One Punch Man (2025) (Season 3) gets matched with "random" TMDB Entry

[Rand-Random]

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Shoko Version

5.1.0.142

Shoko Version - Daily Commit

3a1e5b5

Install Type

Windows

Description

One Punch Man (2025) (Season 3) is linking to two animes:

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/271605
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/63926

and 271605 seems rather random pick
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/271605

I cant remove the entry for 271605 because when I do that it loses the episode links to the correct tmdb entry.

Steps to Reproduce

Have One Punch Man (2025) (Season 3) in your library and use "Auto-Search TMDB Match" function.

Log File

[2025-11-03 01:21:58:124] Info|Shoko.Server.Providers.TMDB.TmdbLinkingService > Removing TMDB show link: AniDB anime (AnimeID=17576) → TMDB show (ID=63926)
[2025-11-03 01:21:58:124] Info|Shoko.Server.Providers.TMDB.TmdbLinkingService > Removing 0 episodes cross-references for AniDB anime (AnimeID=17576) and TMDB show (ID=63926)
[2025-11-03 01:21:58:124] Info|Shoko.Server.Services.AnimeGroupService > Starting Updating STATS for GROUP One Punch Man from Top Level (recursively) - Watched Stats: False, Missing Episodes: False
[2025-11-03 01:21:58:132] Info|Shoko.Server.Services.AnimeGroupService > Starting Updating STATS for GROUP One Punch Man - Watched Stats: False, Missing Episodes: False
[2025-11-03 01:22:14:489] Info|SearchTmdbJob_AnimeID:17576 > Processing SearchTmdbJob for One Punch Man (2025): AniDB ID 17576
[2025-11-03 01:22:15:897] Info|SearchTmdbJob_AnimeID:17576 > Linking anime One Punch Man (2025) (17576) to show 最後にひとつだけお願いしてもよろしいでしょうか (271605)
[2025-11-03 01:22:15:897] Info|Shoko.Server.Providers.TMDB.TmdbLinkingService > Adding TMDB show link: AniDB (AnimeID=17576) → TMDB Show (ID=271605)
[2025-11-03 01:22:15:933] Info|SearchTmdbJob_AnimeID:17576 > Linking anime One Punch Man (2025) (17576) to show ワンパンマン (63926)
[2025-11-03 01:22:15:933] Info|Shoko.Server.Providers.TMDB.TmdbLinkingService > Adding TMDB show link: AniDB (AnimeID=17576) → TMDB Show (ID=63926)
[2025-11-03 01:22:15:962] Info|UpdateTmdbShowJob_TmdbShowID:271605_DownloadImages:true > Processing UpdateTmdbShowJob: 271605
[2025-11-03 01:22:17:270] Info|DownloadTmdbShowImagesJob_TmdbShowID:271605_ForceDownload:false > Processing DownloadTmdbShowImagesJob: 271605
[2025-11-03 01:22:17:285] Info|UpdateTmdbShowJob_TmdbShowID:63926_DownloadImages:true > Processing UpdateTmdbShowJob: 63926
[2025-11-03 01:23:37:651] Info|DownloadTmdbShowImagesJob_TmdbShowID:63926_ForceDownload:false > Processing DownloadTmdbShowImagesJob: 63926

Screenshots

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[revam]

https://www.themoviedb.org/search/tv?query=ONE

271605 is the first match on the list with genre 'Animation' set and aired in 2025

[revam]

And I had no problems correcting it just now.

Steps to fix;

• delete all existing links.
• manually link again, select OPM
• done

[revam]

The auto logic is far from perfect, and can certainly be improved upon, but I've got no time nor motivation to do it as the match can be nullified. So it's a low priority for me personally to improve it.

Others can feel free to take a look if they have the time, motivation and expertise/experience to do so though. Go ahead.

[Rand-Random]

"simple" idea would be to re-arrange the order of attempts.

ShokoServer/Shoko.Server/Providers/TMDB/TmdbSearchService.cs

Line 455 in 3a1e5b5

var titleWithoutSubTitle = strippedTitle ?? originalTitle;

Attempt 4 and 5 should happen before Attempt 3
As to search with the orignal title, but without the year BEFORE trying to manipulate the title.

Since I dont know why it is as it is, I obviously can't say if that is a good thing or not.