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Get an anime/manga's reviews

get_media_reviews

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List user-written reviews for an anime or manga, ordered by community helpfulness. Returns short summaries by default, with an option to fetch full review text when needed.

Instructions

List user-written reviews for an anime or manga, most-helpful-voted first (confirmed live: ordered by rating, not score — see those fields' own descriptions). Always includes summary (a short excerpt); set includeBody to also fetch each review's full text (can be long — leave it off unless you actually need the full text). Use search_media first to resolve a title to its AniList ID.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`id`	Yes	AniList ID.
`page`	No	Page number for pagination. AniList's paginated connections (search results, a title's characters/staff/reviews, activity feeds, forum comments) reject a page whose page × perPage exceeds ~5000 entries with an upstream error, so paging that deep fails rather than returning more results.
`type`	Yes	Whether `id` refers to anime or manga.
`perPage`	No	Results per page (max 25, AniList's own ceiling — it silently clamps anything higher).
`includeBody`	No	Also fetch each review's full text (`body`), not just its short `summary`.

Output Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`reviews`	Yes

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed3 schema fields changedv0.11.0Oct 25, 2026

addedInput schema / additionalProperties
```
Added value: +false
```

changedInput schema / properties / perPage / description

Previous value: -"Results per page (max 50, AniList's own ceiling — it silently clamps anything higher)."New value: +"Results per page (max 25, AniList's own ceiling — it silently clamps anything higher)."

changedInput schema / properties / perPage / maximum
```
Previous value: -50New value: +25
```

Changed5 schema fields changedv0.9.0Sep 27, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / perPage / description

Previous value: -"Results per page (max 25)."New value: +"Results per page (max 50, AniList's own ceiling — it silently clamps anything higher)."

changedInput schema / properties / perPage / maximum
```
Previous value: -25New value: +50
```

changedOutput schema / properties / reviews / properties / nodes / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "items": {
-      "additionalProperties": {},
-      "properties": {
-        "body": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        "id": {
-          "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
-          "maximum": 2147483647,
-          "type": "integer"
-        },
-        "rating": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "minimum": 0,
-              "type": "number"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Net helpful votes this review received from other users (community helpfulness, confirmed live this is what results are sorted by) — not the reviewer's own opinion of the title, that's `score`."
-        },
-        "ratingAmount": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "minimum": 0,
-              "type": "number"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "Total votes cast on this review's helpfulness (helpful + unhelpful)."
-        },
-        "score": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "minimum": 0,
-              "type": "number"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ],
-          "description": "The reviewer's own 0-100 rating of the title itself, not a vote count."
-        },
-        "siteUrl": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "format": "uri",
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        "summary": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        "user": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "additionalProperties": {},
-              "properties": {
-                "id": {
-                  "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
-                  "maximum": 2147483647,
-                  "type": "integer"
-                },
-                "name": {
-                  "anyOf": [
-                    {
-                      "type": "string"
-                    },
-                    {
-                      "type": "null"
-                    }
-                  ]
-                }
-              },
-              "required": [
-                "id"
-              ],
-              "type": "object"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "id"
-      ],
-      "type": "object"
-    },
-    "type": "array"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "items": {
+      "additionalProperties": {},
+      "properties": {
+        "body": {
+          "type": [
+            "string",
+            "null"
+          ]
+        },
+        "id": {
+          "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
+          "maximum": 2147483647,
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "rating": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "minimum": 0,
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ],
+          "description": "Net helpful votes this review received from other users (community helpfulness, confirmed live this is what results are sorted by) — not the reviewer's own opinion of the title, that's `score`."
+        },
+        "ratingAmount": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "minimum": 0,
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ],
+          "description": "Total votes cast on this review's helpfulness (helpful + unhelpful)."
+        },
+        "score": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "minimum": 0,
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ],
+          "description": "The reviewer's own rating of the title itself (not a vote count, that's `rating`/`ratingAmount` above), on AniList's 0-100 community scale. It stays 0-100 whatever the viewer's configured scoreFormat is, since that setting only changes how anilist.co displays scores. This is NOT the 0-10 scale a personal list-entry `score` uses."
+        },
+        "siteUrl": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "format": "uri",
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "summary": {
+          "type": [
+            "string",
+            "null"
+          ]
+        },
+        "user": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "additionalProperties": {},
+              "properties": {
+                "id": {
+                  "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
+                  "maximum": 2147483647,
+                  "type": "integer"
+                },
+                "name": {
+                  "type": [
+                    "string",
+                    "null"
+                  ]
+                }
+              },
+              "required": [
+                "id"
+              ],
+              "type": "object"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "id"
+      ],
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "type": "array"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

removedOutput schema / properties / reviews / properties / pageInfo / properties / hasNextPage / anyOf
```
Removed value: -[
-  {
-    "type": "boolean"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]
```
addedOutput schema / properties / reviews / properties / pageInfo / properties / hasNextPage / type
```
Added value: +[
+  "boolean",
+  "null"
+]
```

