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.

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Anime

Gugure! Kokkuri-san Specials

Length (in words)	3139
Unique words	975
Unique words (used once)	604
Unique words (used once %)	61%
Unique kanji	492
Unique kanji (used once)	241
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.2
MAL rating count	3686

Length (in words)	16146
Unique words	2847
Unique words (used once)	1590
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	987
Unique kanji (used once)	324
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.2
MAL rating count	296101

Length (in words)	1571
Unique words	599
Unique words (used once)	372
Unique words (used once %)	62%
Unique kanji	360
Unique kanji (used once)	200
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	3.4
MAL rating count	82322

Length (in words)	2836
Unique words	697
Unique words (used once)	380
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	330
Unique kanji (used once)	153
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	6.7
MAL rating count	636

Length (in words)	4713
Unique words	1081
Unique words (used once)	596
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	274
Unique kanji (used once)	97
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	6.6
MAL rating count	1208

Length (in words)	22141
Unique words	2879
Unique words (used once)	1415
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	955
Unique kanji (used once)	271
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.9
MAL rating count	54897

Length (in words)	4605
Unique words	1090
Unique words (used once)	581
Unique words (used once %)	53%
Unique kanji	500
Unique kanji (used once)	213
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.0
MAL rating count	1660

Length (in words)	2531
Unique words	721
Unique words (used once)	428
Unique words (used once %)	59%
Unique kanji	359
Unique kanji (used once)	171
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.6
MAL rating count	17025

Length (in words)	6868
Unique words	1295
Unique words (used once)	656
Unique words (used once %)	50%
Unique kanji	615
Unique kanji (used once)	221
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	8.7
MAL rating count	281283

Length (in words)	19775
Unique words	3067
Unique words (used once)	1643
Unique words (used once %)	53%
Unique kanji	1011
Unique kanji (used once)	301
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.8
MAL rating count	87769

Length (in words)	3275
Unique words	1091
Unique words (used once)	691
Unique words (used once %)	63%
Unique kanji	536
Unique kanji (used once)	231
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	6.4
MAL rating count	28751

Length (in words)	4000
Unique words	930
Unique words (used once)	483
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	358
Unique kanji (used once)	168
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.9
MAL rating count	273831

Length (in words)	2853
Unique words	799
Unique words (used once)	440
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	389
Unique kanji (used once)	169
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.6
MAL rating count	51422

Length (in words)	5063
Unique words	1130
Unique words (used once)	611
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	472
Unique kanji (used once)	190
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	8.2
MAL rating count	388001

Length (in words)	3894
Unique words	862
Unique words (used once)	479
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	343
Unique kanji (used once)	143
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.0
MAL rating count	1185

Length (in words)	2103
Unique words	800
Unique words (used once)	509
Unique words (used once %)	63%
Unique kanji	408
Unique kanji (used once)	173
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.6
MAL rating count	23401

Length (in words)	5451
Unique words	1211
Unique words (used once)	676
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	533
Unique kanji (used once)	219
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.4
MAL rating count	17914

Length (in words)	3527
Unique words	878
Unique words (used once)	475
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	403
Unique kanji (used once)	167
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	6.8
MAL rating count	757

Length (in words)	1562
Unique words	568
Unique words (used once)	354
Unique words (used once %)	62%
Unique kanji	326
Unique kanji (used once)	158
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.3
MAL rating count	22151

Length (in words)	1773
Unique words	688
Unique words (used once)	447
Unique words (used once %)	64%
Unique kanji	375
Unique kanji (used once)	210
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.2
MAL rating count	93230

Length (in words)	19277
Unique words	2584
Unique words (used once)	1261
Unique words (used once %)	48%
Unique kanji	869
Unique kanji (used once)	250
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.0
MAL rating count	99782

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Anime difficulty list

Gugure! Kokkuri-san Specials

Himouto! Umaru-chan

Pupa

Jigoku Sensei Nube: Gozen 0 Ji Nube Shisu!

Crayon Shin-chan Movie 13: Densetsu wo Yobu Buriburi 3 Pun Dai Shingeki

Yuru Yuri S3

Nijiiro Hotaru: Eien no Natsuyasumi

Chiba Pedal

Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World - Tou no Kuni - Free Lance

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai

Yuru Yuri S2

Tawawa on Monday

Gake no Ue no Ponyo

Cardcaptor Sakura: Movie 1

Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo

Happiness Charge PreCure! Movie: Ningyou no Kuni no Ballerina

Kuroko no Basket: Baka ja Katenai no yo!

Brave Story

Touch Movie 1: Sebangou no Nai Ace

Tsubasa Chronicle: Tori Kago no Kuni no Himegimi

Tokyo Ghoul Pinto

Sakura Trick

Mirai Shounen Conan: Kyodaiki Gigant no Fukkatsu

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

Touch Movie 2: Sayonara no Okurimono

Jewelpet Movie: Sweets Dance Princess

Hibike! Euphonium S2

Glass no Hana to Kowasu Sekai

Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu

From Up On Poppy Hill

Kimagure Orange Road: Ano Hi ni Kaeritai

Doki Doki! Precure the Movie: Memories for the Future

Shin Dokonjou Gaeru: Dokonjou Yumemakura

Yuru Yuri

Doraemon Movie 23: Nobita to Robot Kingdom

Luger Code 1951

Tsuki ga Kirei

Kanon

K-ON!

Tamayura: Hitotose

Violet Evergarden Side Story: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

Mikakunin de Shinkoukei

A Letter to Momo

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

Isshuukan Friends

Jigoku Sensei Nube: Kyoufu no Natsuyasumi!! Ayashi no Umi no Densetsu!

Non Non Biyori

Howl's Moving Castle

Mushishi Zoku Shou: Odoro no Michi

Hakubo

Length (in words)	2053
Unique words	705
Unique words (used once)	444
Unique words (used once %)	62%
Unique kanji	376
Unique kanji (used once)	198
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	6.6
MAL rating count	376

Length (in words)	5610
Unique words	1282
Unique words (used once)	747
Unique words (used once %)	58%
Unique kanji	582
Unique kanji (used once)	251
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.5
MAL rating count	7195

Length (in words)	2848
Unique words	779
Unique words (used once)	429
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	363
Unique kanji (used once)	170
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	6.7
MAL rating count	724

Length (in words)	5987
Unique words	1364
Unique words (used once)	733
Unique words (used once %)	53%
Unique kanji	519
Unique kanji (used once)	196
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	6.1
MAL rating count	228

Length (in words)	19392
Unique words	2607
Unique words (used once)	1343
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	949
Unique kanji (used once)	269
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	8.3
MAL rating count	90296

Length (in words)	3622
Unique words	821
Unique words (used once)	450
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	431
Unique kanji (used once)	160
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	6.7
MAL rating count	11220

Length (in words)	6781
Unique words	1226
Unique words (used once)	630
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	499
Unique kanji (used once)	191
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.3
MAL rating count	143232

Length (in words)	4282
Unique words	1281
Unique words (used once)	807
Unique words (used once %)	62%
Unique kanji	642
Unique kanji (used once)	272
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.8
MAL rating count	80342

Length (in words)	3648
Unique words	971
Unique words (used once)	576
Unique words (used once %)	59%
Unique kanji	480
Unique kanji (used once)	244
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.6
MAL rating count	4000

Length (in words)	4487
Unique words	1077
Unique words (used once)	601
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	483
Unique kanji (used once)	194
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	6.8
MAL rating count	1514