Shibuya

Shibuya is a platform for curated short films and the independent creators behind them, describing itself as a home where fans help greenlight the future of film and audiences discover original storytelling. Operated by NotShibuya, Inc. and backed by a16z, Shibuya began as a web3 storytelling experiment and has grown into a community-driven curation platform for short-form film, winning a 2025 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Innovation in Emerging Media Programming. It was surfaced as a portfolio company of a16z and added to the API Evangelist network. As of this enrichment pass Shibuya publishes no public developer program, API, SDK, or documentation surface; this profile captures its real public web properties.

Shibuya is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Film, Short Films, Media, and Entertainment.

Shibuya’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 4 more developer resources.

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11.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyFilmShort FilmsMediaEntertainmentStreamingCreatorsWeb3

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 11.4/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Shibuya Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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name: Shibuya
description: Shibuya is a platform for curated short films and the independent creators behind them, describing itself as
  a home where fans help greenlight the future of film and audiences discover original storytelling. Operated by NotShibuya,
  Inc. and backed by a16z, Shibuya began as a web3 storytelling experiment and has grown into a community-driven curation
  platform for short-form film, winning a 2025 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Innovation in Emerging Media Programming. It
  was surfaced as a portfolio company of a16z and added to the API Evangelist network. As of this enrichment pass Shibuya
  publishes no public developer program, API, SDK, or documentation surface; this profile captures its real public web properties.
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- Company
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- Short Films
- Media
- Entertainment
- Streaming
- Creators
- Web3
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- type: Blog
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