These are all TV shows, technically.
With many Anime, in Japan they call new seasons of an existing anime by a different title.
If it makes sense, TheTVDB usually does merge those back into the original TV series, only as a new ‘season’. Sometimes it goes back and forth for a while, with duplicate shows being created and erased again (this is a user-generated database after all) until a consensus is reached or an admin makes a decision.
So with all tv shows, but with Anime in particular:
- Look up your show on TheTVDB
- Take the title as it is used on TheTVDB. If there is something in parentheses, take that too. If the title contains invalid characters (depends on your file system), like
§ : % *, simply leave them out. - Check the naming and the folder structure of your show. Name the top folder of the show exactly after the title on TheTVDB. No abbreviations. No additional subfolders. No aliases. Add the (year) in parentheses of when episode 1 of season 1 of this show was aired.
- Name the episode files according to the above linked naming guide. Use the same title as for the top folder.
Show's Title (year) - s01e01 - additional info.ext(’- additional info’ can be left out) - After you corrected the naming and folder structure, perform the Plex Dance with all files for this show.