Changed6 schema fields changedv0.7.1Aug 1, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / id / exclusiveMinimum
```
Added value: +0
```
removedInput schema / properties / id / minimum
```
Removed value: --2147483648
```

changedInput schema / properties / page / description

Previous value: -"Page number for pagination."New value: +"Page number for pagination. AniList's paginated connections (search results, a title's characters/staff/reviews, activity feeds, forum comments) reject a page whose page × perPage exceeds ~5000 entries with an upstream error, so paging that deep fails rather than returning more results."

addedInput schema / properties / perPage / exclusiveMinimum
```
Added value: +0
```
removedInput schema / properties / perPage / minimum
```
Removed value: -1
```

changedOutput schema / properties / reviews / properties / nodes / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "items": {
-      "additionalProperties": {},
-      "properties": {
-        "body": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        "id": {
-          "maximum": 9007199254740991,
-          "minimum": -9007199254740991,
-          "type": "integer"
-        },
-        "rating": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "number"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        "ratingAmount": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "number"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        "score": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "number"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        "siteUrl": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        "summary": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        "user": {
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "additionalProperties": {},
-              "properties": {
-                "id": {
-                  "maximum": 9007199254740991,
-                  "minimum": -9007199254740991,
-                  "type": "integer"
-                },
-                "name": {
-                  "anyOf": [
-                    {
-                      "type": "string"
-                    },
-                    {
-                      "type": "null"
-                    }
-                  ]
-                }
-              },
-              "required": [
-                "id"
-              ],
-              "type": "object"
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "null"
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "id"
-      ],
-      "type": "object"
-    },
-    "type": "array"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "items": {
+      "additionalProperties": {},
+      "properties": {
+        "body": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "id": {
+          "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
+          "maximum": 2147483647,
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "rating": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "minimum": 0,
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ],
+          "description": "Net helpful votes this review received from other users (community helpfulness, confirmed live this is what results are sorted by) — not the reviewer's own opinion of the title, that's `score`."
+        },
+        "ratingAmount": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "minimum": 0,
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ],
+          "description": "Total votes cast on this review's helpfulness (helpful + unhelpful)."
+        },
+        "score": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "minimum": 0,
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ],
+          "description": "The reviewer's own 0-100 rating of the title itself, not a vote count."
+        },
+        "siteUrl": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "format": "uri",
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "summary": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "user": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "additionalProperties": {},
+              "properties": {
+                "id": {
+                  "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
+                  "maximum": 2147483647,
+                  "type": "integer"
+                },
+                "name": {
+                  "anyOf": [
+                    {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "type": "null"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              },
+              "required": [
+                "id"
+              ],
+              "type": "object"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "id"
+      ],
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "type": "array"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

Addedv0.3.0Jul 26, 2026
Removedv0.2.0Jul 21, 2026
Addedv0.2.0Jul 21, 2026

TDQS

A4.3/5.0

Behavior4/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true and openWorldHint=true, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds live-verified behavioral detail the annotations don't carry — the ordering is by `rating` not `score` — and warns that includeBody can return long text. It doesn't mention the ~5000-entry paging ceiling, though the schema does.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness4/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Three sentences, front-loaded with purpose and ordering, then output shape, then the prerequisite lookup. Dense with nested parentheticals and backticks, which costs a little readability but every clause carries information.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness4/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

With an output schema present, return values needn't be explained, yet the description helpfully notes that `summary` is always included. The ordering caveat, the includeBody cost, and the ID-resolution prerequisite cover what an agent needs to invoke it correctly; only the paging depth limit is left to the schema.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters4/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, so baseline is 3. The description still earns a notch above by framing includeBody as a cost/benefit tradeoff (full text 'can be long') and by tying `id` to the need for a resolved AniList ID, which the schema's bare 'AniList ID' does not operationalize.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb and resource ('List user-written reviews for an anime or manga') plus the ordering, and it is clearly distinguishable from siblings such as get_media or get_media_statistics. The parenthetical naming the ordering field ('rating', not 'score') pins down the resource further.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines4/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Explicitly routes the agent to search_media first to resolve a title to an AniList ID, and gives a use/don't-use rule for includeBody ('leave it off unless you actually need the full text'). No exclusions relative to a competing sibling, but none plausibly exists for this resource.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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