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 18 Robot manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 18. Eiyuu Kikan
- 17. Ponkotsu Ponko
- 16. Boku to Roboko
- 15. Pluto
- 14. Hakase no Kimagure Homunculus
- 13. Boku no Tsuma wa Kanjou ga Nai
- 12. Shoujo Null
- 11. YoRHa Shinjuwan Kouka Sakusen Kiroku
- 10. Kakushite! Makina-san!!
- 9. Garan no Hime
- 8. Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
- 7. DC3
- 6. Shuumatsu Touring
- 5. Shoujogata Heiki wa Kazoku ni Naritai
- 4. Rakuen Sekai
- 3. EVANGELION: 3.0 (-120min.)
- 2. Baymax
- 1. Hoshikuzu Nina
18. Eiyuu Kikan
In a near-future where humanity stands on the edge of extinction, we turn our gaze to the stars. But in the depths of space, a new menace looms—the "Star Beasts." To combat these creatures, warriors donning mechanical armor emerge as humanity's last hope. Prepare yourself for a groundbreaking mecha action saga, where breathtaking visuals meet an expansive universe. The battle for survival starts now!
Hero Organization is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 英雄機関, Eiyuu Kikan
17. 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
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. 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
14. 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
13. 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
12. 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 has finished publishing and it has 33 Chapters. It is also Known as: 少女Null, Shoujo Null
11. YoRHa Shinjuwan Kouka Sakusen Kiroku
The distant future. Invaders from another world attack without warning, unleashing a new type of threat: weapons known as "machine lifeforms." In the face of this insurmountable threat, mankind is driven from Earth and takes refuge on the Moon.
It is the year 11941, and the long war against the machines rages on. In an attempt to break the deadlock, the Council of Humanity forms a new infantry unit of female androids: YoRHa. Deployed to the planet’s surface, these soldiers now fight to recapture Earth for the glory of mankind…
Note: Adaptation of the stage play "YoRHa" by Yoko Taro.
YoRHa: Pearl Harbor Descent Record – A NieR:Automata Story has finished publishing and it has 18 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
10. Kakushite! Makina-san!!
This risque romantic comedy story centers on Eita, an introvert mecha otaku high schooler who has a crush on the school's most popular girl Makina. When Eita finds Makina at her doorstep, he is flustered, and even more so when Makina reveals her secret: that she is a "sexaroid" robot designed for pleasure, and she is asking Eita to conduct some repairs on her discreetly. While Makina immediately tries to make a move on Eita physically, Eita struggles to contain himself, while also hiding her secret.
Kakushite! Makina-san!! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: かくして!! マキナさん！, Kakushite! Makina-san!!
9. 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
8. 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
7. DC3
DC3 has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: DC3
6. Shuumatsu Touring
Enjoy touring over the weekend (in the apocalypse)!
Touring after the Apocalypse is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 終末ツーリング, Touring the Apocalypse, World's End Touring
5. 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
4. Rakuen Sekai
A pair of space explorers return to Earth centuries after their departure.
Rakuen Sekai has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: 楽園世界, Rakuen Sekai
3. 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.)
2. Baymax
A story about two brothers and a robot, Baymax.
Set in a fictional metropolis called San Fransokyo (a portmanteau of San Francisco and Tokyo), a young robotics prodigy named Hiro Hamada and his robot Baymax uncover a criminal plot and pull together a team of inexperienced crime-fighters, including Wasabi, Honey Lemon, GoGo Tomago, and Fred to solve the mystery surrounding the crime.
Big Hero 6 has finished publishing and it has 9 Chapters. It is also Known as: ベイマックス, Baymax
1. Hoshikuzu Nina
By being dumped into garbage dump, the past record of the robot- Debris Kun (memory) has disappeared stardust (stardust). Duo encounter, the pretty high school girl Nina picked up him is not the master robot, the teacher and to be grown stardust. They lived together. This world wonder is full! Snakehead falls from the space, of monkey that conversation toy, ¥ 300 million of lottery hit, and Sugiyuku time.
"After one year, five years later, 10 years later..." every time you go through one volume, and "50 years later", time in the work is progressesive very quickly. Robot does not take the old, but human beings go quickly old. The girl grown into adult women, the surrounding environment is also changed to a more SF view of the world. Human beings are dying, but the stardust of the robot does not die. This manga, for the reader, have received the feeling of being watched the transience of the world from likely God's point of view.
The story, in God's speed, proceed to the future. "Boys and Girls", followed by "Mobile Brigade eight Fukujin", the new "time skip comedy" series of Satoshi Fukushima, it is "Stardust Nina"!
Nina Stardust has finished publishing and it has 29 Chapters. It is also Known as: 星屑ニーナ, Hoshikuzu & Nina, Hoshikuzu and Nina
