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Studio Ghibli API

Films, people, locations and vehicles from Studio Ghibli films.
Status
Working
API key
Not needed
Browser calls
Runs in the browser
Latency
332 ms

Build snapshot, not live. One verifier run on , from the machine that built this site. How we check

Example request

GEThttps://ghibliapi.vercel.app/films?limit=1

Sent from your browser straight to ghibliapi.vercel.app. No proxy: this site never sees the request or the answer.

Copy the request

Shell
curl -s 'https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/films?limit=1'

Response stored by the verifier

This is what ghibliapi.vercel.app answered when the verifier sent the request above on : HTTP 200, application/json. Arrays are cut to two items and long strings are shortened. It comes from the build snapshot.

application/json · stored
[
  {
    "id": "2baf70d1-42bb-4437-b551-e5fed5a87abe",
    "title": "Castle in the Sky",
    "original_title": "天空の城ラピュタ",
    "original_title_romanised": "Tenkū no shiro Rapyuta",
    "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/npOnzAbLh6VOIu3naU5QaEcTepo.jpg",
    "movie_banner": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w533_and_h300_bestv2/3cyjYtLWCBE1uvWINHFsFnE8LUK.jpg",
    "description": "The orphan Sheeta inherited a mysterious crystal that links her to the mythical sky-kingdom of Laputa. With the help ...",
    "director": "Hayao Miyazaki",
    "producer": "Isao Takahata",
    "release_date": "1986",
    "running_time": "124",
    "rt_score": "95",
    "people": [
      "https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/people/598f7048-74ff-41e0-92ef-87dc1ad980a9",
      "https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/people/fe93adf2-2f3a-4ec4-9f68-5422f1b87c01"
    ],
    "species": [
      "https://ghibliapi.vercel.app/species/af3910a6-429f-4c74-9ad5-dfe1c4aa04f2"
    ]
  }
]

Availability

Up 1 of 1 day checked · 30-day window

What counts as up for this API: an answer within five seconds, a 2xx status, and the body must be a JSON array with at least one item.

Last check: — passed, HTTP 200 in 332 ms.

The check runs from our infrastructure, not from where you are. If you need certainty, send the request yourself above. How the verifier works.

Questions

Does the Studio Ghibli API need an API key?

No. The sample request on this page was answered without a key, token or account.

Can I call the Studio Ghibli API from the browser?

Yes. ghibliapi.vercel.app answered our verifier with an Access-Control-Allow-Origin header on Oct 3, 2026, so a fetch call from a web page can read the response.

Is the Studio Ghibli API working?

At the check on Oct 3, 2026 it returned HTTP 200 with the expected data in 332 ms. The status at the top of this page shows the most recent result we have.