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2026- 2026

1 Seasons

26 Episodes

8.8(20 votes)

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Animation

Action & Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Mystery

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

SUNRISE

Bandai Namco Filmworks

Shogakukan

NHK Enterprises

Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions

Bandai Namco Music Live

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Yuki Kaji

Yuki Kaji

Mao (voice)

Natsumi Kawaida

Natsumi Kawaida

Nanoka Kiba (voice)

Hiro Shimono

Hiro Shimono

Hyakka (voice)

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Kamon (voice)

Momoka Terasawa

Momoka Terasawa

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Motoko Kumai

Motoko Kumai

Yoko Hikasa

Yoko Hikasa

Risa Shimizu

Risa Shimizu

Reina Ueda

Reina Ueda

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