anime: Search anime

API: jikan.moe:myanimelist-api-via-jikan
Endpoint: /anime
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 441ms

Description

Search for anime by title or filter by various criteria. Returns a paginated list of anime matching the query.

Parameters (7)

genre (string, query, optional)

Filter by genre ID(s), comma separated

limit (integer, query, optional, default: 25)

Number of results per page (max 25)

Constraints: {'maximum': 25}

page (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Page number for pagination

q (string, query, optional)

Search query string (anime title)

rating (string, query, optional)

Filter by age rating

Constraints: {'enum': ['g', 'pg', 'pg13', 'r17', 'r', 'rx']}

status (string, query, optional)

Filter by airing status

Constraints: {'enum': ['airing', 'complete', 'upcoming']}

type (string, query, optional)

Filter by anime type

Constraints: {'enum': ['tv', 'movie', 'ova', 'special', 'ona', 'music']}

Examples (1)

Search anime openapi-spec
curl 'https://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime?q=naruto&genre=1%2C2'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime",
    params={
        'q': 'naruto',
        'genre': '1,2',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("jikan")
result = api.fetch("anime", q="naruto", genre="1,2")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime?q=naruto&genre=1%2C2");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

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2026-04-16 00:44:09.390856 200 441ms
2026-04-15 00:11:18.335651 504 199ms
2026-04-14 01:04:18.999063 200 346ms
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2026-04-09 00:55:15.463704 200 380ms
2026-04-08 02:16:45.032131 200 366ms
2026-04-07 01:13:48.996456 200 376ms
2026-04-06 05:56:36.849353 200 489ms
2026-04-05 14:39:17.023792 200 487ms
2026-04-05 00:40:38.094037 200 452ms
2026-04-04 02:55:05.665747 200 352ms
2026-04-03 12:21:45.404953 200 698ms
2026-03-30 02:06:48.369650 200 366ms
2026-03-29 13:22:28.042842 200 332ms
2026-03-23 09:45:52.840766 200 330ms