MyAnimeList Scraper

Pull anime and manga from MyAnimeList at scale — community scores, rankings, member counts, genres, studios, synopses, main cast, and the complete text of every user review. Built for recommendation engineers, streaming and licensing analysts, and fan-community builders who need a clean, structured anime dataset without clicking through MyAnimeList one title page at a time.

Why This Scraper?

• 38 fields on every title — score, scored-by count, rank, popularity, members, favorites, synopsis, background, source material, studios, producers, licensors, authors, air dates, season, duration, trailer link, and more.
• Anime and manga, each mapped correctly — the two catalogues use conflicting internal codes for the same genre names, so this actor keeps separate, verified code tables. Ask for Suspense manga and you get Suspense manga — not Seinen.
• Full untruncated review text, including spoiler and preliminary reviews — MyAnimeList's own default view silently hides both. One Piece's review page shows 897 of its 965 reviews by default; you get all 965. And because every review of an unfinished series counts as preliminary, the site's default returns zero reviews for a currently-airing title — this actor returns them all.
• 19 genres with AND matching — each genre you add narrows the set instead of widening it, so "Action + Comedy" returns only titles tagged with both. Most tools OR them together and hand you noise.
• Up to 965 reviews on a single title — reviewer name, 1–10 rating, full body text, spoiler and preliminary flags, reaction count, verdict tags, and date, each as its own row.
• Main cast with Japanese voice-actor credits — character name, voice actor, and portrait, matched on the language label rather than list position.
• Titles and reviews land in separate Console tabs — parent rows and child rows are split into their own views instead of one mixed table you have to filter yourself.
• 4 verified sort orders — highest score, most popular, newest release, or A–Z. Leave the search box empty with "Highest score" and you get the Top Anime or Top Manga ranking itself.
• Deeper pagination than the site's own widget — MyAnimeList's pager stops early while real results continue; this actor keeps going and de-duplicates, recovering roughly 19% more titles on long lists.

Use Cases

Recommendation & Discovery Engines

• Seed a content-based recommender with genres, themes, demographics, and studios
• Build "if you liked X" lists from score, member count, and shared staff
• Cold-start a catalogue with the top-ranked titles in a genre

Streaming & Licensing Analysis

• Track which studios consistently produce highly rated shows
• Spot licensing gaps by comparing licensors across popular titles
• Rank upcoming seasonal releases by pre-air member counts

Sentiment & Review Research

• Mine full review text for what audiences praise or criticize
• Compare spoiler versus non-spoiler reviewer sentiment on the same title
• Follow preliminary reviews of an airing series week by week

Fan Communities & Content Sites

• Power a seasonal anime chart with scores, air dates, and trailers
• Build genre landing pages backed by real ranking data
• Enrich a watchlist app with synopses, artwork, and cast

Academic & Market Research

• Study how source material (manga, light novel, original) correlates with scores
• Analyze demographic tags against member counts across decades
• Chart the growth of a genre by release year and popularity

Getting Started

Search by Title

{
  "searchTerms": ["one piece"],
  "maxResults": 20
}

Top-Rated Action Anime with Reviews

{
  "contentType": "anime",
  "genres": ["action"],
  "minScore": 8,
  "sortBy": "score",
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviewsPerTitle": 25,
  "maxResults": 50
}

Specific Titles, Fully Enriched

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://myanimelist.net/anime/21/One_Piece",
    "https://myanimelist.net/manga/13/One_Piece"
  ],
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviewsPerTitle": 0,
  "includeCharacters": true
}

Input Reference

What to Scrape

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
contentType	string	"anime"	Which catalogue to pull from: anime or manga. Pasted URLs decide their own type.
startUrls	array	[]	MyAnimeList title links, e.g. https://myanimelist.net/anime/21/One_Piece.
searchTerms	array	["one piece"]	Keywords to look up. Each term is searched separately and results are merged.

Leave both startUrls and searchTerms blank to browse the rankings for the catalogue you picked.

Filters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
format	string	—	tv, movie, ova, ona, special, music for anime; manga, novel, lightnovel, oneshot, doujin, manhwa, manhua for manga.
status	string	—	airing, complete, upcoming; plus hiatus and discontinued for manga.
genres	array	[]	Any of 19 genres. A title must match all of them, so each addition narrows the set.
minScore	integer	—	Keep titles rated at or above this community score, on the 1–10 scale.
ageRating	string	—	g, pg, pg13, r17, r. Anime only — manga carries no audience rating.
sortBy	string	"score"	score, popularity, start_date, or title. Governs the ranking and filtered-browse paths; keyword searches always use best-match relevance order.

