Arthur Zetes is wealthy and handsome, but no strange to the greed of people. Tired of constant betrayal and attempts on his life, Arthur shuns people. Now, his closest companion is his beloved robot maid, Marie. She not only serves him dutifully, but protects him from harm.
However, Marie isn’t actually a robot. She is an actual woman—a once-prodigy in martial arts now drowning in debt—who readily accepted the position of “fake robot” maid. However, she didn’t expect that Arthur’s affection would begin to move her own heart.
She’s a robot everywhere but where it counts—Um… Everywhere. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like Mechanical Marie, head on down below.
Anime Like Mechanical Marie
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You are Ms. Servant
From a young age, Yuki was told that her only worth was as a killer. She was trained as an assassin who became renowned for her ruthlessness, efficiency, and always following orders.
However, after leaving that all behind, she arrives at the home of Hitoyoshi Yokoya, a teen boy who lives alone, and asks to be employed as his maid.
Similarities Between Mechanical Marie and You are Ms. Servant
- An ex-badass has become a maid for a boy
- She guards him, does maid things, and accompanies him to school, using her combat skills as intended and in other unique ways
- The stoic maid falls in love with him, and he with her.
Differences Between Mechanical Marie and You are Ms. Servant
- Mechanical Marie is a rather absurd and comedic, while You are Ms. Servant has more melancholy and serious moments.
- You are Ms. Servant is more about the maid learning to be human while dealing with her dark past.
- The boy doesn’t actually need protecting from anyone in You are Ms. Servant. He just took in a girl with nowhere else to go.
Mahoromatic
Although once a powerful battle robot, Mahoro is reaching the end of her operating life. If she conserves her energy, she is given just over a year to live.
So, she decides to live the rest of her life as a maid for a messy middle schooler named Suguru who lives alone after losing his parents.
Similarities Between Mechanical Marie and Mahoromatic
- A boy gets a battle robot as a maid
- The battle robot is devoted to the boy, and soon feelings begin to develop between them
- Comedic with bouts of action and romance
Differences Between Mechanical Marie and Mahoromatic
- The robot maid is actually a robot in Mahoromatic
- The boy doesn’t need protecting in Mahoromatic, but he does need a maid.
- Mahoromatic is wacky as well, but it can be a bit more serious given that the maid has a limited lifespan and is falling in love.
Kamen no Maid Guy
Fujiwara Naeka is a high school student who discovers that she is one of two surviving heirs to a wealthy tycoon that is set to inherit his fortune in a few months when she turns 18.
As such, a beautiful maid Fubiki and a burly maid named Kogarashi have been assigned to keep Naeka and her brother safe from those that seek to harm them in order to steal the fortune she is set to inherit.
Similarities Between Mechanical Marie and Kamen no Maid Guy
- A wealthy person is threatened, and the solution to that is a combat maid
- Ridiculous, overzealous, super capable combat maid with a combat background protects their master
- Master may be developing feelings for their maid
- Absurd comedy and bouts of quickly resolved action.
Differences Between Mechanical Marie and Kamen no Maid Guy
- Kamen no Maid Guy builds romance over time, and it is a much smaller element in the story.
- Kamen no Maid Guy is gender-reversed. It is a girl who is being guarded by a maid… guy.
- Kamen no Maid Guy is far sillier.
Hayate the Combat Butler
After being abandoned by his parents and working up a huge debt, Hayate Ayasaki decides to try to kidnap a girl for ransom money.
However, after feeling sorry for her and actually saving her from real kidnappers, he finds out that she is extremely rich and wants him to be her personal butler.
Similarities Between Mechanical Marie and Hayate the Combat Butler
- A wealthy person needs a bodyguard, and their answer is the waitstaff.
- A wealthy person and their servant start to fall in love
- Bouts of comedic silliness, action, and romance
Differences Between Mechanical Marie and Hayate the Combat Butler
- Hayate Combat Butler features a boy trying to kidnap a rich girl for money, saving her from other kidnappers, and ending up becoming her butler/bodyguard.
- Hayate Combat Butler features far more action, and some of it is rather serious. (But it’s still a comedy show)
UzaMaid!
