Search the Anime News Network encyclopedia for anime and manga by title. Returns one compact row per match: id, kind, type, name, precision and vintage. Use the id and kind with get_title to read the full entry. Matching is on substring, so a short query returns a lot: narrow the query rather than raising 'limit'. This searches titles only. It cannot find an entry from a plot detail, a character or a studio.

Read one Anime News Network encyclopedia entry by id. Get the id and kind from search_titles first. Sections are opt-in because a full record is very large: ask only for what you need. 'basic' covers type, vintage, genres, themes, episode count, ratings and the plot summary. Long plot summaries are paginated: when 'truncated' is true, call again with 'offset' set to 'next_offset'.

List what was added to the Anime News Network encyclopedia most recently: anime, manga, people or companies. Pass 'starts_with' to browse titles alphabetically instead, which only applies to anime and manga. Rows carry an id you can pass to get_title when the kind is anime or manga. This is a listing, not a search: use search_titles when you know what you are looking for.

Read the latest Anime News Network stories from their RSS feeds. 'all' mixes news, reviews and features; 'news' and 'reviews' are the narrower feeds. Filter with 'category' to keep only stories the feed tags a given way, such as Manga or Anime. The feed is the whole window available: there is no way to reach older stories through this tool. When you repeat a story, cite Anime News Network and link the article.