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

The Sky Crawlers

Length (in words)	3862
Unique words	1064
Unique words (used once)	625
Unique words (used once %)	58%
Unique kanji	527
Unique kanji (used once)	233
Unique kanji readings	660
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	7.3
MAL rating count	22066

Length (in words)	3982
Unique words	1309
Unique words (used once)	845
Unique words (used once %)	64%
Unique kanji	662
Unique kanji (used once)	295
Unique kanji readings	857
Difficulty	4/10
MAL avg. rating	7.9
MAL rating count	115032

Length (in words)	3991
Unique words	1198
Unique words (used once)	718
Unique words (used once %)	59%
Unique kanji	630
Unique kanji (used once)	259
Unique kanji readings	797
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	7.6
MAL rating count	85990

Length (in words)	3973
Unique words	1101
Unique words (used once)	637
Unique words (used once %)	57%
Unique kanji	550
Unique kanji (used once)	185
Unique kanji readings	735
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	7.4
MAL rating count	5107

Length (in words)	4031
Unique words	1282
Unique words (used once)	811
Unique words (used once %)	63%
Unique kanji	613
Unique kanji (used once)	262
Unique kanji readings	802
Difficulty	5/10
MAL avg. rating	7.9
MAL rating count	106271

Length (in words)	4047
Unique words	766
Unique words (used once)	380
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	377
Unique kanji (used once)	162
Unique kanji readings	450
Difficulty	1/10
MAL avg. rating	6.1
MAL rating count	76777

Length (in words)	4067
Unique words	938
Unique words (used once)	482
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	361
Unique kanji (used once)	168
Unique kanji readings	473
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.9
MAL rating count	273831

Length (in words)	3965
Unique words	1160
Unique words (used once)	701
Unique words (used once %)	60%
Unique kanji	579
Unique kanji (used once)	244
Unique kanji readings	755
Difficulty	4/10
MAL avg. rating	6.1
MAL rating count	23458

Length (in words)	3963
Unique words	1057
Unique words (used once)	615
Unique words (used once %)	58%
Unique kanji	554
Unique kanji (used once)	242
Unique kanji readings	694
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	6.7
MAL rating count	26850

Length (in words)	3939
Unique words	985
Unique words (used once)	554
Unique words (used once %)	56%
Unique kanji	514
Unique kanji (used once)	220
Unique kanji readings	638
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	6.8
MAL rating count	3011

Length (in words)	4019
Unique words	906
Unique words (used once)	486
Unique words (used once %)	53%
Unique kanji	446
Unique kanji (used once)	182
Unique kanji readings	554
Difficulty	6/10
MAL avg. rating	8.6
MAL rating count	989388

Length (in words)	4186
Unique words	1241
Unique words (used once)	739
Unique words (used once %)	59%
Unique kanji	651
Unique kanji (used once)	251
Unique kanji readings	858
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	6.2
MAL rating count	158

Length (in words)	3528
Unique words	823
Unique words (used once)	419
Unique words (used once %)	50%
Unique kanji	370
Unique kanji (used once)	153
Unique kanji readings	442
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	6.9
MAL rating count	919

Length (in words)	3938
Unique words	921
Unique words (used once)	500
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	440
Unique kanji (used once)	178
Unique kanji readings	537
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	7.4
MAL rating count	46420

Length (in words)	4368
Unique words	997
Unique words (used once)	530
Unique words (used once %)	53%
Unique kanji	501
Unique kanji (used once)	194
Unique kanji readings	644
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	7.1
MAL rating count	48006

Length (in words)	4194
Unique words	1016
Unique words (used once)	541
Unique words (used once %)	53%
Unique kanji	457
Unique kanji (used once)	182
Unique kanji readings	591
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	6.7
MAL rating count	673

Length (in words)	4457
Unique words	1372
Unique words (used once)	881
Unique words (used once %)	64%
Unique kanji	729
Unique kanji (used once)	316
Unique kanji readings	950
Difficulty	4/10
MAL avg. rating	8.1
MAL rating count	205431

Length (in words)	4456
Unique words	1340
Unique words (used once)	805
Unique words (used once %)	60%
Unique kanji	686
Unique kanji (used once)	280
Unique kanji readings	898
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	4315
Unique words	1286
Unique words (used once)	811
Unique words (used once %)	63%
Unique kanji	650
Unique kanji (used once)	275
Unique kanji readings	870
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.8
MAL rating count	80342

Length (in words)	4404
Unique words	1244
Unique words (used once)	749
Unique words (used once %)	60%
Unique kanji	621
Unique kanji (used once)	246
Unique kanji readings	830
Difficulty	4/10
MAL avg. rating	6.6
MAL rating count	20086

