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Is Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden good to watch with a friend?

Easy to drop in. Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden is a TV series from Fall 2001 by Gainax Co., Ltd., Shaft Inc.: 12 episodes, about 4.8 hours in total, finished, 7.23/10 across the listing sites.

actionaliensrobots & AImanga adaptationcomedycoming of agecookingslice of life

Watching it together: easy to drop in. Slice-of-life: you can start tonight without a plan, and a missed episode does not ruin it. about 4.8 hours for the run, 6 evenings at two a night. Rule: episodic, slice-of-life, or comedy/action ≤ 26 episodes → easy to drop in.

This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.

The facts

Type
TV series
Episodes
12
Episode length
24 min
Total time
about 4.8 hours — a weekend
First aired
Fall 2001
Status
Finished
Studio
Gainax Co., Ltd., Shaft Inc.
Score
7.23/10 across the listing sites
Tags
action, aliens, robots & AI, manga adaptation, comedy, coming of age, cooking, slice of life, drama, ecchi, found family, harem, iyashikei (healing), magical girl, mecha, military, nudity, romance, romantic comedy, school, sci-fi, seinen, tragedy, violence, war

Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale.

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More like this: action · aliens · robots & AI · manga adaptation · comedy · coming of age · cooking · slice of life · drama · found family · harem · iyashikei (healing) · magical girl · mecha · military · romance · romantic comedy · school · sci-fi · seinen · tragedy · war.

Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden?
About 4.8 hours for all 12 episodes at 24 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 6 evenings.
How many episodes does Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden have?
12 episodes of 24 min.
Is Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden finished?
Yes, Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden is finished (12 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden good for a group?
Yes. Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden is tagged action, comedy, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.
Where is Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden listed?
Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden is on AniList (id 276) and MyAnimeList (id 276); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

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