What is this genre all about? A maid is a female employed in domestic service. They usually wear uniforms. Since their nature is to be obedient and serve their goshujin-sama (master), they are one of the most desired types of women in Japan, a dream of every Japanese man, particularly otaku. Often seen in so-called Maid Cafes in Akihabara, where male customers can for a little time enjoy the feeling of being served by a woman. The male gender opposite is the butler.
We present you the list of Maid anime you should watch right now.
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Top 18 Maid anime you should watch right now. [2024 List]
- 18. Kimi wa Meido-sama.
- 17. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
- 16. Megami no Café Terrace 2nd Season
- 15. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon
- 14. Undead Girl Murder Farce
- 13. Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
- 12. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon S
- 11. Megami no Café Terrace
- 10. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next
- 9. Akiba Maid Sensou
- 8. Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid
- 7. Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid Season 2
- 6. Ladies versus Butlers!
- 5. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: Valentine, Soshite Onsen! - Amari Kitai Shinaide Kudasai
- 4. Boku to Roboco
- 3. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon S: Mini Dra
- 2. Saikin Yatotta Maid ga Ayashii
- 1. Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties
18. Kimi wa Meido-sama.
This is the story of a maid who is all alone in the world, but who finally finds a family.
Told from young that her only worth is as a killer, Yuki had known nothing else except cold efficiency and following orders. Now that she has a chance to leave her past behind, she arrives at the doorstep of Hitoyoshi Yokoya, asking to be employed… as a maid?! Thus begins the journey of a former assassin learning what it means to be ‘normal’!
You Are Ms. Servant is currently airing and will have 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 君は冥土様。, Kimi wa Meido-sama.
17. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she’s sold as a lowly servant to the emperor’s palace. But she wasn’t meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she’s making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!
The Apothecary Diaries has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: 薬屋のひとりごと, Drugstore Soliloquy
16. Megami no Café Terrace 2nd Season
The second season of Megami no Café Terrace.
The Familia Café Terrace opens once again, with rival restaurants opening right next door!
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses Season 2 has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 女神のカフェテラス 第２期, Megami no Café Terrace 2nd Season
15. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon
Miss Kobayashi is your average office worker who lives a boring life, alone in her small apartment–until she saves the life of a female dragon in distress. The dragon, named Tohru, has the ability to magically transform into an adorable human girl (albeit with horns and a long tail!), who will do anything to pay off her debt of gratitude, whether Miss Kobayashi likes it or not. With a very persistent and amorous dragon as a roommate, nothing comes easy, and Miss Kobayashi’s normal life is about to go off the deep end!
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 小林さんちのメイドラゴン, The maid dragon of Kobayashi-san
14. Undead Girl Murder Farce
The 19th century — a world inhabited by vampires, golems, werewolves and other paranormal creatures. Immortal beauty and disembodied head Aya Rindo, along with half-human-half-demon "Demon Killer" Tsugaru Shunichi and her loyal maid Shizuku Hasei, travels through Europe as supernatural detective "The Cage User," solving supernatural mysteries while she searches for her lost body.
Undead Murder Farce has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: アンデッドガール・マーダーファルス, Undead Girl Murder Farce
13. Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
Being the first female student council president isn't easy, especially when your school just transitioned from an all boys high school to a co-ed one. Aptly nicknamed "Demon President" by the boys for her strict disciplinary style, Misaki Ayuzawa is not afraid to use her mastery of Aikido techniques to cast judgment onto the hordes of misbehaving boys and defend the girls at Seika High School.
Yet even the perfect Ayuzawa has an embarrassing secret—she works part-time as a maid at a maid café to help her struggling family pay the bills. She has managed to keep her job hidden from her fellow students and maintained her flawless image as a stellar student until one day, Takumi Usui, the most popular boy in school, walks into the maid café. He could destroy her reputation with her secret... or he could twist the student council president around his little finger and use her secret as an opportunity to get closer to her.
Maid Sama! has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: 会長はメイド様!, Class President is a Maid!
12. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon S
A strange turn of events leads the Dragon, Tohru, to work as Miss Kobayashi's maid. She occasionally (that's a lie, she often) causes trouble for her beloved Miss Kobayashi while blending into human society and splendidly (that's a lie, only mediocrely) carrying out her maid duties. Her fellow dragons, Kanna, Lucoa, Fafnir, and Elma all find their own places to fit in as well and enjoy interspecies interactions with the humans. Yet while they're all enjoying that laid-back and occasionally turbulent left, the threat of a new Dragon swoops down upon Miss Kobayashi.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 小林さんちのメイドラゴン S, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Super Supreme Second Life, The maid dragon of Kobayashi-san 2
11. Megami no Café Terrace
Hayato Kasukabe has been accepted to Tokyo U on his first try. Receiving news of his grandmother's death, he returns to his childhood home, Café Terrace Familia, for the first time in three years to find five strange girls there who claim to be "Grandma's Family"! Hayato's unexpected life in a seaside town with these five girls of fate begins here!
