README.md

metadata

language:
  - en
  - ja
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - text-generation
  - feature-extraction
tags:
  - anime
  - characters
  - myanimelist
  - manga
  - light-novel
pretty_name: anime-characters
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K

Anime Character Dataset

This dataset contains detailed information about anime characters scraped from MyAnimeList.

Dataset Description

• Number of Characters: 41,410
• Source: MyAnimeList (MAL)
• Last Updated: 2025-08-25

Dataset Structure

Each character entry contains the following fields:

• mal_id: MyAnimeList character ID
• url: Character page URL
• name: Character name
• name_kanji: Character name in Kanji (if available)
• nicknames: List of character nicknames
• about: Character description/biography
• favorites: Number of users who favorited this character
• anime_appearances: List of anime the character appears in
• manga_appearances: List of manga the character appears in
• voice_actors: List of voice actors for different languages
• images: Character image URLs

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("anime-characters")

# Access character data
for character in dataset['train']:
    print(f"Character: {character['name']}")
    print(f"About: {character['about'][:200]}...")

Data Fields

• mal_id (int): Unique identifier from MyAnimeList
• url (string): Direct URL to character page
• name (string): Character's full name
• name_kanji (string): Japanese name in Kanji
• nicknames (list): Alternative names/nicknames
• about (string): Character biography/description
• favorites (int): Number of user favorites
• anime_appearances (list): List of anime with:
  • mal_id: Anime ID
  • title: Anime title
  • role: Character's role (Main/Supporting)
• manga_appearances (list): List of manga with similar structure
• voice_actors (list): Voice actor information with:
  • name: Voice actor name
  • language: Language version
• images (dict): URLs for character images

License

This dataset is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

@dataset{anime_characters_2025,
  title={Anime Character Dataset},
  author={Your Name},
  year={2025},
  publisher={Hugging Face}
}

Acknowledgments

Data sourced from MyAnimeList. Please respect their terms of service when using this dataset.