AniList · Schema

Character

A character that features in an anime or manga

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	The id of the character
name	object	The names of the character
image	object	Character images
description	string	A general description of the character
gender	string	The character's gender. Usually Male, Female, or Non-binary but can be any string.
dateOfBirth	object	The character's birth date
age	string	The character's age. Note this is a string, not an int, it may contain further text and additional ages.
bloodType	string	The characters blood type
isFavourite	boolean	If the character is marked as favourite by the currently authenticated user
isFavouriteBlocked	boolean	If the character is blocked from being added to favourites
siteUrl	string	The url for the character page on the AniList website
media	object	Media that includes the character
updatedAt	integer
favourites	integer	The amount of user's who have favourited the character
modNotes	string	Notes for site moderators

View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/anilist/refs/heads/main/json-schema/anilist-character-schema.json",
  "title": "Character",
  "description": "A character that features in an anime or manga",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The id of the character"
    },
    "name": {
      "$ref": "./anilist-charactername-schema.json",
      "description": "The names of the character"
    },
    "image": {
      "$ref": "./anilist-characterimage-schema.json",
      "description": "Character images"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A general description of the character"
    },
    "gender": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The character's gender. Usually Male, Female, or Non-binary but can be any string."
    },
    "dateOfBirth": {
      "$ref": "./anilist-fuzzydate-schema.json",
      "description": "The character's birth date"
    },
    "age": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The character's age. Note this is a string, not an int, it may contain further text and additional ages."
    },
    "bloodType": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The characters blood type"
    },
    "isFavourite": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "If the character is marked as favourite by the currently authenticated user"
    },
    "isFavouriteBlocked": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "If the character is blocked from being added to favourites"
    },
    "siteUrl": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The url for the character page on the AniList website"
    },
    "media": {
      "$ref": "./anilist-mediaconnection-schema.json",
      "description": "Media that includes the character"
    },
    "updatedAt": {
      "type": "integer",
      "deprecated": true
    },
    "favourites": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The amount of user's who have favourited the character"
    },
    "modNotes": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Notes for site moderators"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id",
    "isFavourite",
    "isFavouriteBlocked"
  ]
}