After losing her mother, Misha lives with with her father. In order to care for his daughter, he hires Kamoi, formerly of the JSDF, who will now work as a housekeeper.
So begins Kamoi’s bid for Misha’s affections.
Similarities Between Mechanical Marie and UzaMaid
- A wealthy person needs a bodyguard, and their answer is a maid
- The maid is proficient in violence, and in love with her master
- Wacky comedy with bouts of action and romance
Differences Between Mechanical Marie and UzaMaid
- Uzamaid is about a female maid guarding a girl, but it’s still a romance.
- The romantic element in Uzamaid may be uncomfortable. Not because it’s two women, but because the girl is very young and the maid is very aggressive with her affections and a self-professed lolicon.
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The Duke of Death and His Maid
After being cursed by a witch as a child, any living thing that the young duke touches will wither and die. Feared by his mother, he is sent to live in a mansion in the woods.
While secluded, he is not entirely alone.
He was accompanied by his aging butler Rob as well as his maid, Alice. Despite not being able to touch him, Alice enjoys teasing the young lord and her lack of fear allows them to grow closer, eventually spurring the duke’s desire to lift his curse.
Similarities Between Mechanical Marie and The Duke of Death and His Maid
- A wealthy man stays away from other people, but really enjoys his maid
- The master and maid are in love, but they are not together
- Comedy and romantic moments, but also bouts of action and/or serious plot.
Differences Between Mechanical Marie and The Duke of Death and His Maid
- The Duke of Death and His Maid is a supernatural setting, not a modern one. The main character can’t touch living things, so he lives in seclusion.
- It quickly becomes clear that the romantic feels are mutual, they know their mutual, but because of the supernatural element, romance doesn’t progress in The Duke of Death and His Maid. Mechanical Marie just keeps them apart due to non-communication and general density.
- The Duke of Death and His Maid does actually have a pretty robust plot despite how aimless and comedic much of the first season is.
My Wife Has No Emotion
Takuma Kosugi is an office worker that lives alone. Finding it hard to keep up with household tasks, he decides to buy a secondhand housekeeping Mina model robot to cook and clean for him.
However, Takuma quickly bonds with his housekeeping Mina, and one night after too many beers, proposes that she should just become his wife. Much to his surprise, she agrees!
Taking his proposal to heart, Mina begins to act more like they are married. While human-robot relationships are still viewed as somewhat unusual, they begins to convince the people around them of their shared sincerity about their marriage.
Similarities Between Mechanical Marie and My Wife Has No Emotion
- A man gets a housekeeper robot
- The robot is amazing, and perfect, and he falls in love with her.
- The stoic housekeeper starts to develop feelings back for him
- Slice of life comedy and romance
Differences Between Mechanical Marie and My Wife Has No Emotion
- My Wife Has No Emotions is about a normal salaryman who buys a housekeeping robot who he falls in love with and makes his wife.
- The robot is actually a robot in My Wife Has No Emotions.
- My Wife Has No Emotions is more subdued slice of life and romance. It’s not a lot of wacky comedy and action like Mechanical Marie.
- My Wife Has No Emotions takes it’s unconventional relationship quite seriously.
Class President is a Maid!
Being the first female class president isn’t easy, especially when a school is still transitioning from being an all-boys school to a co-ed one. However, Misaki Ayuzawa is up to the task.
While she keeps rowdy boys in line with her martial arts, she has an embarrassing secret – she works part-time at a maid cafe to help her family.
She managed to keep her job a secret until one day the popular student Takumi Usui sees her at work. He could undo her reputation, or use her secret to get closer to her.
Similarities Between Mechanical Marie and Class President is a Maid
- A wealthy blonde boy develops an intense crush on a maid
- The capable maid develops feelings back
- Flirting in an outside of school
Differences Between Mechanical Marie and Class President is a Maid
- Class President is a Maid is about a girl who works at a maid cafe for money, the popular boy finding out, and then stalking her mercilessly until she develops feelings for him.
- Class President is a Maid is pretty standard shoujo romantic comedy.
- There isn’t any real threat to the rich boy’s life in Class President is a Maid nor is the maid so proficient at combat.
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