Anime MCP Server

@cyanheads/anime-mcp-server Search anime/manga, get full detail, franchise relations, seasonal schedule, characters, rankings, and studio filmography via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. 8 Tools • 2 Resources

Overview

Anime and manga data from AniList, Jikan (MyAnimeList), and Kitsu. Search titles, pull full detail with side-by-side AniList and MAL scores, walk a franchise's relation graph, check the airing schedule, and look up characters, voice actors, and studio filmographies.

Tools

Resources

Media resource data is also reachable via tools. Use anime_search_media to discover AniList IDs before fetching its resource URI.

Capability reference

anime_search_media tool

• Search anime or manga by title, genre, tag, season/year, format, status, or up to 5 sort values; at least one criterion is required. page/per_page pages results (max 50), and include_adult: true opts into adult titles
• Results carry AniList IDs, titles, scores, and episode/chapter counts. AniList is primary; title-only searches with no match can fall back to Jikan at per_page 25 or less. Follow has_next_page; total_results is exact only on the final page
• AniList serves only the first 5,000 search, season, and ranking entries; deeper pages fail with page_depth_exceeded, so narrow the criteria instead

anime_get_media tool

• Fetch full detail by AniList id, with adult content requiring include_adult: true; discover IDs through anime_search_media
• Returns synopsis, genres, spoiler-flagged tags, studios, direct relations, images, streaming links, and separate AniList/MAL scores. data_sources identifies successful supplements; not_found means the ID did not resolve
• full_text: true returns the complete result as fenced JSON; by default the synopsis is a 500-character preview and tags and relations are shortened, with counts of what was omitted

anime_get_relations tool

• Walk a franchise from an AniList id up to max_depth hops (default 2, max 4)
• Returns main and supplementary entries with season year and episode/chapter counts, ordered by relation priority then year. not_found means the root ID did not resolve
• depth, parent_id, relation_to_parent, and path show the shortest route to each entry. relation_to_root is set only for entries linked directly to the root, and is null otherwise. Entries at the hop limit are returned without their own relations; depth_reached is the deepest hop returned

anime_get_schedule tool

• season mode requires season and season_year; upcoming uses days_ahead (default 7, max 30). Page with page/per_page (max 50); adult titles require include_adult: true
• Returns UTC ISO 8601 airing times and time_until_airing_seconds. Follow has_next_page; total_results is exact only on the final season page. invalid_season and conflicting_inputs identify invalid mode inputs

anime_find_characters tool

• Supply exactly one of media id, character_name, or voice_actor_name. language filters only media cast lookups; per_page is capped at 25
• Returns cast, voice actors, or media appearances according to mode. truncated: true carries next-page guidance for capped cast lists; media_not_found/not_found distinguish an unknown media ID from an unmatched name
• voice_actor_data_available: false means the provider had no voice actor data, as opposed to an empty list. full_text: true returns every role on the page and the full biography as fenced JSON; by default biographies are 500-character previews and staff roles stop at 20, with counts of what was omitted

anime_get_recommendations tool

• Fetch recommendations for an AniList id with source: "anilist" (default) or source: "jikan"; optional liked_aspects is echoed unchanged. AniList pages its recommendations and adds matching MAL votes. Jikan deduplicates its supplied list by maximum votes, orders votes descending/MAL ID ascending, and locally pages candidates with page/per_page (max 25) before resolving that slice through AniList. Adult and unresolved candidates are omitted; has_next_page still follows candidate pages. Jikan does not guarantee a global ranking or a stable snapshot across calls
• Both surfaces report source and jikan_status (available, unavailable, or not_applicable when the source lacks a MAL ID), plus separate anilist_rating, jikan_votes, and item sources. Jikan mode uses null anilist_rating and sources: ["jikan"]. Optional annotation failures retain AniList results; selected Jikan/resolution failures return retry-or-switch guidance. truncated: true supplies continuation with the same source; not_found means the source ID did not resolve, while valid empty pages succeed

anime_get_rankings tool

• Rank ANIME or MANGA in top/trending; seasonal and season/year filters apply only to ANIME (anime_only_season otherwise). Genre/tag/format filters and page/per_page (max 50) remain available. Adult titles require include_adult: true
• Entries carry 1-based rank and season_label. Follow has_next_page; total_results is exact only on the final page. Seasonal mode takes season/season_year together or neither for the current season (invalid_season otherwise)

anime_get_studio tool

• Identify a studio with exactly one of name or id; sort by popularity, score, or release date and page with page/per_page (max 25)
• Returns one row per distinct title within the page, with is_main_studio identifying main credits. Follow has_next_page; total_titles is exact only when the whole filmography fits on page 1. not_found means the studio did not resolve

anime://media/{id} resource

• Read a compact application/json media record using an AniList id from anime_search_media or anime_get_media
• The ID must be a whole number from 1 to 2147483647; anything else fails with invalid_id before any upstream call
• Returns title variants, synopsis, scores, genres, streaming count, and cover image; use anime_get_media for tags, studios, streaming links, and relations

Features

Built on @cyanheads/mcp-ts-core: stdio and Streamable HTTP transports, pluggable auth (none / jwt / oauth), swappable storage (in-memory, filesystem, Supabase, Cloudflare KV/R2/D1), structured logging with optional OpenTelemetry tracing.

Anime/manga-specific:

• Three-source architecture: AniList GraphQL (primary), Jikan v4 REST (MAL scores + recommendations), Kitsu JSON:API (streaming links with sub/dub language detail)
• ID reconciliation via AniList's idMal bridge — no cross-source ID guessing
• Franchise relation graph traversal with heuristic ordering by relation-type priority, then season year
• Rate-limit-aware service layer: AniList 30 req/30s with automatic backoff; Jikan 350ms floor between calls
• Keyless by design — all three sources are public and require no API credentials

Agent-friendly output:

• Dual scores surfaced separately — AniList meanScore (0–100) and MAL score (0–10) with population size (scored_by) so agents can reason about weight; never blended into a composite
• Spoiler flags — the tag summary hides spoiler/adult tags; structured output and full_text: true carry all tags with their flags
• Supplement provenance — anime_get_media.data_sources reports whether AniList, MAL/Jikan, and Kitsu data was retriev