🎌 MyAnimeList Scraper

🚀 Export anime and manga rankings, scores, genres, and synopsis from MyAnimeList in seconds. Pull the complete top list or search by title - no API key, no login, no rate-limit headaches.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-21 · 📊 23 fields per record · 🎌 30,000+ anime titles · 🌏 Global coverage · 📚 Anime & Manga

The MyAnimeList Scraper pulls structured anime and manga data from the world's largest anime/manga database via the public Jikan API. It returns 23 fields per record, including title, score, rank, popularity, genres, studios, synopsis, airing dates, and episode count. Data is collected in real time on every run.

The catalog covers tens of thousands of anime and manga titles spanning every genre, studio, and era. This Actor makes that data downloadable as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML in under a minute. No manual clicking, no copy-paste, no data engineering required.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Anime fans, data scientists, recommendation system builders, content researchers, entertainment analysts, otaku hobbyists	Recommendation engines, anime research, genre analysis, studio comparisons, score tracking, content cataloging

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📋 What the MyAnimeList Scraper does

Two core workflows in a single run:

• 🏆 Top list export. Fetch the all-time highest-rated anime or manga, ordered by community score.
• 🔍 Search by title. Search for specific shows or manga like "Naruto", "One Piece", or "Attack on Titan".

Each record includes title (English + Japanese), score, rank, popularity, member count, genres, studios, synopsis, source material, duration, age rating, and airing dates.

💡 Why it matters: MyAnimeList hosts one of the most comprehensive anime and manga databases on the internet. Scraping it manually is tedious and fragile. This Actor wraps the Jikan API cleanly and gives you structured, downloadable data in seconds.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

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⚙️ Input

Input	Type	Default	Behavior
contentType	select	anime	Whether to scrape anime or manga.
searchQuery	string	""	Search by title (e.g. "Naruto"). Leave empty to get the all-time top list.
maxItems	integer	10	Records to return. Free plan caps at 10, paid plan at 1,000,000.

Example: Top 25 anime

{
    "contentType": "anime",
    "maxItems": 25
}

Example: Search for Naruto

{
    "contentType": "anime",
    "searchQuery": "Naruto",
    "maxItems": 10
}

⚠️ Good to Know: The Jikan API enforces a 3 requests/second rate limit. The scraper respects this automatically with a 350ms delay between requests. For large maxItems values, the run may take a few minutes.

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📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
🖼️ imageUrl	string	Large cover image URL from MyAnimeList CDN
📺 title	string	English title (falls back to romaji)
🇯🇵 titleJapanese	string	Original Japanese title
🔗 url	string	Direct link to the MyAnimeList entry
🆔 malId	integer	MyAnimeList unique identifier
📋 type	string	TV, Movie, OVA, ONA, Special, etc.
🎬 episodes	integer	Total episode count (null if ongoing)
📡 status	string	Finished Airing, Currently Airing, etc.
⭐ score	number	Community score out of 10
👥 scoredBy	integer	Number of users who rated this
🏆 rank	integer	All-time rank by score
📈 popularity	integer	Popularity rank by member count
👤 members	integer	Total users tracking this title
🎭 genres	array	Genre names (Action, Romance, Fantasy...)
🏢 studios	array	Animation studio names
📝 synopsis	string	Full plot summary
📚 source	string	Source material: Manga, Light novel, Original, etc.
⏱️ duration	string	Episode runtime (e.g. "24 min per ep")
🔞 rating	string	Age rating: G, PG, PG-13, R-17+, etc.
📅 airedFrom	string	ISO date when airing started
📅 airedTo	string	ISO date when airing ended (null if ongoing)
🕒 scrapedAt	string	Collection timestamp
❌ error	string	Error message if scraping failed

Sample record:

{
    "imageUrl": "https://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/anime/1015/138006l.jpg",
    "title": "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End",
    "titleJapanese": "葬送のフリーレン",
    "url": "https://myanimelist.net/anime/52991/Sousou_no_Frieren",
    "malId": 52991,
    "type": "TV",
    "episodes": 28,
    "status": "Finished Airing",
    "score": 9.27,
    "scoredBy": 888890,
    "rank": 1,
    "popularity": 104,
    "members": 1442906,
    "genres": ["Adventure", "Award Winning", "Drama", "Fantasy"],
    "studios": ["Madhouse"],
    "synopsis": "During their decade-long quest to defeat the Demon King...",
    "source": "Manga",
    "duration": "24 min per ep",
    "rating": "PG-13 - Teens 13 or older",
    "airedFrom": "2023-09-29T00:00:00+00:00",
    "airedTo": "2024-03-22T00:00:00+00:00",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-21T01:53:49.471Z",
    "error": null
}

