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ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION S4E2 — MAO Special

ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION•Season 4•Episode 2

MAO Special

Mar 22, 202628 min

This time, we're featuring MAO, the latest from manga legend Takahashi Rumiko, creator behind Urusei Yatsura, Inuyasha, and more. We share handwritten comments from Takahashi herself, offering a glimpse into the passion driving the series. Plus, we go behind the scenes of the upcoming anime

Directed byShingo Horiuchi

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Season 4 Episodes7

NEXT GENERATION PIONEER: Yamashita Shingo still

NEXT GENERATION PIONEER: Yamashita Shingo

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MAO Special

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime SPECIAL still

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime SPECIAL

Sound! Euphonium Special still

Sound! Euphonium Special

FEATURED ANIMATION ARTIST: Kameyama Yohei still

FEATURED ANIMATION ARTIST: Kameyama Yohei

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Detective Conan Special

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THE ANIME STUDIO: TOEI ANIMATION

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Masaki Takano

Sound Effects

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Natsumi Yoshida

Researcher

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Kenichi Imamura

Producer

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Masahiro Domoto

Camera Operator

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Yutaka Kitazawa

Executive Producer

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Nelson Babin-Coy

Translator

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Shingo Horiuchi

Director

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Yoshihito Kuroiwa

Executive Producer

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Tomoko Asami

Production Coordinator

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Tatsuhiro Beniko

Executive Producer

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Tatsumi Saeki

Sound

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Episode Summary

"MAO Special" is episode 2 of ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION season 4. Directed by Shingo Horiuchi, it aired on March 22, 2026.

Next: E3 · That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime SPECIAL Best of Season 4