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.

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APIs

Studio Ghibli API

Read-only REST API exposing five resource collections (films, people, locations, species, vehicles) that catalog the worlds of Studio Ghibli. No authentication; default page siz...

Collections

Studio Ghibli API

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GraphQL

Studio Ghibli GraphQL API

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans

Studio Ghibli Plans Pricing

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PLANS

Rate Limits

Studio Ghibli Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Features

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.

Use Cases

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

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.

PublicAPIsListing

Elixir SDK (ghibli)

GraphQL Wrapper (ghibliQL)

Swift (iOS) Example

JavaScript Example (ghibli-fans)

CodeExamples

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JavaScript Example (sandbox)

CodeExamples

Sources

opencollection: 1.0.0
info:
  name: Studio Ghibli API
  version: 1.0.1
items:
- info:
    name: Films
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: List Films
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/films
      params:
      - name: fields
        value: title,director,release_date
        type: query
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response. When omitted, all fields are returned.
      - name: limit
        value: '50'
        type: query
        description: Number of results to return. Default is 50; maximum is 250.
    docs: Return all Studio Ghibli films catalogued by the API.
  - info:
      name: Get Film By Id
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/films/:id
      params:
      - name: id
        value: 58611129-2dbc-4a81-a72f-77ddfc1b1b49
        type: path
        description: The UUID of the film.
      - name: fields
        value: title,director,release_date
        type: query
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response. When omitted, all fields are returned.
    docs: Return a single film identified by its UUID.
- info:
    name: People
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: List People
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/people
      params:
      - name: fields
        value: title,director,release_date
        type: query
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response. When omitted, all fields are returned.
      - name: limit
        value: '50'
        type: query
        description: Number of results to return. Default is 50; maximum is 250.
    docs: Return all the people from across the Studio Ghibli universe.
  - info:
      name: Get Person By Id
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/people/:id
      params:
      - name: id
        value: 267649ac-fb1b-11eb-9a03-0242ac130003
        type: path
        description: The UUID of the person.
      - name: fields
        value: title,director,release_date
        type: query
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response. When omitted, all fields are returned.
    docs: Return a single character identified by its UUID.
- info:
    name: Locations
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: List Locations
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/locations
      params:
      - name: fields
        value: title,director,release_date
        type: query
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response. When omitted, all fields are returned.
      - name: limit
        value: '50'
        type: query
        description: Number of results to return. Default is 50; maximum is 250.
    docs: Return all the locations that have appeared in the Studio Ghibli films.
  - info:
      name: Get Location By Id
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/locations/:id
      params:
      - name: id
        value: 11014596-71b0-4b3e-b8c0-1c4b15f28b9a
        type: path
        description: The UUID of the location.
      - name: fields
        value: title,director,release_date
        type: query
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response. When omitted, all fields are returned.
    docs: Return a single location identified by its UUID.
- info:
    name: Species
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: List Species
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/species
      params:
      - name: fields
        value: title,director,release_date
        type: query
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response. When omitted, all fields are returned.
      - name: limit
        value: '50'
        type: query
        description: Number of results to return. Default is 50; maximum is 250.
    docs: Return all the species (human and non-human) that appear in the Studio Ghibli films.
  - info:
      name: Get Species By Id
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/species/:id
      params:
      - name: id
        value: af3910a6-429f-4c74-9ad5-dfe1c4aa04f2
        type: path
        description: The UUID of the species.
      - name: fields
        value: title,director,release_date
        type: query
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response. When omitted, all fields are returned.
    docs: Return a single species identified by its UUID.
- info:
    name: Vehicles
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: List Vehicles
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/vehicles
      params:
      - name: fields
        value: title,director,release_date
        type: query
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response. When omitted, all fields are returned.
      - name: limit
        value: '50'
        type: query
        description: Number of results to return. Default is 50; maximum is 250.
    docs: Return all the vehicles that have been used in the Studio Ghibli films.
  - info:
      name: Get Vehicle By Id
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/vehicles/:id
      params:
      - name: id
        value: 4e09b023-f650-4747-9ab9-eacf14540cfb
        type: path
        description: The UUID of the vehicle.
      - name: fields
        value: title,director,release_date
        type: query
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response. When omitted, all fields are returned.
    docs: Return a single vehicle identified by its UUID.
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Studio Ghibli

APIs

Studio Ghibli API

Collections

Studio Ghibli API

GraphQL

Studio Ghibli GraphQL API

Pricing Plans

Studio Ghibli Plans Pricing

Rate Limits

Studio Ghibli Rate Limits

Features

Use Cases

Integrations

Solutions

Semantic Vocabularies

Studio Ghibli Context

API Governance Rules

Studio Ghibli API Rules

JSON Structure

Studio Ghibli Film Structure

Studio Ghibli Location Structure

Studio Ghibli Person Structure

Studio Ghibli Species Structure

Studio Ghibli Vehicle Structure

Example Payloads

Studio Ghibli Getfilm Example

Studio Ghibli Getlocation Example

Studio Ghibli Getperson Example

Studio Ghibli Getspecies Example

Studio Ghibli Getvehicle Example

Studio Ghibli Listfilms Example

Studio Ghibli Listlocations Example

Studio Ghibli Listpeople Example

Studio Ghibli Listspecies Example

Studio Ghibli Listvehicles Example

Resources

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