Anime difficulty list

This is a list of anime ranked by their difficulty, on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is very easy and 10 is very hard. You can use it to find the most appropriate shows to watch based on how good your Japanese is.

If you already have an anime in mind which is around your level you can also search for it, and then click on "Show details..." to see anime of similar difficulty.

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Anime

Robot Town Sagami 2028

Length (in words)	440
Unique words	228
Unique words (used once)	153
Unique words (used once %)	67%
Unique kanji	114
Unique kanji (used once)	80
Difficulty	1/10

Length (in words)	1777
Unique words	559
Unique words (used once)	316
Unique words (used once %)	56%
Unique kanji	214
Unique kanji (used once)	118
Difficulty	1/10

Length (in words)	2557
Unique words	784
Unique words (used once)	471
Unique words (used once %)	60%
Unique kanji	384
Unique kanji (used once)	183
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	2229
Unique words	689
Unique words (used once)	403
Unique words (used once %)	58%
Unique kanji	393
Unique kanji (used once)	185
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	2292
Unique words	767
Unique words (used once)	460
Unique words (used once %)	59%
Unique kanji	398
Unique kanji (used once)	187
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	2867
Unique words	750
Unique words (used once)	414
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	315
Unique kanji (used once)	122
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	1593
Unique words	505
Unique words (used once)	259
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	264
Unique kanji (used once)	119
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	2214
Unique words	766
Unique words (used once)	471
Unique words (used once %)	61%
Unique kanji	411
Unique kanji (used once)	215
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	1769
Unique words	643
Unique words (used once)	432
Unique words (used once %)	67%
Unique kanji	333
Unique kanji (used once)	177
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	1144
Unique words	483
Unique words (used once)	331
Unique words (used once %)	68%
Unique kanji	276
Unique kanji (used once)	163
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	1570
Unique words	643
Unique words (used once)	430
Unique words (used once %)	66%
Unique kanji	401
Unique kanji (used once)	213
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	1683
Unique words	550
Unique words (used once)	326
Unique words (used once %)	59%
Unique kanji	298
Unique kanji (used once)	164
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	1988
Unique words	655
Unique words (used once)	400
Unique words (used once %)	61%
Unique kanji	357
Unique kanji (used once)	171
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	1552
Unique words	618
Unique words (used once)	402
Unique words (used once %)	65%
Unique kanji	301
Unique kanji (used once)	170
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	1491
Unique words	550
Unique words (used once)	355
Unique words (used once %)	64%
Unique kanji	322
Unique kanji (used once)	161
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	1205
Unique words	411
Unique words (used once)	240
Unique words (used once %)	58%
Unique kanji	244
Unique kanji (used once)	124
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	3545
Unique words	919
Unique words (used once)	502
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	461
Unique kanji (used once)	191
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	2683
Unique words	711
Unique words (used once)	394
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	348
Unique kanji (used once)	161
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	1478
Unique words	589
Unique words (used once)	378
Unique words (used once %)	64%
Unique kanji	342
Unique kanji (used once)	164
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	5633
Unique words	1294
Unique words (used once)	761
Unique words (used once %)	58%
Unique kanji	582
Unique kanji (used once)	251
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	3518
Unique words	832
Unique words (used once)	438
Unique words (used once %)	52%
Unique kanji	368
Unique kanji (used once)	153
Difficulty	3/10

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Anime difficulty list

Robot Town Sagami 2028

Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko

Okii Ichinensei to Chiisana Ninensei

Nekopara: Koneko no Hi no Yakusoku

Dareka no Manazashi

Fate Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works S2: Sunny Day

Yasashii Lion

Asagao to Kase-san

Recorder to Randoseru Do

Recorder to Randoseru Re

My Neighbor Totoro

Harmonie

Kotonoha no Niwa

Akagami no Shirayukihime OVA

Chiba Pedal

Kuro no Sumika: Chronus

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Lite

Hotarubi no Mori e

Blood: The Last Vampire

Room Mate

Aggretsuko: We Wish You A Metal Christmas

Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World - Byouki no Kuni - For You

Hoshi no Koe

Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai

The Borrower Arrietty

Senyuu Specials

Hibike! Euphonium Movie 1: Kitauji Koukou Suisougaku-bu e Youkoso

Precure Dream Stars! Movie

Hal

Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi!

Gake no Ue no Ponyo

Hinako Note

Byousoku 5 Centimeter

Tamako Love Story

Kawa no Hikari

Amaama to Inazuma

Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?

Touch Movie 2: Sayonara no Okurimono

Kuroko no Basket: Baka ja Katenai no yo!

Grave of the Fireflies

Touch Movie 1: Sebangou no Nai Ace

Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin - Extra Chorus

Ketsuekigata-kun! 4

Hakubo

Girls und Panzer: Kore ga Hontou no Anzio-sen Desu!

Doraemon Movie 24: Nobita to Fushigi Kazetsukai

Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi

Suite Precure Movie: Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Melody

Wakaokami wa Shougakusei! (Movie)

Kimagure Orange Road: Ano Hi ni Kaeritai

Length (in words)	2037
Unique words	606
Unique words (used once)	361
Unique words (used once %)	59%
Unique kanji	307
Unique kanji (used once)	157
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	4492
Unique words	1209
Unique words (used once)	683
Unique words (used once %)	56%
Unique kanji	528
Unique kanji (used once)	228
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	4014
Unique words	953
Unique words (used once)	500
Unique words (used once %)	52%
Unique kanji	356
Unique kanji (used once)	168
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	20792
Unique words	2780
Unique words (used once)	1374
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	933
Unique kanji (used once)	272
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	3444
Unique words	1032
Unique words (used once)	598
Unique words (used once %)	57%
Unique kanji	535
Unique kanji (used once)	253
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	4708
Unique words	1140
Unique words (used once)	656
Unique words (used once %)	57%
Unique kanji	478
Unique kanji (used once)	215
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	3720
Unique words	923
Unique words (used once)	500
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	324
Unique kanji (used once)	128
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	15696
Unique words	2336
Unique words (used once)	1226
Unique words (used once %)	52%
Unique kanji	768
Unique kanji (used once)	232
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	4058
Unique words	775
Unique words (used once)	390
Unique words (used once %)	50%
Unique kanji	365
Unique kanji (used once)	153
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	2863
Unique words	785
Unique words (used once)	438
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	357
Unique kanji (used once)	170
Difficulty	3/10