# MyAnimeList Scraper (`crawlerbros/myanimelist-scraper`) Actor Scrape MyAnimeList via the Jikan unofficial REST API with anime, manga, characters, voice actors, seasons, top charts, public user profiles, and lists. No login or proxy required. - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/myanimelist-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 11 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## MyAnimeList Scraper Scrape **MyAnimeList** — the world's largest anime and manga database — via the Jikan unofficial REST API. Get anime, manga, characters, voice actors, season charts, top rankings, and public user lists in one click. **No login, no API key, no proxy required.** ### What you get - **Anime data** — title, type, episodes, score, rank, members, synopsis, studios, producers, genres, themes, demographics, broadcast schedule, opening / ending themes, streaming services, related entries, external links. - **Manga data** — title, chapters, volumes, score, members, authors, serialization magazines, genres, themes, related works. - **People & characters** — voice actors, directors, characters, with biography, image, favorites count, and (for people) full voice-acting role history. - **Top charts** — ranked anime / manga by score, popularity, currently airing / publishing, upcoming, or most favorited. - **Seasonal charts** — current season, upcoming season, or any specific past season (year + season). - **Public user data** — profile, statistics, favorites, anime / manga lists with ratings and progress. - **URL auto-router** — paste a MyAnimeList URL and the scraper picks the right endpoint. ### Modes | Mode | Description | |---|---| | `searchAnime` | Search anime by query, with type / status / rating / genre / sort filters | | `byAnime` | Anime detail by MAL ID(s) — full payload with relations, themes, streaming, external links | | `searchManga` | Search manga by query and filters | | `byManga` | Manga detail by MAL ID(s) | | `topAnime` | Top anime chart (filter: airing / upcoming / by-popularity / favorite) | | `topManga` | Top manga chart (filter: publishing / upcoming / by-popularity / favorite) | | `seasonNow` | Current season's anime | | `seasonUpcoming` | Next season's anime | | `season` | Anime from a specific season (e.g. `winter 2018`) | | `searchPerson` | Search people / voice actors | | `byPerson` | Person detail by MAL ID(s) — incl. voice-acting roles | | `searchCharacter` | Search characters by name | | `byCharacter` | Character detail by MAL ID(s) | | `userProfile` | Public MAL user profile + stats + favorites | | `userAnimeList` | Public user's anime list (filter by status: watching / completed / on-hold / dropped / plan-to-watch) | | `userMangaList` | Public user's manga list | | `byUrl` | Paste any MyAnimeList URL — the scraper auto-routes to the right endpoint | ### Filters - **Type** — anime: TV / Movie / OVA / Special / ONA / Music / CM / PV / TV Special. Manga: Manga / Novel / Light Novel / One-shot / Doujin / Manhwa / Manhua. - **Status** — anime: airing / complete / upcoming. Manga: publishing / complete / hiatus / discontinued / upcoming. - **Rating** — G / PG / PG-13 / R-17+ / R+ / Rx (anime only). - **Genres** — numeric genre IDs (1=Action, 2=Adventure, 4=Comedy, 8=Drama, 10=Fantasy, 22=Romance, 24=Sci-Fi, 36=Slice of Life, etc. — see [Jikan genres list](https://docs.api.jikan.moe/#tag/genres)). - **Order by + sort** — score / scored-by / rank / popularity / members / favorites / start-date / episodes / chapters / volumes; ascending or descending. - **Score range** — `minScore` / `maxScore` (0–10). - **SFW** — exclude adult content (default on). - **Top filter** — airing / upcoming / by-popularity / favorite (top* modes). - **List status** — watching / completed / on-hold / dropped / plan-to-watch / reading / plan-to-read (user list modes). ### Example input — daily test ```json { "mode": "topAnime", "filter": "bypopularity", "sfw": true, "maxItems": 10 } ```` Returns 10 most popular anime of all time, ranked by member count, ready in seconds. ### Example output (truncated) ```json { "recordType": "anime", "malId": 16498, "url": "https://myanimelist.net/anime/16498/Shingeki_no_Kyojin", "title": "Shingeki no Kyojin", "titleEnglish": "Attack on Titan", "titleJapanese": "進撃の巨人", "type": "TV", "episodes": 25, "status": "Finished Airing", "score": 8.57, "scoredBy": 3066318, "rank": 126, "popularity": 1, "members": 4358107, "favorites": 188982, "synopsis": "Centuries ago, mankind was slaughtered to near extinction…", "season": "spring", "year": 2013, "imageUrl": "https://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/anime/10/47347l.jpg", "studios": ["Wit Studio"], "genres": ["Action", "Award Winning", "Drama", "Suspense"], "themes": ["Gore", "Military", "Survival"], "demographics": ["Shounen"], "scrapedAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00" } ``` ### FAQ **Do I need an API key?