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. [2026 List]
- 18. Eiyuu Kikan
- 17. Pluto
- 16. Boku to Roboko
- 15. Osana Robo to Abunai Hakase
- 14. Satsuriku Robo to Hito no Manaka
- 13. Ponkotsu Ponko
- 12. Pondroid! Hama-san
- 11. Boku no Tsuma wa Kanjou ga Nai
- 10. Sekai Saikyou no Kishi wa, Kanarazu Shinu Heroine wo Sukuu Tame Isekai demo Saikyou no Kishi to Naru: Ryoute ni Hana wo, Ryoute ni Ken wo
- 9. Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
- 8. Gigyejeungsikjeung
- 7. Shoujogata Heiki wa Kazoku ni Naritai
- 6. Zangai Shoujo, Kirakira na Sekai no Soko
- 5. Shuumatsu Touring
- 4. Kakushite! Makina-san!!
- 3. Ishura: Shin Maou Sensou
- 2. Ningen no Inai Kuni
- 1. Dorabase: Doraemon Super Baseball Gaiden
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. 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. Osana Robo to Abunai Hakase
New webcomic by the creator of Happy Happia. The story follows a perverted professor who falls in love with her creation, a young robot who truly despises her.
Osana Robo to Abunai Hakase is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 幼ロボとあぶない博士, Youjo Robot to Hentai Hakase, The Little Girl Robot and the Perverted Professor, The Young Robot and the Dangerous Professor
14. Satsuriku Robo to Hito no Manaka
For the future her parents expect of her, Yui, a high school student, spends each day with machine-like precision. But one day, she meets a fearless girl with a body that’s half robot…
Winner of the “Serialization Audition 2022” Grand Prize! A story of two girls: a girl who seems like a robot, and a robot who seems almost human.
Manaka the Human and the Slaughter Robot is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 殺戮ロボと人のマナカ, Satsuriku Robot to Hito no Manaka
13. 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
12. Pondroid! Hama-san
One day, an old man walking through town unexpectedly ends up buying a used android named “Hama-san” at a bargain price! However, despite being a military robot, she's a complete mess with tears in her eyes...!?
Jankdroid Hama-san! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ぽんドロイド！ はまさん, Ponkotsu Android Hama-san, Ponkotsu Android Hamasan
11. 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
10. Sekai Saikyou no Kishi wa, Kanarazu Shinu Heroine wo Sukuu Tame Isekai demo Saikyou no Kishi to Naru: Ryoute ni Hana wo, Ryoute ni Ken wo
He fell in love with the heroine and overturned her destiny to save her from her timely demise. Abandoned by his parents, bullied in high school, and left in solitude—a young boy named Kenya Mikazuki. At the brink of despair, he encounters a fateful meeting in his only hobby, VR gaming. He has a fateful meeting with "Kaguya" and "Reina," the heroines from the immensely popular game "Knight of Giant." The time spent with the two heroines saved him, and he was head over heels for both of them. However, in the story, one of them is destined to die... To change that fate, he dedicated his life to mastering the game and becoming the strongest in the world. Suddenly, Kenya finds himself entering the world of "Knight of Giant"?! The strongest gamer embarks on a heroic tale of becoming the strongest in another world, in order to save the heroines he fell deeply in love with. The story begins.
The Strongest Knight in the World, in an Attempt to Save the Heroines Who were Destined to Die, Decided to Become the Strongest in Another World as Well: Flowers in Both Hands, Swords in Both Hands is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 世界最強の騎士は、必ず死ぬヒロインを救うため異世界でも最強の騎士となる〜両手に花を、両手に剣を〜, Sekai Saikyou no Kishi wa, Kanarazu Shinu Heroine wo Sukuu Tame Isekai demo Saikyou no Kishi to Naru: Ryoute ni Hana wo, Ryoute ni Ken wo
9. 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
8. Gigyejeungsikjeung
Yeong-gi Han, a talented soccer prospect teenager, loses all hope when he gets into an accident and hurts his left hand. He receives a prosthetic hand through a clinical trial and soon after, has constant nightmares of machines coming to life and destroying its surroundings. In the midst of confusion, he is chased by mysterious people and as he runs for his life, a girl he’s never met saves him and acts as if she knows him well. Who is she and why is he being chased? What is happening to his surroundings?
Machine Uprising has finished publishing and it has 53 Chapters. It is also Known as: Gigyejeungsikjeung
7. 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 has finished publishing and it has 30 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
6. Zangai Shoujo, Kirakira na Sekai no Soko
A ruined world where mechanical bodies known as "Avatars" are becoming widespread. Ao, a girl living in the lower levels of the city, barely scrapes by each day working as an Avatar mechanic.
One day, in a back alley, she finds an Avatar girl named Ariadne in a battered state. Unable to just leave her be, Ao repairs her, but as soon as Ariadne wakes up, she kisses Ao and says, "Let's get married..."
Girls living at the bottom of the world. Their "everyday life" slowly begins to sparkle.
Wreckage Maiden, Sparkle, Bottom of the World. is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 残骸少女、きらきらな世界の底, Wreckage Maiden at the Bottom of a Sparkling World
5. 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
4. 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!!
3. 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
2. Ningen no Inai Kuni
Shii is the only human left in a city inhabited by nothing but machines. As she flees through the eerie streets, hunted by the sinister Triangle Head, she encounters a golem named Bulb. Can Shii survive long enough to form a friendship with this strange creature—and perhaps even change the world?
(Source Seven Seas Entertainment)
The Country Without Humans has finished publishing and it has 47 Chapters. It is also Known as: 人間のいない国, Lonely place, but I am here, A Country Without Humans, No Man's Land
1. Dorabase: Doraemon Super Baseball Gaiden
This comic follows the story of other robotic cats that form a baseball club. Though it shows Doraemon in the beginning, it doesn't focus on Doraemon itself (because Doraemon must go back to the past to help Nobita). The group is led by Kuroemon, a cat that looks like Doraemon, only it has ears and black fur. It features a lot of imaginary ability, and in the baseball game, is allowed to use up to 3 gadgets.
Dorabase: Doraemon Super Baseball Gaiden has finished publishing and it has 134 Chapters. It is also Known as: ドラベース ドラえもん超野球〈スーパーベースボール〉外伝, Dorabase: Doraemon Chouyakyuu Gaiden
