Free Anime APIs

AnimeChan serves a database of 10,000+ anime quotes with character and anime title metadata.

AnimeFacts is a simple REST API with over 100 trivia facts about popular anime series, accessible by an anime slug name.

Anime News Network exposes its encyclopedia data as a free XML API, covering anime and manga titles, cast, staff, genres, and release information maintained by professional journalists.

Catboy serves random neko (anime cat-person) images and GIFs across several mood categories with no API key required.

Jikan is an unofficial REST API for MyAnimeList that lets you fetch anime and manga data without OAuth setup.

NekosBest serves anime-style neko (cat-girl) images and roleplay GIF reactions like hugging, patting, or waving, all sourced from a curated anime art collection.

Studio Ghibli provides programmatic access to resources from studio ghibli films via REST API.

Trace.moe finds the exact anime scene matching a screenshot or image you upload, returning the anime title, episode number, and timestamp of the matching scene.

Waifu.im hosts a curated archive of over 4,000 anime-style character images organized by tags like maid, uniform, wink, or ero.

Waifu.pics is a simple anime image sharing API that returns random anime images from categories like waifu, neko, shinobu, and many more.