** No. Jikan is the unofficial REST mirror of MyAnimeList; it is open and free. **How fresh is the data?** Jikan caches MAL data for ~6–24 hours per record. **Are there rate limits?** Yes — Jikan caps at 3 req/sec, 60 req/min. The scraper sleeps ~1.2s between requests and retries with `Retry-After` honor on 429s, so you never hit limits. **Can I get private user lists?** No. Only public profiles are exposed by Jikan. If a user has set their list to private, the scraper returns nothing for that user. **What's the difference between `score` and `userScore`?** `score` is the global MAL community average (0–10). `userScore` (in user-list-entry records) is what an individual user rated the show / manga. **Why are some fields missing?** The actor follows an "omit-empty" policy — fields that the upstream API doesn't populate are excluded entirely from the record (rather than emitting `null`). ### Limitations - Jikan does not expose private MAL features (private lists, friend connections, club moderation). - Some legacy `/full` endpoints return slightly older data than the search endpoint due to caching. - Voice-acting roles are capped at the first 50 entries per person to keep payloads manageable. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): What to fetch. ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Free-text query for any `search*` mode. Example: `attack on titan`. ## `type` (type: `string`): Format filter. For anime: tv/movie/ova/special/ona/music/cm/pv/tv\_special. For manga: manga/novel/lightnovel/oneshot/doujin/manhwa/manhua. Applied to anime modes when picking anime values, and to manga modes when picking manga values. ## `status` (type: `string`): Airing/publication status. Anime: airing/complete/upcoming. Manga: publishing/complete/hiatus/discontinued/upcoming. ## `rating` (type: `string`): MPAA-style age rating (anime only). Use `pg13` to exclude adult content; `rx` is hentai. ## `genres` (type: `array`): MAL genre IDs as integers (comma-separated in URL). Common: 1=Action, 2=Adventure, 4=Comedy, 8=Drama, 10=Fantasy, 7=Mystery, 22=Romance, 24=Sci-Fi, 36=Slice of Life, 30=Sports, 37=Supernatural, 41=Suspense, 14=Horror. ## `orderBy` (type: `string`): Field to order results by (search modes). ## `sort` (type: `string`): Ascending / descending order (used with `orderBy`). ## `filter` (type: `string`): Which top chart to fetch. ## `season` (type: `string`): Season name. Used together with `seasonYear` for `mode=season`. ## `seasonYear` (type: `integer`): Year for seasonal browse. ## `malIds` (type: `array`): Numeric MyAnimeList IDs to look up. Each ID is fetched via the appropriate `/{resource}/{id}/full` endpoint. ## `username` (type: `string`): Public MyAnimeList username (e.g. `Xinil`). ## `userListStatus` (type: `string`): Filter the user's anime/manga list to a single status bucket. ## `urls` (type: `array`): MyAnimeList URLs to auto-route. Supported: `/anime/`, `/manga/`, `/people/`, `/character/`, `/profile/`. ## `minScore` (type: `number`): Drop records with score below this (0–10). ## `maxScore` (type: `number`): Drop records with score above this (0–10). ## `sfw` (type: `boolean`): If on, exclude adult / hentai entries (`sfw=true` query param). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on emitted records. Example: `100`. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "topAnime", "genres": [], "filter": "bypopularity", "malIds": [], "urls": [], "sfw": true, "maxItems": 10 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `records` (type: `string`): Dataset containing all scraped records. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "mode": "topAnime", "filter": "bypopularity", "sfw": true, "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/myanimelist-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "mode": "topAnime", "filter": "bypopularity", "sfw": True, "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/myanimelist-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "mode": "topAnime", "filter": "bypopularity", "sfw": true, "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call crawlerbros/myanimelist-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/myanimelist-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "MyAnimeList Scraper", "description": "Scrape MyAnimeList via the Jikan unofficial REST API with anime, manga, characters, voice actors, seasons, top charts, public user profiles, and lists. No login or proxy required.