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Jikan

Unofficial MyAnimeList data as a keyless REST API

🌸 AnimeHEALTHYchecked 2h ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Jikan mirrors MyAnimeList's public pages into a clean, keyless JSON API covering anime, manga, characters, and more. Query by ID or search and get rich metadata like scores, episode counts, and airing status. Data is cached and read-only; MyAnimeList owns the underlying content.

94HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 94 · healthy
Uptime history
99.02%90 days
100%30 days
524P50 · ms
950P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 82 ms, slowest 915 ms, most recent 148 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime/1

{
  "data": {
    "mal_id": 1,
    "url": "https://myanimelist.net/anime/1/Cowboy_Bebop",
    "title": "Cowboy Bebop",
    "type": "TV",
    "episodes": 26,
    "status": "Finished Airing",
    "year": 1998,
    "score": 8.75
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime/1"
const res = await fetch("https://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime/1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime/1")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 4HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /v4/anime/1524 mschecked 2h ago
GET/v4/anime/1PROBED

Anime details by MyAnimeList ID.

GET/v4/anime?q=cowboy%20bebop&limit=5

Search anime by title.

GET/v4/top/anime

Top-ranked anime list.

GET/v4/seasons/now

Anime airing in the current season.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Jikan: common questions

Is Jikan free to use?

Yes — Jikan is a free anime API. Free tier: Free, no API key. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Jikan need an API key?

No — Jikan needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (3 requests/sec, 60 requests/min (per Jikan v4 docs)).

Can I call Jikan from the browser?

Yes — Jikan returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Jikan up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Jikan is healthy with 99.02% uptime over 90 days and a 524 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.