Inuyasha Author’s Latest Manga Now Has An Anime

On July 14, 2025, it was announced that Mao, the newest manga from Rumiko Takahashi, the author of Inuyasha, Urusei Yatsura, and Ranma 1/2, will finally be adapted into an anime.

This has been set up since the major announcement last December 24, 2024.

Alongside the trailer came a key visual featuring the eponymous protagonist, voiced by Yuji Kaji, most famous for his role as Eren Jaeger, the protagonist of Attack on Titan, and had voiced Mao in the promotion video back in 2021.

The studio that will produce the adaptation is Sunrise, which is also the studio that adapted Inuyasha and its sequel, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon.

It also happens that the anime will be directed by Teruo Sato, the series director of Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon and a regular episode director for the Inuyasha anime, meaning the creative team has a clear understanding of Takahashi’s vision.

Sunrise is also famous as the studio that adapted Cowboy Bebop, Code Geass, and Gintama.

The Mao anime will premiere in Spring 2026.

About Mao

Mao is a manga written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi (Inuyasha, Urusei Yatsura, and Ranma 1/2) for Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday beginning May 8, 2019, reach 24 volumes.

Mao is the story of a girl named Nanoka Kiba time-leaping to early 20th Century Taisho Era Japan where she teams-up with a cursed exorcist Mao as they search for the cat demon that placed the curse upon him.

Source: Twitter

Rumiko Takahashi’s “MAO” TV Anime Officially Announced!

Date: Spring 2026
Animation Studio: Sunrise

Supernatural Action by the crearor of Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura about a girl who time-leaps to Taisho era Japan to help a cursed exorcist find a demonpic.twitter.com/nzCmSIIJoE

— Manga Mogura RE (Anime & Manga News) (@MangaMoguraRE) July 14, 2025

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