Goddess Café Terrace has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 女神のカフェテラス, The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
10. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next
The Neighbor's Club—a club founded for the purpose of making friends, where misfortunate boys and girls with few friends live out their regrettable lives.
Although Yozora Mikazuki faced a certain incident at the end of summer, the daily life of the Neighbor's Club goes on as usual. A strange nun, members of the student council and other new faces make an appearance, causing Kodaka Hasegawa's life to grow even busier.
While they all enjoy going to the amusement park, playing games, celebrating birthdays, and challenging the "school festival"—a symbol of the school life normal people live—the relations amongst the members slowly begins to change...
Let the next stage begin, on this unfortunate coming-of-age love comedy!!
Haganai: I don't have many friends NEXT has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 僕は友達が少ない NEXT, Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai 2nd Season
9. Akiba Maid Sensou
Akihabara is the center of the universe for the coolest hobbies and quirkiest amusements. In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves there with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA the Pig Hut. But adjusting to life in bustling Akihabara isn’t as easy as serving tea and delighting customers. Paired with the dour Ranko who never seems to smile, Nagomi must do her best to elevate the Pig Hut over all other maid cafés vying for top ranking. Along the way she’ll slice out a place for herself amid the frills and thrills of life at the Pig Hut. Just when Nagomi’s dreams are within her grasp, she discovers not everything is as it seems amid the maid cafés of Akihabara.
Akiba Maid War has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: アキバ冥途戦争, Akiba Maid Sensou
8. Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid
In a large mansion lives a boy, an aristocrat who was cursed by the witch to "let everything he touches die." With him is his maid Alice, who besides serving him, likes to tease him. The boy who is interested in her doesn't mind the teasing, but not being able to touch her is painful!
If they are unable to hold hands, how will their love ever bloom?
The Duke of Death and His Maid has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド, Young Master the Grim Reaper and the Black Maid
7. Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid Season 2
The second season of Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid.
The duke, full of love and kindness, treads carefully around every living being, be it a tender flower or his seductive maid, Alice Lendrott. Were it not for the devotion Alice shows him and the fondness that grows ever stronger between them, the duke would have barely paid heed to his mother's demand: to either lift the dreadful curse placed upon him or lose his family inheritance. Although the duke has no greed for riches, he yearns to be rid of his frightful powers—which cause all he touches to die—for the sake of those closest to him.
As the duke, Alice, and their friends enjoy spirited days filled with the ridiculous affairs of the supernatural, the spring deadline looms heavily over them. Nonetheless, the duke refuses to take any shortcuts in this endeavor if it means betraying the trust of his cherished friends.
The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 2 has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド (続編), Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid Season 2
6. Ladies versus Butlers!
Hino Akiharu lost his parents when he was small and was adopted into his uncle's family. He didn't want to be a burden on his uncle's family and decides to enter a free boarding school as a butler, Hakureiryou high school. However, his delinquent boy-like appearance frightens the girls, who make up the majority of the students. Unable to get along with the classmates, Akiharu meets his childhood crush Saikyou Tomomi.
Ladies versus Butlers! has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: れでぃ×ばと!, Ladies vs. Butlers!, Redei x Bato
5. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: Valentine, Soshite Onsen! - Amari Kitai Shinaide Kudasai
Unaired episode included with the volume 7 BD/DVD release of Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid OVA has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 小林さんちのメイドラゴン バレンタイン, そして温泉! (あまり期待しないでください), Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon Episode 14
4. Boku to Roboco
The year is 20XX... A time when every household owns cute maid robots known as OrderMaids. Average grade-schooler Bondo dreams of having his very own robot. But what he got was... Unable to compute!!! Life is gonna get a whole lot weirder when Roboco, the most powerful clumsy maid ever created, shows up at his door!
Me & Roboco has finished airing and it has 28 Episodes. It is also Known as: 僕とロボコ, Boku to Roboco
3. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon S: Mini Dra
Short episodes of silliness leading up to the relase of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
Note: This entry's total count includes episodes 1-13 + the 3 SP episodes that will release during the second season's run.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S Short Animation Series has finished airing and it has 16 Episodes. It is also Known as: 小林さんちのメイドラゴンＳミニドラ, Mini Dragon
2. Saikin Yatotta Maid ga Ayashii
There’s something really strange about the maid I just hired! No normal person could be so beautiful, or cook such amazingly delicious food, or know exactly what I want before I even ask. She must be using magic—right, a spell is the only thing that can explain why my chest feels so tight whenever I look at her. I swear, I’m going to get to the bottom of what makes this maid so...mysterious!
The Maid I Recently Hired is Mysterious has finished airing and it has 11 Episodes. It is also Known as: 最近雇ったメイドが怪しい, Saikin Yatotta Maid ga Ayashii
1. Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties
Taking place after the events that occurred in Hayate no Gotoku! Can't Take My Eyes off You. Hayate, Nagi and Maria return to their daily lives at the Sanzenin Mansion and the Violet Mansion.
Hayate the Combat Butler! Cuties has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ハヤテのごとく！ Cuties, Hayate no Gotoku! (2013)
