Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli API — a community-built, unofficial, fan-made, MIT-licensed REST API that catalogs the people, places, and things found in the worlds of Studio Ghibli. Five resource collections (films, people, locations, species, vehicles) cross-link via canonical URLs. No authentication, no metering, no paid tier. Source: github.com/janaipakos/ghibliapi (archived 2022-12-02); canonical instance now at ghibliapi.vercel.app.
Studio Ghibli publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Films API, Locations API, People API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Anime, Studio Ghibli, Films, Characters, and Locations.
The Studio Ghibli catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Studio Ghibli’s developer surface includes code examples and 18 more developer resources.
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APIs 5
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Studio Ghibli Films API
Studio Ghibli theatrical films.
Studio Ghibli Locations API
Settings and places that appear in Studio Ghibli films.
Studio Ghibli People API
Characters that appear in Studio Ghibli films.
Studio Ghibli Species API
Species classifications of characters appearing in Studio Ghibli films.
Studio Ghibli Vehicles API
Vehicles featured in Studio Ghibli films.
Open Collections 1
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Studio Ghibli API
OPEN COLLECTIONGraphQL 1
GraphQL schemas published by this provider.
Studio Ghibli GraphQL API
GRAPHQLPricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Studio Ghibli Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFeatures 6
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Five Resource Collections
Films, people, locations, species, and vehicles — each addressable as a paginated collection and as a single resource by UUID.
Graph Traversal Via URLs
Resources cross-link to related resources using canonical URLs, so consumers can walk the graph without join logic.
Field Projection
Optional `fields=` query parameter returns only the named fields, reducing payload size.
Pagination
Optional `limit=` query parameter (default 50, max 250) bounds list responses.
No Authentication
Fully anonymous public API; no API key, no OAuth, no token.
MIT-Licensed Source
The backing JSON Server implementation is open source and can be forked and self-hosted.
Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Studio Ghibli Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Studio Ghibli API Rules
SPECTRALStudio Ghibli API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 5
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Studio Ghibli Film
JSON SCHEMAStudio Ghibli Location
JSON SCHEMAStudio Ghibli Person
JSON SCHEMAStudio Ghibli Species
JSON SCHEMAStudio Ghibli Vehicle
JSON SCHEMAJSON Structure 5
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Studio Ghibli Film Structure
JSON STRUCTUREStudio Ghibli Location Structure
JSON STRUCTUREStudio Ghibli Person Structure
JSON STRUCTUREStudio Ghibli Species Structure
JSON STRUCTUREStudio Ghibli Vehicle Structure
JSON STRUCTUREExamples 10
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
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Security Posture 1
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 4
What developers build with this provider.
Tutorial / Workshop Target
A safe, stable, no-auth API frequently used in front-end tutorials, REST workshops, and language-SDK demonstrations.
Fan Sites and Discovery Apps
Builders of Studio Ghibli fan sites can hydrate film/character/location detail pages directly from the API.
GraphQL Wrapping Demos
Used by projects like ghibliQL to demonstrate wrapping a REST API in a GraphQL layer.
LLM / Agent Tooling Examples
A self-contained, read-only domain that makes a good fixture for MCP server demos, tool-use examples, and agent walkthroughs.
Integrations 3
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
JSON Server
The API is implemented on top of typicode/json-server (https://github.com/typicode/json-server).
ReDoc
The documentation site is rendered with Redocly's ReDoc (https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc).
TMDB Image CDN
Film poster and banner images are served from image.tmdb.org.
Solutions 1
Packaged solutions this provider offers.
Self-Hosted Fork
Fork janaipakos/ghibliapi and deploy to Vercel, Render, Fly.io, or any Node host for guaranteed availability.
Resources
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 3
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 11
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
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Access & Security 1
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Commercial 1
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type