Mechanical Marie

Mechanical Marie (Japanese: 機械じかけのマリー, Hepburn: Kikaijikake no Marī) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aki Akimoto. It was originally a one-shot published in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine LaLa in March 2020, before being serialized in the same magazine from June 2020 to June 2023. Its chapters have been collected into six tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Zero-G and Liber is set to premiere in October 2025.

Mechanical Marie
First tankōbon volume cover
機械じかけのマリー (Kikaijikake no Marī)
Genre	Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Aki Akimoto
Published by	Hakusensha
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Imprint	Hana to Yume Comics
Magazine	LaLa
Original run	June 24, 2020 – June 23, 2023
Volumes	6
Manga
Mechanical Marie+
Written by	Aki Akimoto
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	LaLa
Original run	April 24, 2025 – present
Anime television series
Directed by	Junji Nishimura
Written by	Mariko Kunisawa
Music by	Yasuharu Takanashi Johannes Nilsson
Studio	Zero-G Liber
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	Tokyo MX, ytv, BS Fuji
Original run	October 2025 – scheduled

Characters

Marie (マリー, Marī)

Voiced by: Nao Tōyama^[2]

Arthur (アーサー, Āsā)

Voiced by: Haruki Ishiya^[2]

Marie-2 (マリー2, Marī 2)

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu^[3]

Noah (ノア, Noa)

Voiced by: Chiaki Kobayashi^[3]

Roy (ロイ, Roi)

Voiced by: Yūichirō Umehara^[4]

Maynard (メイナード, Meinādo)

Voiced by: Daishi Kajita [ja]^[4]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Aki Akimoto, Mechanical Marie was initially a one-shot published in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine on March 24, 2020.^[5] It was later serialized in the same magazine from June 24, 2020,^[1] to June 23, 2023.^[6] Six tankōbon volumes were released from December 2020 to September 2023.^[7][8] In February 2025, Yen Press announced that it licensed the series for English publication.^[9]

A sequel series, titled Mechanical Marie+ (機械じかけのマリー＋, Kikaijikake no Marī+), began serialization in LaLa on April 24, 2025.^[10]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	December 4, 2020[7]	978-4-59-222081-7	August 26, 2025[11]	979-8-85-540785-3
2	June 4, 2021[12]	978-4-59-222082-4	—	—
3	December 3, 2021[13]	978-4-59-222083-1	—	—
4	July 5, 2022[14]	978-4-59-222084-8	—	—
5	February 3, 2023[15]	978-4-59-222085-5	—	—
6	September 5, 2023[8]	978-4-59-222154-8	—	—

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 5, 2024.^[16][17] It will be produced by Zero-G and Liber and directed by Junji Nishimura, with scripts written by Mariko Kunisawa, characters designed by Yoko Kikuchi, and music composed by Yasuharu Takanashi and Johannes Nilsson.^[18][2] The series is set to premiere in October 2025 on Tokyo MX, ytv, and BS Fuji.^[19][3] Crunchyroll will stream the series.^[20]