Spy x Family: How Old Is Anya Really?

Summary:

• Anya told Loid she was six, but she was obviously lying.
• Her age wasn’t stated in the manga.
• The author mentioned that Anya was 5 in one of the interviews.

When Loid found Anya at the beginning of Spy x Family, he needed a 6-year-old kid or older to enroll them in the Eden Academy.

Since Anya could read Loid’s mind and really wanted to go with him, she lied about her age and told him she was six. But how old is she really?

We Don’t Know, but We Can Guess

Anya’s age hasn’t been officially revealed, but looking at her, Loid thought the girl was about four or five years old. Honestly, it was not even stated that Anya was lying when she told Loid about her age, but fans are confident that she was.

Loid was thinking about the Eden Academy at that particular moment, and his thoughts mentioned that kids start the school at the age of six. Anya definitely heard that and was too eager to claim she was that age. It’s a major hint that it wasn’t true.

Confirmed by the Author

Tatsuya Endo, the author of the Spy x Family manga mentioned in one of his interviews that Anya turned five. However, we don’t know her birthday, so it’s difficult to say whether she turned 5 before Loid found her or after.

Fans tend to be very careful with what they see and hear outside of official manga pages, so they don’t think they should rely on the words of the mangaka entirely.

After all, there’s always a chance that he might change his mind later and adjust Anya’s personal information. But for now, 5 years old is the closest-to-canon age of Anya that we can talk about.

Manga readers agree that 5 seems like the perfect age for her. She’s a bit too young to start school just now, and should be learning such things as months of the year or other basic knowledge stuff.

That’s why Anya often struggles with more difficult subjects at the academy and hates studying. She’s not old enough to be doing these things, but she’s still very emotionally smart and can surprise people with her interesting decisions, which would be surprising for a 4-year-old.

Fans are still hoping to find out more about Anya, her birthday and her real age. They’ve been asking for a wholesome birthday chapter for ages, and there’s always hope that it’ll come one day to smother us with joy.