Crunchyroll API: Get series
Gets public Crunchyroll series details by series name or series link; matches a series title rather than a movie.
Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Crunchyroll.
Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 31, 2026, shown under Output.
- Series, required
series Series name or Crunchyroll series link, for example Jujutsu Kaisen or https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRDV0019R/jujutsu-kaisen.
https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WXVJ/spy-x-family
Input as JSON
{ "series": "https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WXVJ/spy-x-family" }Output
{ "title": "SPY x FAMILY", "genres": [ "Action", "Adventure", "Comedy" ], "publisher": "CloverWorks", "series_id": "G4PH0WXVJ", "simulcast": false, "description": "World peace is at stake and secret agent Twilight must undergo his most difficult mission yet—pretend to be a family man. Posing as a loving husband and father, he’ll infiltrate an elite school to get close to a high-profile politician. He has the perfect cover, except his wife’s a deadly assassin a…", "audio_languages": [ "Japanese", "English", "Arabic" ], "maturity_rating": "TV-14", "crunchyroll_link": "https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WXVJ/spy-x-family" , "number_of_ratings": 439527, "number_of_seasons": 3, "poster_image_link": "https://www.crunchyroll.com/imgsrv/display/thumbnail/480x720/catalog/crunchyroll/1d05d76580b92974b125044b3a0bbc8c.png" , "number_of_episodes": 50, "subtitle_languages": [ "English", "Arabic", "Catalan" ], "average_user_rating": 4.9}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"crunchyroll.com/get_series","input":{"series":"https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WXVJ/spy-x-family"}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "crunchyroll.com/get_series" , "input": { "series": "https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WXVJ/spy-x-family" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "crunchyroll.com/get_series" , "input": { "series": "https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WXVJ/spy-x-family" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run crunchyroll.com/get_series# with {"series":"https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WXVJ/spy-x-family"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "series" ], "properties": { "series": { "type": "string", "description": "Series name or Crunchyroll series link, for example Jujutsu Kaisen or https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRDV0019R/jujutsu-kaisen." } }, "additionalProperties": false}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "title", "description", "maturity_rating", "average_user_rating", "number_of_ratings", "number_of_seasons", "number_of_episodes", "audio_languages", "subtitle_languages", "genres", "publisher", "simulcast", "poster_image_link", "crunchyroll_link", "series_id" ], "properties": { "title": { "type": "string" }, "genres": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "publisher": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "series_id": { "type": "string", "x-fous-developer": true }, "simulcast": { "type": "boolean" }, "description": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "audio_languages": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maturity_rating": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "crunchyroll_link": { "type": "string" }, "number_of_ratings": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "number_of_seasons": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "poster_image_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "number_of_episodes": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "subtitle_languages": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "average_user_rating": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
crunchyroll.com/get_series- Returns
- title, description, maturity rating, user rating, seasons, episodes, audio and subtitle languages, genres, publisher, poster, link
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method crunchyroll.com/get_series with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
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