Output Options

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
includeReviews	boolean	false	Also collect user reviews as their own rows. Each review counts as a separate result.
maxReviewsPerTitle	integer	10	Reviews per title, most helpful first. 0 collects every review available, up to a 2,000-per-title ceiling.
includeCharacters	boolean	false	Add main cast and Japanese voice actors to each title row. Anime only; adds no extra rows.

Limits

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxResults	integer	50	Total titles to collect across every URL, search term, and ranking. Reviews are not counted here. 0 collects every match, up to a ceiling of 60,000 titles per search term or ranking — more than the whole catalogue.

Output

Every row carries a recordType telling you what it is: title or review.

Title Rows

{
  "recordType": "title",
  "contentType": "anime",
  "malId": 21,
  "title": "One Piece",
  "titleEnglish": "One Piece",
  "titleJapanese": "ONE PIECE",
  "url": "https://myanimelist.net/anime/21/One_Piece",
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/anime/6/73245.jpg",
  "format": "TV",
  "status": "Currently Airing",
  "score": 8.73,
  "scoredBy": 1545745,
  "rank": 54,
  "popularity": 21,
  "members": 2707195,
  "favorites": 244612,
  "episodes": null,
  "chapters": null,
  "volumes": null,
  "duration": "24 min.",
  "ageRating": "PG-13 - Teens 13 or older",
  "synopsis": "Barrels of rum, a map to hidden treasure, and a crew of misfits...",
  "background": "One Piece has been serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump since 1997...",
  "source": "Manga",
  "genres": ["Action", "Adventure", "Fantasy"],
  "themes": ["Pirates"],
  "demographics": ["Shounen"],
  "studios": ["Toei Animation"],
  "producers": ["Fuji TV", "TAP", "Shueisha"],
  "licensors": ["Funimation", "4Kids Entertainment"],
  "authors": [],
  "season": "fall",
  "year": 1999,
  "startDate": "1999-10-20",
  "endDate": null,
  "trailerUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8_YwFLCh4U",
  "mainCharacters": [
    {
      "name": "Monkey D., Luffy",
      "voiceActor": "Tanaka, Mayumi",
      "imageUrl": "https://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/9/310307.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "reviewCount": 965
}

Core Fields

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	Always "title" for these rows
contentType	string	"anime" or "manga"
malId	integer	MyAnimeList's numeric ID for the title
title	string	Primary title as MyAnimeList lists it
titleEnglish	string	Official English title, when one exists
titleJapanese	string	Native Japanese title
url	string	Canonical link to the title page
imageUrl	string	Cover artwork

Scores & Ranking

Field	Type	Description
score	float	Community score on the 1–10 scale
scoredBy	integer	How many users have scored the title
rank	integer	Position in the overall ranking
popularity	integer	Popularity rank, ordered by member count
members	integer	Users tracking the title
favorites	integer	Users who marked it a favorite
reviewCount	integer	Total reviews on the title. Populated only when includeReviews is on

Format & Release

Field	Type	Description
format	string	TV, Movie, OVA, ONA, Manga, Light Novel, and so on
status	string	Currently Airing, Finished Airing, Not yet aired, and equivalents for manga
episodes	integer	Episode count. Null while a series is ongoing and the count is unknown
chapters	integer	Chapter count (manga)
volumes	integer	Volume count (manga)
duration	string	Runtime per episode (anime)
ageRating	string	Audience rating (anime)
season	string	winter, spring, summer, or fall
year	integer	Premiere year
startDate	string	First air or publication date, ISO format
endDate	string	Final date. Null for an open-ended run

Story & Classification

Field	Type	Description
synopsis	string	Full plot summary
background	string	Production and release notes, when present
source	string	Source material: Manga, Light novel, Original, Game, and so on
genres	array	Genre tags, kept separate from themes and demographics
themes	array	Theme tags such as Pirates, Military, Survival
demographics	array	Target demographic such as Shounen, Seinen, Josei

Production & Extras

Field	Type	Description
studios	array	Animation studios (anime)
producers	array	Production committee members (anime)
licensors	array	Regional licensors (anime)
authors	array	Writers and artists (manga)
trailerUrl	string	Trailer as a normal watch link
mainCharacters	array	name, voiceActor, imageUrl per main character. Requires includeCharacters

