What is this genre all about? A robot is an automatically guided machine, able to do tasks on its own. Another common characteristic is that by its appearance or movements, a robot often conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own.
Not to be confused with android (human-like robot).
We present you the list of Robot manga you should read right now.
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Top 19 Robot manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 19. Boku no Tsuma wa Kanjou ga Nai
- 18. Shoujo Null
- 17. Pluto
- 16. Boku to Roboko
- 15. Ponkotsu Ponko
- 14. Garan no Hime
- 13. Class Saiyasune de Urareta Ore wa, Jitsuwa Saikyou Parameter
- 12. Shoujogata Heiki wa Kazoku ni Naritai
- 11. Fairy Tail: Happy no Daibouken
- 10. Roid
- 9. EVANGELION: 3.0 (-120min.)
- 8. Ishura: Shin Maou Sensou
- 7. Ponkotsu no Tomodachi
- 6. Mushuu
- 5. Shuumatsu Sekai no Hakoiri Musume
- 4. Hakase no Kimagure Homunculus
- 3. Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
- 2. Shin Henkei Shoujo
- 1. YoRHa Shinjuwan Kouka Sakusen Kiroku
19. Boku no Tsuma wa Kanjou ga Nai
Takuma is a single guy who does nothing but go to work and come home. Too tired to do chores, he decides to get a robot to cook and keep house. “Mina-chan” is such a good housekeeper, Takuma jokes that she should become his wife. Mina takes Takuma’s joke seriously, and slowly the two start doing more things together, like having a picnic outside. As time goes by, Takuma starts to fall for Mina, but can a human and a robot ever have an equal, loving relationship?
My Wife Has No Emotion is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 僕の妻は感情がない, Boku no Tsuma wa Kanjou ga Nai
18. Shoujo Null
With the proliferation of organic robots called Gijins, humanity is enjoying prosperity in 23rd century Tokyo. But when a young man named Riaha meets a certain Gijin, he uncovers the dark truth of the world!
Shojo Null is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 少女Null, Shoujo Null
17. Pluto
In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated...except for one very conspicuous clue - the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case - and he eventually discovers that he too, as one of the seven great robots of the world, is one of the targets.
Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka has finished publishing and it has 65 Chapters. It is also Known as: PLUTO, Pluto
16. Boku to Roboko
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 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 僕とロボコ, Roboco With Me
15. Ponkotsu Ponko
The near future, in a quiet seaside town. Yoshioka, who had recently lost his wife, just wants to spend the rest of his days in peace. However, Yoshioka's children, worried about their father's health, sent a housekeeping robot to help him. Yoshioka's quiet life is now changing.
Useless Ponko has finished publishing and it has 79 Chapters. It is also Known as: ぽんこつポン子, Ponkotsu Ponko
14. Garan no Hime
The mechanical civilization has been destroyed and the world is infested with immortal monsters called "Monotsuki". Isana, a young girl born in a remote village, wanders into an ancient ruin where her sister has disappeared and encounters an android that has no memories. Convinced that her sister is still alive, Isana gives the android the name "Hime" and together they set off on a journey to find her sister.
Princess of Cathedral is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 伽藍の姫-がらんのひめ-, Garan no Hime
13. Class Saiyasune de Urareta Ore wa, Jitsuwa Saikyou Parameter
During and school trip, the bus of the 2nd year class 3 with 32 people was summoned to another world... we were gonna be sold to become pilots of robot like magical weapons, but it looks like the values of the selling prices were decided by the values of some unknown parameter called Ludia (ルーディア)... While some classmates got high prices with parameters of 10,000 or 20,000, my parameters were actually 2... really unbelievable... but actually my parameter's value made the measuring machine's needle perform a full turn but no one noticed it... Though I had the strongest parameters... nobody bought me and was actually exchanged as an slave for two fruits.
I was Sold at the Lowest Price in my class, however, my Personal Parameter is the Most Powerful is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: クラス最安値で売られた俺は、実は最強パラメーター, Class Saiyasune de Urareta Ore wa, Jitsuwa Saikyou Parameter
12. Shoujogata Heiki wa Kazoku ni Naritai
A slice-of-life comedy about an ultimate weapon in the shape of a cute little girl named "Alma", and the two scientists who created her! These two scientific geniuses are constantly being befuddled by Alma's incisive questions and analysis of their relationship!
Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 少女型兵器は家族になりたい, Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai, Shoujo-gata Heiki wa Kazoku ni Naritai, Aruma-chan Kazoku ni Naritai, 少女型兵器<アルマちゃん>は家族になりたい
11. Fairy Tail: Happy no Daibouken
Happy of Fairy Tail was summoned to another world and became a hero! And its inhabitants aren’t human … They’re animals, with ears and tails to match! Guided by a mysterious talking heart, Happy soars through the skies of this new world, helping the friends he’s making along the way, like a cute bunny, an alluring fox, and even a dog that scares him! What is this place? And will Happy ever make it back home to Natsu and the rest of Fairy Tail?!
