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Anime with multiple seasons all identify as first season #7400
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Originally created by @lordkitsuna on GitHub (Oct 9, 2025).
Description of the bug
This is a continuation of an issue that went stale and got closed #8554 . It is apparently still an issue and I am struggling with it i am having this particular issue with rising of the shield hero.
My library is named by sonarr in the following format
{Series TitleYear} #series folder
Season {season:00} #season folder
S{season:00}E{episode:00} - {Episode Title} #episode
Yet it still lists the metadata across all seasons as the episodes of season 1 and in the case of the current season even lists non existent episodes to fill out all 12 of the first season.
Reproduction steps
Put rising of the shield hero into library following naming provided
What is the current bug behavior?
Seasons 2-4 incorrectly get season 1 metadata
What is the expected correct behavior?
Seasons have correct metadata
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10.10.0+
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@theguymadmax commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2025):
You need to make sure that your season structure matches the order used by the metadata provider you are using. The default provider for Jellyfin is TMDB. This is especially important for anime, as there can be multiple types of display orders, e.g., absolute vs. air order.
You can go into the show's metadata editor and change the display order to match how you've organized your seasons (e.g., multiple seasons vs. absolute ordering), which you need to verify on the metadata's providers page. This is not a bug, it's a configuration issue.
Please reference our getting help documentation for assistance or any follow-up questions.
@lordkitsuna commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2025):
What metadata provider(s) do I need to use make it work like Plex then. I have hundreds of shows and Plex has never misidentified a single one but this is just one example of many that jellyfin struggling with. I have several that failed to identify at all and several that identified with the incorrect show alongwith errors like this. i really want to switch but I'm not going to sit here and constantly babysit its metadata matching if it can't figure out the proper episode when it's literally named "S02E03 - Ep Title" that's enough information it should be able to figure it out even if it's source was absolute ordering. It still lists them as separate seasons in the UI so clearly it knows it's not meant to be season 01 4 times.