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✨ Why choose this Actor

Feature	Benefit
🌐 Public API - no auth	Zero setup. No API keys, no accounts, no scraping restrictions.
🏆 Top list + search	Get the all-time top anime OR search for any specific title.
📚 Anime AND manga	One actor covers both content types.
📊 23 fields per record	Complete data including score, rank, genres, studios, synopsis, and dates.
⚡ Respects rate limits	Built-in 350ms delay prevents getting blocked by Jikan API.
🔄 Real-time data	All data collected live on every run - no stale cache.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

	MyAnimeList Scraper	Manual Export	Custom Script
Setup time	< 2 min	N/A	Hours
No coding required	✅	✅	❌
Scheduled runs	✅	❌	Complex
Anime + manga	✅	Partial	Custom
CSV / Excel / JSON	✅	❌	Custom
Rate limit handling	✅	N/A	Manual

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🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account w/ $5 credit on Apify.
2. Open the MyAnimeList Scraper actor page.
3. Set contentType to anime or manga.
4. Optionally enter a searchQuery (leave blank for top list).
5. Set maxItems (free: up to 10, paid: up to 1,000,000).
6. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
7. Download your dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Recommendation Engines

Build anime recommendation systems powered by real MAL scores, genres, and member counts. Use genre overlap and score thresholds to suggest titles users haven't watched yet.

🔍 Market Research

Analyze which studios produce the highest-rated content, which genres dominate by era, and which shows have the largest fanbase relative to their score rank.

🎓 Academic Research

Study the relationship between source material (manga vs. light novel vs. original) and audience reception. Track how scores evolve for ongoing vs. finished series.

🛒 Content Cataloging

Maintain a structured anime database for streaming platforms, merchandise sites, or fan wikis. Keep metadata current by scheduling runs weekly or monthly.

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🔌 Automating MyAnimeList Scraper

Connect this Actor to your favorite tools using Apify's integrations:

• Make (Integromat) - Trigger a run when a new season starts and send results to Google Sheets.
• Zapier - Automatically add newly discovered top anime to an Airtable database.
• Slack - Get a weekly digest of the top 10 anime sent to your team channel.
• Google Sheets - Schedule weekly exports and always have a fresh anime dataset.
• REST API - Trigger runs programmatically and fetch results via the Apify API.

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

🎓 Research & Education

Study community scoring patterns, genre trends over decades, or the correlation between production studio and audience reception scores.

🎨 Creative Projects

Build anime recommendation bots, trivia games, or quiz apps powered by real MAL data including synopsis and genre tags.

🌍 Non-profit & Fandom

Power fan wikis, community rankings, or accessibility tools that make anime discovery easier for newcomers to the medium.

🧪 Experimentation

Test NLP models on anime synopses, build genre classifiers, or prototype recommendation algorithms on real community-scored data.

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🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Not sure which inputs to use? Paste this into any AI assistant:

"I want to use the MyAnimeList Scraper on Apify to collect anime data. It uses the Jikan API. I can set contentType (anime or manga), searchQuery (optional title search), and maxItems. What inputs should I use for [your use case]?"

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

❓ Does this require an API key or MyAnimeList account? No. It uses the public Jikan API which requires no authentication.

❓ How many anime titles can I scrape? Free users: up to 10. Paid users: up to 1,000,000.

❓ Can I search for specific anime? Yes. Set searchQuery to any title like "Naruto", "One Piece", or "Attack on Titan".

❓ Can I get manga data too? Yes. Set contentType to manga to get manga records with chapters, volumes, and author fields instead of episodes and studios.

❓ Why does it take longer for large requests? The Jikan API has a 3 requests/second rate limit. The scraper adds a 350ms delay between page fetches to stay compliant.

❓ Are the scores real-time? Yes. Every run fetches fresh data from the Jikan API, which mirrors MyAnimeList scores updated regularly.

❓ What is the rank field? The all-time ranking by weighted community score on MyAnimeList. Rank 1 is the highest-rated anime ever.

❓ What is the popularity field? Ranking by number of members tracking a title. Popular titles have low popularity numbers (1 = most popular).

❓ Can I filter by genre? The genre input is supported. You can pass a genre name like "Action" or "Romance" to filter results. Note: genre filtering works best combined with a search query.

❓ What happens if a field is null? Some fields like episodes and airedTo are null for ongoing series. score may be null for very new or obscure titles with few ratings.

❓ Is this scraper updated regularly? The actor uses the live Jikan API on every run, so data always reflects current MyAnimeList standings.

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🔌 Integrate with any app

Export your dataset and connect to:

Spreadsheets: Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, Apple Numbers Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Supabase, Airtable BI Tools: Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Metabase Automation: Make, Zapier, n8n, Pipedream Cloud Storage: AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Dropbox APIs: Apify REST API, webhooks, actor-to-actor integrations

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This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to MyAnimeList or the Jikan API team. All data is publicly accessible and retrieved via the open Jikan API.