is a Japanese

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

series written and illustrated by Aki Akimoto. It was originally a one-shot published in

Hakusensha is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company mainly publishes manga magazines and is involved in series' productions in their games, original video animation, music, and their animated TV series. The com ...

's manga magazine ''

LaLa ''LaLa'' is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Hakusensha on the 24th of each month. The magazine's bonus contents are usually calendars for New Year issues, drama CDs, and so on. In a 2006 survey conducted by Oricon, Japanese girls ...

'' in March 2020, before being serialized in the same magazine from June 2020 to June 2023. Its chapters have been collected into six volumes. An

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

television series adaptation produced by Zero-G and

Liber In Religion in ancient Rome, ancient Roman religion and Roman mythology, mythology, Liber ( , ; "the free one"), also known as Liber Pater ("the free Father"), was a god of viticulture and wine, male fertility and freedom. He was a patron de ...

is set to premiere in Q4 2025.

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Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Aki Akimoto, ''Mechanical Marie'' was initially a one-shot published in

's ''

'' magazine on March 24, 2020. It was later serialized in the same magazine from June 24, 2020, to June 23, 2023. Six volumes were released from December 2020 to September 2023. In February 2025,

Yen Press Yen Press is an American manga, graphic novel and light novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. It published '' Yen Plus'', a monthly comic anthology, between 2008 and 2013. In addition to translated material, ...

announced that it licensed the series for English publication. A sequel series, titled , began serialization in ''LaLa'' on April 24, 2025.

Volumes

Anime

television series adaptation was announced on August 5, 2024. It will be produced by Zero-G and

and directed by

Junji Nishimura is a Japanese anime director and producer currently residing in Karatsu, Saga. After graduating from Meiji Gakuin University in 1980, Nishimura entered into the anime studio Nishiko Production. Nishimura had his first job as a producer for '' Ba ...

, with scripts written by Mariko Kunisawa, characters designed by Yoko Kikuchi, and music composed by Yasuharu Takanashi and Johannes Nilsson. The series is set to premiere in Q4 2025.

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