AniList Scraper

Scrape anime and manga from AniList.co — multi-language titles, descriptions, scores, episodes, status, genres, studios, streaming links, season + year. Powered by AniList's public GraphQL API. No login, no API key, no proxy required.

Built for anime/manga industry analytics, recommendation engines, fan-community apps, and content-aggregator backends.

What you get

Media records (recordType=anime or recordType=manga)

Field	Description
id	AniList ID
malId	MyAnimeList ID (when present)
type	ANIME or MANGA
format	TV / MOVIE / OVA / ONA / MANGA / NOVEL / etc.
status	FINISHED / RELEASING / NOT_YET_RELEASED / CANCELLED / HIATUS
titleRomaji	Romanized title
titleEnglish	Official English title
titleNative	Native (Japanese / Korean / Chinese) title
description	Plain-text synopsis
episodes	Total episode count (anime)
chapters	Total chapter count (manga)
volumes	Total volume count (manga)
episodeDuration	Per-episode duration in minutes
averageScore	Weighted score (0-100)
meanScore	Raw mean score (0-100)
popularity	Number of users with the entry on a list
favourites	Number of users who favourited it
trending	Live trending rank score
season, seasonYear	Anime season + year
startDate, endDate	Air/serialisation dates (ISO)
genres	Array of genre names
tags	Array of curated tag names
studios	Array of studio names
coverImage	High-res cover image URL
bannerImage	Banner image URL
streamingEpisodes	Array of {title, url, site, thumbnail} for legal stream sources (Crunchyroll / Funimation / etc.)
externalLinks	Array of {site, url, type} for official + community pages
source	Adaptation source (MANGA, LIGHT_NOVEL, ORIGINAL, etc.)
countryOfOrigin	ISO country code
siteUrl	Public AniList URL
isAdult	true for 18+ titles

User records (recordType=user)

Field	Description
id	AniList user ID
username	Username
siteUrl	Profile URL
about	Plain-text bio
avatarUrl, bannerImage	Profile media URLs
createdAt	ISO 8601 account creation timestamp
animeCount, mangaCount	Lists counts
animeMeanScore, mangaMeanScore	User's average ratings
animeMinutesWatched, animeEpisodesWatched, mangaChaptersRead	Activity totals

Empty fields are dropped from every record at every depth.

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	Enum	search	search / byIds / userProfile / trending / seasonal / characters / staff / studios / byUrl
mediaType	Enum	ANIME	ANIME or MANGA
searchQuery	String	Naruto	Title query
ids	Array	—	AniList numeric IDs (mode=byIds)
username	String	—	AniList username (mode=userProfile)
format	Enum	—	TV / MOVIE / OVA / etc.
status	Enum	—	FINISHED / RELEASING / etc.
season	Enum	—	WINTER / SPRING / SUMMER / FALL
seasonYear	Integer	—	Year for season filter
genres	Array (enum)	—	Canonical AniList genres (multi-select dropdown). All requested genres must be present (AND-match).
urls	Array	—	anilist.co URLs (mode=byUrl)
minScore	Integer	—	Drop media with averageScore below this (0-100)
isAdult	Boolean	false	Include 18+ content
sort	Enum	POPULARITY_DESC	Sort order
maxItems	Integer	25	Hard cap (1-5000)

Example input — search by title

{
  "mode": "search",
  "mediaType": "ANIME",
  "searchQuery": "Naruto",
  "maxItems": 25
}

Example input — current season top scored

{
  "mode": "search",
  "mediaType": "ANIME",
  "season": "FALL",
  "seasonYear": 2026,
  "minScore": 75,
  "sort": "SCORE_DESC",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example input — top action manga

{
  "mode": "search",
  "mediaType": "MANGA",
  "genres": ["Action"],
  "sort": "POPULARITY_DESC",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example input — fetch by IDs

{
  "mode": "byIds",
  "ids": ["20", "21", "113415"]
}

Example input — user profile

{
  "mode": "userProfile",
  "username": "AniList"
}

Example input — trending anime right now

{
  "mode": "trending",
  "mediaType": "ANIME",
  "maxItems": 25
}

Example input — Winter 2024 anime board

{
  "mode": "seasonal",
  "mediaType": "ANIME",
  "season": "WINTER",
  "seasonYear": 2024,
  "sort": "POPULARITY_DESC",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example input — search characters

