Mao Dante

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai, influenced by Gustave Doré's illustrations of Dante's Divine Comedy. The series was created to challenge the traditional view of God as good and Devi to provoke the critics of his previous works.

During 1971, Nagai wrote the original manga, which was published in Kodansha's Bokura Magazine. The series ran from January to June, but it ended prematurely because of the magazine discontinuation. The manga was officially revived by Nagai in 2002, and during the same year, a 13-episode anime adaption was created and broadcast in Japan by AT-X. The anime was released in North America in DVD format by Geneon Entertainment in 2004 and re-released by Discotek Media in 2016.

Plot
The series tells the story of Ryo Utsugi, a student who finds himself in the body of an ancient demon known as Dante and sees himself in the middle of a conflict between God and the devils.