During an Anime Expo 2025 panel, Yomiuri TV unveiled a trailer for the upcoming anime adaptation of Aki Akimoto’s Mechanical Marie (Kikaijikake no Marie) manga. The trailer revealed additional cast members and confirmed the anime’s October premiere.
Check out the trailer below:
The cast and staff for the anime includes:
Cast
- Nao Tōyama as Marie
- Haruki Ishiya as Arthur
- Ami Koshimizu as Marie-2 (new)
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Noah (new)
Staff
- Director: Junji Nishimura
- Animation Production: Zero-G and Lieber
- Series Scripts: Mariko Kunisawa
- Character Design: Yōko Kikuchi
- Music: Yasuharu Takanashi
Akimoto’s Mechanical Marie manga was released as a one-shot in Hakusensha’s LaLa shojo manga magazine in March 2020, and then serialized there from June 2020 to June 2023. Yen Press is licensing the manga and will release the first volume in August 2025.
Pony Canyon describes the upcoming anime as follows:
“Finally complete. Meet Marie, the mechanical maid.” Once a genius martial artist, Marie is a human girl who now hides her identity and works undercover as a “mechanical maid” in the mansion of Arthur, the heir to a powerful conglomerate who despises humans.
—If her true identity is discovered, it’s instant execution!? Taking advantage of her naturally expressionless face, Marie flawlessly fulfills her duties as a “mechanical maid” while secretly protecting Arthur from the assassins constantly targeting his life. But things get complicated when the smitten Arthur, who dotes on Marie, comes dangerously close to discovering her secret! Every day is a nerve-wracking mix of thrills and close calls!
A maid pretending to be a machine × A misanthropic heir. A heartwarming romcom filled with laughter and tears begins! What starts as a lie between master and servant gradually blossoms into an unexpected romance.
