# Japanese Language issues

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/japanese-language-issues/527371>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-western-digital\
**Created:** [January 15, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/japanese-language-issues/527371 "2020-01-15T09:15:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rubberducky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Rubberducky](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Rubberducky)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/japanese-language-issues/527371/1 "2020-01-15T09:15:48Z")

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So, I have an IPTV service and I download my favoutire JP shows, so I can watch whenever. However when putting them into plex, it either misses them completely, or lists them as the walking deads in 1 episodes occassion… Is there a way JP language support can be improved? I speak it and udnerstand it to JLPT N2 level, so I watch alot of JP things to keep it fresh, so this is a big downer for me at the moment.

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**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/japanese-language-issues/527371/2 "2020-01-15T09:56:58Z")

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Make sure you strictly follow Plex’s naming guidelines. Plex is very picky about names, especially with TV Shows.

See the TV Show section of [Your Media](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/your-media/).

If you rename the files, it is recommended to perform the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) with the files.

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**Author:** ![Rubberducky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Rubberducky](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Rubberducky)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/japanese-language-issues/527371/3 "2020-01-15T10:01:08Z")

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I see… thanks

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**Author:** ![CostaHT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/costaht/32/193414_2.png) [@CostaHT](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CostaHT)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/japanese-language-issues/527371/4 "2020-01-16T01:06:50Z")

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Try using the “**[TheTVDB.com](http://TheTVDB.com) Series ID**” to match your tv show. Fix the match and type the id number instead of the name of the tv show

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/japanese-language-issues/527371/5 "2020-04-15T01:06:57Z")

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