Length (in words)	3506
Unique words	892
Unique words (used once)	463
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	368
Unique kanji (used once)	156
Unique kanji readings	453
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.5
MAL rating count	2145

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Anime difficulty list

The Sky Crawlers

Grisaia no Meikyuu: Caprice no Mayu 0

Tonari no Seki-kun

Soukyuu no Fafner: Right of Left - Single Program

Berserk - The Golden Age II - The Battle for Doldrey

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

Gake no Ue no Ponyo

Batman Ninja

Black Fox

Yakusoku no Nanaya Matsuri

One Piece Arc 40 (626-628): Caesar Retrieval

Junod

Precure Dream Stars! Movie

Gantz:O

Blame! Movie

BLAME!

Touch Movie 3: Kimi ga Toorisugita Ato ni - Don't Pass Me By

Paprika

Eikoku Ikka, Nihon o Taberu: Shougatsu wo Taberu

From Up On Poppy Hill

Bayonetta - Bloody Fate

Precure All Stars Movie DX3: Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai wo Tsunagu Nijiiro no Hana

Happiness Charge PreCure! Movie: Ningyou no Kuni no Ballerina

Nijiiro Hotaru: Eien no Natsuyasumi

Kaijuu Girls Kuro: Ultra Kaijuu Gijinka Keikaku

Ichigo Mashimaro OVA

Kyoukai no Kanata Movie 1: I'll Be Here - Kako-hen

Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgment

Mardock Scramble: The First Compression

Doraemon Movie 23: Nobita to Robot Kingdom

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth

Tsubasa Chronicle: Tokyo Revelations

One Piece Arc 28 (382-384): Spa Island

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

Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san Movie

Shakugan no Shana (Movie)

Hunter x Hunter Movie 2: The Last Mission

Kyoukai no Kanata Movie 2: I'll Be Here - Mirai-hen

Doraemon Movie 24: Nobita to Fushigi Kazetsukai

Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi!

Doki Doki! Precure the Movie: Memories for the Future

Tamako Love Story

Captain Herlock (2013)

Doraemon Movie 01: Nobita no Kyouryuu

Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro

Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin

Doraemon Movie 25: Nobita no Wan-Nyan Jikuuden

Appleseed

Kirakira Precure A La Mode Movie: Paritto! Omoide no Mille-Feuille!

A Letter to Momo

Length (in words)	3891
Unique words	860
Unique words (used once)	477
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	344
Unique kanji (used once)	144
Unique kanji readings	436
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.0
MAL rating count	1185

Length (in words)	4622
Unique words	1090
Unique words (used once)	582
Unique words (used once %)	53%
Unique kanji	500
Unique kanji (used once)	213
Unique kanji readings	644
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.0
MAL rating count	1660

Length (in words)	4248
Unique words	1162
Unique words (used once)	678
Unique words (used once %)	58%
Unique kanji	577
Unique kanji (used once)	235
Unique kanji readings	744
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	6.3
MAL rating count	360

Length (in words)	4095
Unique words	1256
Unique words (used once)	792
Unique words (used once %)	63%
Unique kanji	576
Unique kanji (used once)	274
Unique kanji readings	746
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.7
MAL rating count	11862

Length (in words)	4748
Unique words	1092
Unique words (used once)	612
Unique words (used once %)	56%
Unique kanji	573
Unique kanji (used once)	250
Unique kanji readings	721
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	7.7
MAL rating count	59280

Length (in words)	4413
Unique words	1195
Unique words (used once)	729
Unique words (used once %)	61%
Unique kanji	580
Unique kanji (used once)	249
Unique kanji readings	763
Difficulty	3/10
MAL avg. rating	7.3
MAL rating count	83948

Length (in words)	4764
Unique words	1353
Unique words (used once)	824
Unique words (used once %)	60%
Unique kanji	663
Unique kanji (used once)	243
Unique kanji readings	874
Difficulty	4/10
MAL avg. rating	7.5
MAL rating count	25868

Length (in words)	4308
Unique words	1021
Unique words (used once)	553
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	444
Unique kanji (used once)	161
Unique kanji readings	594
Difficulty	2/10
MAL avg. rating	7.1
MAL rating count	3925

Length (in words)	4910
Unique words	1363
Unique words (used once)	839
Unique words (used once %)	61%
Unique kanji	751
Unique kanji (used once)	291
Unique kanji readings	1023
Difficulty	5/10
MAL avg. rating	7.4
MAL rating count	110902

Length (in words)	5077
Unique words	1072
Unique words (used once)	549
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	547
Unique kanji (used once)	207
Unique kanji readings	710
Difficulty	4/10
MAL avg. rating	8.3
MAL rating count	41374