{
  "mode": "characters",
  "searchQuery": "Naruto",
  "maxItems": 25
}

Example input — search staff (voice actors / directors)

{
  "mode": "staff",
  "searchQuery": "Hayao Miyazaki",
  "maxItems": 10
}

Example input — search studios

{
  "mode": "studios",
  "searchQuery": "Ghibli",
  "maxItems": 10
}

Example input — fetch by AniList URLs

{
  "mode": "byUrl",
  "urls": [
    "https://anilist.co/anime/20/Naruto",
    "https://anilist.co/character/17",
    "https://anilist.co/staff/96870",
    "https://anilist.co/studio/21",
    "https://anilist.co/user/AniList"
  ]
}

Character / Staff / Studio output

characters, staff, and studios modes emit records with recordType=character, staff, or studio respectively. Each record carries a compact media (or staffMedia) array of {id, type, format, titleRomaji, titleEnglish, siteUrl} stubs identifying the works the entity is associated with.

Example output

{
  "recordType": "anime",
  "id": "20",
  "malId": 20,
  "type": "ANIME",
  "format": "TV",
  "status": "FINISHED",
  "titleRomaji": "NARUTO",
  "titleEnglish": "Naruto",
  "titleNative": "NARUTO -ナルト-",
  "description": "Naruto Uzumaki, a hyperactive and knuckle-headed ninja, lives in Konohagakure...",
  "episodes": 220,
  "episodeDuration": 23,
  "averageScore": 80,
  "meanScore": 80,
  "popularity": 715000,
  "favourites": 65000,
  "season": "FALL",
  "seasonYear": 2002,
  "startDate": "2002-10-03",
  "endDate": "2007-02-08",
  "genres": ["Action", "Adventure", "Fantasy"],
  "studios": ["Pierrot"],
  "coverImage": "https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/20.jpg",
  "siteUrl": "https://anilist.co/anime/20",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-06T10:42:18Z"
}

Use cases

• Anime/manga recommendation engines — Build niche recommender systems with full metadata.
• Streaming platform analytics — Surface which titles are licensed to which sites (Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix, etc.).
• Trend analysis — Track popularity / score / trending over time for a portfolio of titles.
• Industry research — Snapshot studio output, season slates, and adaptation patterns.
• CRM enrichment — Augment fan-community user records with AniList stats.
• Content aggregator backends — Power Trakt-like apps or anime calendar tools.

FAQ

Do I need an AniList account or API key? No. AniList's GraphQL endpoint at graphql.anilist.co is public for read operations. Only mutations (rating, list edits) require auth.

What are the rate limits? AniList rate-limits at 90 requests / minute. The actor stays well under this with built-in delays.

How do genre filters work? The genres array is AND-combined on the server side — every requested genre must be present on a record. Common genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mecha, Music, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life, Sports, Supernatural, Thriller.

How do I find the AniList ID for a title? Run a mode=search query first; the id field on each result is what byIds expects. AniList IDs are also visible in their site URLs (https://anilist.co/anime/20/Naruto → ID 20).

Are mature/adult titles included? Set isAdult: true to include them. Default is false, and adult-flagged tags are also dropped from non-adult records.

How current is the data? Live — every run hits AniList's GraphQL endpoint at request time.

Do I need a proxy? No. AniList accepts datacenter IPs without restriction.

What if I get blocked or my discovery query returns empty? By default the actor auto-engages Apify proxy when it hits a block (HTTP 403/429) or when a season/genre/year discovery query returns empty media from a datacenter IP — it retries the request once after escalation. Set autoEscalateOnBlock=false to disable (the run fails fast instead of paying proxy cost).

Limitations

• AniList's catalogue focuses on anime and manga; live-action/film entries are sparse.
• The free tier of the GraphQL API has a 90 req/min rate limit; the actor stays polite (~2 req/sec).
• Character / staff / studio modes return name, image, description, key dates, and a compact list of associated media. Detailed per-work credits (character roles, staff roles per anime) are not flattened — use mode=byUrl on individual character/staff URLs for richer data.
• Streaming links in streamingEpisodes are user-curated and may lag behind actual platform availability.