Review Rows

{
  "recordType": "review",
  "titleForReview": "One Piece",
  "titleMalId": 21,
  "titleUrl": "https://myanimelist.net/anime/21/One_Piece",
  "reviewer": "LucasBmS",
  "reviewerUrl": "https://myanimelist.net/profile/LucasBmS",
  "reviewScore": 10,
  "reviewText": "One Piece is a story about dreams, and about the people willing to...",
  "isSpoiler": false,
  "isPreliminary": true,
  "reactionCount": 412,
  "tags": ["Recommended"],
  "reviewDate": "2024-08-14",
  "reviewUrl": "https://myanimelist.net/reviews.php?id=470283"
}

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	Always "review" for these rows
titleForReview	string	Title being reviewed
titleMalId	integer	ID of the reviewed title — join key back to its title row
titleUrl	string	Link to the reviewed title
reviewer	string	Reviewer's username
reviewerUrl	string	Link to the reviewer's profile
reviewScore	integer	Reviewer's own 1–10 rating
reviewText	string	Complete review body, never truncated
isSpoiler	boolean	Whether the reviewer flagged spoilers
isPreliminary	boolean	Written before the series finished
reactionCount	integer	Reactions the review received
tags	array	Reviewer's verdict: Recommended, Mixed Feelings, or Not Recommended
reviewDate	string	Publication date, ISO format
reviewUrl	string	Permalink to the review

Tips for Best Results

• Leave the search box and every filter empty with sortBy: "score" to get the Top Anime or Top Manga ranking exactly as the site presents it — the fastest way to a clean leaderboard.
• Add genres one at a time. They combine with AND, so three genres can shrink a list to a handful of titles. Start with one, then narrow.
• Keyword searches always come back in best-match relevance order, so sortBy has no effect on them. Sort the collected rows yourself afterwards if you need a specific order — and note that rows arrive as each title finishes, not in ranked order.
• maxReviewsPerTitle: 0 on a long-running series is the expensive setting. One Piece alone carries around 965 reviews. Cap it at 10–25 unless you specifically need the full corpus.
• Set a maxResults cap when your search term is broad. MyAnimeList matches loosely by design — a term like "fullmetal alchemist brotherhood" matches over 2,000 catalogue entries, exactly as it would on the site itself. Left uncapped, that run takes over an hour and can stop at its time limit before finishing; everything collected up to that point is saved, but a cap is the better plan.
• Sort your own rows by favorites. The site's own filters can't order by favorite count, but every title row carries the number, so a quick sort on the collected data gets you a most-favorited leaderboard the search page won't give you.
• ageRating and includeCharacters apply to anime only, and chapters, volumes, and authors only fill in for manga. Blank values on the other catalogue are correct, not missing data.
• reviewCount needs includeReviews turned on — it lives with the reviews, so a titles-only run leaves it empty.

Pricing

From $2.50 per 1,000 titles — reviews are billed separately at the lower rate of $0.50 per 1,000 reviews. You're charged per title plus per review collected.

Event	No discount	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Per 1,000 titles	$3.00	$2.80	$2.65	$2.50
Per 1,000 reviews	$0.60	$0.56	$0.53	$0.50

Apify's loyalty tiers (Bronze, Silver, Gold) apply automatically in the Console — the more you run, the less you pay. Here's what realistic mixes cost at the Gold tier:

Example run	Titles	Reviews	Gold total
500 titles, reviews off	500	0	$1.25
100 titles, 25 reviews each	100	2,500	$1.50
50 titles, 200 reviews each	50	10,000	$5.13
1,000 titles, 10 reviews each	1,000	10,000	$7.50

No compute or time-based charges — you pay per result, plus a small fixed per-run start fee. Platform fees depend on your Apify plan.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

This actor collects publicly available information from MyAnimeList — catalogue entries and user reviews that anyone can view without an account. It does not access private profiles, watchlists, or anything behind a login.

You are responsible for how you use the data you collect. Review MyAnimeList's Terms of Service before running at scale, keep request volumes reasonable, and respect the intellectual property in synopses, artwork, and review text — these belong to their authors and rights holders. Review text and usernames may constitute personal data under GDPR, CCPA, and similar regimes; if you store or publish them, make sure you have a lawful basis for doing so and honor deletion requests. Use the data for research, analysis, and product development — not for republishing others' writing as your own or for harassing individual reviewers.