Fairy Tail: Happy's Great Adventure has finished publishing and it has 80 Chapters. It is also Known as: フェアリーテイル ハッピーの大冒険, FAIRY TAIL ハッピーの大冒険, Fairy Tail: Happy Adventure, Fairy Tail - Happy's Heroic Adventure
10. Roid
"I'm jealous of you..."A girl from a robot club in a wheelchair, Futagami Yui, looks up to heroes and wants to create one, so she enlists the help of an underclassman, the talented A.I. architect Kazumiya Reina, to build an android together. When it's almost finished and only the A.I. needs to be sorted out, someone kidnaps Reina. Yui curses her inability to do anything because of her legs and resolves to perform an illegal "mind copy" to save her junior...This is the log of adolescence of girls living in a world where humans and androids coexist.
Roid has finished publishing and it has 10 Chapters. It is also Known as: Roid-ロイド-, ロイド
9. EVANGELION: 3.0 (-120min.)
A prequel manga that takes place 120 minutes before Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo which was included in Eva-Extra-Extra, a booklet distributed at the theatrical release of Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time.
EVANGELION: 3.0 (-120min.) has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: EVANGELION: 3.0 (-120min.)
8. Ishura: Shin Maou Sensou
In a world after the defeat of the Demon Lord. All that are left are the Asura who have even slain the Demon Lord. A master fencer who can see the way to carve up his enemy with one glance, a lancer so fast he leaves sound behind, a raven-black adventurer who handles a legendary in each three arms, a spellbinder that can materialize his words into reality, a cruel angel that bestows instant death… The Asura of any and every conceivable race and species standing at the pinnacle of strength seeks an even stronger enemy, in order to receive the honor of being the “true hero”. All of them are the strongest, all of them a hero, but only one is worthy. The battle to determine the “True One” starts now.
Source: KADOKAWA
Ishura is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 異修羅－新魔王戦争－, Ishura: Shin Maou Sensou
7. Ponkotsu no Tomodachi
A short story about a boy whose only friend is a robot.
Ponkotsu no Tomodachi has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: ポンコツのともだち, A Piece of Garbage's Friend
6. Mushuu
We will always be together!
Mushuu has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: 無臭, Mushū, Odorless
5. Shuumatsu Sekai no Hakoiri Musume
Long after the fall of humanity, the world lies in ruin. Factions of autonomous war machines, monstrous biological weapons, and other horrors of a bygone era battle it out in the remains of the society that created them, their conflicts endless and seemingly meaningless—until, that is, a machine finds its own meaning in the form of a human child. That machine, Humanoid Mobile Weapons Unit Number Ten, develops a fiercely protective bond with the child, and soon the two of them set out on a journey together. Their mission: to search for other human survivors, to deliver the child to her people...and to enjoy the trip for all they’re worth!
Note: Chapter count includes 7 extra chapters.
Through the Viewport: Child of a Ruined World has finished publishing and it has 26 Chapters. It is also Known as: 終末世界の箱入りムスメ, Shuumatsu Sekai no Hakoirimusume, Sheltered Girl in an Apocalyptic World
4. Hakase no Kimagure Homunculus
A certain scientist uses alchemy to create a little homunculus called Ryuuchin and leaves the task of raising her with his assistant Akai...
Professor's Whimsical Homunculus has finished publishing and it has 46 Chapters. It is also Known as: ハカセの気まぐれホムンクルス, Hakase no Kimagure Homunculus
3. Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
An AI named Matsumoto appears before Vivy, the world’s first autonomous humanoid AI. Matsumoto’s mission is to rewrite history together with Vivy, in order to stop the war between AI and humans that will happen one century later.
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song has finished publishing and it has 23 Chapters. It is also Known as: Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (ヴィヴィ -フローライトアイズソング-), Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
2. Shin Henkei Shoujo
Sci-fi battle action manga about 5 high school girls: Riku, Himari, Sara, Ena, Ichika.
They are called the "Henkei Shoujo" and they completely transform into fighters, submarines and more on their fierce battle against the terrorist organization "Tartaros" that uses powerful robot weapons!
Five people head to the battlefield today to protect humanity...
New Transforming Girls is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 新変形少女, Shin Henkei Shoujo
1. YoRHa Shinjuwan Kouka Sakusen Kiroku
Adaptation of the stage play *YoRHa* by Yoko Taro, this is the story of androids fighting to reclaim Earth for humanity, and future for these androids whose only purpose is to fight.
YoRHa Pearl Harbor Descent Mission Record is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ヨルハ 真珠湾降下作戦記録, Nier Automata: YoRHa Shinjuwan Kouka Sakusen Kiroku, Yorha: Shinjuwan Kouka Sakusen Kiroku, YoRHa Pearl Harbor Descent Mission Record ヨルハ, YoRHa Stage
