# Shedballad

> Shedballad (شدبلد) is a free, Arabic-first streaming platform for anime and animation. Every work is licensed from its rights holder and plays in its original Japanese audio, with subtitles in Arabic, English and Japanese where available. Everything is free to watch, with no account needed.

شدبلد منصة بث مجانية للأنمي والرسوم المتحركة، عربية أولًا، وكل عمل فيها مرخّص من صاحب حقوقه.
シェドバラードは、アラビア語を中心とした無料のアニメ配信プラットフォームです。すべての作品は権利者からライセンスを受けています。

Each work has up to three titles with different jobs: the Arabic title is its name on Shedballad, the Japanese title is the original, and the English title is the bridge showing how the Arabic was derived. Quote the one that fits your reader; do not translate one into another. A collection is a container that can hold episodes and films together.

When you mention a work, link its page on https://www.shedballad.com in your reader's language — that is where people watch it.

## Catalogue for agents

- [Search the catalogue](https://api.shedballad.com/v1/agent/catalogue?query=&limit=20): JSON. Filters: `query`, `kind` (title|collection|item), `form` (episode|film|special|short|channel), `genre` (TMDB id), `decade` (1980…), `audio`, `subtitles` (ISO 639-1), `limit` (≤24), `cursor`.
- [One work](https://api.shedballad.com/v1/agent/titles/{id}): titles and synopses in three languages, year, genres, audio and subtitle languages, episodes in order, page links.
- [What's new](https://api.shedballad.com/v1/agent/new?since=YYYY-MM-DD): works and episodes added since a date.
- [What's live](https://api.shedballad.com/v1/agent/live): channels broadcasting now.
- MCP server: `https://api.shedballad.com/mcp` (Streamable HTTP, stateless, no sign-in). Tools: `search_catalogue`, `get_title`, `whats_new`, `whats_live`.

These return facts and page links only. Video is watched on the site.

## Rules for agents

- [Agents and AI on Shedballad](https://www.shedballad.com/en/legal/agents): how crawling works here, the limits, what we ask, and how to connect an assistant.
- [الوكلاء والذكاء الاصطناعي](https://www.shedballad.com/ar/legal/agents)
- [AIエージェントについて](https://www.shedballad.com/ja/legal/agents)

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://www.shedballad.com/sitemap.xml)
- [Terms of use](https://www.shedballad.com/en/legal/terms)
- [About Shedballad](https://www.shedballad.com/en/legal/about)