# Studio Ghibli

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/studio-ghibli/  
**Website:** https://ghibliapi.vercel.app  
**APIs profiled:** 5

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.

## Kin Score — 28.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.5 from 27.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 25.9 |
| Governance | 28.8 |
| Contract Governance | 28.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 16.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

## Agent readiness — 26.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | documented |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Free · Open access — onboarding: open, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (5)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Studio Ghibli Agentic Access** — 10 operations

## Security (1)

- **Studio Ghibli Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Studio Ghibli Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **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.

## Tags

Anime, Studio Ghibli, Film, Characters, Locations, Species, Vehicles, Public APIs, Open-Source, Read Only

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/studio-ghibli/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.