Spy x Family age rating: what parents of kids 4–7 should know

• ✓Official rating above age 7
  TV-14 per CSM listing; BBFC 15
• ✓Violence in rating descriptors
  BBFC: moderate violence
• ✓Scary content in rating descriptors
  BBFC: threat (a girl is kidnapped)
• –Bad language in rating descriptors
  Mild only; CSM: "hell"
• –Sexual content, drugs, or alcohol in rating descriptors
  Mild only, per BBFC and CSM
• ✓Rated 12 or higher in the UK or Germany
  UK BBFC: 15 (Netflix series)

Each flag is a yes-or-no fact from the sources on this page. The number is a count of flags, not a safety score. How we count. Rating reasons marked mild, very mild, or brief don't count.

Checked October 2026. Ratings and settings change; check the official source before you decide. What do these ratings mean?

Facts for parents, not medical or legal advice. If you're worried about your child, talk to your pediatrician.

What Spy x Family is about

Spy x Family is a Japanese anime based on Tatsuya Endo's manga. A master spy code-named Twilight needs a fake family for a mission, so he adopts Anya, a little girl who can secretly read minds, and marries Yor, who is secretly an assassin. Anya secretly knows both of their secrets, but Loid and Yor don't know each other's. The first season aired in 2022, the second in 2023, and a third from October to December 2025. A film, Code: White, reached US theaters in April 2024.

Spy x Family age rating: what's in it

Short answer: Common Sense Media lists it as TV-14 in the US; the BBFC rates the Netflix series 15.

• US: TV-14, per Common Sense Media's listing.
• UK (BBFC): 15 for the Netflix series; episodes range from U to 15, and most Season 1 episodes are 12.
• Germany: FSK 12 on most home-video volumes, for threat, violence, and injury. Disney+ Germany shows its own label, 16.
• Common Sense Media: 13+.

The BBFC describes a man shot in the head at point-blank range with no injury detail, and a frightened young girl who is kidnapped, tied up, and gagged. Common Sense Media lists gunfire, grenade explosions, deadly car crashes, and bloody wounds that aren't gory.

Spy x Family Code: White rating

Short answer: PG-13 in the US per Rotten Tomatoes, 12A in the UK, and FSK 12 in Germany.

The BBFC lists moderate violence, bloody images, and threat: an assassin kills a man with a bladed weapon and blood sprays across a wall. It adds mild bad language, comic references to adultery, and a woman drinking to build up courage, which the film shows in a negative light.

The habit kids may copy: the family secrets

Common Sense Media notes that every member of the Forger family is lying to the others, though it also says the show shows an untraditional family being loving and supportive.

Try tonight: no mind reading

Anya reads minds, but we can't. At bedtime, say: "I can't read your mind. Tell me: is it sunny or rainy inside you?" Then share yours. In our program, this is the lesson "Weather Inside": naming what you feel.

What age is Spy x Family for?

It's TV-14 in the US per Common Sense Media's listing, and Common Sense Media lists it for ages 13 and up. The BBFC rates the Netflix series 15.

Is Spy x Family for kids?

Common Sense Media lists it for 13+, citing gunfire, explosions, and some bloody wounds. In Germany, most home-video volumes are FSK 12.

What is Spy x Family Code: White rated?

PG-13 in the US per Rotten Tomatoes, 12A in the UK for moderate violence, bloody images, and threat, and FSK 12 in Germany.

Does Spy x Family have bad language?

Common Sense Media says "hell" is sometimes used. The BBFC lists mild bad language for the Code: White film.

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