v0.6.2

Update 0.6.2

• Tag: v0.6.2

• Published: 2026-01-07T15:11:01Z

• GitHub: https://github.com/cenodude/CrossWatch/releases/tag/v0.6.2

CrossWatch - v0.6.2

Rather huge update; v0.6.2 shows some love for anime, despite the fact that I’m not exactly an anime expert. Consider v0.6.2 the first step into the anime world, but expect many iterations and fine-tuning in upcoming releases. In this release we introduce SIMKL that now has Anime support and a new provider called ANILIST. Note that Anime support is considered experimental.

CrossWatch will never be 100% optimized for anime as the main focus remains Movies and Shows. Combining both worlds into one tool is… difficult. Most providers need IMDB/TMDB keys but AniList only understands MAL/ANILIST IDs.

So don’t treat CrossWatch as an anime expert tool — see it as a Movies/Shows sync tool with some experimental anime support on the side.

When used in a pair (for example, SIMKL to AniList), CrossWatch will try to map each item to the correct IMDb ID so it stays compatible with other providers. If no mapping is possible, or if you import an AniList dataset into the Editor, the item may only have a MAL ID. Other providers can’t use MAL IDs, which can result in duplicates (multiple entries for the same title).

Read more here: mod_ANILIST

So regarding Anime… in a nutshell:

• Anime-compatible providers: SIMKL and a new provider AniList for Watchlist

• Default setups for Plex / Jellyfin don’t natively understand anime IDs (MAL / AniList), so CrossWatch does bridging and normalization.

  • Result: most things work, but exotic anime titles may still fail.

• Anime limitations:

  • CrossWatch uses TMDB for metadata, but TMDB’s anime coverage isn’t complete. Expect many missing titles and wrong/mismatched metadata for Anime titles in Watchlist preview and Watchlist section.

  • Anime works, but ID mapping isn’t guaranteed, and when it falls back to MAL-only IDs, other providers may not recognize the same title, causing duplicate entries.

• It’s recommended to use separate pairs for Anime and pair-level library whitelisting to minimize non-anime items.

• Even SIMKL, which does support anime, often has titles wrong. So yeah… anime is a special kind of chaos.

  • i'm unable to provide any kind of user support with messages such as: 魔道祖师 has not been synced.... sorry. i just dont have the time for that.

What’s new

• SIMKL module now supports Anime (Plan to Watch).

• Added the new AniList provider for watchlist syncing.

Anime Support for SIMKL

• New: SIMKL anime lists are now supported (Plan to Watch).

• New: Anime items now keep and use anime-specific IDs (MAL / AniList / Kitsu / AniDB) where available, improving match accuracy.

• Improved: Better season/episode mapping for anime via SIMKL’s extended anime season data.

new provider: AniList

• Added AniList provider for anime watchlist sync.

• Cross-provider key strategy: items remain keyed by IMDb where available (to stay compatible with Plex/Emby/Jellyfin/SIMKL), while AniList still resolves and reads anime IDs (AniList/MAL) from ids.

• AniList will skip non-Anime items and the orchestrator will exclude them.

• AniList state persistence filters “ignored” non-anime matches to avoid polluting state.json and repeated re-resolve attempts.

🔧 Fixes & Changes

• Fixed: Metadata lookups no longer misclassify anime as movies (anime is treated as show-type internally for sync logic).

• Fixed: Anime ratings and watchlist items are no longer skipped when filters are enabled.

• Fixed: Plex watcher and webhook ratings “clear stars” (unrate) now sends a proper ratings remove/0.

• Changed: In insight overview we already had M for Movies, S for Shows and now also A for Anime

• Changed: Analyzed and Editor includes Anime types and AniList is added to the list.

• Improved: Unresolved-item reporting now shows better keys for anime items.