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In addition, the site revealed a new visual of Yurako (seen below), who is voiced by Reina Ueda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"yurako\"Image via MAO anime’s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n

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The site also streamed the clean version of the second half’s opening credits sequence, which features the opening theme\u00a0song<\/a> “Bokura ga Uwagaki suru Sekai” (The World We Overwrite) by the boy group 20th Century<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"thm-202603010725505627\"Image via Mao anime’s website<\/a><\/p>\n

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The second cours<\/a> of the MAO anime will start with its 14th episode on July 4. <\/p>\n

The anime debuted<\/a> on April 4 on the NHK<\/a>-General channel on April 4 at 11:45 p.m. (10:45 a.m. EST) and will run for two continuous cours without breaks. Hulu<\/a> is streaming<\/a> the anime in U.S., and on Disney+<\/a> in Canada, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

The cast members are:<\/p>\n

The staff members are:<\/p>\n

Boy band Kis-My-Ft2<\/a> performs the first opening theme song “HEARTLOUD,” and TRUE<\/a> performs the ending theme song “Juai” (Cursed Love).<\/p>\n

Viz publishes the manga in English, and it describes the “era-spanning supernatural adventure” story:<\/p>\n

When Nanoka travels back in time to a supernatural early 20th Century, she gets recruited by aloof exorcist MAO. What is the thread of fate that connects them? Together, they seek answers…and kick some demon butt along the way!<\/p>\n

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\u2014and 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!<\/p>\n

Takahashi launched<\/a> the manga in Shogakukan<\/a>‘s Weekly Shonen Sunday<\/a> magazine in May 2019. Shogakukan published the 29th compiled book volume on June 18. Viz began publishing<\/a> the manga in 2021.<\/p>\n

In her career of over three decades, Takahashi has created manga such as Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku<\/a>, Mermaid Saga<\/a>, Rumic Theater<\/a>, Ranma 1\/2<\/a>, One-Pound Gospel<\/a>, and InuYasha. Many of her works have become internationally popular and inspired<\/a> anime and<\/a> live-action adaptations.<\/p>\n

Sources: MAO anime’s\u00a0website<\/a>,\u00a0Comic Natalie<\/a><\/p>\n

Disclosure: Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. (Sunrise) is a non-controlling, minority shareholder in Anime News Network Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The official website for Sunrise‘s television anime based on the MAO manga by Rumiko Takahashi unveiled a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-496058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}