now: Get current season anime

API: myanimelist.net:myanimelist-api
Endpoint: /seasons/now
Response format: application/json
Auth: oauth2
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 382ms

Description

Returns currently airing anime for the present season with full details including episode count, broadcast time, studios, genres, and ratings. Use this as a convenient shortcut instead of calculating the current season manually.

From spec: Get anime currently airing in the current season.

Usage Tips

- Automatically determines current season based on date - Supports pagination with 'page' query parameter - Contains both currently airing and not-yet-aired shows for the season

Parameters (2)

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

Examples (1)

Get current season anime probe-gate

Retrieves all anime airing in the current season (Spring 2026) with full details.

curl 'https://api.jikan.moe/v4/seasons/now'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.jikan.moe/v4/seasons/now")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("myanimelist")
result = api.fetch("seasons/now")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.jikan.moe/v4/seasons/now");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 00:41:05.648244 200 382ms
2026-04-15 01:29:18.111374 200 237ms
2026-04-14 03:37:48.936820 200 330ms
2026-04-12 16:46:24.875620 200 349ms
2026-04-10 04:25:53.153474 200 215ms
2026-04-09 00:41:27.246412 200 246ms