Anime difficulty list
This is a list of anime ranked by their difficulty, on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 is very easy and 100 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.
The difficulty ratings were generated automatically by a machine learning model. If you're interested in how we calculated them take a look here. We do not distribute any copyrighted materials from any of these works; we only provide aggregate statistics.
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Showing 1393..1399 from 1399 entries
Anime
Hyouge Mono
| Length (in words) | 56449 |
|---|---|
| Unique words | 7203 |
| Unique words (used once) | 3475 |
| Unique words (used once %) | 48% |
| Unique kanji | 1864 |
| Unique kanji (used once) | 382 |
| Unique kanji readings | 3366 |
| Average difficulty | 82/100 |
| Peak difficulty (90th percentile) | 94/100 |
| MAL avg. rating | 8.0 |
| MAL rating count | 2988 |
Anime
Metal Armor Dragonar
| Length (in words) | 85252 |
|---|---|
| Unique words | 8203 |
| Unique words (used once) | 3740 |
| Unique words (used once %) | 45% |
| Unique kanji | 1701 |
| Unique kanji (used once) | 268 |
| Unique kanji readings | 2887 |
| Average difficulty | 83/100 |
| Peak difficulty (90th percentile) | 95/100 |
| MAL avg. rating | 6.7 |
| MAL rating count | 672 |
Anime
Soukou Kihei Votoms: Kakuyaku taru Itan
| Length (in words) | 5940 |
|---|---|
| Unique words | 1565 |
| Unique words (used once) | 964 |
| Unique words (used once %) | 61% |
| Unique kanji | 785 |
| Unique kanji (used once) | 283 |
| Unique kanji readings | 1053 |
| Average difficulty | 83/100 |
| Peak difficulty (90th percentile) | 93/100 |
| MAL avg. rating | 6.9 |
| MAL rating count | 1245 |
Anime
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
| Length (in words) | 277269 |
|---|---|
| Unique words | 16577 |
| Unique words (used once) | 6484 |
| Unique words (used once %) | 39% |
| Unique kanji | 2116 |
| Unique kanji (used once) | 253 |
| Unique kanji readings | 3900 |
| Average difficulty | 83/100 |
| Peak difficulty (90th percentile) | 99/100 |
| MAL avg. rating | 9.1 |
| MAL rating count | 56056 |
Anime
Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi
| Length (in words) | 83179 |
|---|---|
| Unique words | 7341 |
| Unique words (used once) | 3104 |
| Unique words (used once %) | 42% |
| Unique kanji | 1727 |
| Unique kanji (used once) | 266 |
| Unique kanji readings | 2973 |
| Average difficulty | 84/100 |
| Peak difficulty (90th percentile) | 93/100 |
| MAL avg. rating | 7.4 |
| MAL rating count | 1751 |
Anime
Lord El-Melloi II Sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note
| Length (in words) | 26974 |
|---|---|
| Unique words | 4354 |
| Unique words (used once) | 2316 |
| Unique words (used once %) | 53% |
| Unique kanji | 1354 |
| Unique kanji (used once) | 322 |
| Unique kanji readings | 2068 |
| Average difficulty | 85/100 |
| Peak difficulty (90th percentile) | 94/100 |
| MAL avg. rating | 7.4 |
| MAL rating count | 44729 |
Anime
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
| Length (in words) | 22277 |
|---|---|
| Unique words | 4239 |
| Unique words (used once) | 2246 |
| Unique words (used once %) | 52% |
| Unique kanji | 1328 |
| Unique kanji (used once) | 314 |
| Unique kanji readings | 2006 |
| Average difficulty | 87/100 |
| Peak difficulty (90th percentile) | 99/100 |
| MAL avg. rating | 7.7 |
| MAL rating count | 25476 |