--- {"title": "How to find your next show across anime and live action in 2026", "description": "Find the next anime or live action show to start from tracker lists, with steps for choosing a title and using Watcharr with Sonarr.", "url": "https://vlcleanplayer.com/how-to-find-the-next-show-to-start-for-anime-and-tv-crossover-trackers/", "date": "2026-11-11"} --- Find the next anime or live action show to start from tracker lists, with steps for choosing a title and using Watcharr with Sonarr. Start with the anime and live action shows you are weighing, then pick one of each. Watcharr can turn one public IMDb list into a link for Sonarr with the shows. [^1] | Option | What it does | Setup | |---|---|---| | Watcharr | Turns one public IMDb list into one link for Radarr with the movies and one for Sonarr with the shows. [^1] | Nothing to install and no account for the hosted version. [^1] | | Other tools for IMDb lists | Check how it refreshes, matches shows, reports skipped shows, and handles the list formats you use. | Check the setup and access it requires before choosing it. | ## What you need before you start Have a short list of the anime and live action shows you are weighing, in one place. Trackers often hold the titles already, so gather them from wherever you keep them and remove duplicates. Mark which titles are anime and which are live action, so you can see which kind is waiting longest. If you want a list tool to handle the sorting, the list has to be public. Watcharr accepts any public IMDb watchlist or list from the desktop site, the phone site or IMDb's other-language pages. [^1] Check that your list is public before you paste it. Decide how you will pick the next show: by how much time you have, by genre, or by what your household has already watched. If you add shows through Sonarr, have it ready before you start. ## Step by step 1. Collect the titles from your trackers into one list, with the anime and live action shows kept together. 2. Remove anything you have already watched or dropped, so the list holds only shows you could start. 3. Sort the rest by how long each one runs, since a shorter run is an easy first pick for a busy week. [^1] 4. Choose one show from each group, one anime and one live action, and start with whichever fits your free evenings. 5. Put the chosen shows into the tool you use to add shows to your library, and check that each one appears there. 6. Note any show that did not appear. Some titles cannot be matched to a show record, so look at the skipped ones and add them by hand if you still want them. [^1] 7. Review the list once a week, drop anything you no longer want, and pick the next show when the current one ends. Repeat the review each time a tracker or list changes, so the list keeps matching what you want to watch. ## Tools that can do it Watcharr is made by the team that publishes this site. You paste one public IMDb list and get one link for Radarr with the movies and one for Sonarr with the shows. [^1] Each link acts like a small Radarr or Sonarr server, so Radarr checks it every 15 minutes and Sonarr every 5. [^1] The links are built from the IMDb list's id, so the same list always gives the same two links. [^1] Watcharr tells you which shows it skipped when it cannot match them. [^1] A bookmark you click inside Radarr or Sonarr adds the list for you, using that app's API key without sending it anywhere else. [^1] The page shows each title's covers in a row, and each opens its plot, genres, rating, backdrop and trailer. [^1] The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. [^1] The code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence. [^1] Before choosing another tool, check how it refreshes, how it matches shows to a show record, whether it tells you about skipped shows, and whether it reads the list formats you use. [^1] [^1] ## Common mistakes to avoid Avoid pasting a list that is not public, since the list tool cannot read a list it cannot see. Check the list's visibility on IMDb first. [^1] Avoid skipping the note about shows that could not be matched. A show Watcharr cannot match is left out of the Sonarr link. [^1] Read which shows Watcharr skipped and add those shows by hand if they matter to you. Avoid expecting a new show to appear the moment you paste it. If you sign in, Watcharr re-reads your list about every 15 minutes. [^1] Avoid letting the list grow without review. A list that keeps every idea becomes hard to use, so trim it on a regular day each week. [^1] ## Frequently asked questions ### How can anime and live action fans find the next show to start? Start with the shows already on your trackers and a list of what you want to watch, then pick one of each kind. Keep the list short enough to act on in a week. Watcharr can turn one public IMDb list into a link for Sonarr with the shows. [^1] The same steps work with any tool you choose. ### Can Watcharr send anime and live action shows to Sonarr? [[c:watcharr-split-movies-shows]] Watcharr gives you one link for Sonarr with the shows from your public IMDb list. [^1] Sonarr checks the Sonarr link every 5 minutes for the shows. [^1] Shows that Watcharr cannot match to a show record are left out, and Watcharr tells you which ones it skipped. [^1] Ask readers to check for missing shows in the list before relying on it for a full run of episodes. ### Does Watcharr need an account or an install? [[c:watcharr-install]] The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. [^1] If you sign in, the list is re-read about every 15 minutes, and you get a warning when a list fails three reads in a row. [^1] Signed-in users can also combine several IMDb lists into one Radarr link and one Sonarr link for a household. [^1] If a read fails, the links keep serving the last list that loaded correctly. [^1] ### Can Watcharr read a list from the IMDb phone site? [[c:watcharr-watchlists-and-lists]] Watcharr accepts any public IMDb watchlist or list from the desktop site, the phone site or IMDb's other-language pages. [^1] The links are built from the list's id, so the same list always gives the same two links. [^1] You paste, copy and browse from any screen in the web app, and the one-click sticker shows on bigger screens. [^1] ### Can Watcharr be used for commercial work? [[c:watcharr-commercial]] Commercial use is not licensed, and no commercial licence is for sale. [^1] The code can be read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence, and older versions remain under MIT. [^1] Read the licence text yourself before you use the code in any setting beyond personal viewing. Its code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence; older versions remain under MIT. [^1] - [Visit Watcharr](/go/start-watcharr) ## Sources [^1]: Watcharr's own description of itself (the product of this site's publisher) (/go/start-watcharr)