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "apCjT63GtMSEXJ5ct" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlerbros~myanimelist-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlerbros-myanimelist-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~myanimelist-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlerbros-myanimelist-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~myanimelist-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlerbros-myanimelist-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "mode" ], "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "searchAnime", "byAnime", "searchManga", "byManga", "topAnime", "topManga", "seasonNow", "seasonUpcoming", "season", "searchPerson", "byPerson", "searchCharacter", "byCharacter", "userProfile", "userAnimeList", "userMangaList", "byUrl" ], "type": "string", "description": "What to fetch.", "default": "topAnime" }, "searchQuery": { "title": "Search query", "type": "string", "description": "Free-text query for any `search*` mode. Example: `attack on titan`." }, "type": { "title": "Anime / manga type filter", "enum": [ "", "tv", "movie", "ova", "special", "ona", "music", "cm", "pv", "tv_special", "manga", "novel", "lightnovel", "oneshot", "doujin", "manhwa", "manhua" ], "type": "string", "description": "Format filter. For anime: tv/movie/ova/special/ona/music/cm/pv/tv_special. For manga: manga/novel/lightnovel/oneshot/doujin/manhwa/manhua. Applied to anime modes when picking anime values, and to manga modes when picking manga values." }, "status": { "title": "Status filter", "enum": [ "", "airing", "complete", "upcoming", "publishing", "hiatus", "discontinued" ], "type": "string", "description": "Airing/publication status. Anime: airing/complete/upcoming. Manga: publishing/complete/hiatus/discontinued/upcoming." }, "rating": { "title": "Anime rating filter", "enum": [ "", "g", "pg", "pg13", "r17", "r", "rx" ], "type": "string", "description": "MPAA-style age rating (anime only). Use `pg13` to exclude adult content; `rx` is hentai." }, "genres": { "title": "Genre IDs (numeric)", "type": "array", "description": "MAL genre IDs as integers (comma-separated in URL). Common: 1=Action, 2=Adventure, 4=Comedy, 8=Drama, 10=Fantasy, 7=Mystery, 22=Romance, 24=Sci-Fi, 36=Slice of Life, 30=Sports, 37=Supernatural, 41=Suspense, 14=Horror.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "orderBy": { "title": "Order by", "enum": [ "", "mal_id", "title", "start_date", "end_date", "score", "scored_by", "rank", "popularity", "members", "favorites", "episodes", "chapters", "volumes" ], "type": "string", "description": "Field to order results by (search modes)." }, "sort": { "title": "Sort direction", "enum": [ "", "asc", "desc" ], "type": "string", "description": "Ascending / descending order (used with `orderBy`)." }, "filter": { "title": "Top-chart filter (mode=topAnime / topManga)", "enum": [ "", "airing", "upcoming", "bypopularity", "favorite", "publishing" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which top chart to fetch.", "default": "bypopularity" }, "season": { "title": "Season (mode=season)", "enum": [ "", "winter", "spring", "summer", "fall" ], "type": "string", "description": "Season name. Used together with `seasonYear` for `mode=season`." }, "seasonYear": { "title": "Season year (mode=season)", "minimum": 1900, "maximum": 2100, "type": "integer", "description": "Year for seasonal browse." }, "malIds": { "title": "MAL IDs (mode=byAnime / byManga / byPerson / byCharacter)", "type": "array", "description": "Numeric MyAnimeList IDs to look up. Each ID is fetched via the appropriate `/{resource}/{id}/full` endpoint.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "username": { "title": "Username (mode=userProfile / userAnimeList / userMangaList)", "type": "string", "description": "Public MyAnimeList username (e.g. `Xinil`)." }, "userListStatus": { "title": "User list status filter", "enum": [ "", "watching", "completed", "onhold", "dropped", "plantowatch", "reading", "plantoread" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter the user's anime/manga list to a single status bucket." }, "urls": { "title": "MyAnimeList URLs (mode=byUrl)", "type": "array", "description": "MyAnimeList URLs to auto-route. Supported: `/anime/`, `/manga/`, `/people/`, `/character/`, `/profile/`.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "minScore": { "title": "Min score", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10, "type": "number", "description": "Drop records with score below this (0–10)." }, "maxScore": { "title": "Max score", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10, "type": "number", "description": "Drop records with score above this (0–10)." }, "sfw": { "title": "Safe-for-work only", "type": "boolean", "description": "If on, exclude adult / hentai entries (`sfw=true` query param).", "default": true }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on emitted records. Example: `100`.", "default": 50 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```